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Immigration and the Challenge of Education: A Social Drama Analysis in South Central Los Angeles
Senior Lecturer Nathalia Jaramillo is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of California Los Angeles. She has teaching experience in the United States, as well as in Latin American universities. Dr. Jaramillo’s scholarship is concerned with understanding the … Continue reading
Undocumented How Immigration Became Illegal
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speak with immigrant rights activist Dr. Aviva Chomsky about her latest book Undocumented How Immigration Became Illegal. Dr. Chomsky speaks of how “illegality” and “undocumentedness” are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With … Continue reading
US elections, the candidates and the issues and how to build social movements beyond the election
For two decades veteran photojournalist David Bacon has documented the connections between labor, migration, and the global economy. In Illegal People Bacon explores the human side of globalization, exposing the many ways it uproots people in Latin America and Asia, … Continue reading
Greek Victory and lessons to all leftists in political mobilization and winning the trust of the people.
Robin Hahnel 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 … Continue reading
Jorge Martin – Greece election could reverse the savage austerity program
Jorge Martin, international secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign was interviewed regarding the upcoming election in Greece. Greece’s Coalition of the Left, or SYRIZA, continues to lead in polls in the days before national elections on January 25, making … Continue reading
Robin Hahnel – A Syriza victory indeed threatens the suffocating grip of the European and global austerity regime
Robin Hahnel 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 … Continue reading
INDEPENDENT RADICAL-DEMOCRATIC POLICY RESEARCHER PAUL STREET
Paul Street is an independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist, historian, author and speaker based in Iowa City, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of seven books to date: Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Boulder, … Continue reading
Mark Hertsgaard on his book Hot Living Through the Next 50 Years on Earth
For twenty years, Mark Hertsgaard has investigated global warming for outlets including the New Yorker, NPR, Time, Vanity Fair, and the Nation. But the full truth did not hit home until he became a father and, soon thereafter, learned that … Continue reading