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Dig: Visions of Freedom w/ Piero Gleijeses Part 1

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🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Part one of Dan's two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba's military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line, including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony.


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0:00.0

This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com

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and by Harvard University Press, which has loads of great titles perfect for dig listeners like you.

0:12.3

One that you might like is six faces of globalization, who wins, who loses, and why it matters

0:18.5

by anthia Roberts and Nicholas Lamp. When it comes to the politics of free trade and open borders,

0:24.1

the camps are dug in, producing a kaleidoscope of claims and counterclaims, unlikely alliances,

0:30.3

and unexpected foes. But what exactly are we fighting about? And how might we approach these

0:36.3

issues more productively? Anthia Roberts and Nicholas Lamp cut through the confusion with an

0:41.3

indispensable survey of the interests, logics, and ideologies driving these debates.

0:46.9

The authors expertly guide us through six competing narratives about the virtues and

0:51.5

vices of globalization to reveal fault lines that divide us and points of agreement that might

0:58.5

bring us together. Six faces of globalization, who wins, who loses, and why it matters by anthia

1:05.3

Roberts and Nicholas Lamp, out now from Harvard University Press.

1:09.6

Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and a broadcasting

1:24.7

from Providence, Rhode Island. What do we learn about the Cold War when we look beyond the

1:29.9

superpower arms race into Tant, and instead examine the Third World, and quote,

1:35.3

the events in those areas where the Cold War was actually being waged, where it was hot.

1:41.6

One such place was Southern Africa, and Angola in particular.

1:46.7

Today's episode is part one of my interview with the historian of foreign policy,

1:50.3

Pietro Grieces, on his book, Visions of Freedom, Havana, Washington, Pretoria,

1:56.4

and the struggle for Southern Africa, 1976 to 1991. Visions of Freedom tells the incredible

2:04.0

story of Cuba deploying a massive military and social aid mission to defend Angola's government

2:10.8

against a U.S. and South Africa backed effort to overthrow the people's movement for the liberation

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