Marcelo Saavedra **Encore Show from 2018 but still relevant, we are paying tribute to Marcelo Saavedra who showed great generosity towards our show and the world through his actions and teachings, he never gave up in making this world a better place. He will forever live our hearts as a wise ancestor, he passed on Jan 20th, We love you and miss you Marcelo** The way to health is consciousness of our interdependence. In this interview Latin Waves Host Sylvia Richardson we speak with Aymara elder ...
May 05, 2023•28 min
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 embodie...
Apr 13, 2023•29 min
Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Jorge Martin Secretariat of Hands off Venezuela, he speaks about the strikes in France, how the working class is refusing to accept the undemocratic methods of the French gov, how inflation has caused large strikes in the UK and Germany. How we are beginning to see a collapse of the banking industry as US and Swiss banks begin to fail. We are seeing massive strikes in Europe similar to those seen in Latin America over the last few yrs in Columbia, Chile and Ecua...
Apr 06, 2023•29 min
Dr Vandana Shiva has been researching the impact of GMO Foods for the past 20 years, she speaks to Latin Waves about her latest book Soil not Oil. And the need for society to stand together against the corporations This Interview first aired in 2010, you can see how important her message still is today. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/
Mar 26, 2023•26 min
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Martin Secretariat of Hands off Venezuela, in this 2023 checkup we speak about the attempted insurrection in Brazil, the ongoing coup in Peru and its resistance. NATO and its proxy war in Ukraine, how US capitalism and imperialism go hand in hand, and most importantly how to engage against the democratic struggle against capitalism Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com
Feb 27, 2023•29 min
Host Stuart Richardson interviews Arnold August he is a Montreal based author of three books on the us, Cuba, Latin America, as a journalist, he appears regularly on teleSur and Press TV commenting on international geopolitical issues. And as a contributing editor for The Canada Files and his articles are published worldwide in English, French, and Spanish. We speak about the anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, updates on the Ukraine war and how the majority of the worlds population does...
Jan 31, 2023•28 min
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Martin Secretariat of Hands off Venezuela, they speak about the Ongoing Coup in Peru, how it came about and how the people are courageously struggling against it. How as a international community we should stand up in solidarity. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. www.latinwavesmedia.com
Dec 28, 2022•29 min
BRANDI MORIN is an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. Among her many awards over a decade of reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America, she won the 2021 Edward R Murrow Award in the Feature Reporting category for The stench of death: On Canada's Highway of Tears. two National Native American Journalism awards in 2022 for her work in Al Jazeera English , her book is titled "Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising" Host Sy...
Dec 13, 2022•33 min
Robin Hahnel is a Professor Emeritus from American University in Washington DC where he taught for thirty-three years. During the past fourteen years he taught as a Visiting Professor at Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College, and Willamette University in Oregon. Host Sylvia speaks to Dr Hahnel about the war in Ukraine vs spending priorities at home, who pays for things in America and and what kind of system we can build to replace capitalism. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member...
Dec 01, 2022•25 min
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with film maker/Journalist Kevin Pina about Haiti and the recent waves of protests against another invasion The 2004 coup that removed the democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide now marks over two decades of invasion in Haiti. The ongoing occupation of Haiti by USA, Canada, France and Brazil under the guise of humanitarian aid, the import of cholera by Nato forces and Ottawa's participation and diplomatic leadership for a new foreign mil...
Oct 25, 2022•28 min
Host Stuart Richardson interviews Bruce Gagnon, co-founder and coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, he fights the reach of corporate greed into space. We give a historical perspective on the Russia/Ukraine conflict, how events escalated since 2014 and how/why the US/NATO is prolonging this war. the US is not helping Ukraine fight Russia, the US is using Ukraine to fight Russia. How this war impacts the people of the world and the evil and apathy of our le...
Oct 06, 2022•28 min
Yves Engler is a Montréal-based activist and author who has published 12 books including his latest Stand on Guard For Whom? A People’s History of the Canadian Military. They speak about Haiti in historical and current context, Haiti was the first country to liberate itself from slavery , the only successful country to do so in human history. In 2004 a very popular president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was removed via a US backed coup because he wanted to make some mild reforms for the people. It's b...
