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Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
On Mexico's elections.
[Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast]
Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing President AMLO's record.
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What are the stakes in this election?
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Has Mexico bucked the trend of class realignment? Where is the 'Brahmin Left'?
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What is "republican austerity" and has this actually combatted corruption?
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What do make of AMLO's use of the military? Militarising public life or domesticating the military?
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What has AMLO done for the working class? And what might it do for itself?
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What is AMLO's populism and has he rekindled class consciousness?
Links:
- The AMLO Project, Edwin Ackerman, Sidecar
- The Mexican Question, Ramon Centeno, Sidecar
- The Struggle to Be Gay—in Mexico, for Example, Roger Lancaster
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