Historias Unknown

In 1972, 4000 Chicanas and Mexicanas walked out of Farah Manufacturing company, in what would become one of the most significant labor strikes in the US, involving Mexican women.In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about this historic moment.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org thata has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increeaing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! 

https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg

Sources

https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=elmalcriado_states-countries
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/farah-strike
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farah_strike#Farah_Manufacturing_Company
https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203226/https://www.apwu.org//labor-history-articles/women-workers-defy-their-boss-and-win-union
https://texasarchive.org/2011_02871
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-1/farah.pdf

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

a Smallpox outbreak arose in Octobere 1898 in Laredo, but tensions grew when the Texas Rangers were callled to assist in forcibly taking sick people to "pesthouses". In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the Laredo Smallpox Riot.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org thata has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increeaing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! 

https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg

Sources

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/laredo-smallpox-riot
https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=2012
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1069029/https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/about/history.htmlhttps://www.who.int/health-topics/smallpox#tab=tab_2
https://traviscountyhistorical.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-history-of-travis-county-pest-camps.html
https://www.marquette.edu/cgi-bin/cuap/db.cgi?uid=default&ID=5982&view=Search&mh=1

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

In the early hours of March 24, 1976, the streets of Buenos Aires rumble with tanks as soldiers seize the presidential palace and topple Argentina’s leader. The country is now under the control of a military junta, with army chief Jorge Rafael Videla at the helm. With quiet support from the United States and tacit approval from much of Argentina’s people, who are tired of constant bombings and gunfights, the junta swiftly launches the National Reorganization Process or El Proceso—a bland name masking their ruthless campaign to crush the political left and instill the country with “Western, Christian” values. The junta holds power until 1983 and decimates a generation. One of the military’s most diabolical acts is kidnapping hundreds of pregnant women. After giving birth in captivity, the women are “disappeared,” and their babies secretly given to other families—many of them headed by police or military officers.

For mothers of pregnant daughters and daughters-in-law, the source of their grief is twofold—the disappearances of their children, and the theft of their grandchildren. A group of fierce grandmothers forms the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, dedicated to finding the stolen infants and seeking justice from a nation that betrayed them. At a time when speaking out could mean death, the Abuelas confront military officers and launch protests to reach international diplomats and journalists. 

They become detectives, adopting disguises to observe suspected grandchildren, and even work alongside a renowned American scientist to pioneer groundbreaking genetic tests. A Flower Traveled in My Blood is the rarest of nonfiction that reads like a novel and puts your heart in your throat. It is the product of years of extensive archival research and meticulous, original reporting. It marks the arrival of a blazing new talent in narrative journalism. In these pages, a regime tries to terrorize a country, but love prevails. The grandmothers’ stunning stories reveal new truths about memory, identity, and family. 

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Flower-Traveled-in-My-Blood/Haley-Cohen-Gilliland/9781668017142

Haley Cohen Gilliland joined us on this episode of Historias Unknown to discuss her journey with this amazing book.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org thata has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increeaing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Historias Unknown is on YouTube now! 

https://youtube.com/@historiasunknown?si=_rmuVXrSQhs5R1bg

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

In the 1970s, the Nestle infant formula controversy came to light. In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the infant formula "scandal" (as in babies died), due to shady marketing practices. A lot of these infant deaths happened in Latin America and the rest of the global south. But first, the history of Nestle, starting with Henri Nestle and a bit about the history of formula. But these practices did not really come to an end. 

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org thata has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increeaing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2019-06-13/baby-formula-companies-targeted-low-income-moms-in peru#:~:text=LIMA%2C%20Peru%20%E2%80%94%20Producers%20of%20baby,according%20to%20a%20new%20study.
https://www.just-food.com/news/nestle-accused-of-double-standards-over-sugar-in-baby-formula-cereals/?cf-view
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/mexico-coffee-farmers-accuse-nestl%C3%A9-of-a-ruthless-purchasing-policy-they-cant-afford-basic-needs-response-from-nestl%C3%A9/
https://www.ecchr.eu/en/case/nestle-precedent-case-murder-of-trade-unionist-romero-in-colombia/
https://www.parents.com/nestle-s-sugar-scandal-troubles-black-and-brown-parents-863702
4https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babies/
https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-coffee/
https://www.4c-services.org/about/what-is-4c/
https://stories.publiceye.ch/modern-slavery-coffee/


Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

In the 1970s, the Nestle infant formula controversy came to light. In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the infant formula "scandal" (as in babies died), due to shady marketing practices. A lot of these infant deaths happened in Latin America and the rest of the global south. But first, the history of Nestle, starting with Henri Nestle and a bit about the history of formula. Part two will include how these practices have continued in Peru and more.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

By joining, you can help Historias Unknown donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org thata has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increeaing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_of_Nestl%C3%A9#Baby_formula_marketing
https://utopia.org/guide/crime-controversy-nestles-5-biggest-scandals-explained
https://voxdev.org/topic/health/deadly-toll-marketing-infant-formula-low-and-middle-income-countries
https://globalcapitalism.history.ox.ac.uk/files/case12-nestlescorporatereputationpdf-1
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/01/nestle-under-fire-for-marketing-claims-on-baby-milk-formulas
https://bhr.stern.nyu.edu/quick-take/why-global-companies-need-to-do-more-than-merely-comply-with-local-law/
http://archive.babymilkaction.org/pdfs/babykiller.pdf
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-19-mn-2981-story.html
https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/mgt4880nestle/2013/04/20/nestle-the-baby-killer/
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards
https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/concise-history-infant-formula-twists-and-turns-included
https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/magazine/the-controversy-over-infant-formula.html?pagewanted=all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9#Baby_formula_marketing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nestl%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_von_Liebig#Major_works

