podmeus [none/use name]

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Cake day: March 7th, 2021

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  • Thanks so much!

    We were just made aware of the book by Vijay Prashad (I suppose we're bad comrades for not being aware of this work by a great author)--we had originally gotten the title from the song by The Clash! But we've contacted Dr. Prashad to make sure there's no issue. Worse case scenario, we change the title, and best case scenario, we get him to take part in the documentary. He's exactly the kind of person we want to be part of this--in addition to getting testimony from Bolivians on the ground, we want to feature some anti-imperialist academics and personalities to help put this all in context, in regards to the U.S.'s historical interference in Bolivia as well as imperialist aggression in Latin America and throughout the world.





  • Yep. They were shouting "somos republica!" because Evo also changed the official name of the country from the Republic of Bolivia to the Plurinational State of Bolivia to recognize the indigenous nations that claimed the land. This also pissed off the racists and ever since just about every right-wing party has made it a plank of their platform to change the name back because they can't tolerate any recognition of the indigenous peoples