Machete Rojo: We Won! / Triunfaron Las Peticiones!
Item
YEAR 2
WRITING LAB AT N
(GHT:
PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY - HOSTOS NUCLEUS
WE VON |
On December 22 of last year, the students who had been collecting sig-
natures on a petition demanding that the writing lab be open at night met
with the heads of the administration and the student government.
An agree-
ment was reached in that meeting that the lab would be open at night by
very latest.
the beginning of next semester, at the
This is what the administrators of
our college promised, and we as stu-
dents of this school have the duty
and obligation to make sure that these
promises are kept because they repre-
sent the wishes of the student body
ag a whole.
Qur commitment is to the students,
the workers and the professors of this
college. That's why we are now and
will always be united with them in
struggle. We will publicly denounce
whatever deficiencies that may occur
in the services that these sectors
are supposed to receivee We won't
do this in the form of backroom gossip
and rumors because the problems of
Hostos can't be resolved by talking
behind peoples’ backs. We say that
the problems arise when the political
and financial interests of the fat
cat politicians and bankers come in
conflict with the needs of our com-
munity and of the people at Hostos.
We want to say to the administration
that they had better start doing things
right because it's beginning to heat
up around here again.
REGISTRATION Mess
AGAIN ¢
As registration for next semester
gets closer, we would like to know
what the administration intends to
do about the problems in registra-
tion. We're reminding them now
what a mess registration was at the
beginning of this last semester.
Why can’t the people who run the
administration earn an honest day's
pay working - that's what they're
paid to do! How long do they think
the students are going to put up
with this? Don't they know that
we can organize a demonstration in
two second flat if we want tol
WRITING LAB AT N
(GHT:
PUERTO RICAN SOCIALIST PARTY - HOSTOS NUCLEUS
WE VON |
On December 22 of last year, the students who had been collecting sig-
natures on a petition demanding that the writing lab be open at night met
with the heads of the administration and the student government.
An agree-
ment was reached in that meeting that the lab would be open at night by
very latest.
the beginning of next semester, at the
This is what the administrators of
our college promised, and we as stu-
dents of this school have the duty
and obligation to make sure that these
promises are kept because they repre-
sent the wishes of the student body
ag a whole.
Qur commitment is to the students,
the workers and the professors of this
college. That's why we are now and
will always be united with them in
struggle. We will publicly denounce
whatever deficiencies that may occur
in the services that these sectors
are supposed to receivee We won't
do this in the form of backroom gossip
and rumors because the problems of
Hostos can't be resolved by talking
behind peoples’ backs. We say that
the problems arise when the political
and financial interests of the fat
cat politicians and bankers come in
conflict with the needs of our com-
munity and of the people at Hostos.
We want to say to the administration
that they had better start doing things
right because it's beginning to heat
up around here again.
REGISTRATION Mess
AGAIN ¢
As registration for next semester
gets closer, we would like to know
what the administration intends to
do about the problems in registra-
tion. We're reminding them now
what a mess registration was at the
beginning of this last semester.
Why can’t the people who run the
administration earn an honest day's
pay working - that's what they're
paid to do! How long do they think
the students are going to put up
with this? Don't they know that
we can organize a demonstration in
two second flat if we want tol
Title
Machete Rojo: We Won! / Triunfaron Las Peticiones!
Description
El Machete Rojo was a leaflet produced by the Puerto Rican Socialist Party at Hostos Community College. This leaflet announced that student activists had successfully secured nighttime access to their writing lab, an effort that the administration of Hostos Community College had resisted. In the leaflet, student activists framed conflict at the college as overtly class-based.
Contributor
Meyer, Gerald
Creator
Puerto Rican Socialist Party-Hostos Nucleus
Date
December 22, 1975
Language
English
Spanish
Rights
Obtained from Contributor - Copyright Unknown
Source
Hostos Community College Archives
Original Format
Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout)
Puerto Rican Socialist Party-Hostos Nucleus. Letter. “Machete Rojo: We Won! Triunfaron Las Peticiones!.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/657
Time Periods
1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover

