New York: New Century Publishers, 1953. "The Communist Party of Puerto Rico has submitted a memorandum to the UN protesting against [the] outrageous falsification of Puerto Rico's true status and demanding that the UN reject the claims of the U.S. government. The present pamphlet contains the text of this memorandum."..... More
Keene, CA: El Malcriado, 1974. Two issues of the United Farm Workers’ newspaper, which includes the English edition of Vol. VII, Nos. 2 and the Spanish edition of Vol. VII, No. 3. Tabloid format printed in black & red on newsprint, 20 p.; 16 p.; 16 p., illustrated. Each issue..... More
Bronx: Committee to Defend Juan Otero, [1973]. A flyer on behalf of imprisoned Puerto Rican activist Juan Otero, a “victim of a campaign by vengeful Bronx cops and angry contractors in the building trades, long a stronghold of racism.” Otero is described as a “family man, educational specialist, respected community..... More
New York: National Coordinating Committee to Free the Five, [197-]. A poster advertising two demonstrations on behalf of five Puerto Rican nationalists jailed for militant acts in support of Puerto Rican independence. Oscar Collazo was one of two nationalists who attempted to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950. Truman commuted his..... More
n.p. Peacemakers, [1961?]. A pamphlet by the Peacemakers, "a pacifist group, which advocates nonviolent resistance to war and all forms of oppression," announcing a fast in protest at the continued incarceration of Puertro Rican nationalist leader Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos. Campos was imprisoned in San Juan following an armed takeover..... More
[San Jose?]: n.p., [1968]. Two Chicano items in support of Hubert Humphrey’s 1968 Presidential campaign, which he ran unsuccessfully against Richard Nixon. Humphrey publicly supported Cesar Chavez’s national boycott and met with him privately when campaigning in California. His attempt to extend the National Labor Relations Act to farm workers..... More
New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1957. First edition. A support appeal from the American Youth for Socialism (AYS) on behalf of Frank Santana, a Puerto Rican gang member convicted of killing William Blankenship in 1955. The AYS claimed that racism and deprivation were responsible for Santana's actions and demanded his release..... More
New York: One Purse, 1974. First edition. The eighth and final issue of this journal issued by One Purse, a Situationist-inspired, direct democracy group involved in the Upper West Side squatters movement (specifically the occupation on 111th and 112th Streets & Amsterdam Ave.). The group ultimately became disillusioned with the..... More
New York: Jefferson School of Social Science, 1953. Reprints two articles originally published in 1952 issues of "New Foundations:" "The Fallacy that Puerto Rico Benefits from U.S. Control" and "The Fallacy that the U.S. Freed Puerto Rico." Vila was a member of the Labor Youth League and the Communist Party..... More
[California?]: [1968]. A large, bilingual poster featuring Richard Nixon flashing his trademark ‘V’ sign, eating grapes and stomping on farmworkers and La Raza. The text, produced in Spanish and English, warns ‘La Raza’, the term used to describe Mexican and Chicano-descended peoples, that they must stop Nixon or be stomped..... More