Browse Items (31 total)

Tags: Adrián Gonzalez, Armando Torres, Arrests, Biopolitics, Bombings, Cancer, Carlos Ventura, Civil disobedience (1999-2003), Civil disobedience (Mirta Sanes's personal experience), David Sanes (death), David Sanes (meaning of his death), Explosions (April 19 1999), Explosions (Military casualties), Fish and Wildlife (Land occupation), Friend/enemy, Healing, Interrupting Navy training/maneuvers (1999-2003), Mirta Sanes, Mirta Sanes (Message to young activists), Navy exit, Nomos of the earth, Norma Burgos, Pamela Gonzalez, Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, Rafael Ayala, Resistance, Song (Isla Nena by Haciendo punto en otro son), Struggle (unfinished), Vieques cleaning process, Women (contributions to struggle)

Tags: Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses, Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses (origins), Alianza Juvenil, American Cancer Society, Amy Pollmann, Anti-Navy activism, Aurora Pérez, Births (in Vieques after 2002), Body image, Bombings, Cancer, Cancer among women, Challenging the patriarchy, Civil disobedience (women), Colectivo Ilé (confronting racism), Community organizations, Contamination, Culebra, David Sanes (death), David Sanes (impact), Domestic violence in Vieques, Education in Vieques, Feminism, Gender, Gender discrimination, Gender inequality, Gender roles, Generational attitudes, Generations of Activism, Gladys Rivera, Health, Health disparities, Health problems (Vieques), Health services (limited), Health services (Vieques), Healthcare (in Vieques after Hurricane María), Hurricane Irma, Hurricane María, Isla nena (meaning), Juan Carlos Rodríguez (life as professor/researcher), Judith Conde, LGBTQIA, Loss of facilities (after Hurricane María), Machismo, Motherhood, Need of education, New generations, Participation (Women), Patriarchy, Protest, Puerto Rico (lack of awareness / understanding), Racism, Reproductive education, Resistance, Ser madre o ser activista, Services to communities, Single mothers, Struggle (gender roles), Struggle (Women perspective), Teen pregnancy, Trauma, Vagina monologues in Vieques, Viequense women (Challenges), Vieques hospital, Vieques hospital (birth services), Vieques youth (role in struggle), Women (contributions to struggle), Women in Struggle, Women with Cancer, Workshops, Zaida Torres

Tags: "Los de ahora" VS "Los de antes", Bridge Ceiba-Vieques, Bridge Ceiba-Vieques (Construction: Idea to Rescue Navy Plans), Bridge Ceiba-Vieques (Negative effects), Cancer, Cancer rates, Contamination, David Sanes, Economic Landscape of Vieques, Ferry service, Foreign owners, Foreigners, Heavy Metals Pollution, Hotel owners, Housing Tourism, Increase in property value, Land development (western area), Luis Galanes Valldejuli, Maritime transportation, Maritime transportation (problems), Nicole Kajzer, Prices in Vieques, Real estate, Saint Thomas, Santa Cruz, sustainability, Sustainable development, Tourism, US Laws Controlling Property, Vieques Development, Vieques population control, Water scarcity, Water services (come from Puerto Rico)

Tags: Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses, Biopolitics, Births (Giving birth in Vieques vs. Fajardo), Cancer, Cancer among women, Carmen Valencia, Carmen Valencia (childhood), Carmen Valencia (education journey as single mother), Carmen Valencia (family structure after Navy's arrival in Vieques), Carmen Valencia (father life story), Carmen Valencia (migration journey), Carmen Valencia (relation with Guadalupe family), Community organizations, Construction jobs, Dancing in Vieques, Education in Vieques, Family (laundry work for Navy), Family (separations), Fear, Fiestas Patronales, Fish and Wildlife, Food scarcity, Friend/enemy, Gender, Gladys Rivera, Health services (Vieques), Health studies, Healthcare (Vieques), Impact of Militarization, Internal Conflicts, Job opportunities during Navy times, Judith Conde, Lack of economic development, Media coverage, Mental health, Migration, Music and Culture in Vieques, Myriam Sobá, Navy (1950s), Navy (Abuses: Against Women), Navy (Abuses: US Pastor confession of), Navy (Abuses), Navy (arrival in 1940s), Navy (blocked Vieques development), Navy exit (reaction), Norma Burgos, Pedro Rosselló González (Meeting with Governor), Pollution, Pork food, Pro-Navy movement, Prostitution, Rations (El hoyo), Rations (Navy Leftovers), Relations with Navy, Remolcadores, Resisting sexual harassment, Rompeolas, Sexual abuse, slow violence, Staying at home, Steel band music, Testimony for Vieques Commission, Tourism, underdevelopment, Unemployment, University for Vieques, Vieques Development, Vieques future, Vieques population control, Vieques was never silent, Vieques Youth

