For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff has a wide-ranging conversation with author and activist Victor Wallis about the interconnected environmental, social, political, and economic crises facing our society—and the planet. Victor Wallis is an author and activist who teaches in the Liberal Arts Department at the Berklee College of Music. He is the senior editor […]
Latin America’s Real-Life Superheroes
Real-life costumed avengers patrol the streets in Mexico, Honduras, Chile and Colombia. Vinodh Venkatesh tells us the story of Latin America’s real-life superheroes.
Crisis in the Caribbean
Cuba and Haiti have both seen increasing unrest over the past two weeks. Today, Thursday host Allen Ruff puts these crises in context and traces the history of U.S. interference in the Caribbean with historian Gerald Horne. Gerald Horne is the Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He’s the […]
Biden’s Flawed Immigration Plan and Mass Protests in Colombia
For today’s show, we go back to Latin America and discuss ongoing struggles there. First up, Aviva Chomsky talks about the problems with Biden’s immigration plan for Central America and describes the history of America’s “bipartisan push to stop migration before it reaches the U.S. border.” Then, Jack Laun explains the current mass protests in […]
WCCN provides micro-loans to support poor in Latin America
Working Capital for Community Needs, or WCCN, this year celebrates 30 years of coordinating micro-loans in order to improve the lives of poor in Latin America. Originating to support the Wisconsin-Nicaragua Sister-State program in 1984, it was transformed in 1991 into what is now a $14 million funding program to financial co-ops in Central America, […]
Split Show: Iowa Caucus and Dispatches from Indigenous Latin America
First up today, we take a look at the Iowa caucus and what it could mean for the 2020 presidential election with journalist Max Blumenthal. Then, Reynaldo Morales joins Esty in the studio to discuss his recent travels to Colombia and Peru and his ongoing work in land rights and Indigenous justice in Latin America. […]
