On this week’s program we include a report from an advocate directly from the Adelante Immigrant Detention Center on the current hunger strikes. We feature interviews and music from this year’s Encuentro del Canto Popular; Soltron y La Mecanica Popular and the music of John Santos. We also share with you holiday mariachi music and … Continued


Pope Francis to World Leaders at U.N. Climate Summit: “We Are at the Limits of Suicide”; “The Fossil Fuel Era Must Draw to a Close”: A Message from the Marshall Islands to the World; “The Paris Agreement Will See the Planet Burn”: Former Bolivian Climate Negotiator Pablo Solón; Philippines’ Former Climate Negotiator Yeb Saño’s 900 … Continued


When a center-left government took over Brazil in 2003, their policies helped spark a surge in growth and development, the rise of a high-consumption middle class, a spike in housing prices that put Rio de Janeiro almost on par with what we’re going through in the Bay Area. They also won a bid to host … Continued


Global Protests Demand Climate Justice as World Leaders Open Pivotal Paris Summit; Thousands Defy Paris State of Emergency, Protest Ban to Sound the Alarm on Global Climate Crisis; “I Am Paris, I am Bamako, We Are Humanity”: Memorial at Bataclan Theatre Honors Attack Victims; Indigenous Climate Activists: Paris “Police State” is the Reality Frontline Communities … Continued