TheAltWorld Will Texas Secede? The Fascist Roots of the Eagle Pass Border Crisis w/ Dr. Gerald Horne
- Rania Khalek
- Monday 12 Feb 24
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More than a dozen Republican governors gathered in a public park that’s become the center of a standoff between Texas and the federal government over the control of the US-Mexico border. The far right is framing the standoff as a “states’ rights” issue and reignited the national conversation around Texas seceding from the United States.
Dr. Gerald Horne, a professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston and the author of many books, including “The Counter-Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of US Fascism” joins the show to discuss the historical roots of today’s crisis at the Texas border.
“This question of so-called US nationalism is a clear and present danger to civil liberties”
Dr. Gerald Horne explains the historical origins of the current crisis at the Texas-Mexico border:
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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