Following a U.S. court ruling holding Chiquita Brands, formerly the United Fruit Company, liable for killings between 1997 and 2004 by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group that the company gave millions of dollars; the LMC speaks with freelance writer Joshua Collins about the company’s history of bananas and blood.
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Sept, 1st, 2023: What Happened in Mississippi?
On this episode, LMC favorite and freelance writer Arturo Dominguez joins us again to discuss the horrors of Mississippi’s “Goon Squad” within its police force, the injustice of its voting districts, and the chaos of the Montgomery riverboat brawl.
January 20th, 2023: Brazil’s Insurrection
Following a coup attempt in Brazil by supporters of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, the LMC spends the hour with Michael Fox to break down both the US influence on the insurrection and the long history of fascism in Brazil.
Michael Fox is a freelance writer and the host of the Brazil On Fire podcast.
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