Saturday on This is Hell!
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9:20 - Live from São Paulo, Brian Mier connects fascism in Brazil to imperialism in the US.
Brian is co-editor of the new book of interviews Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil from Brasilwire.
10:05 - Latina/o Studies scholar Marisol LeBrón explores the harsh edges of punitive governance in Puerto Rico.
Marisol is author of the new book Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico from University of California Press.
11:05 - Historian Donna Murch traces the racial divide between the opioid crisis and the drug war.
Donna wrote the article How Race Made the Opioid Crisis for Boston Review.
12:05 - Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt explain how private equity builds fortunes destroying grocery stores.
Eileen and Rosemary wrote the report Private Equity Pillage: Grocery Stores and Workers At Risk for The American Prospect, reposted at CEPR.