On this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Joao Costa Vargas about how Brazil’s institutionalized anti-black hatred is more crucial in understanding the rise of right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency than his blatant fascist views. Joao Costa Vargas is the author of “The Denial of Antiblackness: Multiracial Redemption & Black Suffering.”
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March 22nd, 2019: El Chapo, Fact vs Fiction
The trial and saga of El Chapo has been sensationalized by US corporate media to the point where there have been Narconovelas made based on him. Meanwhile, the institutional power structures that created El Chapo in Mexico, with heavy US support, continues its path toward further militarization. On this episode, the LMC speaks with Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera on the fact vs fiction behind the “War on Drugs.” She is the author of, “Los Zetas Inc: Criminal Corporations, Energy,and Civil War in Mexico.”
March 15th, 2019: Undocumented & LGBTQ Pt 3
In part 3 of our Undocumented and LGBTQ series, the LMC spends the hour with Trans activist Jennicet Gutierrez to discuss the case of Roxsana Hernandez plus more. She is also the community organizer and advocate for Familia TQLM in Los Angeles.