Machete y Mate
99 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Revolutionary Marxist program for the Latinx community in La Patria Grande and the diaspora.
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PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY: The ongoing global response to the genocide in Gaza
November 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBLeRoy, T, and friend of the show Rev are back together to discuss one thing: the growing global solidarity movement for Palestine. Rev and LeRoy discuss what they've been a part of and what they've been seeing down in Australia while T brings a US perspective. We discuss the various players and dynamics involved day in and day out in this swelling solidarity movement: from 100s of Anti-Zionist Jewish comrades, to children leading chants at rallies, to Longshoremen walking off the job.
AUSTRALIA/PALESTINE: Comrade Conversation w/ Rev
October 21, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBAfter an extended hiatus, LeRoy and T are joined by friend of the show Rev to discuss and breakdown the recent failed Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum and the ongoing Palestinian genocide. Both topics are inextricably linked through the history of settler-colonial violence. We navigate the background and fallout of the failed referendum and the already apparent implications, discussing the ineptitude of liberal democracy. We end with a discussion of Palestine specifically but settle...
DSA Convention: Comrade Conversation w/ Luisa Martinez
July 27, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an interview with close friend and comrade Luisa Martinez. Luisa is an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America that is running for national leadership within the organization at their upcoming national convention. We start our conversation off with Luisa's own personal background early life growing up in South Florida. Luisa shares with us her background as an organizer and what brought her to th...
Current Events #56: DICTATOR LASSO, PINOCHETISTAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, US SUPREME COURT VS PUERTO RICO
June 11, 2023 11:22 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBAfter an unplanned hiatus, the MyM boys are back with a current events episode. We start by breaking down the latest with disgraced Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso and his move to nuke the legislature, call new elections, and rule by decree in the meantime. We work our way towards discussing the latest disappointing news from Chile, more of Boric paving the way for the resurgence of the Pinochetistas. We finish off by breaking down the latest US Supreme Court ruling highlighting, unders...
Current Events #55: PARAGUAY ELECTION FINAL, TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA, RECAP OF ECUADOR CONVO
April 29, 2023 11:46 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBSometimes we have nothing, sometimes we double up. In a second drop this week, Austin and LeRoy put a bow on the lead up to the Paraguayan election with a discussion of what's at stake and the ramifications of this unprecedented tight race. The final two stories are loosely a debrief of our conversation with Julian Garrido about Argentina and Ecuador. Regarding Argentina, we discuss why the Argentinean Left is in such disarray, what's next, and the character that is the odious rising star th...
ECUADOR: Comrade Conversation w/ Julián Garrido
April 24, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBIn our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there a fascinating discussion on South American politics with Quito-based political strategist Julián Garrido. We start off in Ecuador which has undergone serious political turmoil in the last couple months as embattled incumbent President Guillermo Lasso's impeachment continues to look imminent. Julián brings us his on the ground perspective in Quito as he discusses with us the root causes of the current crisis ...
Current Events #54: PREVIEWING PARAGUAY & GUATEMALA ELECTIONS
March 25, 2023 10:32 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBWe're back this week with another Current Events episode and the whole team is together! This week we preview the impending and consequential elections in Paraguay and Guatemala. LeRoy leads the convo surrounding Paraguay, going through the candidates, the political history, current society and what's at stake for the landlocked country. Austin leads our convo around Guatemala, setting the historical scene of present day Guatemalan society and guiding us through the ramifications of this ele...
Current Events #53: LASSO IMPEACHMENT, AMLO REFORMS, VIVA CHAVEZ
March 11, 2023 11:12 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBA new current events episode and the whole gang is together! We start off by going through the trouble facing Ecuador President Guillermo and former Prez Lenin Moreno: bribery, potential impeachment, and narco connections to the Albanian mafia. We move on to breakdown AMLO's proposed reforms of Mexico's Elections Commission its prompting of the ratcheting up of Imperial rhetoric from the North. We finish off by honoring the memory of Hugo Chavez on the 10th anniversary of his death and analy...
VENEZUELA: Comrade Conversation W/ José Luis Granados Ceja
February 25, 2023 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn our latest episode, we are excited to bring to all the Macheteymatistas out there an in-depth discussion on Venezuela with Venezuela Analysis' own José Luis Granados Ceja. Venezuela Analysis has long been the leader in English-language coverage of Venezuela and José Luis has been a big part of that, from writing a lot of their most recent international news reports to hosting the official Venezuela Analysis podcast. José Luis joins us in digesting the most recent developments from the ong...
