Following a devastating hurricane season, what is the future of the lesser-known countries of the Caribbean/West Indies? Freelance reporter Kevin Edmonds joins the LMC to discuss how some smaller countries suffered, the sustainability of a tourism-based economy, global warming, and the sometimes racist nature of corporate media coverage.
Category Archives: Caribbean
July 28th 2017: Barbados Examined
On this episode, the LMC speaks with Jason Opal, the assoc professor of History & Classical Studies @ McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He will tell us about the extraordinary brutal history of slavery and the struggle for social justice in Barbados. The slave state of Barbados was so horrific, the future USA took notes.
June 23rd 2017: Michael Manley & Jamaica
On this episode, we speak with Brian Meeks about the life & legacy of former Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley and how the struggle for social justice in the 60’s & 70′ still affect Jamaica today. Brian Meeks is the chair of Africana studies @ Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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