Vieques is a little island, 8 miles from mainland Puerto Rico. From the 1920s until 2003, 2/3rds of the island was occupied by the US Navy. Day after, day, the people of Vieques lived with bombs falling every day. Until they had enough.

Petition to demand healthcare, clean up, sustainable development and demilitarization and return of the land for Vieques. http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7743

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Sources:

https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/vieques-island-protests https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/puerto-ricans-force-united-states-navy-out-vieques-island-1999-2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_in_Vieques,_Puerto_Rico https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/7/1/puerto-ricos-vieques-still-reels-from-decades-of-us-navy-bombing
https://theworld.org/stories/2019-07-16/puerto-rico-s-vieques-island-ousted-us-navy-now-fight-s-against-airbnb
https://projectpulso.org/2022/01/26/navy-bombings/
https://study.com/learn/lesson/foraker-act-purpose-overview-1900.html
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Dogs hold many titles, they are family, they rescue, they protect, they are loved. Some dogs become symbols of a revolution. When mass protests broke out in Chile, in 2011 and again in 2019, some beloved street dogs rose to fame for marching with students. These dogs are El Negro Matapacos, El Rucio Capucha and El Vaquita.

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Sources:

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-chilean-street-dog-who-protested-for-educational-reform-bb8d43f09224
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%932013_Chilean_student_protests https://blurredbylines.com/blog/el-negro-matapacos-riot-dogs-el-vaquita-loukanikos-kanellos-protesters/
https://www.theclinic.cl/2019/11/19/inesperado-final-de-la-historia-del-rucio-capucha-perro-sufrio-el-impacto-del-chorro-del-guanaco-y-fue-hospitalizado/
https://www.rockandpop.cl/2019/11/perro-rucio-capucha-fue-adoptado/ https://www.lmneuquen.com/la-historia-rucio-capucha-el-perro-callejero-que-encabezo-las-manifestaciones-chile-n669896
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chilean-students-protest-capital-early-test-president-boric-2022-03-25/
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Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas was the epicenter of a historic school walkout during the Chicano movement. In 1970, the firing of one beloved Mexican-American teacher set off a fire in the Mexican community of Uvalde and they were ready to stand for their rights. This is the story of the school walkouts.

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Sources

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s#Social_and_political_movements
Nittle, Nadra Kareem. (2021, February 16). History of the Chicano Movement. 
https://www.thoughtco.com/chicano-movement-brown-and-proud-2834583 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_L.A._walkouts
https://oie.duke.edu/brown-v-board-education-there-was-8-year-old sylviamendez#:~:text=Gonzalo%20Mendez%2C%20Sylvia's%20father%2C%20decided,Federal%20District%20court%20in%201946. 
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Uvalde-activist-who-led-40-year-fight-honored-2163847.php
https://iberoaztlan.com/articles/remembering-the-uvalde-public-school-walkout-of-1970/ https://www.npr.org/2022/05/31/1102260606/what-robb-elementary-school-has-meant-in-uvaldes-history-of-mexican-activism
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2022/05/27/uvalde-school-shooting-mexican-americans-fought-decades-improve-school-system/9946424002/
https://as-ansar.org/news/before-texas-school-shooting-mexican-americans-fought-for-decades-to-improve-school-system/
https://voces.lib.utexas.edu/collections/stories/olga-mu%C3%B1oz-rodriguez

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There are stories that often go unknown in history, las Soldaderas and the Saint Patrick's Batallion are two that fit that bill. Las Soldaderas are women who fought during the Mexican Revolution and whose contributions to victory often go uncredited. The Saint Patrick's Battalion was mostly comprised of Irish and Irish-American soldiers who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American war. 

