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The 1954 Attack On The Capitol And The Woman Who Led It
By Marina Manoukian/Jan. 10, 2021 9:22 pm EDT/Updated: Feb. 15, 2021 4:50 pm EDT
In the middle of the 20th century, one woman became the face of the movement for Puerto Rican self-determination. Her name was Lolita Lebrón, and in an effort to draw the world s attention to Puerto Rico s colonial subjugation by the United States, she and a handful of men opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives.
After the United States Capitol was stormed by insurrectionists on January 6th, 2021, Amarilis Rodriguez questioned how long the domestic terrorists would serve in prison, considering that Lebrón and her fellow pro-independence activists served 25 years (after being sentenced to even more.) Will the United States legal system punish insurrection as harshly as it punishes anti-colonialism? ....

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