Machete y Mate

Jan 27 2025 106 ep. 67 mins 512
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Revolutionary Marxist program for the Latinx community in La Patria Grande and the diaspora.

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VAYANSE AL CARAJO YANQUIS DE MIERDA! Trump and Mexico w Jose Luis Granados Ceja

Jan 27 2025 57 mins  
As each day seems to come with a new threat from Donal Tron and the Yanquis de Mierda against Latin America we are happy to bring you all this collab with José Luis Granados Ceja of Soberania the Mexican Politics Podcast. José Luis joins us in digesting the initial wave of executive orders from Donald Trump in regards to Mexico and what the reaction and response has looked like s

Scrutinizing the Scrutiny! Comrade Conversation with Paul Figueroa

Dec 21 2024 66 mins  
In our latest episode we sit down with returning guest and former Independence Party candidate for San Juan city council, Paul Figueroa. Paul helped run the House District 4 campaign of Adriana Gutierrez Colon, one of the closest house races of the entire election cycle. In addition to going over the latest updates from the recount/general scrutiny, Paul discusses with us his persp

What Next for La Alianza? Comrade Conversation with Jeremy Rivera Torres

Nov 24 2024 63 mins  
In our latest episode, we continue our 2024 Puerto Rico Election coverage as we sit down with former Independence Party candidate for Naguabo municipal council, Jeremy Rivera Torres. We discuss the continued fallout and aftermath of the (still not totally decided) election with Jeremy and the potential political landscape moving forward. Jeremy gives us his perspective from the gro

Current Events #63: PR ELECTION DEBRIEF

Nov 08 2024 69 mins  
PUERTO RICO POST-ELECTION DEBRIEF! Join us as we discuss and analyze the results of the momentous and consequential election in Puerto Rico that saw what was thought to be impossible: an Independentist challenging the Comprador duopoly with a real chance of winning. We also talk about next steps for the movement and a little bit about the smaller election in the Metropole.

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