Members of the Mexican Armed Forces, in the form of the Mexican era of the revolution, parade, to mark the 114th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico, Mexico, November 20, 2024.
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Danny and Derek again talk to the historian Greg Grandin about his recent book America, America: New History of the New World. In this second part of the conversation, they follow us – American relations with the US Civil War through the present. The discussion covers the spanish-American war of 1898 and the contradictions of US expansion cloaked in the language of Human Rights, the mexican revolution as a defining challenge Neighbor Policy, The Cold War, The Neoliberal Turn, The Endurance of Social Movements in the Face of American-Backed Violence, and why Contemporary Latin American Politics Still Displays Revolution.
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