Michael Staudenmaier

Facing persistent exploitation, discrimination, and marginalisation in the second half of the twentieth century, generations of Puerto Rican organisers and activists drew on multiple competing versions of nationalism to challenge the racial order in Chicago, one of America’s most segregated cities. Initially, both supporters and opponents of Puerto Rican independence promoted the assimilation of fellow migrants as white citizens. The...

Facing persistent exploitation, discrimination, and marginalisation in the second half of the twentieth century, generations of Puerto Rican organisers and activists drew on multiple competing versions of nationalism to challenge the racial order in Chicago, one of America’s most segregated cities. Initially, both supporters and opponents of Puerto Rican independence promoted the assimilation of fellow migrants as white citizens. The...

What does it mean to risk all for your beliefs? How do you fight an enemy in your midst? We Go Where They Go recounts the thrilling story of a massive forgotten youth movement that set the stage for today's anti-fascist organising in North America. When skinheads and punks in the late 1980s found their communities invaded by white supremacists...