Articles for Foreign Exchanges
“Hugging Bullets” (September 2022):
https://fx.substack.com/p/hugging-bullets
“American Maginot Line, Part 1” (August 2021):
https://fx.substack.com/p/the-american-maginot-line?s=w
“American Maginot Line, Part 2” (September 2021):
https://fx.substack.com/p/the-american-maginot-line-part-2?s=w
“America’s Front Yard” (April 2022):
https://fx.substack.com/p/americas-front-yard?s=w
Commentary
“Una lectura histórica de las cifras de homicidios,” Nexos, 20 January 2021:
https://redaccion.nexos.com.mx/una-lectura-historica-de-las-cifras-de-homicidios/
“A History of Inconvenient Allies and Convenient Enemies,” NACLA, 30 April 2020: https://nacla.org/news/2020/04/30/narco-state-allies
“How American Bipartisan Political Consensus on the US-Mexico Border Policy Kills Migrants,” Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Arizona State University : https://csrc.asu.edu/rjd/avina-english
“Abrazos y Balazos,” Co-Written with Dawn Marie Paley, Zur: Pueblo de Voces, 28 June 2019:
http://www.zur.org.uy/content/abrazos-y-balazos
“La verdadera crisis fronteriza no es la que Trump siempre menciona,” Expansíon/CNN, 27 February 2019:
https://expansion.mx/opinion/2019/02/27/opinion-la-verdadera-crisis-fronteriza-no-es-de-la-que-trump-habla
Media
“The Last Emperor of Mexico: A Conversation with Edward Shawcross,” Arizona State University Convergence Lab/ASU in Mexico, 31 March 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a-pnYGJcQ
“U.S. History with Latin America could pose challenges for Biden’s Build Back Better World plan,” KJZZ 91.5, 6 October 2021:
https://kjzz.org/content/1722690/us-history-latin-america-could-pose-challenges-bidens-build-back-better-world-plan
“Workers’ Rights Have Long Been a Tenet of US Democracy. Thank Mexico for That,” National Public Radio, Weekend Edition Sunday, 19 September 2021:
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038681737/workers-rights-have-long-been-a-tenant-of-u-s-democracy-thank-mexico-for-that
“Internationalism Series: Contemporary Red-Baiting,” Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, 3 September 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2fz0i9k3Mw
“30 días del Presidente Biden: óptico desde ambos lados de la frontera,” El Debate, 19 February 2021:
https://www.facebook.com/periodicoeldebate/videos/474607783919395/
“Zapatistas and the Mexican Revolution,” History Now, NVTV (Northern Ireland), 13 January 2021:
https://vimeo.com/499259633?ref=tw-share
“Mormon Deaths in Mexico Reignite Questions about the Ongoing Drug War,” The Takeaway, WNYC Studios, 18 November 2019
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/mexican-drug-war?tab=summary
“Nine U.S. Citizens killed in attack in Mexico,” Arizona PBS Horizon, 5 November 2019 https://azpbs.org/horizon/2019/11/nine-u-s-citizens-killed-in-attack-in-mexico
“America’s War on Drugs,” TheNewsmakers, TRT, 25 July 2019
https://youtu.be/QDLjsO8DQBA?t=2725
“Immigration Class’ Response to U.S. Border Security,” Cronkite News, 6 February 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsjUhQON1X4
“Border Security, Migrant Caravans,” Arizona PBS Horizonte, 10 January 2019. https://www.pbs.org/video/01102019-border-security-migrant-caravans-get-to-know-p6aq7k/
“Author Alexander Aviña talks about Mexico’s Cold War in New Book,” Arizona PBS Horizonte, 22 March 2018.