CLIMATE DISASTER IN CHILE!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ DIEGO POLANCO
February 18, 2023 14:31 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBIn our latest emergency interview, Austin and T attempt to conduct a full interview without our traditional podcast host Leroy as we sit down with Chilean economist and returning podcast Chile expert Diego Polanco to talk about the recent spread of forest fires that have engulfed South-Central Chile. Coming straight to us from Chile, Diego breaks down for us the levels to which climate change and the legacy of capitalism in Chile have served to exacerbate these wild fires and ultimately set ...
SAVING PUERTO RICO! EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ CARLOS BERRIOS POLANCO
February 04, 2023 11:38 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBIn this edition of MyM, (a very sick) Austin and LeRoy sit down with Puerto Rico based journalist and Latino Rebels Caribbean Correspondent Carlos Berrios Polanco to discuss his on the ground perspective of activism in Puerto Rico. We begin with this week's shooting of an activist by private security guards in Aguadilla and the context of the confrontations. Carlos breaks down the latest round of privatizations of Puerto Rico's electricity and natural resources. We finish off by discussing wh...
Current Events #52: YEAR IN PREVIEW AND THE CELAC SUMMIT
January 28, 2023 11:54 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIn this episode, we (not T unfortunately) begin by previewing a few things we're looking forward to seeing unfold this year, a year already proving to be quite eventful. Austin highlights next month's elections in Ecuador and LeRoy similarly talks about the April general elections in Paraguay and the internal rumblings in the ubiquitous Colorado Party. The meat of the episode is the review of this weeks CELAC summit held in Buenos Aires. We discuss and breakdown the speeches of various dignit...
STORMING OF BRASILIA!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ BRIAN MIER
January 14, 2023 11:14 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBIn light of the Jan 8 events in Brasilia and the ongoing fall out we sit down with Brazil based journalist Brian Mier of BrasilWire and TelesurEnglish to break it all down and make sense of it all. We discuss Lula's electoral victory, societal conditions that lead to the coup attempt, the coup attempt itself, and what a Lula presidency represents not only for Brazil but for the whole region and world. For a bit of extra background check out this week's Machete Minutes on our YouTube channel....
CATASTROPHE IN PERU!: EMERGENCY COMRADE CONVO W/ FRANCESCA
December 09, 2022 11:25 - 44 minutes - 41 MBIn light of the evolving situation in Peru, we sit down with Peruvian comrade Francesca Emanuele to discuss the fall of Pedro Castillo. With incredible nuance, she breaks down the actions of the recalcitrant Right Wing congress, Castillo's ineffectiveness and incompetence, how Peru got here, and what's next for her embattled homeland. If you support what we do consider showing your solidarity at patreon.com/macheteyemate.
Current Events #51: JORGE GLAS FREE IN ECUADOR, CENSUS BATTLE IN BOLIVIA, HAITIAN POGROMS
December 04, 2022 10:46 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBBUENAS MI GENTE! The full team is back with another current events episode. We begin by discussing the mandated prison release of Jorge Glas, the former VP of Ecuador who got swept up in the immensely consequential Odebrecht corruption scandal. We then move on to break down the recent RW fuckery in Bolivia, lead by Fascist Golpista Luis Fernando Camacho and his Civic Committee goon squad, against President Luis Arce and his attempt at organizing a National Census. We finish off by breaking d...
Current Events #50: LULA'S VICTORY AND PETRO & THE AREPA ACCORDS
November 20, 2022 09:56 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBBUENAS MI GENTE! We're back this week with a long awaited current events episode. We discuss and breakdown the ramifications of Lula's victory in Brazil, what it means not only for Brazil but for the region and the planet as a whole. We then move into and finish off with Gustavo Petro and a recap of his first 100 days, including but not limited to what we call the Arepa Accords. If want to support what we do consider showing your solidarity at Patreon.com/macheteymate. #HastaLaVictoria
BRAZIL ELECTION: Comrade Conversation w/ Comrade Fern
October 02, 2022 09:50 - 1 hour - 60 MBOn the eve of the momentous election in Brazil, we sit down with one of our favorite people, veteran of the show, and beloved Brazilian comrade, Fern. Fern takes us through what the Bozonaro presidency has meant for Brazil and what a second term would bring. He goes through and breaks down the candidate roster from Front-Runner Lula and his PT lead Left coalition down to candidates with no chance but who represent something important in this election. We go through not predictions but differ...
