Ep 52 - MELTdown May w/ Cuban, VZ, and PNW anarchists/communists (Patreon)

Andy is back from presenting on Posadas at Cuba's first Trotsky conference and Red May in Seattle with four interviews: Isbel Diaz Torres from the anarchist biblioteca ABRA in Cuba; Simon Rodriguez from Partido Socialismo y Libertad of Venezuela, part of the left-opposition to Maduro; a producer of the audio zine podcast Resonance Audio, and Phillip Wohlstetter of Red May--who wraps everything up with his story of backpacking to Chile in 1973 during the coup. 

After doing this interview, Isbel and some of his comrades were arrested for organizing a demonstration in Cuba against homophobia. Learn more and support them here:

https://itsgoingdown.org/cuban-state-arrests-two-anarchists-as-counter-revolutionaries/

https://jovencuba.com/2019/05/14/las-calles-son-nuestras/?fbclid=IwAR31R70xPERQXwOpsQiKaWpkaEov1S_7caYOflLikThn48I-OxMsHmeVXoU

More links from the guests:

Why Did Chavismo Fail? 

http://www.socialistcore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Why-did-Chavismo-fail-1.pdf

https://venezuelanvoices.org/

Anarchist podcasts:

https://resonanceaudiodistro.org/

https://channelzeronetwork.com/

https://crimethinc.com/podcast

Red May Seattle site and schedule (still one weekend left!)

https://www.redmayseattle.org/

Songs:

Celia Cruz: Elegua Quiere Tambo

Silvio Rodriguez - La Verguenza

Victora Jara - A Cuba

Xylitol - Grey Goo

Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle