Disarm Your Mind: A Talk With Alicia Cabezudo

About this episode

Alicia Cabezudo discusses the origins of peace studies and the current political landscape in Latin America.

Alicia Cabezudo, peace studies professor in Rosario, Argentina, talks with Marc Eliot Stein about the origins of academic peace studies, the purpose of pedagogy, the current generation of Latin American leaders including Lula, Petro and Sheinbaum, USA’s shocking recent attack on Venezuela, the emerging realities of drone assassinations and leadership decapitation as normal procedure in war, and the action-oriented nature of antiwar activism and the need to disarm our brains.

People in this episode

Guest: Alicia Cabezudo

Topics covered

• peace studies
• Latin American politics
• antiwar activism
• drone warfare
• pedagogy

Keywords

• academic peace studies
• Lula
• Petro
• Sheinbaum
• USA attack on Venezuela
• drone assassinations
• leadership decapitation
• antiwar activism
• disarm our brains

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Disarm Your Mind

Places: Rosario, Argentina, USA, Venezuela

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