Current Events #49: CHILE DEBRIEF, HAITI PROTESTS, ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIN IN ARGENTINA
September 18, 2022 09:43 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBWe're back with a Current Events episode this week! We start off with a bit of debrief of the unfortunate rejection of the Chilean draft constitution. We then talk about the latest wave of protests in Haiti in the age of Ariel Henry. We finish off trying to break down and make sense of the assassination attempt of Argentinean VP Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in the context of the current zeitgeist. If you support what we do consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon. #HastaLaVictoria
Current Events #48: Chile Constitution Referendum
September 02, 2022 13:03 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThis week T and LeRoy, ahead of Sunday's referendum, discuss the resulting draft from Chile's long and arduous constitutional convention. We talk about the events that lead to this seemingly miraculous moment, from the 1973 coup to the early history of the 1980 Pinochet Constitution to the nationwide uprisings in the last couple of years. We finish off by giving our predictions on what is looking like a tight result and compare and contrast with events in the US over the last few years and w...
Current Events #47: CUBA DISASTER, PETRO'S INAUGURATION, FBI RAID IN PUERTO RICO
August 14, 2022 12:03 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBTHE WHOLE BAND IS TOGETHER FOR THIS LATEST CURRENT EVENTS! We kick things off by discussing the tragedy in Cuba, the most significant industrial natural disaster in its history. We pivot to President-elect Petro of Colombia's inauguration, early moves, and what early predictions for Colombia and the region with a Petro/Marquez presidency. We finish off with the raid and arrest by the FBI of the former PNP governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vazquez. If you like what we do and want to support us c...
After Dark (kinda): FASCIST BABIES, RETAIL MANAGEMENT, AUSTRALIA, ALIENATION/RESONANCE
August 07, 2022 10:36 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAfter a loooong unplanned (but almost expected) hiatus two of the three sit down together. Just LeRoy and T on this one, we decided to employ our more free form, After Dark format as we get back into the swing of things. We talk about abortion rights and the state of reaction in the US, what it's like dealing with management in excessively hierarchical industries like retail/sales. LeRoy gives a few updates on Australia and the looming threat of economic collapse and T finishes off by giving...
Current Events #46: THE COLOMBIAN ELECTION
June 20, 2022 10:21 - 1 hour - 60 MBBuenas mi gente! This week we dive head first into the long awaited regionally consequential election in Colombia that has Miami seething! We do a mini deep dive into the violent 20th century history of Colombia that created the material conditions allowing for the historic victory for the Left in the country. We give our takeaways tackle the ramifications of the results for Colombia and the region, all while trying to keep it real and honest. If you support what we do consider showing your...
Current Events #45: AUSTRALIA ELECTION REVIEW, FINAL COLOMBIA PREDICTIONS, PUERTO RICO STATUS ACT
May 22, 2022 13:16 - 1 hour - 75 MBBack again, the whole team is together and joined by Australian comrade Rev. For the first half of this episode we talk with Rev about the massive election that just occurred in LeRoy's neck of the woods down under in so-called Australia. We break down the humiliation of the Australian Liberal Party as they lost their majority and what this election could mean for the left in Australia moving forward. For the second half of this episode we zero in on two very important stories. In what is li...
Current Events #44: W FOR AMLO, CHILE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, PRESIDENT FUCKBOY AT IT AGAIN
April 24, 2022 11:35 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBA semi quick turnaround for y'all for this jam packed current events! We start of in Mexico where AMLO dominated a recall vote as he pushes to nationalize Mexico's lithium. We then go to Chile where the Constitutional Convention is in the home stretch in their attempt to rewrite the decrepit Pinochet constitution. We finish off in El Salvador where President Nayib "Fuckboy" Bukele continues to consolidate his power though a rapid increase in Mano Dura (Law and Order) acts including the build...
Current Events #43: MASSACRE IN COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA ELECTION, LIGHTS OUT IN PUERTO RICO
April 11, 2022 12:05 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBIn a rare back to back, the team is back with another current events episode! We start off again in Colombia with a pre-Election state sanctioned massacre in a small Indigenous town under the pretext of rooting out terrorists. We then talk a bit about last week's election in Costa Rica and the country's place in the region generally. And per usual, we finish off in Puerto Rico where they have seen blackouts as the Comprador Governor dined with the King of their former colonial overlords. Bus...
