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Moderate Rebels episode 31: Max Blumenthal reports from Mexico on the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the country's first left-wing president in 70 years. Professor John Ackerman discusses AMLO's campaign against neoliberalism and systemic poverty, corruption, and violence. They explain the regional dynamics and what this means for Latin America's "Pink Tide." Ackerman also addresses the legacy of the Mexican Revolution. TOPICS 0:00 Intro 1:59 AMLO and Mexico 14:22 Revolutionary and left-wing ideology in Mexico 16:16 Mexico's foreign policy, the Pink Tide, and US hegemony 18:55 Failure to import Russiagate into Mexico 20:12 Mexico's geopolitics and relations with South America 22:53 Economics, Mexico's oligarchs, and capital 28:48 AMLO's social policies, Christianity, Catholic Church, women's rights, abortion, LGBT rights 34:29 Trump, immigration, AMLO's pragmatism and strategizing 40:17 Media 44:33 Killings of journalists in Mexico 45:47 Rise of far right and collapse of neoliberalism 48:56 Failure of US left to stand in solidarity with Mexico and North American integration