The Young Lords: A Reader
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Overview
The Young Lords offers readers the opportunity to learn about this vibrant organization through their own words and images, collecting an array of their essays, journalism, photographs, speeches, and pamphlets. Organized topically and thematically, this volume highlights the Young Lords’ diverse and inventive activism around issues such as education, health care, gentrification, police injustice and gender equality, as well as self-determination for Puerto Rico.
In recovering these rare written and visual materials, Darrel Enck-Wanzer has given voice to the lost chorus of the Young Lords, while providing an indispensable resource for students, scholars, activists, and others interested in learning about this influential grassroots “street political” organization.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780814722428 |
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| Publisher: | New York University Press |
| Publication date: | 11/03/2010 |
| Pages: | 269 |
| Sales rank: | 491,143 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword: Why Read the Young Lords Today? Iris Morales Denise Oliver-Velez ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Toward Understanding the Young Lords Darrel Enck-Wanzer 1
1 Young Lords Platform and Rules 9
13 Point Program and Platform of the Young Lords Organization (October 1969) 9
Young Lords Party 13-Point Program and Platform (revised November 1970) 11
Rules of Discipline of the Young Lords Organization 13
2 The Ideology of the Young Lords Party 16
Introduction 16
Definition of Terms 17
Protracted War in Puerto Rico 18
Colonized Mentality and Non-Conscious Ideology 22
The Party and the Individual 25
3 The Origins and History of the Young Lords 27
Interview with Cha-Cha Jimenez 27
Origins of the Young Lords 30
Before People Called Me a Spic, They Called Me a Nigger 36
YLP Editorial: Separation from the YLO 47
Central Committee 49
2 Years of Struggle 51
The Young Lords Party (speech by Juan Gonzalez, 16 Nov. 1971) 56
4 On History 71
Puerto Rican Obituary (by Pedro Pietri) 71
Malcolm Spoke for Puerto Ricans 80
The Vote or the Gun 81
Lolita Lebron: Puerto Rican Liberation Fighter 83
Sojourner Truth: Revolutionary Black Woman 86
History of Cuba (parts 3 and 4) 87
Editorial (Betances) 92
El Grito de Lares 93
Albizu Campos 95
History of Boriken (parts 1-13) 98
5 On Education and Students 125
Community Education 125
Student Conference 126
H.S. Revolt! 127
Seize the Schools! 129
Puerto Rican Student Union 130
6 On Revolution, Nationalism, and Revolutionary Nationalism 133
On Revolutionary Nationalism 133
Puerto Rican Racism 136
Felipe on Political and Armed Struggle 138
Message from a Revolutionary Compañera 144
Yanquis Own Puerto Rico 146
Puerto Rican Society: An Analysis 149
Armed Struggle (parts 1-3) 151
On Our Struggle 157
YLP on Elections 161
7 On Women in the Revolution 163
Women's Oppression: Cortejas 163
Revolutionary Sister 164
Sterilized Puerto Ricans 165
An Interview with Blanca Canales 167
Young Lords Party Position Paper on Women 169
World of Fantasy 175
Madame Dinh 177
Abortions 178
Position on Women's Liberation 180
Sexism 182
Women in a Socialist Society 183
8 The Garbage Offensive 185
Young Lords Block Street with Garbage 185
El Barrio and YLO Say No More Garbage in Our Community 186
9 Health and Hospitals 188
Ten Point Health Program 188
Revolutionary Health Care Program for the People 189
HRUM: Health Worker Organization 191
Socialist Medicine 192
The Fight against Prospect Hospital 193
Think Lincoln 194
TB Truck Liberated 196
Murder at Lincoln 198
Lincoln Hospital Must Serve the People 199
Seize the Hospitals! 200
10 The People's Church 202
The People's Church 202
Interview with Yoruba 203
Speech by Felipe Luciano 208
Report Given to Rev. Pablo Cotto by Iris Luciano 212
Julio Roldan People's Defense Center Opens in the People's Church 215
Armense para Defenderse 216
11 Social Justice Programs 218
YLO Feeds Children 218
Free Clothes for the People 219
Breakfast Programs 220
Socialism in Practice 221
People's Child Care Center 222
Message to a Dope Fiend 223
Heroin! From Where? 224
Fight Drugs-to Survive 226
Seize the Jails 227
Free Martin Sostre! 228
We Are All on Trial 230
12 Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization 231
Editorial: 1st Party Congress 231
Editorial 232
Resolutions of the Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization 235
Bibliography 245
Index 247
About the Editor 253