Current Events #42: PARADIGM SHIFT IN COLOMBIA?, PERU PERUING, ANTI-ABORTION BILL IN PUERTO RICO
April 04, 2022 12:47 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBAfter 47 years the whole team is together for this current events episode. We start off by discussing Petro, Francia Marquez, and the Left coalition Pacto Historico's march towards the impending election and what their victory would mean for the region. We then talk about Pedro Castillo's latest trials and tribulations as a Leftist President with a Right Wing Congress in a historically reactionary state. We finish off in Puerto Rico where the decrepit two major parties continue to normalize t...
Machete After Dark: THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE EPISODE w/ AREPA LIBRE
March 07, 2022 10:55 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAfter a long unplanned break, the whole team is together with special guest, Arepa Libre, to discuss the only thing in the news at the moment: Putin's invasion of Ukraine. In our After Dark format, we analyze what lead to this moment, the global response, and what we think the end game could possibly be. We compare and contrast to reminiscent historical events like WWI and Syria while talking about we've coped with the 2003-like state of the USian psyche. Nazi ISIS? I guess we'll see. If you ...
Comrade Conversation w/ Alex Suarez
February 04, 2022 15:44 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBIn a solo comrade conversation with only podcast MVP Austin G, we sit down with and are blown away by Florida based activist and comrade of Peruvian descent Alex Suarez! In this invaluable discussion, Alex shares with us a bit about his work as an activist across the state of Florida, including his work in the #HandsOffVenezuela campaign, as well as his own personal background. He lays out an incredibly detailed and thorough analysis of the case of Alex Saab, Venezuelan political prisoner cu...
Current Events #41: HONDURAS HONDURASING, BORIC PICKS HIS CABINET, PEOPLE'S WAR IN PUERTO RICO
January 23, 2022 10:28 - 1 hour - 66 MBFirst Current Events of the year and the whole team is together! We start off by discussing and trying to unpack the betrayal by 18 members of President-elect Xiomara Castro's LIBRE party and what this means for the region going forward. On a similar note, we then talk about Boric's cabinet picks in Chile and our takes on what he's shown so far in his very young Presidency. We finish off by ranting about Puerto Rico, from the bootlicking Compradors, to gaslighting libs, to Colonialism in gene...
2021 REVIEW/2022 PREVIEW: Comrade Conversation W/ Matt K.
January 09, 2022 12:24 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBFirst episode of the year! The whole team is together and joined by official gringo ally, Matt K., to review the year just gone, from the Ecuador election to Boric's victory in Chile, and to also preview the consequential year ahead. We break down the evolving ramifications of 2021, touching on the effect MAS's retaking of power from the fascists in late 2020, and how this will effect the elections this year, especially in Colombia and Brazil, and beyond. We discuss our hopes for the region a...
CHILE: Comrade Conversation W/ Diego Polanco
December 30, 2021 12:07 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBIn a T-less comrade conversation, Austin and LeRoy sit down with and are blown away by Chilean Economist and red-diaper baby Diego Polanco! In this invaluable discussion, Diego shares a bit about his family's inspiring involvement in the Chilean and Latin American Left, stretching back to even Pre-Pinochet times, as well as his own personal background. He lays out an incredibly detailed and thorough history of the Chess match that has been the Chilean political landscape, particularly from t...
Current Events #40: DEATH TO PINOCHET
December 23, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 51.6 MBFull team this week to chat about Sunday's historic election in Chile that saw former Student Organizer Gabriel Boric defeat Nazi progeny and Pinochet fanboy Jose Antonio Kast. We break down the results themselves but more importantly how Chile got here and where they (need to) go from here. We talk about what this represents for not only Chile, but for the region and hemisphere. If you enjoy what we do consider showing your solidarity at patreon.com/macheteymate. Not only will you be support...
Hot Girl Agenda x Machete y Mate: CHRISTMAS WITH COMRADES
December 21, 2021 16:56 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBIn our current stage of capitalism very few things highlight our god-given blessing of democracy like the annual Spotify wrapped. Whomst among us will dare defy the invisible hand? In what will prove to be the hot girl dudes rockingest collab of the year, Hot Girl Agenda and Machete y Mate come together to navigate identity as both diaspora and homeland kids, parenthood as dirty commies, and looking to our past in order to build the future. From the middle of the Pacific to Chicanismo to the ...
Current Events #39: RETURN TO PINOCHET?, VICTORY IN HONDURAS, BUILDING POWER IN VENEZUELA
December 06, 2021 13:23 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBGreat news! All three homies are together this week. We start off by discussing the rollercoaster election in Chile pitting a Pinochet sycophant against a Leftist former student organizer in a rapidly approaching run-off election. We then break down the massive and surprisingly comfortable victory of Xiomara Castro in Honduras and what it means for the country and the region. We finish off by recapping Austin's recent trip to Venezuela to observe their so-called Mega Elections that saw a reso...
