Lorgia Garca-Pena, an assistant professor at Harvard University, speaks with us about 100th anniversary of US invasion of the Dominican Republic. She discusses the legacy of violence, racism, and government corruption that was established following the invasion.
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June 3rd 2016: History of US Latino Riots
Aaron Fountain, a PhD student in the department of American History at Indiana University-Bloomington, discusses the surprisingly extensive history of urban Latino Riots. He discusses how the “Black=White Binary” of racial injustice makes these moments in history largely forgotten and how they can happen again. Heavy emphasis on various riots in New Jersey, 91 Mt Pleasant Riots in DC, and 92 LA riots.
2016: Berta Caceres Remembered
In light of recent upheaval in Honduras following the assassination of environmental rights activists Berta Caceres of Honduras; we speak today with Beverly Bell from the Institute for Policy Studies and Other Worlds org about the life, legacy and ongoing dangers activist face under the Honduran dictatorship.
