Socialist Solutions for Puerto Rico
Channel: occupyradio
Date: 2018-11-01

The failure to reconstruct the physical and social infrastructure of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria is the result of colonization far more than the hurricane itself. How can New York help Puerto Rico resist its deepening exploitation by predatory Wall Street “disaster capitalists”?
How does climate change create the conditions for predatory capitalism?
We will analyze the situation in this forum about the disaster in Puerto Rico and its feasible socialist solutions... 
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El fracaso de la reconstrucción de la infraestructura física y social de Puerto Rico tras la destrucción provocada por el huracán María es el resultado de la colonización al que está sometido, más que el efecto mismo del huracán. 
¿Cómo podría Nueva York ayudar a Puerto Rico a resistir la profunda explotación de los capitalistas de Wall Street que lucran aprovechándose de las zonas afectadas por desastres?
Cómo los desastres provocados por el calentamiento global crean las condiciones favorables para el capitalismo salvaje?
Analizaremos la situación en este foro sobre el desastre de Puerto Rico y sus posibles soluciones socialistas...

Panelists:
Howie Hawkins - Moderator
Environmental, Civil Rights and Union Activist. Former Teamster and co-founder of the Green Party. Former Marine Corp.

- Dr. Kaliris Salas- Ramirez: 
Assistant Medical Professor at CUNY School Of Medicine. A Neuroscientist for Democracy, Racial Equity, and Progressive Education.

- Aixa Rodriquez: 
Teacher and Activist. Bronx Educators United for Justice.

- Daniel Vila : 
WBAI Radio Co-host For 'La Voz Latina', Union and Anti-war activist. Born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Spanish Harlem.

Here is a link to Promesa: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5278/text