Tags: Adolfina Villanueva, Arrests (May 4 2000), Barrio Puerto Real, Biopolitics, Cancer, Cancer and poetry, Carlos Romero Barcelo, Civil disobedience, David Sanes (death), Expropriations, Impact of Militarization, Josefina Pantojas, La Voz de Vieques, Manuel Otero, New poems, Nomos of the earth, Norma Torres, Norma Torres (Born in Luquillo), Norma Torres (childhood), Norma Torres (first book of poetry), Norma Torres (growing up in Vieques), Norma Torres (life after Navy arrival), Norma Torres (life in Fajardo), Norma Torres (Losing Fear), Norma Torres (poetry), Norma Torres (reads her poem "Arbol de mis recuerdos" returning to her old house), Norma Torres (reads her poem "Cuánta riqueza"), Norma Torres (reads her poem "Desalojo" about the Arrests of May 4 2000), Norma Torres (reads her poem "Eres Vieques"), Norma Torres (reads her poem "La incursión" about her own participation in an act of civil disobedience), Norma Torres (reads her poem "La verja silente" about the Navy's fence), Norma Torres (relation to the struggle), Norma Torres (writing during the 1970s), Norma Torres (writing experience), Resistance, Robert Rabin, Sandra Reyes

Tags: Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses, Biopolitics, Business/Services incubators, Cancer, Civil disobedience, Comite Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques, Community organizations (Boycott to organizations), Community organizations (concerns about lack of participation), Community organizations (international visibility vs. community work), Consensus, Cooperatives, Dámaso Serrano, Dialogues (Fish and Wildlife), Education, Estudios Técnicos, Gender, Gentrification, Health services (Vieques), Hegemony, Hospital, Internal Conflicts, Land Rescues (vs. people rescue), Land Speculation, Land transfer, Law 153, Leadership, Megaprojects, Microbusinesses, Navy (blocked Vieques development), Navy exit, New challenges, New struggle, Participatory development, Patriarchy, Peace culture, Single mothers, Strategies, Struggle (after Navy exit May 1 2003), Struggle (as dialogue), Struggle (changes), Struggle (unity), Styles of resistance, Sustainable development, Sustainable economy, Teen pregnancy, Tourism, Trip to Washington, Unemployment, Viequense women (Challenges), Vieques (local businesses), Vieques as model of development, Vieques Development, Vieques future, Vieques Master Plan, Vieques talents, Vieques Youth, Villa Borinquen, Women in Struggle (role), Zaida Torres, Zaidy Torres (family), Zaidy Torres (life experience)

