Rafael Alonso

WE NEVER FORGET: The Martyrs of the Great Puerto Rico Sugar Plantation Strike of 1916

Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 03/01/2016 - 12:55pm
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.
-Mother Jones

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WE NEVER FORGET
Martyrs of the Puerto Rico
Sugar Plantation Strike of 1916
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Three Unknown Workers of Juana Diaz

Unknown Worker of Loiza

Unknown Worker of Arecibo

Hellraisers Journal: Porto Rican Laborers Beaten, Shot, Jailed. "Territory Run by Feudal Lords."

Submitted by JayRaye on Mon, 02/29/2016 - 12:56pm

The reign of industrial tyranny and oppression
is governing supreme over life and labor.
-The Free Federation of Workingmen of Porto Rico

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Tuesday February 29, 1916
From The Labor World: Porto Rican Strikers Shot Down, Beaten, and Jailed,

The following is a report from the February 26th edition of Duluth's Labor World:

IT HAPPENED UNDER STARS
AND STRIPES
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Porto Rican Laborers Beaten With Cutlasses
As Chattel Slaves of South.
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AMERICAN TERRITORY RUN
BY FEUDAL LORDS
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Workingmen Who Dare to Rebel Given
Long Terms In Prison.
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