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Leftsolidarity
5th December 2011, 15:07
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Discuss.....
Die Neue Zeit
5th December 2011, 15:11
Who??? :confused:
Madvillainy
5th December 2011, 15:14
Who??? :confused:

uh i think they were like the puerto rican version of tha panthers. dont know much about them tbh.
TheGodlessUtopian
5th December 2011, 15:15
Never heard of them... the only bits that sounds familiar to me come from a street gang.
Leftsolidarity
5th December 2011, 15:20
The were sort of a Puerto Rican version of the BBP and worked along side each other. They were started as a street gang but grew into a political organization. Research them, they are very interesting.
wunderbar
5th December 2011, 17:33
Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now was a member and one of the main leaders in New York City.
El Louton
5th December 2011, 17:39
I thought it was a sub-group of the Bullingdon Club
Tommy4ever
5th December 2011, 21:54
Aren't the young lords the children of former high ranking members of the Chinese CP who have now gained significant power via nepotism, forming a powerful faction within the party?
Tim Cornelis
5th December 2011, 22:22
The Young Lords was inspired by the Black Panther Party I read somewhere (probably We want Freedom by mumia abu jamal), but as far as I knew, they turned from sorta Latin nationalism with left-wing tendencies into a street gang.

But now I just read they were a street gang who turned political.

Regardless, they were nationalist and not socialist, correct?
Leftsolidarity
5th December 2011, 22:25
The Young Lords was inspired by the Black Panther Party I read somewhere (probably We want Freedom by mumia abu jamal), but as far as I knew, they turned from sorta Latin nationalism with left-wing tendencies into a street gang.

But now I just read they were a street gang who turned political.

Regardless, they were nationalist and not socialist, correct?

It was street gang > political group

I think they were socialist. Their demands and actions were definitely socialist ones. Some members also went on into Maoist groups as well I've read.
The Dark Side of the Moon
5th December 2011, 22:34
:huh:
I don't know who you are talking about
Leftsolidarity
5th December 2011, 22:38
Haha everyone use your google machines and look up The Young Lords!
Prairie Fire
5th December 2011, 22:39
Wow. Nobody knows, but everyone is commenting.

To say that the Young lords were the "Puerto Rican version of the BPP" is simplistic, I think.

Here are some Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtgAE8foco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtgAE8foco)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmXkcNWyug&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymm-NBQ9GTs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjZ1hkvDyQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwijmY5XA-A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4Ow9AqKoc&feature=related


The most instructive aspect of the Young Lords is how their story ends. They somehow got co-opted into auxileries for the election of Harold Washington in his campaign for mayor of Chicago, and a bunch of their leadership got jobs at major bourgeois broadcasters and publications.
GatesofLenin
5th December 2011, 22:41
uh i think they were like the puerto rican version of tha panthers. dont know much about them tbh.

Thanks for this, I was like "who".
El Louton
6th December 2011, 15:14
'The Young Lords Party fought for equal social and civil rights of the Puerto Rican people in NY because they were the prominent Latin culture at the time in NY. They were the pioneers that struggled for everyone else that came later...illegally. Their sacrifices and efforts opened doors of opportunities for all other Latino's.'

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