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Abbreviations and Style Notes ACP American Communist Party AFL American Federation of Labor ATC American Tobacco Company CMIU Cigar Makers International Union (aka, the International) CES Centro de Estudios Sociales (Social Studies Center) FLT Federación Libre de Trabajadores (Free Federation of Workers) FRT Federación Regional de Trabajadores (Regional Federation of Workers) IWW Industrial Workers of the World (aka, the Wobblies) POS Partido Obrero Socialista (Socialist Labor Party in Puerto Rico) PS Partido Socialista (Socialist Party of Puerto Rico) SLP Socialist Labor Party All translations from Spanish are the author’s unless otherwise indicated. Throughout the book, socialist refers to someone with broadly socialistic ideas,while Socialist refers to a member of the Partido Socialista.I have tried to avoid the terms America, American, North America, and North American when talking about the United States. However, I have used the historical and contemporary Americanization when referring to efforts by the United States to make Puerto Rico more like the U.S. mainland. ...

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