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Dec. 19, 2024

Monsanto, Mexico and Leydy Pech

Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In part three, Cristina talks about how Monsanto affected towns surrounded by agricultural fields in Autlan, Jalisco, as...

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Dec. 12, 2024

Monsanto and Argentina

Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In part two of this series, Cristina shares some of the devastating effects Monsanto and roundup have had on Argentina,...

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Dec. 5, 2024

A Brief History of Monsanto and the Horrible Things They've Done

Monsanto started as a chemical company founded 1901. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In this episode, Cristina shares a brief history of Monsanto, to get all of us up to speed on the topic …

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Nov. 21, 2024

Operation Wetback

In 1954, the U.S. Border Patrol enacted “Operation Wetback,” a campaign to deport Mexican workers who were in the country illegally. The program was called a success and claimed to have rounded up 1 million people, though that number is …

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Nov. 14, 2024

The Puerto Rico Birth Control Pill Trials

The birth control pill revolutionized women’s independence in the US and everywhere, but came at the cost of Puerto Rican women who were experimented on without consent in the birth control trials of the 1950’s, overseen by Gregory Pincus and …

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Nov. 7, 2024

Esterilización Forzada En California (in Spanish)

Leyes de esterilización en los Estados Unidos desproporcionadamente afectaron a personas Morena, Indígena, y Latina. Sterilizaciones masivas se llevaron en 32 estados y también en Puerto Rico. Entre 1930 a 1970, un tercio de las mujeres...

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Oct. 24, 2024

Cesar Chavez Part 5

Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United...

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Oct. 17, 2024

Cesar Chavez Part 4

Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United...

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Oct. 3, 2024

Cesar Chavez Part 3

Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United...

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Sept. 26, 2024

Cesar Chavez Part Two

Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United...

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Sept. 19, 2024

Cesar Chavez

Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.. He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, along with Dolores Huerta, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United...

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Sept. 12, 2024

The Lemon Grove Incident

On January 5, 1931, Mexican students were turned away from the Lemon Grove Grammar School and were told to attend a barnyard for school. As a result, the Mexican community gathered and faced off with the school board, in Roberto …

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Sept. 5, 2024

Mendez v Westminster

When Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez, both US citizens tried to enroll their chidren to the 17th street school in Westiminster, CA, they were denied. They were told 17th street school was for White children only and their children had to …

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Aug. 29, 2024

Culebra Island

The US Navy tried to take over the island of Culebra, but after years being displaced and harmed, the Culebrenses fought back. This is the story of how the US Navy was kicked out of Culebra Island. If you have …

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Aug. 22, 2024

Los Motines de los Baños de 1917 (Spanish episode)

El 28 de enero de 1917, Carmelita Torres, de diecisiete años, se negó a bajarse del tranvía en el puente de Santa Fe y seguir a los funcionarios de salud estadounidenses hasta un baño químico. 30 mujeres la siguieron. Pronto, …

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Aug. 15, 2024

The 1948 Los Gatos Crash

The worst plane crash in California history happened in 1948, in Los Gatos. 32 died. 28 of those 32 were Mexican workers who were being deported. These workers were all put in a mass grave together and the grave was …

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Aug. 8, 2024

Martin Ramirez Sostre

Martin Sostre was a pioneer for prison reform and prisoner rights. His fight against the injustices he faced as a prisoner helped secure rights for all prisoners, and continue to be an inspiration for those resisting the prison-industrial complex. ...

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July 18, 2024

El Baile de Los 41 (Spanish episode)

El 18 de Noviembre, la policia toco la puerta de un jogar privado en Cuidad Mexico. Se encontraron con 41 hombres, la mitad vestidos como mujeres y fue un escandalo. Se conoce como el Baile de Los 41. Este es …

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July 11, 2024

Cornelius Dusty Rhoads: American Hero, Villain in Puerto Rico

Cornelius Rhoads was an esteemed cancer researcher, known as the father of chemotherapy. He was on the cover of Time in 1949 and The American Association for Cancer Research used to give out an award in his honor. But before …

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July 4, 2024

The Dance of the 41

On November 17, 1901 a societal scandal changed LGBTQ history in Mexico forever. Police raided a secret dance in Mexico City, where 42 of Mexican's elite men were caught in an all man party. Half the men were dressed as …

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June 27, 2024

Lorena Borjas: The mother of the Trans Latinx Community in Queens, Ne…

Lorena Borjas was known as the mother of the trans Latinx community in Queens, New York. After a life of activism, she passed in 2020 from COVID, but her legacy lives on. In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about Lorena's …

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June 20, 2024

The Infamous School of Americas

The School of the Americas (SOA) was founded in 1946 in the Panama Canal Zone, and it's purpose was to be a training ground for Latin American military and police in U.S. service schools. By 1949, SOA produced 749 U.S. …

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June 13, 2024

Environmental Activism in Latin America

Latin America is one of the deadliest places to be a defender of rights; despite the high rates of activist killings and high rates of impunity, many risk their lives to fight for their rights. In this episode, Carmen tells …

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June 6, 2024

The Homosexual Liberation Front of Argentina

La Frente de Liberacion Homosexual, the Homosexual Liberation Front or FLH in Argentina was a gay rights organization that formed in August 1971 in Buenos Aires. They were a coalition of semi-autonomous groups, who were all f...

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