Tags: Accidents (1990-1992), Activities, Activities (1983), Anthropocene, Anti-Navy activism (Protest against invasion of Granada 1983), Biopolitics, Bombings (For Money), Bombings (Perception that Puerto Rico's government received funds from Navy for bombing Vieques), Cancer, Carlos Zenon, Carmelo Félix Matta (limits of Carmelo's leadership), Colonialism, Community organizations (dissolution of Cruzada and Vieques Fishermen Association), Cultural Center, David Sanes (death), David Sanes (impact), Democratic Party, El Salvador, Evictions (1989), Fall of Berlin Wall, FBI (pressure and persecution), Federal funds (should go to Vieques), Federal funds (to Puerto Rico), Granada, Hegemony, Historical project Santa Cruz, History of Vieques, Howard Dean (visits Vieques), Hurricane Hugo (1989: Community could not organize due to hurricane), Hurricane Hugo (1989), Internal Conflicts, International context (End of Cold War), International context (Program to close military bases), Ismael Guadalupe, John Kerry, Land transfer, Life as teacher in Vieques, Mano Santos/Santos Ríos, Military training (Increased bombing after 1990s), Monte Carmelo (resistance 1989), Navy, Navy business (profiting from bombing Vieques), New challenges, New struggle, Nicaragua, Nilda Medina, Nomos of the earth, Nonviolence, Political repression (1980s), Pollution (Use of Napalm 1992), Protest and proposal, Proyecto Caribeño de Justicia y Paz, Racism, Radar, Red Boricua, Research in Vieques, Robert Rabin, Robert Rabin (arrival at Vieques), Robert Rabin (Distrust in Bob: infiltration allegations), Robert Rabin (July 1980), Screening of El Salvador Vencerá, Solidarity from US Universities, Solidarity Relations with USA, Strategies, Struggle (1980/1990s), Struggle (against US militarization), Struggle (changes), Struggle (crisis 1980s), Struggle (international context), Styles of resistance, sustainability, Sustainable development, US imperialism in Vieques, US solidarity with Vieques, Victor Emeric, Vieques (as human rights issue), Vieques cleaning process, Vieques Cultural Festival (1980s), Vieques development (Carmelo's vision of Vieques vs. Bob and Nilda vision of Vieques)

Tags: Arrests, Camp Cayo Yayí, Camp Justicia y Paz, Camp Luisa Guadalupe, Camp Monte David, Camp Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, Cancer, Carlos Zenon, Civil disobedience (as tourism), Civil disobedience (economic and legal consequences in case of arrest), Civil disobedience (education), Civil disobedience (fear), Civil disobedience (funds to cover legal costs), Civil disobedience (legal aspects), Civil disobedience (long vs short), Civil disobedience (pacific vs. combative), Civil disobedience (training), Civil disobedience camps, Civil disobedience camps (camps in Navy bombing site vs. camps in civilian area), Civil Disobedience camps (communication), Civil disobedience camps (coordination), Civil disobedience camps (fishermen transporting people to camps for a small fee), Civil disobedience camps (medical support), Civil disobedience camps (supplies and materials), Civil disobedience camps (visits from US delegations), Civil disobedience camps (working independently), Comite Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques, Congreso Nacional Hostosiano, Consensus, Consensus (as challenge), Criticism as obstacle, Cruzada Pro Rescate de Vieques, Cultural Center, David Sanes (death), David Sanes (impact), Ecological damage, Education, Environmental destruction, Environmental education, Federación de Maestros, Health problems (and military practices), Hegemony, Hostosianos Camp, Infiltration, Internal conflicts (among camps), Interrupting Navy training/maneuvers (1999-2003), Ismael Guadalupe, Law enforcement (violence), Life as teacher in Vieques, Media coverage, Media protagonism, Media strategy (documenting abuses), Media strategy (promoting struggle), Media strategy (role in protest), Media strategy (Vieques campaign in USA and the world), Monte Carmelo, Navy bombing site, New challenges, New struggle, Nilda Medina, Nilda Medina (arrival at Vieques 1981), Nomos of the earth, Nonviolence, Patriot Act, Police, Political repression, Protest and proposal, Puerto Rico's solidarity with Vieques, Radar, Reflection, Rehabilitation of El Fortín, Resistance, Sept 11 2001 (attacks), Sept 11 2001 (moratorium on struggle after attacks), Strategies, Strategies (blame and shame), Strategies (diverse), Strategies (internal vs. public strategies), Struggle (changes), Struggle (different views of), Struggle (in 1990s), Struggle (local vs. international level), Struggle (pacific), Struggle (relaxed and open vs. close struggle), Struggle (use of violence), Struggle (welcoming struggle for everyone), Styles of resistance, Tactics (Cutting cyclone fence), Tactics (Throwing stones), Tato Guadalupe, Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques, US solidarity with Vieques, US terrorism, Wilda Rodríguez

