This is a short preview of this week's TMBS patron-only content. For the rest of it and more like it and to support the show at patreon.com/tmbs Laura Carlsen, a political analyst and director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy, based in Mexico City, joins us this week to discuss the first year of Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The positive's from AMLO's first year as President and where Mexico is backsliding. Mexico's struggle for growth. Mexico's homicde problem. AMLO's political background. AMLO's international profile and foreign policy. Immigration and the drug war. What to make of the New NAFTA, aka the USMCA, and why it's good the negotiations are over. Is AMLO going to get the Lula treatment.

119(P) - AMLO's 1st Year: the Good, the Bad, & the Possible Future Coup? ft. Laura Carlsen

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 TMBS 138 aired on May 5th, 2020  Episdoe summary:  We need to understand the financial interests behind ratcheting up tensions with China.   Toure Reed joins us to talk about his new book “Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism”   Dareece Polo (@dareecetelesur)  joins us to talk about how the Caribbean is uniting to resist imperialism.   During the GEM, David Griscom breaks down how the US sanctions have devastated Iran and prevented them from responding to the COVID crisis.   TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel.  This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS  -  The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael.  While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.        

TMBS ReAir 138 - Toward Freedom & Who Wants War With China? ft. Touré F. Reed & Dareece Polo

TMBS 137 aired on April 28, 2020. Episode summary: Yolian Ogbu tells us about organizingessential workers in the Covid era. Comedian Judah Freidlander talks comedy, politics, and being a world champion. Also, Not Being Naive & responding to  “Why Americans Don’t Vote Their Class.” On the GEM, our economic crisis and the importance of collective action. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS - The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael. While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.

TMBS ReAir 137 - Class Matters & How To Be World Champions ft. Judah Friedlander & Yolian Ogbu

TMBS 136 aired on April 21st 2020  Episode summary: How Covid Is affecting the Global South. We are joined by the great Cornel West for much needed wisdom. During the GEM, David breaks down how global finance is working to undermine a humane response to the crisis in Argentina and across the globe. - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS -  The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael.  While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.

TMBS  ReAir 136  Quarantine Wisdom ft. Dr. Cornel West

TMBS 134 aired on Apr 7, 2020 Episode summary: We need to reclaim the local. Shoutout to the Kerala government & the Teamsters. Richard Wolff (@profwolff) joins us to talk about what this crisis means for the capitalist system. We are joined by Chris Smalls (@shutdown_amazon) to talk about the Amazon strikes. During the GEM, David breaks down the winners and losers of the covid crisis.  - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS  - The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael. While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.

ReAir TMBS 134 - #ShutdownAmazon ft. Richard Wolff & Chris Smalls

TMBS 133 aired on March 31, 2020 Episode summary: The pandemic is accelerating the global pandemic.  Shoutout to workers standing up against the exploitation during the pandemic.  Abby Martin (@abbymartin) joins us to talk about how the US is using the crisis to target Venezuela and how it is using sanctions to pursue empire.  During the GEM, (@DavidGriscom) breaks down the fundamental goal of COVID Capitalism, to maintain the current power dynamics.  Liz Franczak (@liz_franczak) breaks down the crucial questions does Cuomo have a piercing? And how can we bridge the gap between reality and conspiracy?  - TMBS ReAirs come out every Tuesday here and on The Michael Brooks Show YouTube Channel. This program has been put together by The Michael Brooks Legacy Project. To learn more and rewatch the postgame and all other archived content visit https://www.patreon.com/TMBS   -  The TMBS ReAir project was created to give people who discovered Michael's work towards the end of his life or after his passing a weekly place to access his work without feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content they missed, as well as continuing to give grieving friends, family and fans their Tuesday evenings with Michael. While the majority of the content and analysis on TMBS has stayed relevant and timeless, please remember some of the guest's work and subject matter on the show is very much linked to the time when the show first aired. The appearance of some guests on TMBS does not constitute an endorsement of those guests’ current work.

119(P) - AMLO's 1st Year: the Good, the Bad, & the Possible Future Coup? ft. Laura Carlsen

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