Standing Up to Armed Militias in the Borderlands: Author Patrick Strickland on Arivaca and Community Resistance
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Listen now (38 min) | The author on his new book "The Marauders," the rise of far-right extremism in Europe and the American borderlands and what communities can learn from Arivaca, Arizona
The problem is the left wing, pro-raza, "Send the Gringo Back to Plymouth Rock," Mexican flag waving community led by Isabel Garcia, didn't pause to consider that decades of identity politics and support for Aztlan would result in a corresponding rise of white supremacy and nationalism.
Todd Miller: I listened to the interview and will order the book on Amazon. But I'm wondering: will the public EVER entertain a non-partisan, fact based discussion on the border? It's WHY I'm writing "Ground Zero: How Arizona Created the Crisis on the Border." (c) 2021 Roy Warden
There is a part of this interview (12:30) when del Bosque and Strickland discuss the flawed personalities of some of the militia followers who, fleeing problems, seek to redeem, transform and reinvent themselves. All true! I have much to share on this subject. In the sixties I read "True Believer" by Eric Hoffer, who explains HOW and WHY many people become involved in mass movements. In fact many of the early founders of Arizona itself were losers on the run. Google Coles Bashford (disgraced former Governor of Wisconsin, accused of receiving bribes and engaging in voter fraud), gets “transformed” and "reinvented", and appointed as Arizona’s first Attorney General. He is later elected president of the Council Territorial Government.
The problem is the left wing, pro-raza, "Send the Gringo Back to Plymouth Rock," Mexican flag waving community led by Isabel Garcia, didn't pause to consider that decades of identity politics and support for Aztlan would result in a corresponding rise of white supremacy and nationalism.
I tried to bring this to their attention between 2006-2016. Unfortunately, the local community branded me as a racist and a lunatic, and Garcia's followers used the police to stop debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cX9t3iB-rY&ab_channel=RoyWarden
Todd Miller: I listened to the interview and will order the book on Amazon. But I'm wondering: will the public EVER entertain a non-partisan, fact based discussion on the border? It's WHY I'm writing "Ground Zero: How Arizona Created the Crisis on the Border." (c) 2021 Roy Warden
I thought it was excellent - but I'm personally vested and very biased. Can't wait to read the book.
There is a part of this interview (12:30) when del Bosque and Strickland discuss the flawed personalities of some of the militia followers who, fleeing problems, seek to redeem, transform and reinvent themselves. All true! I have much to share on this subject. In the sixties I read "True Believer" by Eric Hoffer, who explains HOW and WHY many people become involved in mass movements. In fact many of the early founders of Arizona itself were losers on the run. Google Coles Bashford (disgraced former Governor of Wisconsin, accused of receiving bribes and engaging in voter fraud), gets “transformed” and "reinvented", and appointed as Arizona’s first Attorney General. He is later elected president of the Council Territorial Government.