Joaquin CastroToday, I voted to pass the Puerto Rico Status Act to give Puerto Ricans the right to determine their own political future. This progress has been long in the making, and I hope the Senate will move quickly to give Puerto Ricans the self-determination they deserve.
Mike's Corner of Mundanity@Joaquincastrotx YES!!!!! Long long overdue.
Heidi Li Feldman@Joaquincastrotx Please fight for DC statehood too.
Laffy@heidilifeldman THANK you. DC statehood is so damned important on so many levels.
pmroman@Joaquincastrotx Excellent news, thank you!
Ijio Nano@Joaquincastrotx That's incredible! I didn't realize the bill was going through. Thank you so much, if my grandma was alive she'd give you a hug, I'm sure.
AnnFromMEandMA@Joaquincastrotx
They should be our 51st state.
I will be grumpy until then.
notchrist@Joaquincastrotx Puerto Rico when the bill passes:
CindyG@Joaquincastrotx
Thank you!
Thank you!
La beibi de Río@Joaquincastrotx Puerto Rico deserves real moves towards decolonization (i.e., *independence*), not another easily co-opted electoral process. Why aren’t y’all involving the U.N.? Why is the self-determination of occupied people being treated like a domestic issue?
https://medium.com/@jibaritacombativa/no-decolonization-without-reparations-a-modern-call-for-self-determination-9dc26f4a7e96
https://medium.com/@jibaritacombativa/no-decolonization-without-reparations-a-modern-call-for-self-determination-9dc26f4a7e96
@Joaquincastrotx For the crowd celebrating this:
No one else thinks it’s coercive for the U.S. to spend decades funding and supporting the local repression of independence movements to then turn around and push statehood now that any hopes of a cohesive independence movement has been successfully destroyed? #PuertoRico
No one else thinks it’s coercive for the U.S. to spend decades funding and supporting the local repression of independence movements to then turn around and push statehood now that any hopes of a cohesive independence movement has been successfully destroyed? #PuertoRico
Ethan Kirchner (a.k.a. Ethie)@Joaquincastrotx Congratulations!
David Dvorkin@Joaquincastrotx This is great. I wonder what the chances are in the Senate, realistically.
TheScourgeofDenver@Joaquincastrotx Good for you!
RichRoc@Joaquincastrotx Thank you now tell the uninformed PR in Fl who voted NO.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