Francois Pierre-Louis, Professor of Political Science at Queens College City University of New York, joins the LMC for an intense conversation on the parallels between ICE and the dark legacy of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti.
Category Archives: Afro Diaspora
January 30th, 2026: Black Perspectives on Venezuela
In our continuing coverage of the fallout of the US invasion of Venezuela, the LMC hosted a roundtable discussion to present a Black perspective on Venezuela and how US imperialism affects all Afro-descendents in the Western Hemisphere.
Our roundtable includes James Early, a former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service. Egberto Willies, the host of “Politics Done Right”, which airs on Pacifica station KPFT in Houston, Texas. And Austin Cole, the National Co-Coordinator for the Black Alliance for Peace and the Co-Coordinator of the BAP Haiti/Americas Team.
November 28th, 2025: The Penha Massacre
Following a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro last October that left over 120 dead, the LMC spends the hour with TeleSur English’s Brazil correspondent Brian Mier to discuss the long history of institutional racism and violence by state police.
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