Resisting Fascism: Lessons From the Front Lines of Latin America

To fight fascism you first have to identify it. OK,the modern democratic party,corrupt,favors large burracractic gov. Lots of high taxes,it's leaders get rich,have a different set of rules to follow,and if defeated,pardon their fellow criminals.They also favor criminals,urge violence in the name of " Saving Democracy" but take no responsibility for the terror and violence that follows.Their favorite words are Fascist,Raceist,F---You,Democracy,Sexist,exploiter ,social justice.Also they are anti women,anti Semite,pro terrorist and pro trans! What do you have? A left wing fascist domestic terrorist hate party that gets rich from lies,hate and corruption!! Da,Da!!!😊😊😊😊

Best wishes!👍

are you fighting it? You pray to Zelenskyy and his Banderite Nazis. You want to risk a nuclear world war because you love his Nazi ass so much.

So I didn't get anything about what to do now..except the democratic party has got ZIP. They tried nothing and are out of ideas.

You crack me up....🤣

For more understanding of how the US differs from Latin America, read historian Gerald Horne's book about the supposed American revolution, "The Counterrevolution of 1776." (Horne recently relocated to Canada for the same reason so many other US academics are leaving the country.)

Good interview even though Medhi was pushing his guest along by talking over the end of his sentences.

For a guy who just wrote a book his answers seem very disorganized. While I agree with the general beats on an instinctive level I don’t know if the facts presented really connect the dots of his arguments.

I'm reading the book right now, it's fascinating. I can't help to compare it to Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina, which I read over 30 years ago, I'd be interested in asking Grandin about that.

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What???!!! British Protestantism was the problem? Catholic church had more socialist values? That is some ridiculous shit. British Protestantism was very close to Catholisism, more than any other Protestant movement, and in any case the US mostly had Puritans, which is not the same. And...the UK today with its Protestantism is a lot more socialist than the US. His theory has no legs and it's a shame that Mehdi doesn't challenge him on it. Can't take this mans views on other matters when he starts from such a weak point.

That book sounds so fascinating, I bought it while I was watching.

Mehdi “conkwistadors” no, learn pronunciation, be professional

Wait, what was the lesson? Change history?

The public and private interests. The collaborative and competitive initiatives.

Please do your research about the Refuse Facism organization..its a front for the cult RevCom (the Bob Avakian fanatics) which often grifts off of worthy left wing political movements.

I think connecting Trump to Hitler is unhelpful even if there are parallels.
There were dictators across Latin America that are more fitting comparisons.

We have too MANY talking heads, who still would rather look like contrarian smarty ants, than TRULY fight FASCISM!!!

Harry Litman springs to mind.

Yes, it is rather privileged and insulat to call ourselves "America".

We are the United States of America -- of North America -- which WE SHARE with Canada and Mexico!!

We must do 3 thungs:
Get lying FOX out of our country.
Or beaten up and effectively exposed.
Get dark money OUT of politics.
TAX THE UBER RICH 50%
Fee 75% of the Real Net Worth, if an UberRich wants to leave.
Congress: Hire an ANONYMOUS group of the TOP most talented tax attys to advise Congress to write NEW TAX CODE, tax UberRich 50%, CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES, cut taxes for the lowest 75% - 90% TBD.
And, fee of Actual Net Worth if any UberRich who uses our nation to become wealthy? Pay 75% fee to LEAVE THE USA.

So gulf of America makes perfect sense. It’s inclusive of the America’s

THIS is the news!

Fascism, and the manifestations thereof, are everything for America right now.

Some say to own guns. 😂the some are the ones who know what’s up.

Been reading his book. Thanks for inviting him. It gives more information on how to interpret the various points of the book. The book it's a great read, lots of work went into it.

Thank you Mehdi!

Tremendously informative conversation

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The Nazis actually studied The United States Jim Crow and Indian Reservations. So our history has always been fascist.

Please, don't (only) call a north-american historian to talk about Latin America. We have historians here that speak english and amazing research being done or "lived". I understand how hard it may be, but it is more faithfull to reality and to History.

An infective opposition of effectively any description

You guys are some pathetic Abduls 😂 viva Cristo Rey!!✝️

i never thought it would be possible to outtalk Mehdi. Along came this gentleman.

washington was a terrible military officer, a brutal slave owner, and a despotic president. history is pretty damned clear on that.

Arm yourself.

ISRAEL IS USING DOUBLE AGENTS TO DESTROY AMERICA FROM WITHIN. THEY ARE USING TAXES AND TECHNOLOGY FROM AMERICAN PEOPLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN COUNTRY BY CREATING CHAOS ALL OVER THE WORLD. AFTER THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING THEN AMERICA ITSELF WILL BE DESTROYED. HEY AMERICA YOU SHOULD WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE😢😢😢😢😢😢

Is he ignoring Latin American slavery?

Fight yourself. you're a much bigger facist than donald trump

Mehdi, you keep bringing quality conversations to the table. Zeteo is a very important resource. Best wishes for continued growth and success.

Thanks. Americans must really read the book. Leslie from South Africa.

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How did we get from George Washington to the Orange Creature ? Greed. Capitalism & Corporatism which are both badly failed economic & socioeconomic experiments. If we don't make radical changes to how & what we apperceive as being the only choices that are available, we all will be consumed by these sadistic systems & relegated to utter servitude.

I'm more concerned about the deal with palantir for mass surveillance that, along with the creation of a cbdc via the baby Trump accounts is moving us towards a Chinese style social credit system that controls money, movement and everything else. I mean, cars can already be shut off remotely by teslur dealers and repo men. Bank accounts can already be frozen with government pressure on the private banks. Speech is tracked and censored routinely by all the big tech platforms--just try making certain comments on yt. Tariffs are a total distraction and way to make a quick buck in the market for the wealthy. Pay attention to what else the government is doing right now.

Most of the right wing authoritarianism in central and South America is due to CIA coups in support of American capitalists

I never thought I would live to see the day (I'm 62) when Mexico seems safer - from a tourist's point of view - than the USA. But that's how it is right now. I will categorically NOT ever go to the USA again, but I'm not ruling out Mexico.

Pertinent discussion.

As a side note, as a person from South America, I rarely if ever identify myself as American (americano). Nor have I seen anybody around me do so.

Trump was elected by radical left lunatics.. they made trump look like saint.. and that’s how Vence will win if radical left don’t learn

Answer: Americans are an invasionary occupying force and always have been. Once Americans realise that, only then will they be able to see why their imposed society keeps failing.

So Greg Grandin actually knows nothing about Latin America except what pro-regime propaganda tells him? Good to know.
Someone should make him watch the Some More News episode about the US intervening in the Mexican Revolution to make sure the socialists didn't become too powerful...
Not to mention that Sheinbaum is trying to celebrate replacing half the Judicial Power with 10% of the voters showing up to vote...

Hi Mehdi, I watch you from abroad and YT is auto-translating (poorly!) the titles and descriptions of your videos. Since your content is in English anyway, can you please disable this function?

Thanks.

The Catholic Church was involved with the indigenous people in the US as well. I’ve talked to people about their experiences and the church was far from benevolent. The last boarding school closed in 1973. These were recent experiences that have caused generational trauma to the indigenous community.