Tag Archives: Common Frontiers
Uprisings In Columbia
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Common Frontiers director Raul Burbano, about the up rising in Colombia. From April 28 to May 8, the violent actions of the state security forces resulted in the death of least 47 people, the arbitrary detention … 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
Venezuela , pandemics and social movements
Sylvia Richardson host of Latin Waves speaks with Director of Common Frontiers Raul Burbano about Canada’s efforts to over throw the Venezuelan elected president Nicolas Maduro. The punitive sanctions in a time of pandemic. What this time of pandemic means … Continue reading
The implications of the new NAFTA deal
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers regarding the new NAFTA agreement being pushed by the Trump administration. How these agreements subvert democratic rule, weaken worker and environmental rights and how they are related to the mass migration … Continue reading
Universal Basic Income, Green New Deal and Public Banking
Ellen Brown has written what will become one of THE most important books of our time. She eloquently educates us on how the democratization of money is the very foundation of a free society in her book Web of debt, … Continue reading
The opportunities for solidarity across borders
Latin Waves’ host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Raul Burbano, about the coup in Bolivia, the new face of imperialism and colonization. And also the opportunities for solidarity across borders. The ways revolutionary movements across Latin America, link up with Indigenous … Continue reading
A discussion about the Canadian election and party platforms
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 , … Continue reading
NeoLiberalism at work in Venezuela, Honduras and Canada
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 … Continue reading
In-depth discussion about the SNC Lavalin Affair and how to improve ethics
Duff Conacher, LL.B., is an internationally recognized leader in the area of democratic reform and government accountability. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, he has a long-standing interest in democratic process and corporate responsibility issues. He … Continue reading
Monsters a collection of wild, weird, and whimsical tales with a twist.
Derrick Jensen is an American author, radical environmentalist (and prominent critic of mainstream environmentalism). According to Democracy Now, Jensen has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. Jensen has published several books, including The Culture of Make Believe and … Continue reading