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Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. 

In part three, Cristina talks about how Monsanto affected towns surrounded by agricultural fields in Autlan, Jalisco, as well as Leydy Pech. The Mayan beekeeper who fought and won against the giant corporation. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leydy_Pech#cite_note-Rodr%C3%ADguez_2020-1
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https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-beekeeping-169364

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Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. 

In part two of this series, Cristina shares some of the devastating effects Monsanto and roundup have had on Argentina, as well as the stories of those fighting back against Monsanto.

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https://grist.org/industrial-agriculture/the-mother-who-stood-up-to-monsanto-in-argentina/
https://creativetimereports.org/2013/05/20/monsanto-protest-argentina-rhythms-of-resistance-in-soybeanland/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyneuropathy

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Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. 

In this episode, Cristina shares a brief history of Monsanto, to get all of us up to speed on the topic she wants to cover: Leydy Pech, the Maya woman who defeated Monsanto. Before getting to that, it would be good to know what Monsanto actually is.

Books mentioned: Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future by Bartow J. Elmore.The World According to Monsanto by Marie-Monique RobinThe Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice by Carey Gillam

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Shapiro
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
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Peschard, Karine, and Shalini Randeria. 2020. “Taking Monsanto to Court: Legal Activism around Intellectual Property in Brazil and India.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 47 (4): 792–819. doi:10.1080/03066150.2020.1753184
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In 1954, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted “Operation Wetback,” a campaign to deport Mexican workers who were in the country illegally. The program was called a success and claimed to have rounded up 1 million people, though that number is now contested. US citizens were among the deported and many died due to being left in the desert.

In this episode, Cristina tells Carmen about operation wetback, the context leading up to it and a little bit about the man behind it.

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https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/operation-wetback
https://www.vox.com/politics/380582/mass-deportations-trump-history-alien-enemies
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Decade of Betrayal Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s, Revised Edition. Francisco E. Balderrama; Raymond Rodríguez

The birth control pill revolutionized women’s independence in the US and everywhere, but came at the cost of Puerto Rican women who were experimented on without consent in the birth control trials of the 1950’s, overseen by Gregory Pincus and John Rock.  

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https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/28/the-bitter-pill/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-puerto-rico-pill-trials/ 
https://medium.com/the-lily/how-puerto-rican-women-were-used-to-test-the-birth-control-pill-7453a3b6ab73 
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Leyes de esterilización en los Estados Unidos desproporcionadamente afectaron a personas Morena, Indígena, y Latina. Sterilizaciones masivas se llevaron en 32 estados y también en Puerto Rico. Entre 1930 a 1970, un tercio de las mujeres puertorriqueñas fueron esterilizadas. Entre 1907 y 1979, 20,000 personas fueron esterilizadas en Californa. De esos 20,000, personas con apellidos en español fueron los más afectados. Cuatro manicomios en California fueron responsables por todas las operaciones en las ciudades, Patton, Stockton, Sonoma y Pomona. 

En este episodio, Cristina le cuenta a Carmen sobre la historia de esterilización forzada en California

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No Mas Bebes. 2015. Directed by Renee Tajima-Peña

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

In part five, the final part of this Cesar Chavez series, Cristina talks about Cesar Chavez' fascination with cult leader Charles Dederich, the Synanon cult and the game. As well as anti-semitism accusations against Cesar Chavez and ending with his funeral and legacy.

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

In part four, Cristina talks about Cesar Chavez' trip to Europe, the UFW's Wet lines across the Arizona border, the UFW's "Illegals Campaign" and mass purges within the union. Part five will explore the ties between Synanon and the UFW. 

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The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawel
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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

In part three, Cristina talks about the end of the grape strikes, the trouble with the lettuce boycotts, inlcuding two UFW member deaths and more.

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Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers labor union.

In part two, Cristina starts off with the 300 mile march from Delano to Sacramento and ends with Cesar Chavez' fast. Discussing his first purge, lies about his career, his relationship with Robert Kennedy and more. 

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The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawel
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