Resources on Immigration, Race, Labor & U.S.-Latin American Relations
Their description: “The worlds that anarchists left behind, the worlds in which they lived, and the worlds they strove to create From the 1880s through the 1940s, tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants embraced the anarchist cause after arriving on American shores. Kenyon Zimmer explores why these migrants turned to anarchism and how […]
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My thoughts: This is a useful audio narrative of the contours of the Mexican Revolution, the first revolution of the twentieth century. The revolution set the course of Mexican history and profoundly impacted US-Latin American relations and thus the modern world system. Their description: “It’s shocking and embarrassing how little I, as an American, know […]
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Their description: “A panel of Venezuela experts join MintCast to discuss the recent National Assembly elections, sanctions, and America’s covert war.”
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Their description: “Andrea Ixchíu , Floridalma Boj Lopez , and Alejandro Flores join guest host Giovanni Batz to discuss the recent Guatemalan protests and uprising, which were sparked by the recent approval of a budget that reduces funding for human rights and health programs, but which have historical roots. Topics explored include why people are […]
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Their description: “Suzi introduces producers Alan Minsky (https://www.truthdig.com/author/alan_minsky/), Executive Director of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and Meleiza Figueroa (https://cooperativenewschool.com/people/mel-figueroa), urban geographer, environmental and social justice activist, who pay tribute to Diego Maradona (https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/news/maradona-the-words-eduardo-galeano-2001477), the brilliant futbolista who also spoke truth to power. Alan and Meleiza are producers of the quadrennial People’s Game (http://www.thepeoplesgame.org/) […]
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Essays on acts of US imperialism, from the 1953 Iran coup to the 2019 ouster of Evo Morales Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperialism, but never letting the minutiae obscure the larger political point. […]
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Their description: “Radicals in the Barrio uncovers a long and rich history of political radicalism within the Mexican and Chicano working class in the United States. Chacón clearly and sympathetically documents the ways that migratory workers carried with them radical political ideologies, new organizational models, and shared class experience, as they crossed the border into […]
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Their description: “During the Great Depression, a sense of total despair plagued the United States. Americans sought a convenient scapegoat and found it in the Mexican community. Laws forbidding employment of Mexicans were accompanied by the hue and cry to “get rid of the Mexicans!” The hysteria led pandemic repatriation drives and one million Mexicans […]
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Their description: “Anya Parampil speaks with journalist Ollie Vargas in La Paz, Bolivia about the historic victory of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party in the October 18 elections. They discuss the role of Bolivia’s social movements in overturning the coup regime that came to power in 2019, as well as the expectations of average […]
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Their description: “Somos Una América tells the story of people from across the Americas who are working to resist U.S. militarization in the Western Hemisphere. The film offers a hopeful outlook and illustrates the power of an emerging anti-militarization movement that is coordinating across borders to build a new world.”
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