Tags: Angel Rodríguez Cristobal, Anthropocene, Anti-Navy activism, Arrests, Arrests of the 21 (1979), Baltasar Corrada del Río, Bill Clinton, Biopolitics, Births (Giving birth in Vieques vs. Fajardo), Bombings, Cancer, Cancer and Navy, Cancer and pollution, Cancer studies, Carlos Romero Barcelo, Comando del Atlantico, Comando Sur, Comite de Viequenses Unidos, Comite Pro Defensa de Vieques, Comite Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques, Community organizations, Conflicts with Navy (1950s-1970s), Cruzada Pro Rescate de Vieques, Cuban Revolution, Culebra, Department of Natural Resources, Dialogues (Puerto Rico Government), Environmental destruction, Expropriations (1940s), Expropriations (1964), Expropriations (fight against new Expropriations), Fall of Berlin Wall vs. Vieques divided territory, Family (in social movement), Fiestas Patronales (Defending), Fights with Navy (1950s-1970s), Fishermen struggle (1978-1983), Fishing (Vieques), Foundation of Vieques (LeGuillou 1823), French Families in Vieques, Friend/enemy, Granada Invasion (1983), Health problems (Vieques), Health services (Vieques), Heavy Metals Pollution (Arsenic and nitrites), Hegemony, Higher education (Vieques), Hijos Ausentes de Vieques, History of Vieques (Resistance), Impact of Militarization, Independence of Puerto Rico, Ismael Guadalupe, Junta de Calidad Ambiental, Lack of economic development, Lack of job opportunities (for fighters), Lack of job opportunities (political profiling), Land and sea, Land transfer, Mayor Antonio Rivera Rodríguez, Melba Miranda, Military facilities (in Puerto Rico), Military facilities (lack of economic development), Military facilities (Vieques), Military training (NATO in Vieques), Movimiento Pro Independencia, Navy (blocked Vieques development), Navy land (controlling access to the base), Negotiations (Navy-Puerto Rico government), Nomos of the earth, Panama, Pedro Albizu Campos, Pedro Rossello Gonzalez, Pedro Zenon, Plan Dracula, Political performance, Political repression (against demilitarization), Pollution, Privatization (Telefónica), Radar, Recreation in the base for Youth, Resistance, Ron Dellums, Ruben Berrios, Saint Thomas, Santa Cruz, slow violence, Statehood, Strategic use of Vieques in the Caribbean, Strategies, Struggle (against US militarization), Struggle (for demilitarization in USA), Struggle (Leftist organizations need to prioritize Vieques), Styles of resistance, Toxic waste, Tydings Project (1936: independence of Puerto Rico in exchange for Vieques and Culebra), UN and Vieques, Unemployment, Vieques (after Culebra's demilitarization 1975), Vieques (part of Puerto Rican archipelago), Vieques and Congress, Vieques cleaning process, Vieques Development, Vieques development (before Navy), Vieques es el Guanica de 1998, Vieques population control, Vieques Youth, Vieques Youth (Lack of recreation), Vito Marcantonio, War, WWII

Tags: Bill Clinton, Biopolitics, Births (Giving birth in Vieques vs. Fajardo), Bombings, Cancer, Cancer and Navy, Cancer and pollution, Cancer studies, Edwin Meléndez, Edwin Meléndez (cancer survivor), Environmental destruction, Health problems (Vieques), Health services (Vieques), Heavy Metals Pollution (Arsenic and nitrites), Higher education (Vieques), Lack of economic development, Lack of job opportunities (for fighters), Lack of job opportunities (political profiling), Land transfer, Pollution, Privatization (Telefónica), Radar, Recreation in the base for Youth, slow violence, Toxic waste, Unemployment, Vieques and Congress, Vieques cleaning process, Vieques Development, Vieques development (before Navy), Vieques population control, Vieques Youth, Vieques Youth (Lack of recreation), Yolanda Ortiz Ramos