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Puerto Rico: Second National Strike in Less than a Year

By Firuzeh Shokooh Valle (MRZINE) 
 

The student movement and the strike it has sustained for almost a month at the main campus of the state-run University of Puerto Rico (UPR), which has spread to 10 of the 11 UPR campuses, catalyzed a massive social movement convening a national strike today, May 18, 2010.

Student strike reignites a fire

Note: Héctor Tarrido-Picart explains the background to the struggle that is gripping the campuses of the University of Puerto Rico--and how it is affecting the wider struggle. (Taken from http://socialistworker.org/2010/05/11/student-strike-reignites-a-fire)