Sep 23, 2022•29 min
Host Sylvia Richardson interviews HOV Secretariat Jorge Martin , they do a check up on the 2022 conditions in Latin America since the pandemic. The three significant events in Latin America this year, the Columbian election , the general strike in Ecuador and the vote on the new constitution in Chile. Also take note of elections in Brazil later this year with the left ready to take back power. They touch on the changing political scene in the UK and the crisis Eurupe will face with citizen upris...
Sep 13, 2022•29 min
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 ex...
Aug 30, 2022•28 min
Robert Jensen is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Texas in Austin and collaborates with the Ecosphere Studies program at The Land Institute. Host Sylvia speaks to Dr Jensen on his newest book "An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity." How we come to terms with the fact that this high energy , high tech consumption culture is going to fail. How its better if it fails on our terms and not naturally, how we need to transition...
Jun 28, 2022•29 min
A professor at Carleton University, Marcelo Saavedra is an Indigenous Bolivian leader and founder of the Bolivia Action Solidarity Network. He speaks to Latin Waves about the need to protect indigenous languages as these languages change how we view the world. He challenges the western notion of rights and how the paradigm shift that’s taking place must have women front and center. “If we can harness that wisdom that is embedded in our ancestral cultures, we can get rid of capitalism, patriarchy...
Jun 23, 2022•28 min
Latin Waves’ host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Martin Secretariat of Hands off Venezuela, they speak about the growing global food crisis due to the war in Ukraine, how imperial powers like Russia and the US don't mind starving the global population for their own imperial interests. How the US is losing ground in Latin America, many countries are going left including Columbia whom is on the verge of electing their first ever left wing government. How Mexico are other nations are making a ...
Jun 14, 2022•29 min
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/
May 23, 2022•27 min
Bruce Gagnon coordinates the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, (http://space4peace.org/) Bruce is a long time Union Organizer and Peace advocate and writers for a blog called Organizing Notes http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ Host Stuart speaks to Bruce about the origins of the Russia/Ukraine crisis, the hypocrisy of the US regime and its allies and how this conflict creates a war at home by robbing the public treasury. The propaganda machine at play and how the US/Nato...
May 02, 2022•28 min
Latin Waves’ host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Jorge Martin Secretariat of Hands off Venezuela, they speak about the crisis of Capitalism in providing for peoples needs, how as the pandemic ends their is no money for human needs but plenty for war. How social movements are starting to wake up post pandemic, even in unlikely places like Poland. How just electing a progressive government under capitalism will not get it done, how only workers uprisings and social movements can achieve what is nee...
Apr 25, 2022•28 min
Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center, and a member of the team developing Ecosphere Studies at The Land Institute. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Robert about the historic nature of Empire, how violence and fundamentalism play a natural role and gives some historical context to the current Ukraine conflict. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as littl...
Mar 15, 2022•29 min
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 confus...
Feb 26, 2022•28 min
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 littl...
Feb 14, 2022•27 min
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 mon...
Feb 08, 2022•29 min
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 pus...
Feb 01, 2022•29 min
A professor at Carleton University,Dr Marcelo Saavedra is an Indigenous Bolivian leader and founder of the Bolivia Action Solidarity Network. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks about the mature languages and cultures on Turtle Island, how that thinking challenges the fallacy of individualism in western culture. 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/
Jan 25, 2022•29 min
Silvia Federici Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Silvia Federici author of Revolution at Ground Zero. The zero point of revolution is our social relations, the violence of capitalism as our primary organizing system has normalized slavery, repression, control, and surveillance of brown and black people. We speak of pandemic but the virus that is killing society is a man made system of exploitation, and injustice. We must remember our ability to re-enchant the world, to envision a s...
Jan 18, 2022•29 min
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 remi...
Dec 28, 2021•29 min
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 ...
Dec 21, 2021•28 min
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...
Oct 25, 2021•29 min
