Tag Archives: social change
Kinsman on his book The Canadian War on Queers
With the annual Gay Pride celebrations quickly approaching in many cities across the country we speak to Gary Kinsman, one of Canada’s leading academics on lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender issues , He speaks about past victories and struggles that … Continue reading
Alex Morton Fights DFO to protect Wild Salmon
On June 5, 2015 the federal government of Canada and Marine Harvest appealed the precedent-setting Federal Court decision that struck down aquaculture licence conditions allowing private companies to transfer fish infected with viruses into net pens in our ocean. This … Continue reading
Robin Hahnel on Greece Voting No on Austerity
Banks create money when they make loans. Greece could restore the liquidity desperately needed by its banks and its economy by nationalizing the banks and issuing digital loans backed by government guarantees to its ailing businesses. Latin Waves host Sylvia … Continue reading
Peter McLaren speaks about the need to decolonize education
Peter Mclaren is known as one of the leading architects of critical pedagogy and for his scholarly writings on critical literacy, the sociology of education, cultural studies, critical ethnography, and Marxist theory. He has developed a reputation for his uncompromising … Continue reading
Kat Norris shares her experiences and thoughts about residential school and the TRC
The first paragraph of the TRC’s final summary report reads. “For over a century, the central goals of Canada’s Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore Aboriginal rights; terminate the Treaties; and, through a process of assimilation, cause Aboriginal peoples … 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
Robert Jensen “Finding a prophetic path to liberation”
Sylvia Richardson host of Latin Waves speaks with Robert Jensen about liberation and finding a prophetic path to liberation. Media and education’s role in the production and reproduction of cultural hegemonies: economic, social, ecological… that defines the limits of what … Continue reading
Dr Robert Jensen about economic fundamentalism and imperialism
Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity” (City Lights Books),All my bones Shake. He speaks racial profiling, about economic fundamentalism and … Continue reading