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Current Events #60: VENEZUELA ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH W/ LUISA
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After a few months off, Austin G is back to bring you a solo interview pod with previous guest and union organizer Luisa Martinez. Luisa was able to attend Venezuela's recent presidential election in person as an election observer on behalf of the Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (dsaic.org) and gives us her on the ground pe…
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Current Events #59: MEXICO ELECTIONS & PUERTO RICO PRIMARIES
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In this edition of MyM, we do a bit of a debrief on the recent elections in Mexico and the primaries of the comprador Pro-Statehood PNP in Puerto Rico. Austin breaks down his experience as an election observer in Mexico giving us his analysis of the ramifications of Claudia Sheinbaum's victory. Hilarity and giggling ensues as we discuss the Looney …
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Current Events #58: PUERTO RICO ELECTIONS PREVIEW
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After a typical hiatus, MyM is back with a Current Events episode. In this one, we preview the November elections in Puerto Rico. We dive a bit deeper into the comprador Statehood party's impending primary pitting incumbent Pedro Pierluisi, the Ted Cruz of Chuck Schumers, against Resident Commissioner and MAGA enthusiast Jenniffer Gonzalez which ma…
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PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY: The ongoing global response to the genocide in Gaza
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LeRoy, T, and friend of the show Rev are back together to discuss one thing: the growing global solidarity movement for Palestine. Rev and LeRoy discuss what they've been a part of and what they've been seeing down in Australia while T brings a US perspective. We discuss the various players and dynamics involved day in and day out in this swelling …
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AUSTRALIA/PALESTINE: Comrade Conversation w/ Rev
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After an extended hiatus, LeRoy and T are joined by friend of the show Rev to discuss and breakdown the recent failed Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum and the ongoing Palestinian genocide. Both topics are inextricably linked through the history of settler-colonial violence. We navigate the background and fallout of the failed referendum an…
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DSA Convention: Comrade Conversation w/ Luisa Martinez
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In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an interview with close friend and comrade Luisa Martinez. Luisa is an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America that is running for national leadership within the organization at their upcoming national convention. We start our conversation off with Luis…
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Current Events #56: DICTATOR LASSO, PINOCHETISTAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, US SUPREME COURT VS PUERTO RICO
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After an unplanned hiatus, the MyM boys are back with a current events episode. We start by breaking down the latest with disgraced Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso and his move to nuke the legislature, call new elections, and rule by decree in the meantime. We work our way towards discussing the latest disappointing news from Chile, more of Bo…
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Current Events #55: PARAGUAY ELECTION FINAL, TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA, RECAP OF ECUADOR CONVO
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Sometimes we have nothing, sometimes we double up. In a second drop this week, Austin and LeRoy put a bow on the lead up to the Paraguayan election with a discussion of what's at stake and the ramifications of this unprecedented tight race. The final two stories are loosely a debrief of our conversation with Julian Garrido about Argentina and Ecuad…
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ECUADOR: Comrade Conversation w/ Julián Garrido
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In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there a fascinating discussion on South American politics with Quito-based political strategist Julián Garrido. We start off in Ecuador which has undergone serious political turmoil in the last couple months as embattled incumbent President Guillermo Lasso's impeachment …
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Current Events #54: PREVIEWING PARAGUAY & GUATEMALA ELECTIONS
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We're back this week with another Current Events episode and the whole team is together! This week we preview the impending and consequential elections in Paraguay and Guatemala. LeRoy leads the convo surrounding Paraguay, going through the candidates, the political history, current society and what's at stake for the landlocked country. Austin lea…
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Current Events #53: LASSO IMPEACHMENT, AMLO REFORMS, VIVA CHAVEZ
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A new current events episode and the whole gang is together! We start off by going through the trouble facing Ecuador President Guillermo and former Prez Lenin Moreno: bribery, potential impeachment, and narco connections to the Albanian mafia. We move on to breakdown AMLO's proposed reforms of Mexico's Elections Commission its prompting of the rat…
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VENEZUELA: Comrade Conversation W/ José Luis Granados Ceja
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In our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an in-depth discussion on Venezuela with Venezuela Analysis' own José Luis Granados Ceja. Venezuela Analysis has long been the leader in English-language coverage of Venezuela and José Luis has been a big part of that, from writing a lot of their most recent intern…
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CLIMATE DISASTER IN CHILE!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ DIEGO POLANCO
