Tom parkin is a frequent colomist/freelance journalist on Canadian politics, he is host of Game Changers podcast.
Host Stuart Richardson speaks to Tom about the current Canadian election platforms and policy of each party. We focus on the environment , affordability, housing and strategic voting.
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Dr Aviva Chomsky is a professor and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State College. She has previously been a professor at Bates College and a faculty research associate at Harvard University, specializing in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean. The eldest daughter of linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, she has a longstanding interest in Latin American cultures and histories which she traces to the year she spent working for the United Farm Workers union in 1976-77. Her six books and many articles explore, among other questions, the history of immigration, labor, globalization, and social mobilization in Latin America and in the United States.
She speaks to us about her “Her latest book They Take Our Jobs and 20 Other Myths about Immigration, she dismantles common assumptions and beliefs underlying statements like I’m not against immigration, only illegal immigration
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Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Wayne Roberts on how traditional customs around food can bridge division in our society.
There is a growing understanding of the importance of a “whole of government” approach and an inclusive “whole of society” perspective on the world. To that, Dr. Wayne Roberts add a “whole of economy,” a “whole of food” and a “whole of policy” as well as a “whole of human personality” perspective. All together, they become a whole new way of thinking about the role of food in the city.
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Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Grahame Russell
He is Co-Director of Rights Action, a Canadian/US organization which funds community struggles, build alliances and partnerships between groups, writes articles and reports, coordinates speaking tours and delegations, accompanies threatened activists, and identifies and pressures agencies responsible for human rights and environmental harms.
They speak about the 10th year anniversary of the Honduran Coup and the origins of the current migrant caravans coming to the US, what two things we can do to address this crisis and hold our governments and corporations accountable.
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Host Sylvia Richardson has a lively discussion about Socialism of the 21st Century, how right wing reactionary governments in the US , Brazil and Europe are being challenged by mass movements around the world. How their is a new consciousness in millions of people that the status quo no longer serves the people, even in the US socialism is no longer a dirty word.
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Ellen Hodgson Brown is an American author, attorney, public speaker, and advocate of alternative medicine and financial reform, most prominently public banking. Brown is the founder and president of the Public Banking Institute, a nonpartisan think tank devoted to the creation of publicly run banks.
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Ellen about how the interest on the federal reserve debt is unsustainable and how the rules are written by the big banks, the public good that could be had by changing to a public banking system . How in the past the US prospered under such a system and how populist movements across the world are demanding change from the status quo.
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The United States’ history of invasions in Latin America is well documented. Over 100 invasions in the last century. The economic violence of: odious debts, economic sanctions, blockades to isolate Venezuela (and any country in their target) from other sources of commerce, including preventing access to food, fuel, and friendship.
The tactic of starvation is intended to punish the population of Venezuela, the aggression is intended to provoke an implosion, and turn people against their elected leader President Maduro who was elected on May 20 2019 by an undisputable majority. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Sociologist Dr. Maria Paez about the savage economic war, the death toll of economic sanctions causing the death of 40000 people. The violations of the UN charter, the Geneva convention, and trade laws that have created a dangerous precedent for democratic rule. Despite ongoing aggression Venezuelans continue to defend their right to autonomy and their right to choose their own government.
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Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers, they speak about the historic role of neoliberalism in the dirty wars of Latin America and the current ongoing attempted coup in Venezuela, what is happening currently in Honduras and how the mainstream is supporting that oppressive government.
And how in Ontario under conservative rule neoliberalism is threatening health care and education. How we as citizens need to make the connections to fight back, what happens to Venezuela also happens to Canadians and workers worldwide.
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During the more than 25 years that Svend Robinson represented the people of Burnaby in Parliament, he gained a reputation for being one of most hard working and effective MP’s in Canada’s history. After a 12 yr break Svend is going to run for a seat in Burnaby North Seymour representing the NDP. Host Stuart Richardson speaks to Svend about why he is returning, the NDP policies on climate change, poverty and housing, electoral reform and foreign policies on Venezuela.
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Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson continues her discussion with Jorge Marti secretariat of Hands off Venezuela after an attempted Coup this week.
They speak about the ongoing crisis in Venezuela and how the sanctions have had an impact, the courage of the Venezuelan people and why Venezuela is important to a global movement.
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