https://azpbs.org/horizonte/2018/03/author-alexander-avina-talks-about-mexico-cold-war/
“A US-Mexico Border Wall and Its Implications on Immigration in Arizona,” School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University, 19 September 2017
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170920-asu-insight-us-mexico-border-wall-and-its-implications-immigration-arizona
Podcasts/Interviews
“Mexico’s Specters of Revolution,” Americas Uncovered/Alborada (6 February 2023):
https://alborada.net/americas-uncovered-podcast-specters-of-revolution-avina/
“The US Drug War Did Not Take Place,” East is a Podcast (24 January 2023):
https://eastisapodcast.libsyn.com/preview-bonus-episode-153-the-us-drug-war-did-not-take-place-walex-avia
“AMLO: A Portrait,” American Prestige (20 December 2022):
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/e76-amlo-a-portrait-w-alexander-avina#details
“Get Outbreak,” Hinge Points/Chapo Trap House (23 November 2022):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/hinge-points-get-75036136
“The World Cup: Sport, Politics, History and Propaganda,” Guerrilla History (18 November 2022):
https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/the-world-cup-sport-politics-history-and-propaganda-w-alexander-avia
“Lessons of Guerrero, Episode 2,” American Prestige (8 October 2022):
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/bonus-lessons-of-guerrero-ep-2-w#details
“Red Dawn (1984),” East is a Podcast (11 September 2022):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-w-71829686
“Coups, Oil and Nationalizations: A Supplement with Alex Aviña and Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt,” Guerrilla History (15 July 2022):
https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/coups-oil-and-oil-nationalization-supplement-w-alexander-avia-brandon-wolfe-hunnicutt
“Toward a Theory of Regime Change,” East is a Podcast (28 June 2022):
https://www.patreon.com/posts/68366113
“Lessons of Guerrero, Episode 1,” American Prestige (3 June 2022):
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/e47-lessons-of-guerrero-pt-1-w-alexander#details
“US-Mexico Borderlands: War, Colonialism, and Imperial Formation,” Revolutionary Left Radio, 20 May 2022:
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/borderlands
“Guerrillas, Cartels, and Dirty Wars in Mexico, Pt. 2,” It Could Happen Here, 21 January 2022:
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/it-could-happen-here-820959/episodes/guerillas-cartels-and-dirty-wa-126906168
“Guerrillas, Cartels, and Dirty Wars in Mexico, Pt. 1,” It Could Happen Here, 20 January 2022:
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/it-could-happen-here-820959/episodes/guerillas-cartels-and-dirty-wa-126814424
“The Not So Good Neighbor Policy,” In the Context of Empire, Episode 54, 20 November 2021:
https://anchor.fm/matthew-mckenna2/episodes/Episode-54-The-Not-So-Good-Neighbor-Policy-with-Alex-Avina-e1ai17i
“Bonus – Narcos-Cultura, Pt. 2,” American Prestige, 19 November 2021:
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/bonus-narcos-cultura-pt-2-w-alexander-80f?s=r#details
“Bonus – Narcos-Cultura, Pt. 1,” American Prestige, 13 November 2021:
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/bonus-narcos-cultura-pt-1-w-alexander-977?s=r#details
“Long Live the Yemeni Worker! w/ Neama Alamri, interviewed by Alexander Aviña,” The East is a Podcast, 16 September 2021:
https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-east-is-a-podcast/episode/unlocked-bonus-episode-109-long-live-the-yemeni-worker-w-neama-alamri-86859671
“So Far from God, So Close to the United States,” American Prestige, 9 September 2021:
https://www.americanprestigepod.com/p/e10-so-far-from-god-so-close-to-the-d7f?s=r#details
“US Frontiers as Forever Wars,” Red Nation Podcast, 6 September 2021:
https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/therednation/id/20370002
“Intelligence Briefing: The Beautiful Game w/ Alexander Aviña,” Guerrilla History, 30 July 2021:
https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/intelligence-briefing-the-beautiful-game-w-alexander-avin
