Machete y Mate

Nov 02 2024 102 ep. 67 mins 505
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Revolutionary Marxist program for the Latinx community in La Patria Grande and the diaspora.

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Current Events #62: PUERTO RICO ELECTION 2024 PREVIEW

Nov 02 2024 76 mins  
Leroy, T and Austin reunite to cover some of the most recent events relating to the upcoming elections in Puerto Rico and the United States. We discuss the insurgent candidacy of Juan Dalmau and la Alianza as well as what brought Puerto Rico to the brink of a political earthquake. We make our final predictions on what exactly we expect to happen in Puerto Rico as well as what the o

Current Events #61: GRAN DEBATE PUERTO RICO 2024

Oct 05 2024 66 mins  
The boys are all together to recap, analyze, discuss, pontificate, fanboy the recent Gubernatorial debate in Puerto Rico ahead of what will go down as a cataclysmic paradigm in Puerto Rico politics and reality.

Current Events #60: VENEZUELA ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH W/ LUISA

Aug 16 2024 68 mins  
After a few months off, Austin G is back to bring you a solo interview pod with previous guest and union organizer Luisa Martinez. Luisa was able to attend Venezuela's recent presidential election in person as an election observer on behalf of the Democratic Socialists of America International Committee (dsaic.org) and gives us her on the ground perspective of how the situation

Current Events #59: MEXICO ELECTIONS & PUERTO RICO PRIMARIES

Jun 08 2024 72 mins  
In this edition of MyM, we do a bit of a debrief on the recent elections in Mexico and the primaries of the comprador Pro-Statehood PNP in Puerto Rico. Austin breaks down his experience as an election observer in Mexico giving us his analysis of the ramifications of Claudia Sheinbaum's victory. Hilarity and giggling ensues as we discuss the Looney Tunes show that were these primari

Current Events #58: PUERTO RICO ELECTIONS PREVIEW

May 25 2024 68 mins  
After a typical hiatus, MyM is back with a Current Events episode. In this one, we preview the November elections in Puerto Rico. We dive a bit deeper into the comprador Statehood party's impending primary pitting incumbent Pedro Pierluisi, the Ted Cruz of Chuck Schumers, against Resident Commissioner and MAGA enthusiast Jenniffer Gonzalez which may very well dictate the success of

PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY: The ongoing global response to the genocide in Gaza

Nov 11 2023 89 mins  
LeRoy, 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

AUSTRALIA/PALESTINE: Comrade Conversation w/ Rev

Oct 21 2023 91 mins  
After 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 implication

DSA Convention: Comrade Conversation w/ Luisa Martinez

Jul 27 2023 61 mins  
In 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 ea

Current Events #56: DICTATOR LASSO, PINOCHETISTAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, US SUPREME COURT VS PUERTO RICO

Jun 11 2023 72 mins  
After 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 resurge

Current Events #55: PARAGUAY ELECTION FINAL, TROUBLE IN ARGENTINA, RECAP OF ECUADOR CONVO

Apr 29 2023 58 mins  
Sometimes 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 di