In this episode, Liz Darrow and Tara Villalba talk with author, filmmaker and community rights defense organizer Simón Sedillo about his new book, Weapons, Drugs and Money, a book which seeks to first: take an in-depth historical and contemporary look at crime and corruption in the US/Mexico military political economy, second: to demystify our understanding of neoliberalism, and third: to look at specific examples of grassroots liberation in Mexico through community based self determination, self defense, and autonomy.

Learn more about the book here

Check out these films directed by Simón Sedillo:
Caminando Hacia la Autonomia
Celebrating Seven Years of Self-Governance in Cherán, Michoacán

Songs in this episode:
Nothing Good by Malo BRIDGADE
Mountains by Sendai Era
Y Va Caer by Rebel Diaz

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