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Echoing the Puerto Rican youth group’s 1969 "Garbage Offensive," JVP urged NYC officials to cut ties with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

We refuse to let AIPAC speak in our name as Jews," one demonstrator said.

A report by Daniel José Older for The New York Times. Fifty years ago, the Young Lords evolved from a street gang to a political force. A report by Daniel José Older for The New York Times. Hiram Maristany laughs when I call to ask him about the famous Garbage Offensive. “Like so many things with the Young Lords, you got…

<p>Johanna Fernandez's history of the Puerto Rican activist organization reconstructs the movement's roots and shows that an organization formed in 1969 still offers a useful diagnosis of an "urban crisis" rooted in experiences in housing, schools, hospitals, and jails. </p>

Latinx activist and former Young Lords leader Iris Morales shares what inspired her to fight for Puerto Rican civil rights and lead a life of activism.

Review of Johanna Fernández’s book The Young Lords: A Radical History by Chris Wright / May 3rd, 2021 Johanna Fernández’s The Young Lords: A Radical History could hardly have been published at a more auspicious time. The fateful year 2020 saw not only the outbreak of a global pandemic but also, in the U.S., a rejuvenation of Black Lives Matter and renewed national attention to issues of racial and economic justice. The pandemic and its economic consequences have further skewed a lopside...