5. What is Neoliberalism?

Crawdads and Taters: Red State Rebels

Crawdads and Taters have an impromptu discussion on the definition of Neoliberalism, a few ways it has played out in the US and global economy, and how it paves the way for modern-day fascism.

Episode Notes

Border Deaths

• Operation Gatekeeper and the Birth of Border Militarization
• From 1994-2014, over 10,000 refugees have died attempting to cross the border. Crossing Over: Enrique Morales, Founder of Border Angels Talks the on Border Crisis and How We Can Stop It, 2014.
• How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants, New York Times, 2020.
• In Juarez, women just disappear, 2011
• Death in the Sands: The Horror of the US-Mexico Border

Stop Enbridge Line 3

• Stop Line 3 Chronicles
• Line 3- Indigenous Environmental Network

Neoliberal Trade Deals fueling the “immigration crisis”

• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 1994
• TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), (2016, but defeated by global grassroots movements)
• PPP (Plan Puebla Panama), 2001
• CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement), 2005

Reagan and privatization

• Reagan Plan to Privatize Government Is Gaining Support From Democrats, 1988
• The History of Privatization: How an Ideological and Political Attack on Government Became a Corporate Grab for Gold
• Key word of new budget: 'Privatization'
• Privatization is at the Core of Fascism
• Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Plan Is a Stalking Horse for Privatization

Germany and Forced Labor

• Ford and GM Scrutinized for Alleged Nazi Collaboration, 1998
• Ford sued over slave labor

Biden and Deportation

• United We Dream: Stop Deportations Now