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In our latest emergency interview, Austin and T attempt to conduct a full interview without our traditional podcast host Leroy as we sit down with Chilean economist and returning podcast Chile expert Diego Polanco to talk about the recent spread of forest fires that have engulfed South-Central Chile. Coming straight to us from Chile, Diego breaks d…
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SAVING PUERTO RICO! EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ CARLOS BERRIOS POLANCO
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In this edition of MyM, (a very sick) Austin and LeRoy sit down with Puerto Rico based journalist and Latino Rebels Caribbean Correspondent Carlos Berrios Polanco to discuss his on the ground perspective of activism in Puerto Rico. We begin with this week's shooting of an activist by private security guards in Aguadilla and the context of the confr…
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Current Events #52: YEAR IN PREVIEW AND THE CELAC SUMMIT
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In this episode, we (not T unfortunately) begin by previewing a few things we're looking forward to seeing unfold this year, a year already proving to be quite eventful. Austin highlights next month's elections in Ecuador and LeRoy similarly talks about the April general elections in Paraguay and the internal rumblings in the ubiquitous Colorado Pa…
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STORMING OF BRASILIA!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ BRIAN MIER
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In light of the Jan 8 events in Brasilia and the ongoing fall out we sit down with Brazil based journalist Brian Mier of BrasilWire and TelesurEnglish to break it all down and make sense of it all. We discuss Lula's electoral victory, societal conditions that lead to the coup attempt, the coup attempt itself, and what a Lula presidency represents n…
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CATASTROPHE IN PERU!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ FRANCESCA
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In light of the evolving situation in Peru, we sit down with Peruvian comrade Francesca Emanuele to discuss the fall of Pedro Castillo. With incredible nuance, she breaks down the actions of the recalcitrant Right Wing congress, Castillo's ineffectiveness and incompetence, how Peru got here, and what's next for her embattled homeland. If you suppor…
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Current Events #51: JORGE GLAS FREE IN ECUADOR, CENSUS BATTLE IN BOLIVIA, HAITIAN POGROMS
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BUENAS MI GENTE! The full team is back with another current events episode. We begin by discussing the mandated prison release of Jorge Glas, the former VP of Ecuador who got swept up in the immensely consequential Odebrecht corruption scandal. We then move on to break down the recent RW fuckery in Bolivia, lead by Fascist Golpista Luis Fernando Ca…
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Current Events #50: LULA'S VICTORY AND PETRO & THE AREPA ACCORDS
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BUENAS MI GENTE! We're back this week with a long awaited current events episode. We discuss and breakdown the ramifications of Lula's victory in Brazil, what it means not only for Brazil but for the region and the planet as a whole. We then move into and finish off with Gustavo Petro and a recap of his first 100 days, including but not limited to …
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BRAZIL ELECTION: Comrade Conversation w/ Comrade Fern
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On the eve of the momentous election in Brazil, we sit down with one of our favorite people, veteran of the show, and beloved Brazilian comrade, Fern. Fern takes us through what the Bozonaro presidency has meant for Brazil and what a second term would bring. He goes through and breaks down the candidate roster from Front-Runner Lula and his PT lead…
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Current Events #49: CHILE DEBRIEF, HAITI PROTESTS, ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIN IN ARGENTINA
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We're back with a Current Events episode this week! We start off with a bit of debrief of the unfortunate rejection of the Chilean draft constitution. We then talk about the latest wave of protests in Haiti in the age of Ariel Henry. We finish off trying to break down and make sense of the assassination attempt of Argentinean VP Cristina Fernandez …
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Current Events #48: Chile Constitution Referendum
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This week T and LeRoy, ahead of Sunday's referendum, discuss the resulting draft from Chile's long and arduous constitutional convention. We talk about the events that lead to this seemingly miraculous moment, from the 1973 coup to the early history of the 1980 Pinochet Constitution to the nationwide uprisings in the last couple of years. We finish…
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Current Events #47: CUBA DISASTER, PETRO'S INAUGURATION, FBI RAID IN PUERTO RICO
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THE WHOLE BAND IS TOGETHER FOR THIS LATEST CURRENT EVENTS! We kick things off by discussing the tragedy in Cuba, the most significant industrial natural disaster in its history. We pivot to President-elect Petro of Colombia's inauguration, early moves, and what early predictions for Colombia and the region with a Petro/Marquez presidency. We finish…
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After Dark (kinda): FASCIST BABIES, RETAIL MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA, ALIENATION/RESONANCE
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After a loooong unplanned (but almost expected) hiatus two of the three sit down together. Just LeRoy and T on this one, we decided to employ our more free form, After Dark format as we get back into the swing of things. We talk about abortion rights and the state of reaction in the US, what it's like dealing with management in excessively hierarch…
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Current Events #46: THE COLOMBIAN ELECTION
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Buenas mi gente! This week we dive head first into the long awaited regionally consequential election in Colombia that has Miami seething! We do a mini deep dive into the violent 20th century history of Colombia that created the material conditions allowing for the historic victory for the Left in the country. We give our takeaways tackle the ramif…
