Talk:Pedro Albizu Campos
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==a good example on what not to post in by citizens, Albizu and his party chose a non-democratic violent avenue for obtaining power. His speeches are thick with the "volkish" nationalistic tones exalting the difference in blood between Puerto Ricans and Americans, and evoke the ideas fowarded by fascist parties throughout the world prior to the second war. His party members stressed the use of black shirt uniforms, and organized militias of resistance- all qualities of fascist movements. While it is true that non-judicial murders of Nationalists occurred, and that the Ponce massacre was likely a premeditated action by the authorities, I think to ignore the anti-democratic violence espoused by his movement is disingenous.
For is now revered by many who do not understand his preference for violence over voting, and his disdain for the wishes of the majority of his fellow Puerto Ricans.
1) http://www.eleccionespuertorico.com/archivo/1932.html 2) http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blpennsylvania1.htm
The Nationalist Party did have fascists in it, but it also had capitalists, democrats, anarchists, socialists and communists too. It was a party whose main idealogy was focused soley on status and the methods to achieve it. Further more the wearing of black is not completely true, the Nationalists' were black and white. And it should be noted that "black" is politically attibuted to primarily to Anarchists, not Fascists, if there is any connection.
It should also be noted that while Campos did not embrace a doctrine of non-violence, the USA was hardly being passive themselves in this period, for example the Ponce Massacre.--24.152.251.248 06:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
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This information was removed from Military history of Puerto Rico but it is relevant to this article.
"Pedro Albizu Campos, who later became the leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, held the rank of lieutenant in the 375th Infantry Regiment that was stationed in Puerto Rico and never saw combat action." Joelito (talk) 21:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Afro-Puerto Rican
I edited a previous edited that asserted that he was "Afro-Taino and Basque." This claim about Albizu Campos' ancestry was inserted by an anonymous user. It was not cited and is not verifiable, and he is most generally referred to as an Afro-Puerto Rican. It is important to note that although an Afro-Puerto Rican may have a Basque surname like Albizu, this in no way means that he is Basque, and could reflect, as in the majority of the African diaspora, a "slave name."--Noopinonada (talk) 04:04, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
