Freelance writer Francisco Lozano joins the LMC for the first time to discuss his recent travels to Cuba and how life function, or doesn’t function, under US economic sanctions.
August 22nd, 2025: Occupied Washington DC & Puerto Rico
With the deployment of the National Guard occupying Washington DC, the LMC spends the hour with James Early and Alberto Medina to break down the parallels between the battle for DC statehood and Puerto Rican independence against the rise of authoritariansm.
James Early is a former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service. Alberto C. Medina is the president of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora (BUDPR), a national organization of Puerto Ricans in the United States who educate and organize for decolonization.
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.
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