Episode 1081
In the deportation courts
Oct 14 2019
The Miami New Times sort of drudges it up now and again. But it's really not something that people talk about in the context of Marco Rubio. And I think this is just a classic mainstream media mistake. I think that where a person comes from… who their family is… how they grew up… and most importantly, how they bankrolled their political career is extremely relevant for knowing the type of policies they're going to pursue. And having done a little bit of research, the Miami lobby, is something that sort of mirrors and is also very much aligned with the Israel lobby, right? Kind of known for its wealth and influence. It punches way above its weight. When it comes to getting what it wants in foreign policy, they have successfully rendered American foreign policy toward Latin America as sort of absolutist, neoliberalism. We really don't tolerate a whole lot of social welfare spending in Latin America.
Maureen Tkacik makes her debut on This Is Hell! to talk about her new investigative piece for American Prospect, “The Narco Terrorist Elite”, which goes into how narco terrorists have historically operated with right wing Latin American dictatorships and US imperialism and how Marco Rubio’s recent actions within the Trump administration might become a new version of Iran-Contra.
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Sep 22 2019
Posted by Matthew Boedy
Here's what we read this week.
For Saturday's show:
Waste Only: How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World - Sharon Lerner / The Intercept
Situational Breakdowns: Understanding Protest Violence and other Surprising Outcomes - Anne Nassauer / University of California Press
Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right - Jack Jackson / University of Pennsylvania Press.
Extra Reading:
Can you hear me? - Greta Thunberg / Communists in Situ
Immigrants as a Weapon: Global Nationalism and American Power - Yasha Levine / Substack
The Reactionary Heartland Is a Myth - Matthew E. Stanley and Paul M. Renfro / Dissent
Basic income bows to the master - Ana Cecilia Dinerstein / openDemocracy
The voice from the black hole - Sam Kriss /
More Than A Wall Corporate Profiteering and the Militarization of US borders - Todd Miller / Transnational Institute
Everything Must Go - Whitney Curry Wimbish / The Baffler
Sep 20 2019
Posted by Matthew Boedy
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9:20 - Journalist Sharon Lerner investigates the global environmental disaster of plastic waste.
Sharon wrote the article Waste Only: How the Plastics Industry is Fighting to Keep Polluting the World for The Intercept
10:05 - Sociologist Anne Nassauer examines power and violence in political protests.
Anne wrote the book Situational Breakdowns: Understanding Protest Violence and other Surprising Outcomes for Oxford University Press.
11:05 - Law scholar Jack Jackson explains how the American right seized power beyond law.
Jack is author of the book Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right from University of Pennsylvania Press.
12:10 - Former autoworker Thomas Adams explores a history of concession and class betrayal from UAW leadership.
Thomas wrote the article A tale of corruption by the United Auto Workers and the Big Three American automakers for Monthly Review.