First up, Dr. Gerald Horne joins the show to ring in 250 years of the US project – how is that going? Dr. Horne sets the record straight not only about what’s missing in our ever censored history books but how that affects our understanding of issues and struggles today. As James Baldwin noted, history is not past, after all. We discuss the selective teaching and pedestaling of state-sanctioned violence, the moving target of whiteness, and more.
Next up, José Luis Granados Ceja comes back on the show, this time to dig into HondurasGate, the ongoing plot to oust leftist governments in Latin America, using narcoterrorism as an excuse to covertly attack sovereignty across the region, and what these escalations mean for people across the Americas, including right here at home.
Notes:
Dr. Gerald Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war. Dr. Horne is the author of more than thirty books and one hundred scholarly articles and reviews including the paradigm shifting book, The Counter-Revolution of 1776: slave resistance and the origins of the United States.
José Luis Granados Ceja is an experienced journalist based in Mexico City, co-host of the Canal Once public affairs television program Sin Muros, as well as Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast. He covers Latin America for DropSite News, and has worked as a writer, editor, photographer, correspondent, radio host, TV producer, and as on-camera analyst, with a particular focus on social movements and labor unions throughout Latin America.