The four invasions of Guatemala and Indigenous resistance w/ Giovanni Batz

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Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

*Episode originally posted November 2018*

In this episode, Giovanni Batz (@gio_batz) — an Indigenous researcher, the son of Guatemalan working class parents, and the paternal grandson of K’iche’ Maya — talks about the history and struggle for Indigenous autonomy in the Ixil Region of Gutemala. His research interests include extractivist industries and megaprojects in Latin America, Guatemalan-Maya migration, displacement and diaspora, indigenous social movements, and human rights.

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0:00.0	And So, Don't come on here.
0:25.0	Don't come on here.
0:30.0	Don't come on here.
0:32.0	Don't count on me.
0:37.0	Don't count on me.
0:39.0	Don't count on me. Look Out on the Game! Thank you. Oh, I'm Tachiafi. This is your comrade Nick Estes. Welcome to another episode of Red Revolution radio, broadcasting decolonization across Turtle Island and to the world.
1:28.0	On today's episode, we turned to Guatemala.
1:32.0	Last year on November 1st, 2018, Giovanni Bats
1:37.0	gave a guest lecture in my class,
1:39.6	Indigenous Decolonization, titled,
1:42.1	The Fourth Invasion.
1:44.4	Giovanni Botz was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
1:48.3	It is the son of Guatemalan working class immigrants and paternal grandson,
1:51.8	Guiche Maya.
1:53.0	His research interests include extractivist industries and mega projects in Latin America,
1:58.0	Guatemala, migration, displacement in dias, indigenous social movements, and human rights.
2:04.8	Bots received his PhD in social anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin.
2:09.6	And he is currently the 2018-2018-2018 Anne Ray Fellow at the School for Advanced Research in
2:15.3	Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2:17.3	He's working on a book project entitled The Fourth Invasion, Ishiomaya Resistance to Micher Projects,
2:22.1	and the Struggle for for autonomy in Guatemala.
2:24.7	So first off I want to thank Professor Estes for inviting me to speak to you'all here in the classroom,
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