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 […]

Their description: “A panel of Venezuela experts join MintCast to discuss the recent National Assembly elections, sanctions, and America’s covert war.”

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 […]

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/) […]

Their description: “Bolivian journalist Ollie Vargas discusses the Bolivian election and what this means for Indigenous movements and the left.” The Red Nation Podcast · Victory in Bolivia! w/ Ollie Vargas

Their description: “Yesterday the people of Bolivia voted their socialist party and leaders back into office after a coup backed by the United States and gross capitalists like Elon Musk. It was a total rejection of the coup. Of course, the American media and power structure hardly has anything to say about it. Let me […]

Their description: “In 2018, a young Guatemalan man named Reynaldo Castro Tum was ordered deported even though no one in the U.S. government knew where he was, or how to find him. Now, more than two years later, his unusual journey through the United States’ immigration system has sucked another man back into a legal […]

My thoughts: I’ve assigned Briggs’ Reproducing Empire in my courses, and I learned a lot from it. While the media has framed child separation as a uniquely Trumpian policy, child separation has been used as a terror technique by the United States long before what we’re witnessing in the present.  Listen to the talk. Their […]

My thoughts: Tragic & powerful Their description: “We continue our investigation into the death of a man in a U.S. immigration detention center in 2015. José de Jesús turned himself into Border Patrol saying somebody was after him. Three days later, he died by suicide after stuffing a sock down his throat. In part two […]

My thoughts: This podcast underscores the tragedy of our immigration system, while showcasing the passion and skill behind powerful investigative journalism. Their description: “A man dies in a U.S. immigration detention center, under unusual circumstances. He is found unresponsive in his cell, with a sock stuffed down his throat. His death is ruled a suicide, […]