In this episode of The Source, we interview Alejandra Mejía, who is Chief Editor of Migrant Roots Media. We talk about the ‘Policy Report: An Analysis of the Biden-Harris Administration Plan for Central America’ by Migrant Roots Media. We examine in what way the $4 billion strategy for Central America of the Biden administration “bolsters a neoliberal development plan”. We also discuss whether this approach is different from the one of the previous administrations – both Democrats and Republicans. Finally, we also talk about Kamala Harris’ first international trip as Vice President to Guatemala and Mexico and what came out of that visit.
Link to Report.
Alejandra Mejía is Chief Editor of Migrant Roots Media, an independent media platform which seeks to unearth the root causes of global migration. She received her BA in Comparative Literature and Latinx Studies from Williams College in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Editor at Duke University Press where she acquires books in Latinx History. Her politics and devotion to migrant justice are largely informed by her lived experiences as a working-class Central American immigrant in the United States.

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“Unchallenged Orientalism”: Why Liberals Suddenly Love the Lab Leak Theory

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

It is this context in which the return of the lab leak theory should be seen. Lab leaks do happen. But there is precious little hard evidence that such is the case here. That so many of the nation’s top alternative news figures — individuals who stood against U.S. wars and against similar campaigns, such as RussiaGate — are buying into this one is remarkable. This is especially the case in light of the fact that the evidence is so weak and comes from highly discredited sources, while scientists remain highly skeptical of the theory.
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The lab leak theory bears a striking resemblance to the weapons of mass destruction hoax of 2002-03, not only in the fact that one of its key players is literally the same journalist using potentially the same anonymous sources, but also in the bipartisan political and media support for the project, all while ignoring the opinions of the scientific community. That so many in alternative media who question war and U.S. intervention not only cannot see that, but are invoking the WMD story to bolster their own side, is extraordinary, and shows how badly the need is to build up a healthy media ecosystem.
Between 2001 and 2003, the public was subjected to a constant barrage of pro-war propaganda. But at least nascent alternative media offered a dissenting voice. Anti-war voices pushing the lab leak theory might one day find it is too late to stop the clock on the dangerous drive towards a second Cold War. If there is any conflict with China, it will make Iraq look like a tea party by comparison. But truth, in war, is always the first casualty.

Too bad AOC didn’t care just as much for the Bolivian people before the coup d’etat!

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

AOC slammed Kamala Harris for telling Guatemalan migrants ‘do not come,’ saying the US helped destabilize the country in the first place

“First, seeking asylum at any US border is a 100% legal method of arrival,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
“Second, the US spent decades contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin America. We can’t help set someone’s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing,” she continued.

Too bad she didn’t care just as much for the Bolivian people before the coup d’etat!

Ocasio-Cortez to Constituents on Bolivian Coup: Drop Dead

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Meets With Bolivian Coup Organizers

Or how about Venezuelans?!

AOC’s Attack on Yang’s Meaningless Israel Statement Shows Her Role: Protect Dem Leaders

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

AOC’s Attack on Yang’s Meaningless Israel Statement Shows Her Role: Protect Dem Leaders

Real power over U.S. policy toward Israel and Gaza rests with Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Schumer, Blinken — not Yang. But AOC’s function is to shield them from leftist anger.

AMLO Complains to the US over USAID Funding of Opposition Group

May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

teleSUR | May 7, 2021
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador revealed on Friday his authorities sent a complaint to the U.S. government urging an explanation on the funding by U.S. organization USAID of an alleged anti-corruption group that seeks to take down his administration.
AMLO Complains to the US over USAID Funding of Opposition Group

New DNC chair stands by Israel amid progressive headwinds

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

New DNC chair stands by Israel amid progressive headwinds

Water wars loom amid climate collapse & plans for unprecedented imperialist destruction

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Water wars loom amid climate collapse & plans for unprecedented imperialist destruction

While Harris clearly had a Freudian slip in that she rather flippantly revealed an unacknowledged truth about foreign policy — which is the fact that oil is the reason why America remains at war — it seems that from her perspective as a driver of imperialist machinations, this was a benign statement given our current situation. It appears to now be common sense among the imperialist technocrats that for capital to be preserved in the face of the climate crisis, wars are going to need to be waged for increasingly scarce resources like water, and that these wars will need to be tied into the near-future economic developments within the imperial center.