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Crawdads and Taters have an impromptu discussion on the definition of Neoliberalism, a few ways it has played out in the US and global economy, and how it paves the way for modern-day fascism.
Episode Notes
Border Deaths
- Operation Gatekeeper and the Birth of Border Militarization
- From 1994-2014, over 10,000 refugees have died attempting to cross the border. Crossing Over: Enrique Morales, Founder of Border Angels Talks the on Border Crisis and How We Can Stop It, 2014.
- How U.S. Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants, New York Times, 2020.
- In Juarez, women just disappear, 2011
- Death in the Sands: The Horror of the US-Mexico Border
Stop Enbridge Line 3
Neoliberal Trade Deals fueling the “immigration crisis”
- NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 1994
- TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), (2016, but defeated by global grassroots movements)
- PPP (Plan Puebla Panama), 2001
- CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement), 2005
Reagan and privatization
- Reagan Plan to Privatize Government Is Gaining Support From Democrats, 1988
- The History of Privatization: How an Ideological and Political Attack on Government Became a Corporate Grab for Gold
- Key word of new budget: ‘Privatization’
- Privatization is at the Core of Fascism
- Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Plan Is a Stalking Horse for Privatization
Germany and Forced Labor
Biden and Deportation