Machete y Mate

On Indigenous Peoples Day the whole team is together for another week in Latin America. Pedro Castillo has significantly reshuffled his cabinet  and we try to make sense of what this means for Peru, for Peru Libre, and for the movement. We then discuss the increasing political violence In Honduras, including the attempted murder of the daughter of murdered activist Berta Caceres and the murder of a Leftist mayor, ahead of their impending election and the historic bloody grip Capital has had in Central America. We finish off by raging about the extra cartoonish week Puerto Rico has had, almost to the point of losing hope, but we will win. If you support what we do and want access to the Book Club, the Discord community, and the After Dark episodes please consider showing your solidarity at Patreon.com/macheteymate. Also, follow us on all the socials.

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The whole team is together and we welcome dear friend and comrade of the show former Independence party city council candidate for San Juan, Paul Figueroa! From class considerations to Union Colonialism, Paul walks us though the energy crisis, its affects and ramifications, and how decades of colonial and neoliberal policy has created the desperate and untenable state that Puerto Rico finds itself in. We discuss what is to be done, how we can get there, and how El PIP has always been there. If you support what we do and want to join our book club and discord community consider showing your solidarity at patreon.com/macheteymate. Also, don't forget to follow us on all the socials.

Welcome back for a Current Events at 2/3 strength physically, but 100% spiritually. We start off by discussing the State violence against the Zapatistas in Chiapas and their strongly worded diplomatic response. If one thing is constant in the US it's the maintenance of a militarized Southern border and we talk about agents of violence playing out their slave patrol cowboy fantasies against Haitian asylum seekers. We finish off by reflecting on Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricanness 4 years on from Hurricane Maria. If you support what we do and want access to our After Dark episodes, the Book Club, and the Discord community consider showing us your solidarity on our Patreon @ patreon.com/macheteymate. Also, don't forget to follow us on our socials.

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With the absence of the self-proclaimed Messi, T & LeRoy are back with a Current Events episode. After a pretty robust and interesting intro chatting about labor law, Mexico abortion decrim, and CELAC, we kick off the main stories with an update on Yaku Perez and Ecuador since Lasso's victory in their election earlier this year. We then dive deep into the roll out of Bitcoin by Nayib Bukele in El Salvador including his motivations and the potential ramifications and the general punchability of his face. We finish off with a discussion on Bolsonaro's unmaterialized insurrection in Brazil, what it means and things to keep an eye on. If you support what we do and also want access to our book club, the discord community, and the After Dark episodes consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon and don't forget to follow us on all the socials.

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The whole band is back together! The three of us analyze the calls to scrap the US department of the colonies, the OAS and the otherwise awakening of the players in the region. We discuss Bolsonaro's increasingly blatant and concerted effort to delegitimize next year's election and what it means for the country and region. We finish off with a discussion on the political, cultural, and environmental impact the privatization of land and resources (read neoliberalism) has had on Paraguay through the "soybeanization" of the economy. If you support what we do and want access to our book club and After Dark specials consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon. Don't forget to follow us on all our socials @macheteymate.

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With Austin on a post-DSA Convention life hiatus, LeRoy and T lay down an overdue current events episode! We talk about the resignation of newly appointed Peruvian Foreign MInister Hector Bejar, the first domino to fall in Peru's reactionary congress's war against Castillo. We optimistically break down the Maduro/Bolivarian government's recent talks with the opposition as they try to forge a path forward in the face of empire. We finish off with a discussion of the intersection of neocolonialism in Haiti, their recent earthquake, and impending climate catastrophe, which we're kind of already in. If you support what we do and want to help us bring awareness to the struggle in Latin America, consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon. You'll also gain access to our book club, the After Dark episodes, and the discord community! Don't forget to follow us on all the socials @macheteymate.

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In this Austin-less comrade conversation, we sit down with Cuban Cuba Historian Andrés Pertierra! We always appreciated the way he keeps it 100 and he did exactly that with us. From the great successes of the Revolution to the valid critiques of the post-1959 project to the present day, Andrés breaks down what we as "Leftists" should know and understand from an almost insider's perspective. He does an amazing job at painting a picture of Cuban society where you can almost taste the salty spray of the ocean on the Malecón and feel Fidel's warm smile, but also leave you with a desire for introspection. If you support what we do consider becoming a Compa Oficial but showing your solidarity on our Patreon. For a small donation you'll gain access to the discord, the After Dark episodes, and our book club. Follow us on all the socials @macheteymate.

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All three homies are together for an important current events episode! We put on our tin-foil hats as we tackle the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and all the theories surrounding the circumstances and all the fallout. We discuss the protests in Cuba, why they've broken out and how they fit into the greater GN imperial system. We finish off by breaking down the presidential primaries in Chile and what they represent for the Left in Chile and the region. If you support what we do and want access to our new Macheteymatista discord and our After Dark episodes consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon and don't forget to follow us on all the socials. 

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Long overdue, we sit down with one of our dearest and most inspiring comrades, Fern. Fern takes us on a journey into his life as a working class immigrant organizer and father in the US and in Brazil. We delve into the complicated socio-political history of Brazil from decolonization to the military dictatorship to the present and his hopes and plans for the future for Brazil. We finish off talking about his incredible work with DSA and his campaign for the NPC. If you support what we and/or want access to Machete After Dark (our latest release being Austin's behind the scenes detailing of the DSA delegation trip to Venezuela) consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon. Also, follow us on all the socials.

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With Austin on assignment in Venezuela, it's just LeRoy and T this week. They talk about Luma Energy and the predictable disaster that's been the complete privatization of Puerto Rico's electrical grid, the latest regarding Peru's election fallout, and they dive into one of the worst characters you don't know, Carlos Slim. If you support what we do and want access to Machete After Dark, please consider showing some solidarity on the Patreon. Follow us on twitter, IG, and tiktok @macheteymate.

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