la pxta depre pero mexa. pls feel free to hit us up on insta. outro song: bienvenido al caos - depresión sonora the struggle continues, ¡venceremos ..read more

For one to fully understand history, one must understand who created it. African American Experience in Tempe by Jared Smith is a city-backed booklet that attempts to document the lived context of the first Black residents in the community. Black residents in Tempe—as with the rest of the country—were repeatedly denied a quality life and were unfortunately erased from most of the city's written history. This booklet tried to highlight the progress made towards a “more inclusive” Tempe, while trying to acknowledge its legacy of racial segregation, housing covenants, and terrorization by the KKK ..read more

COVID cases are higher than ever before and yet Ducey has made absolutely no effort to control the rate of infection and keep people safe. Rather, he's decided to use federal relief money to support schools that have no COVID-19 related mandates, a decision which the US Treasury Department has threatened to sue him for. Despite incentivizing the endangerment of students and staff, Ducey has insisted that schools in Arizona remain open for in-person learning. Reckless decisions like these trivialize death and dull us to the suffering of the immunocompromised and chronically ill. The money machi ..read more

Arizona State University—where students of color are threatened with expulsion and disciplinary action for defending a multicultural space from racist rhetoric, yet, Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse is allowed both enrollments into the university and granted over $14,000 in donations by an ASU student group to pay for legal fees. WE truly live in a society. In this episode, we discuss the events that set off our joker moments and much much more. Link to the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/asu-drop-the-charges?source=direct_link&  If you’re interested in hitting us up, feel ..read more

Are you willing to tell the truth even if it means making others uncomfortable? Do you enjoy fiercely arguing for your political principles? Is this a good mindset to have? To what extent is it helpful? To what extent can it hurt the cause? In this episode of The Heatwave, we discuss the merits of the eristic argument, address the problem of child marriage in America, and examine the school's failure to ensure a safe environment for marginalized students within its multicultural center. If you’re interested in hitting us up, feel free to contact us on IG and Twitter (@mechadeasu and @thwpod ..read more

Introducing two new hosts of ours, we talk about the latest installment of the never-ending pandemic, rising rents, climate change, and much more. If you’re interested in hitting us up, feel free to contact us on IG and Twitter (@mechadeasu and @thwpod). If you’re interested in joining a local org, we highly recommend joining us at MECHA de ASU, PSL Phoenix, or PSL Tucson! Outro song: Rainforest - Noname The struggle continues, ¡Venceremos ..read more

Spirituality is one of the most difficult subjects to talk about. Institutionalized religion has historically been a force of reaction to oppress the masses. A lot of people turn towards the Left out of their legitimate negative experiences that result from religious or spiritual practice. Whether we want to admit it or not, the same can be unfortunately said about political organizing. While it is easy to romanticize the work that we do, organizing spheres are not perfect. The fact that almost every one of us can name someone who has been harmed through this work is indicative of the costly n ..read more

To cool off from a long year filled with many ups and downs, we decided to take a break from our regular episode format and analyze two different pieces of pop culture, the Marvel movie, Wakanda Forever, and the Mexican television series, La Rosa de Guadalupe. Both are quite different and diverging approaches to communicating their message but as you will hear, they share similar (problematic) end goals. We hope y'all enjoy it! If you’re interested in getting in touch with us, please feel free to hit us up on Instagram, Twitter, and The Heatwave’s Instagram. If you’re interested in joining a l ..read more

To cool off from a long year filled with many ups and downs, we decided to take a break from our regular episode format and analyze two different pieces of pop culture, the movie, Wakanda Forever, and the Mexican television series, La Rosa de Guadalupe. Both are quite different and have diverging approaches to communicating their message but as you will hear, they share similar (problematic) end goals. We hope y'all enjoy it! If you’re interested in getting in touch with us, please feel free to hit us up on Instagram, Twitter, and The Heatwave’s Instagram. If you’re interested in joining a loc ..read more

y'all see that fire this past saturday? pretty crazy. If you’re interested in participating in our listener mailbag, feel free to contact us on IG and Twitter (@thwpod) about anything and we’ll talk about it in the next episode. If you’re interested in joining a local org, we highly recommend checking out @mechadeasu, @pslphoenixaz, and @psltucson on Instagram! Outro song: Salvaje Decible - Escribiendo The struggle continues, ¡Venceremos ..read more