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Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/mexican-revolution/ https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/brave-women-mexican-revolution https://gabrielamendozagarciafolklorico.com/2019/01/06/five-surprising-facts-about-las-adelitas/ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/adelitas-of-the-mexica-revolution/ https://stmuscholars.org/the-unrecognized-soldier-of-the-mexican-revolution-petra-herrera-and-the-adelitas/
From Soldadera to Adelita: The Depiction of Women in the Mexican Revolution Delia Fernández McNair Scholars Journal Volume 13 | Issue 1 Article 6
http://www.theheroinecollective.com/petra-herrara-soldier-of-the-mexican-revolution/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Herrera
https://second.wiki/wiki/adela_velarde_pc3a9rez
https://www.cadenacollective.com/blogs/cadena-collective/resilient-women-courage-of-the-mexican-revolution-la-adelita
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Serd%C3%A1n

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Sylvia Rivera is often remembered for the stonewall uprising, but she was much more than that. She identified as a drag queen, she was a trans rights activist, and an advocate for unhoused people. Even on her deathbed, she continued to fight for Trans rights.

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Sources:

https://youtu.be/BEXmJL9nadc https://lithub.com/on-makeup-as-a-tool-for-queer-resistance/ https://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/
https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-actions-at-city-hall/ https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/377/37719107.pdf -
Still At the Back of The Bus: Sylvia Rivera’s Struggle. El Centro Journal by Jessi Gan, 2007.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Rivera_Law_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard

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There's a certain soft drink that comes to mind when you think of family parties, popcorn and movies and America, but what probably doesn't come to mind is the dark history behind that soft drink. A history that includes shady marketing and murderous union-busting activity.

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Sources for this episode:

The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding

the Coca-Cola Company: Corporate Rap Sheet from the Corporate Research Project (https://www.corp-research.org/coca-cola-company, http://www.killercoke.org/),

article in the prospect titled The Coca-Cola Killings by David Bacon (https://prospect.org/features/coca-cola-killings/)

article in The Guardian titled Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants by Sibylla Brodzinsky (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia)

Wikipedia page for the Sinaltrainal v Coca-Company lawsuit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaltrainal_v._Coca-Cola_Co.)

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Baseball is often referred to as America's National Pastime. Stadiums are full of cheering fans, but few think of the ugly history behind the very stadiums they sit in. Chavez Ravine was a thriving Mexican-American community before being forced out for the Dodger Stadium.

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Sources:
https://medium.com/@kinggsoto/the-three-chicano-communities-buried-underneath-dodger-stadium-bddc2d4312e https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chavez_Ravine#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Chavez%20Ravine,in%20Los%20Angeles'%20Chavez%20Ravine. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/10/31/561246946/remembering-the-communities-buried-under-center-field
Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers and the Lives Caught in Between by Eric Nusbaum https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/chavez-ravine

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Hi everyone! Cristina here, we just wanted to make an announcement. After some discussion, Carmen and I decided to rebrand a bit! We wanted to change the name to better describe all of the topics we are discussing here. We of course will still be touching on corrupt corporations and capitalism in Latin America, as we did with episode one (about the history of the coffee industry in Guatemala and El Salvador), but we also want to cover more unknown history involving Latin America and Latino/Latine communities in the US. With that said, we will now be Historias Unknown! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/historiasunkown Mentioned in this episode: Roe v wade preroll For more information visit: https://choice.crd.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For many, coffee is a staple in every day life, but few know of the dark history involved in the creation of the coffee industry in the Americas. In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the history of the coffee industry. A history that includes enslaved labor, stealing land from indigenous people and lots of blood.

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Bossa In My Heart- SergeQuadrado

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Sources:

Coffeeland One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug By Augustine Sedgewick · 2020

https://theconversation.com/the-dark-side-of-coffee-an-unequal-social-and-environmental-exchange-46838
https://fairworldproject.org/starbucks-has-a-slave-labor-problem/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decree_900\ https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4413555/mod_resource/content/1/TXT%2012%20William%20Gervase%20Clarence-Smith%2C%20Steven%20Topik%20-%20The%20Global%20Coffee%20Economy%20in%20Africa%2C%20Asia%2C%20and%20Latin%20America%2C%201500-1989%20%282003%29-211-228.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee#Americas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Matanza
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/would-you-kill-for-a-cup-of-coffee
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This is Historias unknown, a podcast where hosts, Carmen and Cristina, talk about Latin American history. Sometimes it’s horrible and deals with heavy topics like racism, corruption & genocide but more that that, it’s also about resistance, power & community. Episodes every Thursday! If you have topic suggestions, feel free email [email protected] or use this form Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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