In this 44th edition of WLRN’s monthly podcast you will hear the world news as written and delivered by WLRN’s April Neault followed by the song “Libres” by Mora Navarro.

Next up, Thistle speaks with Mexican feminist Laura Lecuona Gonzalez of the organization Mexican Feminists Against Surrogacy.

Laura Lecuona studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and her professional life has been devoted to the editing world. Currently, she is an independent editor and translator, having worked for some major publishing houses for more than twenty years. She is the author of “Las Mujeres son Seres Humanos” (Women are human beings), an introductory book on feminism for teenagers and young adults, and keeps writing and giving lectures and talks on feminism despite the backlash she is facing. Laura spoke with Thistle about her feminist work and her experiences with trans activists in Mexico who have targeted her for attack and about how she has responded to those attacks.

Next, enjoy the song “Antipatriarca” by Ana Tijoux before listening to the interview Thistle did in Spanish with Magali Terraza Ramirez, a young feminist activist from the organization Rosas Rojas.

Magali describes how she became interested and involved in socialist and radical feminist activism and what her recent experiences have been like in the streets. Magali is a graduate student in the school of social work at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Mexico. She has participated as a leader and speaker at different universities around the issues of abortion, sex trafficking, violence against women and more. She is a specialist in the oppression of indigenous women.

Finally, stay tuned for Sekhmet SheOwl’s brilliant commentary on the feminist activism we see emerging in Mexico and Latin America and how it is different from North American feminism namely because the women of Latin America have to deal with racism, US imperialism and a whole host of factors that north american white women do not.

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