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World View covers global issues from a critical, anti-imperialist perspective. World View newscasts include a half-hour round-up of the week’s international news, followed by a 20-30 minute feature, often a speech or in-depth interview.
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The Madison Arcatao Sister City Project (MASCP) is organizing the first delegation to Arcatao since the beginning of the pandemic. They invite you to reconnect and perhaps plan to travel with them to El Salvador at the authentically Salvadoran Finca Café, (2500 Rimrock R#105, Madison) on February 11th and March 11th from 10:00 AM to […] […]
On the January 15th World View feature Gil Halsted talked to Dr. Alhaji Njai about the Sixth Project 1808 Science and Leadership Festival planned for the January 20th to 22nd. On the 29th we circled back to Alhaji to see how it went and it sounded pretty magical. And the Festival has so far been […] […]
WORT’s World View host, Gil Halsted, talks with Dr. Alhaji N’jai about the STEAM Science, technology, engineering, arts, math – AND leadership festival in Sierra Leone January 20-22, 2023 The goal of the 6th Science and Leadership festival organized by Project 1808 Inc. is to nurture talents, build technical and leadership capability among young people […] […]
Madison International Partners (MIP) celebrates the rich diversity of many international students, visitors and residents in Madison, Wisconsin, providing a “home away from home” for these global citizens in Madison and allows Madison community members to “travel the world without leaving Madison.” The MIP mission is to help global citizens living in or connected to the […] […]
AFSCs new anthology, Light in Gaza, imagines the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire brings together sixteen essays and poems by twelve Palestinian writers. The book includes political essays, personal narratives, economic analysis, and poetry. The book is edited by American Friends Service Committee […] […]
Norm Stockwell and Marc Becker, World View Old Timers, take us on a tour of Latin America politics at the beginning of October 2022. They begin in Brazil, stop over in Cuba, check in on Chile, jump into Colombia and end with a whirlwind jaunt through Central America. They discuss elections, new and old leaders, […] […]
Scientist, researcher, activist, PanAfricanist, pragmatist, DJ and much more, Dr. Alhaji Njai joined us to talk about his work in his native Sierra Leone and his vision for Africa and Africans. […]
Gil Halsted and Amitabh Pal talk to Indian journalist, commentator and journalism professor Sukumar Muralidaran for WORT’s World View about India on its 75th anniversary of independence. Topics covered include democracy, diversity, economy, equity and more. […]
Sri Lankans from all walks of life and all corners of their country occupied public spaces in the capital, Colombo, despite lack of resources and transportation. All were incensed by the government’s mismanagement of every aspect of economic, political and social Sri Lankan life. Against all odds they managed to drive the incompetent and corrupt […] […]
Palestinian villagers in the Masafer Yatta area in the South Hebron Hills go to sleep in fear and wake up in fear that Israeli forces will demolish their homes, destroy their crops, kill their animals and hurt or kill them and their families. Sami Huraini from the Masafer Yatta village Sumud asks for help to […] […]
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