Robin Hahnel – Second of 4 part series on the economy

robinFRobin Eric Hahnel (born March 25, 1946) is Professor of Economics at Portland State University. He was a professor at American University for many years and traveled extensively advising on economic matters all over the world. He is best known for his work on participatory economics with Z Magazine editor Michael Albert.

Sylvia speaks to Robin Hahnel about some lessons that can be learned from the Latin American experience and if a social economy can exist besides a capitalism economy and how progressive should think about the future of our many movements.

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What can be learned by progressives in the North from the Latin American experience Part 1

robinFRobin Eric Hahnel (born March 25, 1946) is Professor of Economics at Portland State University. He was a professor at American University for many years and traveled extensively advising on economic matters all over the world. He is best known for his work on participatory economics with Z Magazine editor Michael Albert.

Sylvia interviews Dr Hahnel on a four part series about the how the economy works, on this segment we review how Neo Liberalism works and how it was first implemented in Latin America. How Latin America responded to Neo Liberalism politically with the help of large social movements, what gains were made with the election of progressive governments in the region and the review of some recent failings and setbacks. What can be learned by progressives in the North from the Latin American experience.

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Black Lives Matter, Police Shootings, US Election Cycle

BLMIn a world of multiple intersections of poverty, war, violence, the MSM would paint a world that just crazy and out of control. However violence is productive when it becomes an everyday occurrence people stop thinking about how it limits their other freedoms.

On this weeks show Host Stuart Richardson interviews Managing Editor of the Black Agenda Report Bruce Dixon, As a rank and file member of the Black Panther Party in 1969-1970, a 1970s rank-and-file union activist in a string of factories, plants and workplaces, a 1980s community organizer in what were then some of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, to organizing and consulting through the 1990s Dixon has built an impressive record of service in and to the cause of human liberation.

We speak about this moment in US history with rise of Black Lives matter, the recent police shootings and how to gage the recent election cycle with the unappealing choices of Trump or Clinton.

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Parenti on his Book “God and His Demons”

godDr Michael Parenti , internationally known award-winning author and lecturer and one of the nations leading progressive political analysts speaks about his book “God and His Demons”, a critical look at contemporary religion and his current and historic hypocrisies.

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Finding sustainable paths to coexisting is a call we all must answer

MarceloFLatin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speak with Aymara Elder and Professor of Indigenous Studies Marcelo Saavedra about the human journey of cultivating roots and becoming grounded to the life regeneration cycles of mother earth. In a world mired in ecological, economic, and political crisis finding sustainable paths to coexisting is a call we all must answer.

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Exalted Subjects, a critical analysis of race in Canada

thobaniFUBC Professor Dr Sunera Thobani speaks about her book Exalted Subjects, she gives a critical analysis of race and how the Canadian state has been active in nationalizing those “so called” Canadian values and then measuring them against the other in society

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How will the Liberals respond to Bill C51 , will they just jam the TPP through parliament

CsisFNow its time for Justin Trudeau to live up to his words about open and transparent government. Will he engage Canadians about the TPP trade agreement or will he simply jam it through parliament with his majority.

Is he going to made ad-hoc amendments to bill C51 or is he going to repeal the bill altogether, the Harper government did allot of harm to civil society , limiting our liberties , passing secretive trade deals etc. Are the new Liberals going to be different or are they simply window dressing on the status quo.

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Derrick Jensen – Violence against women and the politics of consent Part 2

DerrickFFDerrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. Jensen has published several books questioning and critiquing modern civilization and its values, including The Culture of Make Believe and Endgame.

Sylvia speaks to Derrick about Violence against women and the politics of consent

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Violence against women and the politics of consent Part 1 of 2

DerrickFFDerrick Jensen is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California. Jensen has published several books questioning and critiquing modern civilization and its values, including The Culture of Make Believe and Endgame.
Sylvia speaks to Derrick about Violence against women and the politics of consent

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Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence

ParentiChristian Parenti is an American investigative journalist and author. His books include: Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis (2000), a survey of the rise of the prison industrial complex from the Nixon through Reagan Eras and into the present; The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror (2003), a study of surveillance and control in modern


society. The Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq (2004), is an account of the US occupation in Iraq. Parenti has also reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ivory Coast and China. He speaks to us about how Militarism, Neo Liberalism and climate change have created the perfect storm.

First aired 2011 and still relevant.

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