“Mexico’s Peasant Guerrillas of the Cold War Era,” The Committee Program with Arun Chaudhary, Episode 3, 17 May 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVhrb9L9PA
“Cold War Latin America,” Guerrilla History Podcast, 26 March 2021: https://guerrillahistory.libsyn.com/alex-avia
“The OG Moderate Rebels: Iran-Contra and the Violent Legacies of US Foreign Policy,” The East Is a Podcast, 28 February 2021:
https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=18120335
“Cold War in Latin America and US Elections,” The David Feldman Show, Episode 11100, 11 December 2020:
https://davidfeldmanshow.com/g-o-pees-on-democracy-episode-11100/
“Bolivian Elections,” The David Feldman Show, Episode 1186, 24 October 2020: https://davidfeldmanshow.com/hunters-laptop-versus-rudys-lap-episode-1186/
“America’s Violent History in Latin America,” The David Feldman Show, Episode 1175, 17 September 2020:
https://davidfeldmanshow.com/ice-sterilizing-women-biden-for-president-episode-1175/
“The Haitian Revolution,” Revolutionary Left Radio, 21 June 2020: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-haitian-revolution
“Delicious Revolution,” Farmers League Podcast, Episode 15, December 2019
https://soundcloud.com/farmersleaguepod/epsiode-15-delicious-revolution
“Mormon Deaths in Mexico Reignite Questions about the Ongoing Drug War,” The Takeway, WNYC, 18 November 2019
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/mexican-drug-war
“Nicaraguan Revolution: The Sandinistas, The Contras and the CIA,” Revolutionary Left Radio Podcast, 14 June 2019
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/sandinista-revolution
“Interview with Alexander Aviña”, Free Food for Thought, 4 April 2019.
https://soundcloud.com/freefood4thought/alexander-avina
“US Imperialist Intervention in Latin America: A Discussion with Professor Alexander Aviña,” Millennial Politics-Brand New Politics Podcast, 23 March 2019.
https://millennialpolitics.co/alexander-avina-venezuela/
“Pence to Attend Mexico’s Presidential Inauguration,” KJZZ, 8 October 2018.
http://kjzz.org/content/709009/pence-attend-mexicos-presidential-inauguration
“1v1: Politics and the Complexity of Fandom,” Tropics of Meta, 1 July 2018.
https://tropicsofmeta.com/2018/07/01/1-vs-1-politics-and-the-complexity-of-fandom/
“Episode 6,” Radical Americas Podcast/Radical Americas Network, 21 June 2018.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/112436/730873-the-radical-americas-podcast-episode-006
“Chilean Coup of 1973: Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet and the CIA,” Revolutionary Left Radio Podcast, 21 May 2018.
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/chile
“Could A Renegotiated NAFTA Be Better For Indigenous People Than Current Deal?” KJZZ ‘The Show,’ 18 October 2017.
https://kjzz.org/content/553284/could-renegotiated-nafta-be-better-indigenous-people-current-deal
“The Mexican Revolution and the Zapatistas,” Revolutionary Left Radio Podcast, 17
September 2017.
http://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/the-mexican-revolution-and-the-zapatistas
“Trump’s Adjustment to U.S. Policy Toward Cuba Draws Reaction,” KJZZ, 16 June 2017.
https://science.kjzz.org/content/491623/trumps-adjustment-us-policy-toward-cuba-draws-reaction
“New ASU Online course to provide historical context of global migrations,” ASU NOW 3
August 2017.
https://asunow.asu.edu/20170801-global-engagement-new-asu-online-course-provide-historical-context-global-migrations
“Q & A: Obama pushes to maintain Cuba relations but will Trump listen?” ASU NOW, 14 December 2016.
https://asunow.asu.edu/20161214-global-engagement-qa-obama-pushes-maintain-cuba-relations-will-trump-listen
“Following the Money Behind the Drug Wars,” NACLA Report on the Americas Podcast, August 2016.
http://nacla.org/news/2016/08/04/following-money-behind-drug-wars-audio-0
“The Insiders: US-Cuban Relations, Past and Present,” WTXL News, Tallahassee, 15 October 2015.
https://www.wtxl.com/news/the-insiders-u-s-cuban-relations-past-and-present/article_fbf14264-73a7-11e5-9fa0-ff190be636d1.html