Current Events #38: ELECTION SEASON, CUBAN PROTESTS?, DEBT PAYING SEASON IN PUERTO RICO
November 16, 2021 11:11 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBJust LeRoy and T bringing you the current events this week. We talk a bit about the impending elections in Latin America coming up very soon, including the one just passed in Nicaragua and the latest things to look out for. We discuss the unmaterialized US sponsored anti-government protests in Cuba and how much we hate VICE. We finish off with Puerto Rico, where another day another layer added to the colonial and neoliberal farce that is the situation in Puerto Rico, including warrants for co...
Fear of a white genocide w/ The Red Nation's Jen Marley and Nick Estes
November 01, 2021 12:34 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBJen Marley (@JenMarley1680) and Nick Estes (@nickwestes) of The Red Nation (The_Red_Nation) welcomed previous Machete y Mate guest and compa oficial Blanca Estévez as well as our very own Austin González on to their podcast for a conversation on anti-imperialism in Latin America, racist 'left' reactions to land back, and building working class power in the US South. They have graciously allowed us to repost this conversation on our feed as well for our compas.
Current Events #37: DOMINICAN REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, HOPE FOR THE LEFT IN HONDURAS, MORE DISASTER CAPITALISM IN PR
October 24, 2021 12:59 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThe whole team is back this week for for your (ideally) weekly Latin America update. We start off talking about the struggle for reproductive rights in the face of the especially draconian laws in the Dominican Republic. Austin helps us work through and break down the ramifications of Salvador Nasralla aligning himself behind Xiomara Castro the Left LIBRE party in Honduras ahead of next months election. And because of course, we finish off angrily discussing the latest Looney Tunes-like week ...
Current Events #36: PERU SHAKE-UP, CAPITAL & HONDURAS, ANOTHER WEEK IN THE COLONY
October 12, 2021 12:19 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBOn Indigenous Peoples Day the whole team is together for another week in Latin America. Pedro Castillo has significantly reshuffled his cabinet and we try to make sense of what this means for Peru, for Peru Libre, and for the movement. We then discuss the increasing political violence In Honduras, including the attempted murder of the daughter of murdered activist Berta Caceres and the murder of a Leftist mayor, ahead of their impending election and the historic bloody grip Capital has had i...
Current Events #35 w/ Paul Figueroa: LUMA & THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUERTO RICO
October 03, 2021 13:33 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBThe whole team is together and we welcome dear friend and comrade of the show former Independence party city council candidate for San Juan, Paul Figueroa! From class considerations to Union Colonialism, Paul walks us though the energy crisis, its affects and ramifications, and how decades of colonial and neoliberal policy has created the desperate and untenable state that Puerto Rico finds itself in. We discuss what is to be done, how we can get there, and how El PIP has always been there. I...
Current Events #34: ZAPATISTAS VS THE STATE, MORE BORDER VIOLENCE, 4 YEARS AFTER MARIA
September 26, 2021 12:51 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBWelcome back for a Current Events at 2/3 strength physically, but 100% spiritually. We start off by discussing the State violence against the Zapatistas in Chiapas and their strongly worded diplomatic response. If one thing is constant in the US it's the maintenance of a militarized Southern border and we talk about agents of violence playing out their slave patrol cowboy fantasies against Haitian asylum seekers. We finish off by reflecting on Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricanness 4 years on from ...
Current Events #33: ECUADOR REVISIT, BITCOIN & PRESIDENT FUCKBOY, BRAZIL & THE FASHINTERN
September 20, 2021 12:44 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBWith the absence of the self-proclaimed Messi, T & LeRoy are back with a Current Events episode. After a pretty robust and interesting intro chatting about labor law, Mexico abortion decrim, and CELAC, we kick off the main stories with an update on Yaku Perez and Ecuador since Lasso's victory in their election earlier this year. We then dive deep into the roll out of Bitcoin by Nayib Bukele in El Salvador including his motivations and the potential ramifications and the general punchability o...
Current Events #32: DOWN WITH THE OAS, BRAZIL'S JAN 6, SOYBEANIZATION OF LATAM
September 01, 2021 12:48 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBThe whole band is back together! The three of us analyze the calls to scrap the US department of the colonies, the OAS and the otherwise awakening of the players in the region. We discuss Bolsonaro's increasingly blatant and concerted effort to delegitimize next year's election and what it means for the country and region. We finish off with a discussion on the political, cultural, and environmental impact the privatization of land and resources (read neoliberalism) has had on Paraguay throug...
