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After a brief and unplanned hiatus, the homies are back! This week they welcome friend of the show and Antifa Supersoldier @socialistdogmom Molly to bless y'all with her first hand, on the ground account of the absolute circus she witnessed at the failed MAGA autogolpe, or self-coup. Tune in as T, Austin, and LeRoy with Molly break down what is perhaps the singular event in recent US history that...

Just LeRoy and T this week but they recap and analyze the implications of the Bolivarian domination in this week's parliamentary election in Venezuela. The homies also discuss the eviction of Franco's descendants, King Juan Carlos I's Eric Andre level shenanigans and fascists operating essentially as a mafia and they finish off with what is slowly becoming a regular segment, a cathartic discussion...

The homies are kinda sorta back with a stone age technology, burnt out current events episode this week. The compas talk a bit about the life and times and the significance of D10S, Diego Armando Maradona, the upcoming parliamentary elections in Venezuela, the significance of the recent storms in Central America within the context of global climate change and a vision of the future, and they finis...

No Episode this week but check this short clip for a few headlines!

In this special edition Peruvian Coup episode, LeRoy interviews his good friend Robert who lives in Lima and has participated in the mass protests and mobilizations that popped off after Manuel Merino's congressional coup. From Presidential suicide to systemic corruption to police murder, the homies navigate the complex reality of Peruvian society as Robert gives his first hand perspective of what...

This week the homies are joined by the mythical PR Independentist Party (PIP) San Juan city council candidate and activist Paul Figueroa to talk about the election in Puerto Rico. From election theft in Real Time in the form of hidden briefcases stuffed with ballots, to a truly hopeful future for the Independentista Left in Puerto Rico, Paul helps to analyze and make sense of internal contradictio...

This week T couldn't make it but friend of the show Rob joined Austin and LeRoy to briefly talk about the presidential inauguration in Bolivia and Evo's triumphant return. But the focus was the US election: what a Biden presidency will mean for imperialism and global capital particularly in LatAm and Asia, the willful incompetence and ignorance of the Democratic party, the bullshit that are "POC v...

This week the homies discuss the growing Fascist blowback in post-election Bolivia and the potential for a military coup and post-referendum Chile, how they got here and what's next. They finish off with final predictions and analysis of the elections in the US and Puerto Rico, including PR's non-binding, illegitimate status referendum. If you dig what we do and want to help us in our mission to b...

The homies are joined by Richmond based Chilean comrade Andrew in a very straightforward episode. This week just two topics, the two most important this week, the resounding win by Lucho Arce and MAS in this week's Bolivian election and the referendum tomorrow (at time of recording) to discard the Pinochet era constitution in Chile and the implications. If you dig what we do and want to help us in...

This week the homies discuss glacial melt in the Andes and the ramifications that has locally and internationally, Fanmi Lavalas in Haiti calling for general mobilizations against the regime in charge, a Brazilian Senator is arrested with cash hidden in his butt, and of course our final thoughts on everything transpiring regarding the election in Bolivia set to kick off hours after time of recordi...

Back on track this week, the homies discuss Anti-IMF/Austerity protests in Costa Rica within the context of Neoliberalism at-large, the history of Fascism in Brazil and the Americas, updates to Bolivia's electoral trajectory and what's at stake, and Uribe's release from house arrest and Colombia's existence as the Israel of the Americas. If you support what we do consider showing us some solidarit...

With WIFI related dead air, the homies lament the Mythical lost interview that was going to take the show to the next level before LeRoy recaps a bit of the last gubernatorial debate in PR capped off with Austin's San Juan mayoral endorsement. Credible reports of planned RW false flag incidents leading up to the Bolivian election to delegitimize the process and it is all capped off with our outloo...

How do you do justice to 500+ years of complex, consequential history in a little over an hour. You can't. But, what we endeavoured to do was pluck a few of the major points in Bolivia's long memory to show how this wonderful plurinational society arrived at the 2009 constitution. From the Pre-Columbian Andean societies, to the 1952 MNR revolution, to the attempted privatization of Bolivia's rain,...