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

On September 11, 1973, a coup overthrew the democratically elected Chilean president, Salvador Allende. This marked the beginning of the Pinochet dictatorship and up to that date, Los Chicago Boys wrote out the 500 page plan that became known as the brick. The economic plan for the new regime. Then throughout the dictatorship, Pinochet elevated Chicago boys to higher positons. But who were they, how did it start? In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the Chicago Boys, the School of Chicago and their ties to right wing dictatorships in Latin America.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Boys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_school_of_economics
https://www.promarket.org/2021/09/12/chicago-boys-chile-friedman-neoliberalism/
https://americasquarterly.org/article/fifty-years-on-the-chicago-boys-remain-difficult-to-discuss/
https://thebeautifultruth.org/the-basics/what-is-the-friedman-doctrine/
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2014/09/basics.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_therapy_(economics)

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

Lorena Borjas fue conocida como la madre de la comunidad trans latina en Queens, Nueva York. Tras una vida dedicada al activismo, falleció en 2020 a causa de la COVID-19, pero su legado sigue vivo.

En este capitulo, Carmen le cuenta a Cristina sobre la vida de Lorena Borjas. 

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources:
https://lambdalegal.org/blogs/us_20231010_queer-latinx-leaders-who-paved-the-way/ 
https://qptv.org/content/queens-stories-story-lorena-borjas-transgender-latina-activist 
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/case/lorena-borjas/ 
https://www.ourvoicesarefree.org/founder
https://www.amidacareny.org/transgender-awareness-week-honoring-lorena-borjas/
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislation-honor-lgbtq-pride-month-and-empowers-new-york-state-agencies
https://www.them.us/story/lorena-borjas-mother-of-queens-trans-latinx-community-died-coronavirus
https://www.them.us/story/out-on-the-frontlines-liaam-winslet-lorena-borjas 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

Before company B of the Texas Rangers executed 15 Mexican men and boys in Porvenir, Texas, they asked each one, “are you Chico Cano?”. But who was Chico Cano? It depends who you ask. If you ask the Texas rangers, he was a deranged Mexican bandit, who led a band of 100 Mexicans and stole cattle and killed indiscriminately along the US-Mexico border. But the truth is more complicated than that. In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about Chico Cano. 

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

https://refusingtoforget.org/chico-cano
https://www.odmp.org/officer/12299-customs-agent-joseph-russell-sitter
https://npshistory.com/publications/bibe/wthss-19-3.pdf
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469670126/borders-of-violence-and-justice

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

The National Synarchist Union was a fascist organization in Mexico, and was most popular from 1940 to around 1943. It sought the unity of the Catholic church and government, and for the church to rule; although it never gained much power, its beliefs and goals are comparable to Christian nationalism in the US, which we are seeing fighting for control of the US. 

In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about this brief organization in Mexico.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Urquiza 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synarchism#:~:text=Synarchism%20generally%20means%20%22joint%20rule,Catholic%20theocracy%20movement%20in%20Mexico. 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sinarquism
https://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/cultural/v3n1/v3n1a2.pdf 
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708041400/http://guanaco17.blogspot.com/2008/06/manifiesto-sinarquista-de-1937.html 
https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1069 &context=hist_etds&httpsredir=1&referer= 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-is-christian-nationalism-and-why-it-raises-concerns-about-threats-to-democracy 
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1260150915 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TSJu4oyWlxIVA8BK589EM?si=li-noigSQWentPZlXa7voQ&nd=1&dlsi=86e1cc12785d4873 ​​https://religionnews.com/2025/06/14/suspect-in-killing-of-minnesota-legislator-is-an-ordained-minister-who-evangelized-in-africa/ 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.

On January 28, 1918, Company B of the Texas Rangers along with 4 local ranchmen and a US armny unit descended into the small town of Porvenir, Texas. They woke up the 140 residents and separated the men and boys from the women, younger children and elderly, then proceeded to gun down the able bodied men and boys over 14. This is known today as the Porvenir Massacre and took place during the ten year period called the Hour of Blood or La Matanza.

This is a very heavy episode, listen with caution.

If you have topic suggestions, feel free to email [email protected] or use the contact us form on the website https://www.historiasunknown.com/contact/

Want ad free episodes? And weekly bonus episodes? Support Historias Unknown on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/HistoriasUnknownPodcast

Follow on social media:

Instagram: https : //www.instagram.com/historiasunknown/

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@historiasunknown

Music Credit: Hustlin (Instrumental) by Neffex

Sources: 

The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas by Monica Munoz Martinez
The Lynching of Mexicans in the Texas Borderlands by Nicholas Villanueva
https://www.porvenirmassacre.org/https://thc.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/Porvenir_Marker_01.jpg
https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/artifacts/harry-warren-porvenir-notebook-spotlight-1-1-19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Ranger_Division#Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum
https://thc.texas.gov/blog/remembering-porvenir-massacre
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/15/texas-rangers-racist-violent-history/
https://www.texasobserver.org/century-porvenir-massacre-remembering-one-texas-darkest-days/
https://www.texasranger.org/Pages/History/Timeline#section-4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_County,_Texas
https://refusingtoforget.org/chico-cano/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canales_Investigation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Tom%C3%A1s_Canales


Lesson plans about Porvenir for teachers: https://www.porvenirmassacre.org/educational.html

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/historias-unknown--6253658/support.