On 1st December, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (or AMLO) was inaugurated as the 58th President of Mexico.
A progressive politician often compared to Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders, AMLO's campaign for office galvanised people across Mexico. His decisive victory in July speaks volumes about the corrupt state of the Mexican political elite and the temperament of the people, and has potentially huge implications for the country, for the United States, and for the international progressive Left.
It remains to be seen, in the coming weeks and months, how much his presidency will mark a rupture, rather than a continuity, with the decline of the ‘pink tide’ in Latin America.
Discussing this moment of excitement and hope in Mexico, as well as the realities of the difficult road that lies ahead, we welcome onto the show John Holloway, author of Change the World Without Taking Power and Crack Capitalism among many other books; and Raquel Gutierrez, Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Puebla.
López Obrador's new book, A New Hope for Mexico, was published by Pluto in October 2018.
Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice
Enough: Why It's Time to Abolish the Super-Rich
On Abolition Feminism with H.L.T. Quan
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
On Palestine with Ghada Karmi
A People’s History of Football
Let Them Eat Crypto: The Blockchain Scam That’s Ruining the World
Family Abolition with M. E. O’Brien
RIC in-haus: Space Crone: Ursula K. Le Guin on Feminism and Gender
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health
RIC in-haus: Mussolini’s Grandchildren: Italian Fascism in 2023
Locating Legacies: ’Abolition in the UK’ with Ruth Wilson Gilmore
RIC in-haus: Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity
Locating Legacies: ’Queer Class Politics’ with Sita Balani
Queer Footprints: LGBTQIA+ Solidarity, Protest and Pride
Locating Legacies: ’The Cold War’ with Vijay Prashad
Locating Legacies: ’Identity Politics’ with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Private Worlds: Growing up Gay in Post-War Britain
Locating Legacies: ’The Politics of Decolonisation’ with Françoise Vergès
Locating Legacies: ’On Stuart Hall’ with Kojo Koram
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free