With LeRoy's muffled audio, the homies put down some fire. Almost 45 min just on breaking down the Gubernatorial debate in Puerto Rico,. Then coup President Áñez in Bolivia cancelling her candidacy for president in the upcoming elections and finishing off with Peru and some strange stuff going on down there. If you support what we do show us some solidarity by giving us a little tip on our Patreon...

The homies tackle some of the week's news from Latin America. The Independentist Party of PR released their platform ahead of the upcoming (planned) elections, the streets of Colombia explode after cops murder an unarmed man in their custody now leading to even greater expansion of state repression, Paraguyans and Argentineans demand answers and rolling heads regarding the death of two Argentinean...

T's back in the chair this week as the homies cover some of this week's shenanigans: Austin gives a quick recap of his meeting with groups organizing around the 'NO' vote on the upcoming PR status referendum, Maduro invites int'l election observers while pardoning over 100 ppl from the opposition, Bukele has been negotiating with gangs in El Salvador, Chile's Truck owners strike ends shrouded in c...

500+ years of colonialism. 500+ years of imperialism. Wealth stolen and looted. Nations divided and destroyed. Yet, in the face of all this the people unite and begin taking back what's theirs, from the Chaco to the Altiplano. The election of compañero Evo Morales marked the beginning of a paradigm shift in Bolivia, forcing the country to reckon with its racist, colonial past. The constitution, no...

With T on assignment on Bad Faith Ultraleftists podcast, the fellas welcome Friend of the Show and Special Philippines Correspondent Rob to round off the team. After the obligatory segment on Puerto Rico and AOC/Nydia Velazquez's proposal to solve its Status issue and the backlash this received from colonized Pro-Statehooders, the focus shifts and centers on the Philippines: a bit of material hist...

The homies had the honor and privilege of talking to comrades from El Colectivo Kawsay, a collective of Bolivian activists doing Bolivian solidarity work based in the DMV. The conversation bore some amazing fruit. Incredible first-hand perspectives and insight into the history and material realities of Bolivia, MAS, Compañero Evo, the (most recent) coup, and Bolivia's place in the region. We appre...

The homies talk about some of the latest news out of LatAm: Some electoral closure in Puerto Rico, a Run-Off to be included in elections in Honduras if need be, former President Rafael Correa to run as a VP candidate despite the snake Lenin Moreno's best efforts, and the almost daily massacres happening against youths in Colombia and the implications for the FARC and RW elements in the country. Ma...

The homies talk about some of the latest news out of LatAm: The continuing Primary saga in Puerto Rico, the mounting pressure in Bolivia, the auto-golpe that Bolsonaro almost carried out, and the US's faithful client Álvaro Uribe and his house arrest. Make sure you listen to last week's episode for some context on this episode's updates and make sure to follow us on twitter @macheteymate.  #HastaL...

The homies talk about some of the latest news coming out of LatAm: the Primaries in Puerto Rico, the clownish escuálidx opposition boycotting the upcoming elections in Venezuela, and a deeper dive into the people's uprising against the illegitimate coup gov't in Bolivia and all the implications. If you haven't already check out our series on the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela...

The third installment of our series on the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We pick up the story right after the constituent assembly of 1999, highlighting key events of the 2000s including the 2002 coup attempt, the oil lockdown, the recall referendum, Chávez's reelection, and the 2007 constitutional referendum. We then dive deep into the successes and failures of the educati...

Part 2 of our wrap up on the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We pick up here with discussion on the Afro-Venezuelan and LGBTQ+ struggles, work through housing and land rights, and finish off talking about the revolutionary Article 88, which guarantees equality between men and women and guarantees social security compensation to housewives. We wrap it up with our personal refl...

The homies talk about some of the latest news coming out of LatAm: Racism, Xenophobia and the party politics in Puerto Rico, the disappearing of Garifuna activists and general state of Honduras, and the most recent postponing of the elections by the illegitimate coup government of Bolivia and the threat of a general strike in response. T finishes it off with a colorful middle finger homage to the...