Episode 30 - Puerto Rico: Colonial Bondage & Resistance
b'Puerto Rico\\u2019s massive debt has been discussed at length in Congress and the media, all omitting the most important fact: the history of being a colonial subject for over 500 years, still owned and controlled by the United States. \\n\\nAbby Martin talks to two professors of Latin American studies, Luis Barrios and Danny Shaw, about the long struggle of Puerto Rico to break the shackles of US and Spanish colonialism\\u2014from indigenous resistance to the Young Lords in Harlem. Learn how the US Empire obscures the island\\u2019s colonial status today, who really is responsible for the so-called \\u201cdebt crisis,\\u201d and how it can all be solved. \\n\\nFOLLOW // http://twitter.com/empirefiles\\nLIKE // http://facebook.com/theempirefiles\\nMusic by Fluorescent Grey'