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Shows matching ‘Latin America’


Transit For All:Should Buenos Aires’ trains be Re-Nationalized?

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When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block; routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be the first to go. But from New York to Argentina, an emerging ‘transportation justice’ movement is standing up for people’s right to ride.


Transit For All: Does make Portland Oregon’s TriMet Unfairly Cut Service for the Poor?

post thumbnail Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block; routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be the first to go. But from New York to Argentina, an emerging ‘transportation justice’ movement is standing up for people’s right to ride.


Transit For All: How NYC’s Public Transit Serves the Blind

post thumbnail Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block; routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be the first to go. But from New York to Argentina, an emerging ‘transportation justice’ movement is standing up for people’s right to ride.


Transit For All

post thumbnail Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block; routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be the first to go. But from New York to Argentina, an emerging ‘transportation justice’ movement is standing up for people’s right to ride.


Art is Our Weapon: A Conversation With Climbing Poetree

post thumbnail Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Alixa and Naima are two poets who together make up Climbing PoeTree, an award winning performance duo. Mixing poetry and politics they seek to use their words to educate and inspire. On this edition, we hear performances by Climbing PoeTree and find out where such inspiring artists find their own inspiration.


Education Not for Sale

post thumbnail Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Around the world, students have been taking to the streets. They’re opposed to rising tuition fees and cuts to education. On this edition, we’ll hear how students in Quebec helped bring down the government and why Chilean students are back out on the streets again. We’ll also speak to an activist in Puerto Rico who says she’s had enough of US-style higher education.


Microfinance: How it Lost Its Way and Betrayed the Poor

post thumbnail Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Hugh Sinclair, the author of Confessions of a Microfinance Heretic, in conversation with KALW radio host Rose Aguilar. Sinclair tells the story of how he learned the dirty truths behind the banking sector that’s creeping across the “developing” world.


COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2) ENCORE

post thumbnail Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

This week, we broadcast the second half of the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted many movements for self-determination by people of color in the U.S.. Today, we hear the second half of the film, produced by the Freedom Archives.


COINTELPRO 101 (Part 1) ENCORE

post thumbnail Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted many movements for self-determination by people of color in the U.S.. Today, we hear the first half of the film, produced by the Freedom Archives.


Mexico’s Drug War: The Politics of Violence

post thumbnail Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And, an emerging movement in Mexico points to how both Mexicans and Americans can play a role in creating change.



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