Episode 9 - Jackson Water & Ecuador's Election (Pink Tide Returns?) ft. Austin Gonzalez (Patreon)

Austin Gonzalez (@Gaius_Gracchus_) of Machete y Mate (@MacheteyMate), a revolutionary Marxist podcast emphasizing Latin American politics, joins us to discuss Puerto Rican independence vs statehood, the significance of the election in Ecuador and how understand apparent splits between the indigenous and socialist left there, as well as the durability of the "pink tide" and cause for optimism re the latin american left.

Also, America's infrastructure failing in Jackson and Michael Moore takes the first weekly Bum Steer award.