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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May 3rd, 2024: Greg Abbott vs Peaceful Protestors
As protests on college campuses by students in solidarity with Gaza continue nationwide, the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer Arturo Dominguez about the hypocrisy of Texas governor Greg Abbott’s authoritarian response to demonstrators in the Lone Star state.
April 30th, 2021: The Mount Pleasant Uprising of 1991
Predating the riots in Los Angeles, the Mount Pleasant Uprising in 1991 marked a turning point for Washington DC’s Central American community as well as the beginning of the gentrification movement that has transformed the city. So the LMC spends the hour with DC activist and poet Quique Aviles to reminisce on this period in DC history and what has happened to the community since.