How did Zohran Mamdani win the Latino vote in New York City? The LMC looks for answers with freelance writer and photojournalist Cris Seda Chabrier on how the Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate won a historic victory by reaching out to NYC Latinos with an aggressive and progressive grassroots movement.
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October 24th, 2025: Puerto Rico & Zionism
Are there parallels between Puerto Rico’s colonial status and occupied Palestine? The colonizers seem to think so. So the LMC spends the hour with Alberto Medina and James Early to discuss the colonial structure that marginalizes both Puerto Ricans and Palestinians toward solidarity.
Alberto C. Medina is a Puerto Rico–born, US-based writer, editor, and advocate for Puerto Rican independence. He is the president of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora (BUDPR). His Substack is Free Puerto Rico.
James Early is the former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service.
August 8th, 2025: Colombia vs Israeli impunity
As pressure mounts throughout the world to boycott and block resources going to Israel because of the genocide in Gaza, the LMC spends the hour with writers Abigail Kret and Gabe Levine-Drizin on Colombia is leading the way for the South Global by both Colombian president Gustavo Petro and the grassroots organizations that keep his administration in check.
Abigail Kret is an artist and writer living in Colombia whose work focuses on the history of left-wing movements in the late 20th century.
Gabe Levine-Drizin is NACLA’s Web Editor and a PhD student in History at New York University focusing on Colombian agrarian reform and land occupations in the 1960s and 70s.
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