Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule: Political Persecution and the Quest for Human RightsRamon Bosque-Perez, Jose Javier Colon Morera Puerto Rico, one of the last and most populated colonial territories in the world, occupies a relatively unique position. Its lengthy interaction with the United States has resulted in the long-term acquisition of expanded legal rights and relative political stability. At the same time, that interaction has simultaneously seen political intolerance and the denial of basic rights, particularly toward those who have challenged colonialism. In Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule, academics and intellectuals from the fields of political science, history, sociology, and law examine three themes: evidence of state-sponsored political persecution in the twentieth century, contemporary issues, and the case of Vieques. |
Contents
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1 Political Persecution against Puerto Rican AntiColonial Activists in the Twentieth Century | 13 |
2 The Critical Year of 1936 through the Reports of the Military Intelligence Division | 49 |
3 The Smith Act Goes to San Juan La Mordaza 19481957 | 59 |
4 Imprisonment and Colonial Domination 18981958 | 67 |
The Puzzle of Human Rights and SelfDetermination | 83 |
6 The Changing Nature of Intolerance | 103 |
7 Puerto Rican Political Prisoners in US Prisons | 119 |
Subversives or Subverted? | 139 |
To Be or not to Be | 153 |
10Expropriation and Displacement of Civilians in Vieques 19401950 | 173 |
11New Dimensions in Civil Society Mobilization The Struggle for Peace in Vieques | 207 |
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List of Contributors | 237 |
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