On Mexico's elections. [Full episode at patreon.com/bungacast] Mexico goes to the polls this Sunday with the ruling centre-left MORENA party holding a commanding lead. Anthropologist Roger Lancaster joins us to preview the election and look at outgoing President AMLO's record.* What are the stakes in this election? * Has Mexico bucked the trend of class realignment? Where is the 'Brahmin Left'? * What is "republican austerity" and has this actually combatted corruption? * What do make of AMLO's use of the military? Militarising public life or domesticating the military? * What has AMLO done for the working class? And what might it do for itself? * What is AMLO's populism and has he rekindled class consciousness?
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