Salvi History

Salvadoran historian Nico joins us on the podcast for a conversation on the history of Salvadoran anarchism and a free-flowing conversation on anarchism from two Salvi anarchists.

Growing up with alcoholics is difficult, but add the layer of growing up with Salvadoran & Guatemalan alcoholics and you have a million hilarious family stories.

In this mini-series I’ll be covering the crazy fucking stories of the Centes-Najera family, two families with a blood feud, heavy drinking campesinos with a proclivity for bootlegging, gun fights, corvo fights, and corridos.

A conversation with Kiara Aileen Arts & Edson of Sacred Circle Studios. Interviewed by Nancy Escalante & Jazmin Garcia

Afro-Central American cartoonist Breeña Nuñez joins us on the podcast for a conversation on their work, life, and experiences. Music by : Kreashun

Estuardo & Mateo, two seasoned radical organizers, join your host in having an honest conversation on Central American male masculinity, growing up as men of color in the hood, sexuality, power dynamics, and issues faced in organizing spaces.

Dr. Larry Mosqueda, A radical Chicano professor at The Evergreen State College, has been active with Central American solidarity groups since 1980, including the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). He has participated in solidarity/research trips to El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Cuba, including being an election observer in Nicaragua and El Salvador several times. He traveled to Gaza on a Human Rights delegation in 2009 and is active with Palestinian solidarity. He also is active with the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP) and the author of Chicanos, Catholicism and Political Ideology.

CISPES - Committe In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. In this episode of the SalviHistory podcast we have guests Karen & Mattie, both L.A CISPES organizers, talk about their organizing with CISPES, CISPES's campaigns, and how you can get involved with an organization with 40 years of solidarity with our people.

December 30th 1983, after months of surveillance and reconnaissance the FPL special forces attack the “El Paraiso” military base in El Paraiso, Chalatenango. A group of 25 special forces combatants are able to penetrate the base, plant TNT, and escape. The victory over this particular military base was extremely important. El Paraiso’s base was designed and built with the most advanced military technology by the United States and was considered impenetrable. The combatants are able to successfully destroy the military base and confiscate military-grade weaponry. -

Nico & Ketzali join us on the SalviHistory podcast for an amazing conversation on the queer-Salvadoran experience and the LGBT history of El Salvador.

A conversation with organizers from UCLA about their student movement and the creation of UCLA's first central american studies.

Within the Salvadoran community we're experiencing a commercialization of Salvadoran culture & identity. Who are we as a people? What is our identity as Salvadoreñxs in the diaspora? Is Salvadoran culture becoming a brand? Is Salvadoran identity becoming a product you can sell? Have pupusas been appropriated by non-indigenous Salvadoreños? Is it healthy for us to have more representation at the cost of Salvadoran identity being commodified or liberalized? These questions and more are explored in this episode of the SalviHistory podcast.