About Us
The Ruth Reynolds Front for Puerto Rico's Independence is a U.S.-based organization dedicated to dismantling colonial power and advancing Puerto Rican independence through education, historical investigation, and principled solidarity.
Our name honors Ruth Reynolds—an anti-racist before the term existed. She was a teacher, pacifist, and radical truth-teller who dedicated her life to the cause of Puerto Rican freedom. In 1951, she was imprisoned for seditious conspiracy alongside Puerto Rican freedom-fighters. Her commitment was not symbolic—it was lived, public, and unwavering.
Her legacy lives on as a model of accountability, courage, and enduring allyship. We exist to continue that legacy—reclaiming memory, building alliances, and supporting resistance.
Why We Exist
Puerto Rico is still a colony of the United States. This reality is rarely acknowledged in U.S. education, media, or political discourse—but it is known intimately by generations of Puerto Ricans who have fought for independence, been imprisoned for dissent, and had their bodies and lands experimented on, extracted from, and erased.
This project is not charity. It is reparative.
We exist to name U.S. colonialism, challenge it, and support those who resist it.
What We Do
- Publish critical reviews, translations, and historical analysis in our journal, El Postillón
- Recover and digitize suppressed documents, including the writings of Puerto Rican historians, legal scholars, and journalists
- Educate allies through political education, solidarity-focused Spanish, and anti-colonial courses
- Advocate at the UN Decolonization Committee and amplify calls for decolonization, reparations, and self-determination
- Support Puerto Rican-led organizations and independence efforts financially and strategically
Who We Are
We are descendants, disrupters, and accomplices.
Our founder, Amy Golzar-Beverley, is a descendant of a U.S. colonial governor in Puerto Rico. Her career in education policy, nonprofit leadership, and research brought her into direct confrontation with systems of oppression—including those perpetuated in her own lineage. This work is her own act of reparation and refusal.
She is joined by a growing network of researchers, writers, organizers, and allies who refuse to accept colonialism as history. We confront it as present.
What We Believe
- Puerto Rico is a nation.
- The U.S. is a colonial power.
- Reparations are not optional—they are overdue.
- Liberation requires memory, solidarity, and the transfer of resources and power.
- Allies must be active, educated, and led by Puerto Ricans.