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 Latin Waves host Stuart Richardson interviews Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and publisher of a blog called Organizing Notes. We contextualize the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia, both myself and Bruce have been speaking of this potential crisis since 2014, we are both long time peace advocates and believe that peace only comes through mutual understanding and the events that got us here. How the more you listen to the MSM the more confused and uninformed you become. We speak about the US back coup in 2014 replacing a pro Russian president with a US puppet, how the coup government of Ukraine has a coalition with Neo-Nazis who terrorize the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine which is largely make up of Russian speakers, how thousands of Russian speaking citizens have been killed in this region without any condemnation from the UN or Western Media. How the Minsk agreement with the current president has never been honoured, and how the US is pushing Ukr

Tim Black covers news, politics, race, culture, and events from a perspective of Black American, Whether he's talking politics, current events, breaking news, or pop culture there will be no apologies, wavers, or waffling. Host Stuart Richardson and Tim have a lively discussion about Joe Rogan, Cancel Culture and the left, how we can find reliable progressive candidates and why we cannot give up on electoral politics despite its shortcomings. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin Waves host Stuart Richardson interviews Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and publisher of a blog called Organizing Notes. We have a lively discussion about whats happening on the ground in the Ukraine and how we must stop it as the consequence will be catastrophic for the world as Ukraine has 12 nuclear reactors. How NATO led by the US is pushing this war to destabilize Russia and how European nations like France and Germany are pushing against it. And how the anti war movement in the US and Can go to sleep with Liberal and Democratic administrations. These are challenging times for everyone, more than ever we need to support independent media, consider supporting this show at in anyway you can at https://latinwavesmedia.com/

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 changes those who work within it. How the communal councils in Venezuela profoundly changed those who worked within them and how struggle changes those for fight for it. Within the experience of struggle is embodied resilience, Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com.

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Marti the secretariat of Hands off Venezuela about social movements in 2021. After more than 15 months of farmers' protests, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, accepted defeat and repealed the three farm laws..."an unexpected victory" says Jorge Marti, yet a reminder of what is possible when the workers unite. In this interview we travel back to the beginning of 2021, the multiple social uprisings in Latin America that continue to remind us that social justice is a practice in community. Consider Supporting the show by making a Donation https://latinwavesmedia.com/

Robin Eric 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. Latin Waves' host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Economist Robin Hanhel. The quest for progressives and good intentioned people is to build a society that integrates all the elements of the social economy to create a systematic process of justice that replaces the Capitalist system...How we would do that is the subject of this conversation. Consider Supporting the show by making a Donation https://latinwavesmedia.com/

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 Global Ethics and Social Justice. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Peter about his new comic book "Breaking Free: The Life and Times of Peter McLaren, Radical Educator" and his inspirations in life, about changing society and the academy with radical love and how society needs to move beyond wage based labour. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/wordpress/

This interview aired in 2011 and is still relevant today, Sister Kelleher passed on Aug 16 2013 and her life continues to be an inspiration to all***Gives us all something to think about at this time of year** We speak to Sister Elizabeth Kelleher, an 85 year old nun with the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement, we talk about her efforts to stop more gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside the poorest postal code in Canada. Sister Elizabeth is a pillar in the Downtown Eastside where she tirelessly gives of her time and continues to be a source of inspiration for many, many people. She operates a soup kitchen that feeds between 300 and 500 of the city’s most poverty stricken each day. It is estimated that there are over 10,000 homeless people in BC , of which 32 percent are aboriginal, and amongst women, 50 percent. A homeless person dies every 12 days in B.C. Conservative Estimates put the national homeless numbers at close to 300,000. The annual cost of homelessness in Canada in 2007 was approxima

Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Robert Jensen about our “dead culture” of state Fundamentalism. Jensen says that absolute beliefs that ignore life’s complexities are used to support the politics of empire. He gives examples of these, including market fundamentalism (capitalism), moral fundamentalism (of spreading ‘democracy’), or technological fundamentalism – the belief that technology will solve the environmental problems it causes. Jensen claims that capitalist fundamentalism is in fact incompatible with Christianity, which. like many the other great religions, are calls to recognize the universal human family. He describes alternative types of power that can lead to a hopeful future. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/wordpress/

 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”, what inspires him to stay engaged and the need for compassion for each other during struggle. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/wordpress/

Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Sociologist Dr. Maria Paez Victor, a powerful and lively discussion about the declining global role of the US in the world. How as social movements we must overcome racism and Eurocentrism to move forward building community power and not relying on government to do it for us. How we must not let Venezuela fall to US imperialism, if it can happen to them it can happen to any nation. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Marti ,secretariat of Hands of Venezuela about the USA's new security partnership known as the Quad to include United States, India, Japan and Australia as a strategic partner and providing Australia with nuclear submarines. The aftermath of the US war on Afghanistan, and why despite the threat we have much to be optimistic about despite impotent institutions such as the UN Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Robyn Hahnel about his latest book Democratic Economic Planning. The hastening pace of global climate change’s human impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, the impact of political and economic hegemony of the capitalistic centre. These are enmeshed systems ” how can we create eco-socialism despite the racist regimes, of settler-colonialism, and structured social processes of exploitation? For Copy of book go to Revolution Reading List Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Sociologist Dr. Maria Paez Victor about the Eurocentric attitude in Canada about indigenous issues, how Canada is perceived in the world vs the reality of Canada acting like an empire, how finding hundreds of unmarked graves in Canada has changed the conversation around indigenous issues of justice.   Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Robyn Hahnel about his latest book Democratic Economic Planning. The hastening pace of global climate change's human impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, the impact of political and economic hegemony of the capitalistic centre. These are enmeshed systems " how can we create eco-socialism despite the racist regimes, of settler-colonialism, and structured social processes of exploitation? Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Jarred Ball, about histories of struggle, the importance of remembering our stories. "Is only through struggle we learn to struggle", he invites us to remember and engage with Black August its history of struggle and connect with the only power capable of creating a path to a future with justice, people power. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin waves host speaks to journalist and author Yves Engler, about Canada and the makings of empire. The quick collapse of the US-backed government in Afghanistan, Canada’s biggest military deployment since World War II, has revealed how little ordinary people should trust Canada’s military, and how urgent it is for people to learn Canada's history of empire, its foreign policies, mirror the domestic aggression against Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (the land we call Canada). Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Aviva Chomsky, about the structured violence of empire. We are now in the grip of one of the worst economic crises in the history of modern capitalism. Millions displaced by hunger, military violence and ecological destruction that puts them in the eye of multiple storms. Aviva Chomsky's latest book: Central America’s Forgotten History, answers the urgent question “How did we get here?” Centering the centuries-long intertwined histories of US expansion and Indigenous and Central American struggles against inequality and oppression. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with author Justin Podur about the structures of empire. The value transfers that fuel an economic system of inequity and injustice. How laws have been crafted to sustain empire and suppressed democratic processes. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month.  https://latinwavesmedia.com/

Latin Waves morns the loss of an Icon and good ancestor Glenn Ford from the Black Agenda Report, whenever I feel down or burned out I reenergize myself when I think of the commitment to Justice Glenn Ford had. We aired this interview in 2010,  Sylvia Richardson interviews Glen Ford a writer and radio commentator with ‘The Black Agenda Report.’ Glen offers an insightful critique of Obama's unprecedented 23 trillion dollars bailout, his alliances to the banking sector and the challenges of those who call themselves progressives in the US. Consider becoming a member of LatinWaves , join for as low as $1.00 per month https://latinwavesmedia.com/