Weather Report #53: The settler-colonial legacy of the US and narco-slavery in Mexico

Welcome to your Weather Report, a (sometimes) weekly column where I recommend a plethora of media – like good journalism, books, movies, and music – for readers to consume.

Here's what you're getting this week:

1. A classic Adult Swim anime music video.
2. Essays, articles, and columns about: the settler-colonial legacy of the United States and Mexico's narco-slavery camps.
3. An occult and gothic superhero movie that understands that adaptation is about getting the soul of a thing right instead of copying it word for word.
4. Three songs I've been jamming to lately.

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Before diving into this week's (late) Weather Report, I'm recommending you watch "Mad Rhetoric," the 2001 Adult Swim music video for Joe Boyd Vigil's song Walking Stick. I probably watch it, and other AS bumps, like once a month. It's trippy, surreal, and everything that made staying up late to watch anime great.

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