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The sanctioning of Palestine Action and Masar Badil by the U.S. Treasury Department follows a pattern of disruption designed to criminalize popular support for the Palestinian struggle for liberation, return, and self-determination. The Diaspora Pa’lante Collective recognizes these punitive measures as an escalation in the systematic drive to eliminate the Palestinian people, including the ongoing blockade on Gaza, the targeting of Palestinian charities, cuts to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, and further sanctions and designations intended to bury the Palestinian cause. We stand without hesitation alongside those who continue to bear the costs of resisting the genocidal agenda of […]
BY MARISOL LEBRÓNSARAH MOLINARIISABEL GUZZARDO TAMARGO This summer’s water crisis in Puerto Rico is the latest example of the slow violence of the Puerto Rican debt crisis, exacerbated by patterns of remilitarization in the archipelago. This summer, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans are experiencing widespread service interruptions, inconsistent flow, low-pressure, and a lack of access to clean and safe potable water. The search for water oases or cistern trucks has become a daily household task for many, as more than 150,000 residents across seven municipalities face the imposition of strict water rationing periods. This latest water emergency is partially the result […]
The Diaspora Pa’lante Collective unequivocally condemns U.S. airstrikes on the sovereign territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and upholds the right of the Venezuelan people to resist imperialist aggression. In the early hours of January 3, the government of the United States initiated attacks on the capital city of Caracas, as well as the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira, culminating in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. This unprovoked attack is an escalation of the months-long campaign of targeted airstrikes launched from the shores of our occupied archipelago across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which have claimed at least 115 lives. The actions of the United States must be repudiated and resisted by all progressive forces across the world, with a special duty belonging to those residing within the aggressor nation to defend the national sovereignty and […]
Esencia is a massive $2 billion colonial development project aiming to seize over 2,000 acres of land, spanning three miles of beaches in Punta Melones, Cabo Rojo, by 2028. The United States has long justified its imperial presence in Puerto Rico under the guise of “progress” and “development.” With the complicity of a local government that prioritizes U.S. interests, policies like Act 60—which grants foreign investors the ability to evade local and federal taxes—serve Puerto Rico on a silver platter to wealthy developers, speculators, and those eager to claim and exploit a slice of “paradise.” While Puerto Ricans face life-threatening […]