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Current Events #45: AUSTRALIA ELECTION REVIEW, FINAL COLOMBIA PREDICTIONS, PUERTO RICO STATUS ACT
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Back again, the whole team is together and joined by Australian comrade Rev. For the first half of this episode we talk with Rev about the massive election that just occurred in LeRoy's neck of the woods down under in so-called Australia. We break down the humiliation of the Australian Liberal Party as they lost their majority and what this electio…
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Current Events #44: W FOR AMLO, CHILE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, PRESIDENT FUCKBOY AT IT AGAIN
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A semi quick turnaround for y'all for this jam packed current events! We start of in Mexico where AMLO dominated a recall vote as he pushes to nationalize Mexico's lithium. We then go to Chile where the Constitutional Convention is in the home stretch in their attempt to rewrite the decrepit Pinochet constitution. We finish off in El Salvador where…
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Current Events #43: MASSACRE IN COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA ELECTION, LIGHTS OUT IN PUERTO RICO
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In a rare back to back, the team is back with another current events episode! We start off again in Colombia with a pre-Election state sanctioned massacre in a small Indigenous town under the pretext of rooting out terrorists. We then talk a bit about last week's election in Costa Rica and the country's place in the region generally. And per usual,…
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Current Events #42: PARADIGM SHIFT IN COLOMBIA?, PERU PERUING, ANTI-ABORTION BILL IN PUERTO RICO
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After 47 years the whole team is together for this current events episode. We start off by discussing Petro, Francia Marquez, and the Left coalition Pacto Historico's march towards the impending election and what their victory would mean for the region. We then talk about Pedro Castillo's latest trials and tribulations as a Leftist President with a…
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Machete After Dark: THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE EPISODE w/ AREPA LIBRE
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After a long unplanned break, the whole team is together with special guest, Arepa Libre, to discuss the only thing in the news at the moment: Putin's invasion of Ukraine. In our After Dark format, we analyze what lead to this moment, the global response, and what we think the end game could possibly be. We compare and contrast to reminiscent histo…
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In a solo comrade conversation with only podcast MVP Austin G, we sit down with and are blown away by Florida based activist and comrade of Peruvian descent Alex Suarez! In this invaluable discussion, Alex shares with us a bit about his work as an activist across the state of Florida, including his work in the #HandsOffVenezuela campaign, as well a…
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Current Events #41: HONDURAS HONDURASING, BORIC PICKS HIS CABINET, PEOPLE'S WAR IN PUERTO RICO
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First Current Events of the year and the whole team is together! We start off by discussing and trying to unpack the betrayal by 18 members of President-elect Xiomara Castro's LIBRE party and what this means for the region going forward. On a similar note, we then talk about Boric's cabinet picks in Chile and our takes on what he's shown so far in …
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2021 REVIEW/2022 PREVIEW: Comrade Conversation W/ Matt K.
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First episode of the year! The whole team is together and joined by official gringo ally, Matt K., to review the year just gone, from the Ecuador election to Boric's victory in Chile, and to also preview the consequential year ahead. We break down the evolving ramifications of 2021, touching on the effect MAS's retaking of power from the fascists i…
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CHILE: Comrade Conversation W/ Diego Polanco
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In a T-less comrade conversation, Austin and LeRoy sit down with and are blown away by Chilean Economist and red-diaper baby Diego Polanco! In this invaluable discussion, Diego shares a bit about his family's inspiring involvement in the Chilean and Latin American Left, stretching back to even Pre-Pinochet times, as well as his own personal backgro…
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Full team this week to chat about Sunday's historic election in Chile that saw former Student Organizer Gabriel Boric defeat Nazi progeny and Pinochet fanboy Jose Antonio Kast. We break down the results themselves but more importantly how Chile got here and where they (need to) go from here. We talk about what this represents for not only Chile, bu…
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Hot Girl Agenda x Machete y Mate: CHRISTMAS WITH COMRADES
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In our current stage of capitalism very few things highlight our god-given blessing of democracy like the annual Spotify wrapped. Whomst among us will dare defy the invisible hand? In what will prove to be the hot girl dudes rockingest collab of the year, Hot Girl Agenda and Machete y Mate come together to navigate identity as both diaspora and hom…
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Current Events #39: RETURN TO PINOCHET?, VICTORY IN HONDURAS, BUILDING POWER IN VENEZUELA
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Great news! All three homies are together this week. We start off by discussing the rollercoaster election in Chile pitting a Pinochet sycophant against a Leftist former student organizer in a rapidly approaching run-off election. We then break down the massive and surprisingly comfortable victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras and what it means for…
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Current Events #38: ELECTION SEASON, CUBAN PROTESTS?, DEBT PAYING SEASON IN PUERTO RICO
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Just LeRoy and T bringing you the current events this week. We talk a bit about the impending elections in Latin America coming up very soon, including the one just passed in Nicaragua and the latest things to look out for. We discuss the unmaterialized US sponsored anti-government protests in Cuba and how much we hate VICE. We finish off with Puer…
