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.
Category Archives: Afro Diaspora
November 7th, 2025: US Imperialism in Trinidad & Tobago
With the US attacking boats in the Caribbean as a means to provoke a military strike against Venezuela, the LMC spends the hour with Erica Caines, the Field Operations and Membership coordinator of The Black Alliance For Peace, to discuss Trinidad & Tobago’s role in enabling US military hegemony in the region.
August 22nd, 2025: Occupied Washington DC & Puerto Rico
With the deployment of the National Guard occupying Washington DC, the LMC spends the hour with James Early and Alberto Medina to break down the parallels between the battle for DC statehood and Puerto Rican independence against the rise of authoritariansm.
James Early is a former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service. Alberto C. Medina is the president of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora (BUDPR), a national organization of Puerto Ricans in the United States who educate and organize for decolonization.