EPISODE · Dec 15, 2023 · 1H 1M
Juan Gonzalez—Colonial Soldiers
Juan Gonzalez explains almost everything you need to know about the migrant “crisis” in Chicago. Starting with…it’s not a crisis! It’s an opportunity for a city whose population had been falling. Then he explains the causes of recent migration—federal economic warfare against Latin America. So the pols who scream the loudest about the crisis at the border are the ones who’re causing it. Juan Gonzalez is a great journalist—former columnist for the New York Daily News and co-host of Democracy Now! He’s a senior fellow at UIC’s Great City Institute. Read his book Harvest of Empire.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Juan Gonzalez explains almost everything you need to know about the migrant “crisis” in Chicago. Starting with…it’s not a crisis! It’s an opportunity for a city whose population had been falling. Then he explains the causes of recent migration—federal economic warfare against Latin America. So the pols who scream the loudest about the crisis at the border are the ones who’re causing it. Juan Gonzalez is a great journalist—former columnist for the New York Daily News and co-host of Democracy Now! He’s a senior fellow at UIC’s Great City Institute. Read his book Harvest of Empire. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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