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The art for social justice
Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with film maker Jesse Freeston, about the art for social justice. his film Resistencia released in 2015 was a gift to the untold histories of struggled in Central America against imperialism, colonization and the … Continue reading
Organizing during COVID, the intrinsic value of the people who grow our food
David Bacon is a photojournalist, author, political activist, and union organizer who has focused on labor issues, particularly those related to immigrant labor. Some of his popular books include, Illegal People, The Right to Stay home and In the fields … Continue reading
Robinhood Reddit and when average people gamble on the Stock Market
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Ellen Brown about a populist revolution to Occupy Wall Street. The story of how using a game-like trading app called “Robinhood” a Reddit social media forum caused GameStop shares to rise up nearly … Continue reading
Derrick Jensen on his New Book Monsters
Derrick Jensen is an American, anarchoprimitivist, ecophilosopher and radical environmentalist living in Crescent City, California. According to Democracy Now!, Jensen “has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Derrick about his latest book Monsters, … Continue reading
The face of imperialism in Venezuela, a new Biden administration
Sylvia Richardson host of Latin Waves, speaks with Yves Engler about the face of imperialism. President Nicolás Maduro has won a new 6-year term in the election held on December 6, 2020. The United States says it won’t recognize the … Continue reading
Democratic or Republican does not matter to Latin America
Host Sylvia Richardson has a lively discussion with Jorge Marti, secretariat of Hands off Venezuela talks about the election in Venezuela and Latin American policy despite which party rules in the US, recent uprisings in Latin American over the last … Continue reading
Venezuelan elections and our role in colonialism in the 21st century
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks to author Arnold August about colonialism in the 21st century. The role Canadian international policy has taken in Latin America in the ousting of democratically elected governments. And the power of social movements in … Continue reading
Climate Front Line producer speaks about need for a new narrative
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Alfredo Gonzalez Valenzuela an environmental scientist and host of Climate Front Line, how it is not enough to understand the science, it is necessary to have a relational connection to nature, and to … Continue reading
Reparations not Deportations
David Bacon is a photojournalist, author, political activist, and union organizer who has focused on labor issues, particularly those related to immigrant labor. He has written several books and numerous articles on the subject. His most recent book is In … Continue reading
COVID19 and the crisis capitalism creates in normal times
Silvia Federici is a feminist activist and scholar whose writing and political activities contribute to a broad Autonomist tradition. With intellectual generosity, sharp, nonconformist thought, and searing critiques of capitalist society, her work has inspired social activists associated with the … Continue reading