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Fear of a white genocide w/ The Red Nation's Jen Marley and Nick Estes
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Jen Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) of The Red Nation (The_Red_Nation) welcomed previous Machete y Mate guest and compa oficial Blanca Estévez as well as our very own Austin González on to their podcast for a conversation on anti-imperialism in Latin America, racist 'left' reactions to land back, and building working class powe…
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Current Events #37: DOMINICAN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HOPE FOR THE LEFT IN HONDURAS, MORE DISASTER CAPITALISM IN PR
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The whole team is back this week for for your (ideally) weekly Latin America update. We start off talking about the struggle for reproductive rights in the face of the especially draconian laws in the Dominican Republic. Austin helps us work through and break down the ramifications of Salvador Nasralla aligning himself behind Xiomara Castro the Lef…
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Current Events #36: PERU SHAKE-UP, CAPITAL & HONDURAS, ANOTHER WEEK IN THE COLONY
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On Indigenous Peoples Day the whole team is together for another week in Latin America. Pedro Castillo has significantly reshuffled his cabinet and we try to make sense of what this means for Peru, for Peru Libre, and for the movement. We then discuss the increasing political violence In Honduras, including the attempted murder of the daughter of m…
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Current Events #35 w/ Paul Figueroa: LUMA & THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUERTO RICO
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The whole team is together and we welcome dear friend and comrade of the show former Independence party city council candidate for San Juan, Paul Figueroa! From class considerations to Union Colonialism, Paul walks us though the energy crisis, its affects and ramifications, and how decades of colonial and neoliberal policy has created the desperate…
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Current Events #34: ZAPATISTAS VS THE STATE, MORE BORDER VIOLENCE, 4 YEARS AFTER MARIA
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Welcome back for a Current Events at 2/3 strength physically, but 100% spiritually. We start off by discussing the State violence against the Zapatistas in Chiapas and their strongly worded diplomatic response. If one thing is constant in the US it's the maintenance of a militarized Southern border and we talk about agents of violence playing out t…
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Current Events #33: ECUADOR REVISIT, BITCOIN & PRESIDENT FUCKBOY, BRAZIL & THE FASHINTERN
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With the absence of the self-proclaimed Messi, T & LeRoy are back with a Current Events episode. After a pretty robust and interesting intro chatting about labor law, Mexico abortion decrim, and CELAC, we kick off the main stories with an update on Yaku Perez and Ecuador since Lasso's victory in their election earlier this year. We then dive deep i…
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Current Events #32: DOWN WITH THE OAS, BRAZIL'S JAN 6, SOYBEANIZATION OF LATAM
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The whole band is back together! The three of us analyze the calls to scrap the US department of the colonies, the OAS and the otherwise awakening of the players in the region. We discuss Bolsonaro's increasingly blatant and concerted effort to delegitimize next year's election and what it means for the country and region. We finish off with a disc…
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Current Events #31: DOMINO FALLS IN PERU, BREAD BREAKING IN VENEZUELA, HAITI & THE CLIMATE CRISIS
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With Austin on a post-DSA Convention life hiatus, LeRoy and T lay down an overdue current events episode! We talk about the resignation of newly appointed Peruvian Foreign MInister Hector Bejar, the first domino to fall in Peru's reactionary congress's war against Castillo. We optimistically break down the Maduro/Bolivarian government's recent talk…
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CUBA: Comrade Conversation W/ Andrés Pertierra
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In this Austin-less comrade conversation, we sit down with Cuban Cuba Historian Andrés Pertierra! We always appreciated the way he keeps it 100 and he did exactly that with us. From the great successes of the Revolution to the valid critiques of the post-1959 project to the present day, Andrés breaks down what we as "Leftists" should know and under…
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Current Events #30: ASSASSINATION IN HAITI, CUBA PROTESTS, UNITED LEFT IN CHILE
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All three homies are together for an important current events episode! We put on our tin-foil hats as we tackle the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and all the theories surrounding the circumstances and all the fallout. We discuss the protests in Cuba, why they've broken out and how they fit into the greater GN imperial system. We finish o…
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BRAZIL: Comrade Conversation W/ Fern
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Long overdue, we sit down with one of our dearest and most inspiring comrades, Fern. Fern takes us on a journey into his life as a working class immigrant organizer and father in the US and in Brazil. We delve into the complicated socio-political history of Brazil from decolonization to the military dictatorship to the present and his hopes and pla…
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Current Events #29: NO POWER IN PR, CASTILLO FINALLY PREZ?, CARLOS SLIM
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With Austin on assignment in Venezuela, it's just LeRoy and T this week. They talk about Luma Energy and the predictable disaster that's been the complete privatization of Puerto Rico's electrical grid, the latest regarding Peru's election fallout, and they dive into one of the worst characters you don't know, Carlos Slim. If you support what we do…
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