Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who co-founded Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate, receiving the highest raw vote total of any Green Party U.S. Senate candidate. In […]
Vandana Shiva is a modern day revolutionary, and for many decades has been fighting a heroic battle on behalf of humanity and the ecologically besieged natural systems that support us. She is opposed by powerful multinational corporations invested in continuing their toxic though lucrative agricultural practices. We discuss her latest book Oneness VS.. The 1% […]
I speak with Azadeh Shahshahani and Corrina Mullin. Azadeh and Corinna met each other while both participating in an NLG sponsored international solidarity delegation to Tunisia in the aftermath of the 2010-2011 revolution. Since then they have collaborated together on numerous projects analyzing and resisting imperialism and racial capitalism. Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Director, […]
I speak with Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the changes to economic and political life for Americans and internationally since the start of the pandemic, and why we can’t “go back to normal”. Phyllis Bennis focusies on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. She […]
I speak with Kin Chi Lau and Sit Tsui Jade Margaret. Kin Chi Lau is Associate Professor teaching Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Member of the International Board of Peace Women Across the Globe (PWAG); Co-chair of the Executive Committee of Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA); Vice-president of World Forum for […]
I discuss the radical pathways out of the global crisis with Ashish Kothari. Ashish is founder-member of Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh, taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan process, served on Greenpeace International and India Boards, helped initiate the global ICCA Consortium. Participated in people’s movements […]
I interview Kavita Krishnan on what a democratic approach to the pandemic would look like. Kavita Krishnan is Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association. Krishnan is also a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, and the editor of its monthly publication, Liberation.
Ozlem Goner is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Staten Island. She earned degrees in Political Science and Sociology from Bogazici University, Turkey and her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Her work on memory and historicity; political economy and environment; and outsider identities has been […]
“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.” Frantz Fanon Lewis Gordon is one of the greatest philosophers not our times. He is based at the University of Connecticut and works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race […]
I will be speaking with Mavis A. Koogotsitse, Executive Secretary of SATUCC. The Southern Africa Coordination Council (SATUCC) is a regional trade union organization representing all major trade union federations in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SATUCC was established in March 1983 in Gaborone, Botswana soon after the formation of the Southern Africa Coordination […]
Firoze Manji continues with a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
Firoze Manji hosts a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
Yao Graham is the Coordinator of Third World Network-Africa, a pan African policy advocacy organisation based in Accra Ghana. Yao has extensive knowledge and experience of Ghanaian, African and international development issues from many years of work as an activist intellectual, journalist and government official.
I interview Lionel Zevounou , Amy Niang and Ndongo Samba Sylla on the Declaration signed by hundreds of African intellectuals in Africa and in the diaspora. Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He has previously worked as a technical advisor at the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal. He is currently a […]
Kartini Samon is GRAIN Asia regional staff, she’s responsible for conducting independent research and movement buildings to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Kartini has nutritionist and rural development backgrounds, and actively involved with farmers and rural movements in her country, Indonesia.
Amrit Wilson, author of Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain published by Daraja Press, is a writer and activist on issues of race and gender in Britain and South Asian politics. She is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group and the Freedom Without Fear Platform, and board member of Imkaan, a Black, […]
Afsar Jafri joined GRAIN in January, 2019 and is Asia regional staff based in New Delhi. With over 20 years of work on agriculture and food policy, Afsar is closely linked with farmers’ groups in India and in the region. He has a Master’s in Philosophy (International Law) from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Afsar had earlier […]
I speak with Eriel Deranger. She s a Dënesųłiné woman (ts’ékui), member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and mother of two, coming from a family of Indigenous rights advocates fighting for the recognition, sovereignty and autonomy of their Indigenous lands and territory in what is now known as Treaty 8, Canada. In 2015, Deranger […]
Joshua Sealy-Harrington is a doctoral candidate at Columbia Law School and lawyer at Power Law. His research interrogates the complex relationships amongst law, identity, and sexuality, while his practice explores the intersection of these relationships with public, constitutional, and criminal law. In practice, Joshua has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court […]
I speak to Joan Kuyek, a community-focused mining analyst and organizer living in Ottawa. She was the founding National Coordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999-2009 and continues to do work for MiningWatch and for a number of communities affected by mining. She recently published a book Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the […]
Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who co-founded Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate, receiving the highest raw vote total of any Green Party U.S. Senate candidate. In […]
Vandana Shiva is a modern day revolutionary, and for many decades has been fighting a heroic battle on behalf of humanity and the ecologically besieged natural systems that support us. She is opposed by powerful multinational corporations invested in continuing their toxic though lucrative agricultural practices. We discuss her latest book Oneness VS.. The 1% […]
I speak with Azadeh Shahshahani and Corrina Mullin. Azadeh and Corinna met each other while both participating in an NLG sponsored international solidarity delegation to Tunisia in the aftermath of the 2010-2011 revolution. Since then they have collaborated together on numerous projects analyzing and resisting imperialism and racial capitalism. Azadeh Shahshahani, Legal & Advocacy Director, […]
I speak with Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the changes to economic and political life for Americans and internationally since the start of the pandemic, and why we can’t “go back to normal”. Phyllis Bennis focusies on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. She […]
I speak with Kin Chi Lau and Sit Tsui Jade Margaret. Kin Chi Lau is Associate Professor teaching Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Member of the International Board of Peace Women Across the Globe (PWAG); Co-chair of the Executive Committee of Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA); Vice-president of World Forum for […]
I discuss the radical pathways out of the global crisis with Ashish Kothari. Ashish is founder-member of Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh, taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan process, served on Greenpeace International and India Boards, helped initiate the global ICCA Consortium. Participated in people’s movements […]
I interview Kavita Krishnan on what a democratic approach to the pandemic would look like. Kavita Krishnan is Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association. Krishnan is also a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, and the editor of its monthly publication, Liberation.
Ozlem Goner is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Staten Island. She earned degrees in Political Science and Sociology from Bogazici University, Turkey and her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Her work on memory and historicity; political economy and environment; and outsider identities has been […]
“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.” Frantz Fanon Lewis Gordon is one of the greatest philosophers not our times. He is based at the University of Connecticut and works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of race […]
I will be speaking with Mavis A. Koogotsitse, Executive Secretary of SATUCC. The Southern Africa Coordination Council (SATUCC) is a regional trade union organization representing all major trade union federations in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). SATUCC was established in March 1983 in Gaborone, Botswana soon after the formation of the Southern Africa Coordination […]
Firoze Manji continues with a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
Firoze Manji hosts a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
Yao Graham is the Coordinator of Third World Network-Africa, a pan African policy advocacy organisation based in Accra Ghana. Yao has extensive knowledge and experience of Ghanaian, African and international development issues from many years of work as an activist intellectual, journalist and government official.
I interview Lionel Zevounou , Amy Niang and Ndongo Samba Sylla on the Declaration signed by hundreds of African intellectuals in Africa and in the diaspora. Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Senegalese development economist. He has previously worked as a technical advisor at the Presidency of the Republic of Senegal. He is currently a […]
Kartini Samon is GRAIN Asia regional staff, she’s responsible for conducting independent research and movement buildings to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Kartini has nutritionist and rural development backgrounds, and actively involved with farmers and rural movements in her country, Indonesia.
Amrit Wilson, author of Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain published by Daraja Press, is a writer and activist on issues of race and gender in Britain and South Asian politics. She is a founder member of South Asia Solidarity Group and the Freedom Without Fear Platform, and board member of Imkaan, a Black, […]
Afsar Jafri joined GRAIN in January, 2019 and is Asia regional staff based in New Delhi. With over 20 years of work on agriculture and food policy, Afsar is closely linked with farmers’ groups in India and in the region. He has a Master’s in Philosophy (International Law) from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Afsar had earlier […]
I speak with Eriel Deranger. She s a Dënesųłiné woman (ts’ékui), member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and mother of two, coming from a family of Indigenous rights advocates fighting for the recognition, sovereignty and autonomy of their Indigenous lands and territory in what is now known as Treaty 8, Canada. In 2015, Deranger […]
Joshua Sealy-Harrington is a doctoral candidate at Columbia Law School and lawyer at Power Law. His research interrogates the complex relationships amongst law, identity, and sexuality, while his practice explores the intersection of these relationships with public, constitutional, and criminal law. In practice, Joshua has appeared before all levels of court, including the Supreme Court […]
I speak to Joan Kuyek, a community-focused mining analyst and organizer living in Ottawa. She was the founding National Coordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999-2009 and continues to do work for MiningWatch and for a number of communities affected by mining. She recently published a book Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the […]
