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April 10th, 2026: The Fall of Cesar Chavez

Following a shocking New York Times investigation describing a history of sexual assault and abuse from Cesar Chavez, the late co-founder of the United Farm Workers, the LMC speaks with Nolan Cabrera to discuss the fallout from the story and what it means to the future of Chicano Studies.

Nolan Cabrera is a professor of Educational Policy Studies and Practice @ the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of, “Banned: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in the Streets and in the Courts.” Co-written with Robert Chang from the University of California, Irvine.

August 15th, 2025: Africa’s Last Colony

The forgotten colony. The other Palestine. Africa’s last colony. In this episode, the LMC spends the hour with Jacob Mundy and Stephen Zunes to compare and contrast the Sahrawi struggle for independence in occupied Western Sahara under the Moroccan monarchy and its growing police apparatus.

Jacob Mundy is an Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University in New York.

Stephen Zunes is an Professor of Politics & Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies @ the University of San Francisco.