Will The UN Special Session on Drugs Achieve Anything? Arizona Based Art Collective Paints Away Mexico Border; Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
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The world’s fifth-largest country is rocketing toward regime change: Brazil’s parliament will this weekend take up the question of impeaching Dilma Roussef. We lay out the tangled confluence of severe recession, corruption scandals, and mass demonstrations that brought Brazil to the brink, and look at what’s next. Then: we’ll go inside the politics, economy, and … Continued
As Clinton Backs Closer U.S.-Israel Ties, Sanders Criticizes Settlements & 2014 Assault on Gaza; Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Meet the Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry; Who’s Teaching Us?: Stanford Students Demand Faculty Diversity & Support for Ethnic Studies.
Interview with Jazz Drummer Allison Miller
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Folk and not so acoustic music, hosted by Larry Kelp. Jazz drummer Allison Miller visits and previews her Freight & Salvage Saturday concert with her band Boom Tic Boom’s new CD.
Host producer, Nina Serrano interviews poet/activist Dorothy Payne about her new book “Birthmarks.” Dorothy reads excerpts from her original work and discusses her views about writing. Nina also pays tribute to the late Mamacoatl and we hear her song.
John Nichols is a political blogger and Washington Correspondent for the Nation Magazine. Robert McChesney is Professor of Communication at the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The two have just come out with a new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. … Continued
‘Up All Night’ Protests Rock France; ‘Junk: Digging Through America’s Love Affair With Stuff’; Acclaimed Artist Explores Radical Politics Through Performance Art. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar.
David Bacon delivers a labor history of Silicon Valley, and how it helps explain the massive diversity problems facing most jet-setting tech firms. Plus: Katherine Isbister on the multi-billion dollar video game industry, and what it is doing to the people – especially children – who play them. Guests David Bacon, veteran labor journalist and … Continued
Hear Hillary Clinton Defend Her Role in Honduras Coup When Questioned by Juan González; “She’s Baldly Lying”: Dana Frank Responds to Hillary Clinton’s Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup; “America’s Afghan Refugee Crisis”: 15 Years into War, U.S. Urged to Resettle More Displaced Afghans; As John Kerry Visits Hiroshima, U.S. Quietly Launches $1 Trillion … Continued
La Raza Chronicles – April 12, 2016
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Tonight’s program includes a commentary on the international response to the murder of the Honduran indigenous environmental activist, Berta Caseres; an interview about the fightback against immigration raids; the story of a Federico Correa’s journey from a California fieldworker to a Mexican artist with an exhibit at Bellas Artes in San Miquel de Allende, Mexico; … Continued