Nicole Phillips, staff attorney member for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, tells about recent developments of the Dominican Republic stripping people of Haitian descent of their citizenship. Amid a similar racist climate in the US, what should Americans learn about what the DR is doing regarding citizenship and racial identity.
Category Archives: Caribbean
2015: Guyana & Walter Rodney
2015 marks the 35th anniversary of revolutionary leader Walter Rodney of Guyana. Very little is ever discussed regarding the struggle for social justice in the West Indies/Caribbean. Let alone one of its biggest figures. Prof Wazir Mohammed from the Univ of Indiana tells us about the life and times of Walter Rodney.
2014: Ebola Virus & The Cuban Embargo
In a stunning turn of events, I speak with Arturo Lopez-Levy about how an epidemic like Ebola could help end the Cuban embargo. Ironically, this program was recorded at the same time when the US finally ended almost half a century of embargo against Cuba.