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Dig: Visions of Freedom w/ Piero Gleijeses Part 2

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4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

The second 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 supporters at patreon.com

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and by N++1 magazine, which features some of the most urgent and exciting

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1:21.6

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

1:35.9

from Providence, Rhode Island. Today's episode is part two of my interview with the historian

1:42.0

of foreign policy, Piero Gliasis, on his book Visions of Freedom, Havana, Washington,

1:48.0

Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991.

1:55.2

Visions of Freedom tells the incredible story of Cuba deploying a massive military and social

2:01.6

aid mission to defend Angola's government against a U.S. and South Africa backed effort

2:07.4

to overthrow the people's movement for the liberation of Angola or MPLA.

2:12.5

If you have not yet listened to episode one of my interview with Piero, hit pause now and do so

2:19.2

before listening to this episode too. Again, this episode is part two of my interview and it will

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