Tag Archives: Latin America
Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion
**encore show, still relevant today in how we organize our politics, not to get sucked into main stream political messaging with elections coming up** Arnold August has an MA in political science from McGill University. He is an author, journalist … Continue reading
To create schools that are deserving of our babies
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with David E. Kirkland, Vice Dean for Equity, and Community Action at NYU. The responsibility for educator to engage with issues of social justice. ” To create schools that are deserving of our babies”, … Continue reading
Jeffrey Neto on his debut book A Century of Promises
Host Stuart Richardson speaks to Jeffrey about his debut book A Century of Promises which was longlisted for the 2022 Historical Fiction Company annual book awards. He speaks about how the physical environment shaped the historical development of El Salvador … Continue reading
Breaking Free, The Life and Times of Peter McLaren, Radical Educator
Peter McLaren is the author and editor of over forty-five books and hundreds of scholarly articles and chapters. His writings have been translated into over 20 languages, he is Co-Director of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project and International Ambassador for … Continue reading
John Holloway on his book Crack Capitalism
John Holloway (born 1947) is a lawyer, Marxist-oriented sociologist and philosopher, whose work is closely associated with the Zapatista movement in Mexico, his home since 1991. It has also been taken up by some intellectuals associated with the piqueteros in … Continue reading
Silvia Federici , Revolution at Point Zero
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Silvia Federici about her latest book: Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle. The struggle to make visible how the Capitalist system depends on the unwaged reproductive labour of women. How … Continue reading
Canadian colonial history and war in Ukraine
Yves Engler (born 1979) is a Montreal writer and political activist. In addition to seven published books, Engler’s writings have appeared in the alternative press and in mainstream publications such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and … Continue reading
Unpacking Ukraine Crisis and how it relates to Latin America
Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Author and Journalist Arnold August about the Ukraine crisis, how it will impact Latin America particularly Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. How we should reject all conflict around the world that involves imperialism either from Russia … Continue reading
His latest book “We Are All Apocalyptic Now”
Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center, and a member of the team developing Ecosphere Studies at The … Continue reading
Dr Lebowitz latest book Between Capitalism and Community
In Between Capitalism and Community, Lebowitz demonstrates that capitalism contains within itself elements of a different society, one of community. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Dr Lebowitz about how capitalism creates accumulation but overlooked is how capitalism also deforms and … Continue reading