Current Events #31: DOMINO FALLS IN PERU, BREAD BREAKING IN VENEZUELA, HAITI & THE CLIMATE CRISIS
August 22, 2021 12:31 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBWith Austin on a post-DSA Convention life hiatus, LeRoy and T lay down an overdue current events episode! We talk about the resignation of newly appointed Peruvian Foreign MInister Hector Bejar, the first domino to fall in Peru's reactionary congress's war against Castillo. We optimistically break down the Maduro/Bolivarian government's recent talks with the opposition as they try to forge a path forward in the face of empire. We finish off with a discussion of the intersection of neocolonial...
CUBA: Comrade Conversation W/ Andrés Pertierra
July 25, 2021 12:35 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIn this Austin-less comrade conversation, we sit down with Cuban Cuba Historian Andrés Pertierra! We always appreciated the way he keeps it 100 and he did exactly that with us. From the great successes of the Revolution to the valid critiques of the post-1959 project to the present day, Andrés breaks down what we as "Leftists" should know and understand from an almost insider's perspective. He does an amazing job at painting a picture of Cuban society where you can almost taste the salty spra...
Current Events #30: ASSASSINATION IN HAITI, CUBA PROTESTS, UNITED LEFT IN CHILE
July 20, 2021 12:52 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBAll three homies are together for an important current events episode! We put on our tin-foil hats as we tackle the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and all the theories surrounding the circumstances and all the fallout. We discuss the protests in Cuba, why they've broken out and how they fit into the greater GN imperial system. We finish off by breaking down the presidential primaries in Chile and what they represent for the Left in Chile and the region. If you support what we do and...
BRAZIL: Comrade Conversation W/ Fern
July 14, 2021 12:59 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBLong overdue, we sit down with one of our dearest and most inspiring comrades, Fern. Fern takes us on a journey into his life as a working class immigrant organizer and father in the US and in Brazil. We delve into the complicated socio-political history of Brazil from decolonization to the military dictatorship to the present and his hopes and plans for the future for Brazil. We finish off talking about his incredible work with DSA and his campaign for the NPC. If you support what we and/or ...
Current Events #29: NO POWER IN PR, CASTILLO FINALLY PREZ?, CARLOS SLIM
June 30, 2021 12:57 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBWith Austin on assignment in Venezuela, it's just LeRoy and T this week. They talk about Luma Energy and the predictable disaster that's been the complete privatization of Puerto Rico's electrical grid, the latest regarding Peru's election fallout, and they dive into one of the worst characters you don't know, Carlos Slim. If you support what we do and want access to Machete After Dark, please consider showing some solidarity on the Patreon. Follow us on twitter, IG, and tiktok @macheteymate....
MyM AT PERU'S ELECTION!: Front Row Seat for a Paradigm Shift
June 14, 2021 12:26 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBAustin is back from Peru after observing the election and he tells us all about it. The lead up and fuckery by the Electoral Commission, the militant comrades he met, meeting the man, Pedro Castillo, himself, the day and night of the election, the fall out. Everything! LeRoy and T also give their takes on the ramifications of a Castillo victory for not only Peru but for the whole region and world. If you support what we do consider showing your solidarity on our Patreon and also gain access t...
Current Events #28: REVOLUTION IN CHILE, COLOMBIA ON THE VERGE, PERU NAILBITER
May 30, 2021 12:56 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBThe fellas are back from an unplanned hiatus with a current events episode. We kick it off with a recap and breakdown of the recent history of Chile leading to the massive protests, the vote to scrap the Pinochet constitution, the Left winning in the Constitutional Assembly and local/municipal elections and the forthcoming Presidential election. We discuss the societal breakdown in Colombia and the US backed State's draconian, militarized response to El Pueblo rising up against Uribismo. We f...
After Dark Sneak Peek: AUS LABOR LAW, SUPER LEAGUE, ABOLITION, PERU
April 21, 2021 13:06 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBMeant to be a comrade convo but change of plans. This is a sort of sneak peek into the After Dark format and style Compas Oficiales get access to, so if you like the more casual style consider donating to the Patreon to also help us bring attention to the struggle in Latin America. Here we talk Australian labor laws, the European Super League, the Derek Chauvin verdict & growing towards abolition, and Peru (since we can help ourselves).