Talkin' Tina 2 - Peru Talkin' to me? (Patreon)

In episode 2 of @spaceprole's side project on contemporary and historical political issues in Latin America. This month we have Camilo Gómez, a Peruvian writer with bylines at Counterpunch and the Center for a Stateless Society, and the host of the History and Politics podcast. 

We discuss how the lavajato spilled into Peru, making anti-corruption a focus of the upcoming legislative elections. Gomez goes into details on the 3-4 currents of the divided Peruvian left, before going into a history of the armed struggle movement that culminated in the Shining Path. We talk about a couple  other idiosyncratic Peruvian tendencies, like the Trotskyist ecosocialism of ex-Posadist Hugo Blanco and the UFO leftism of Alfa y Omega.

Finally we talk about "market socialism" in the Peruvian context and have a little debate over whether markets are ever something worth defending. 

You can find Camilo's writing and podcasts here:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/historyandpolitics
https://c4ss.org/content/52487

Closing song: Los Saicos - Demolicion