Militarization of Africa and suppression of popular resistance
Jan 10, 2023 PODCASTS, Uncategorized
This recording is co-produced by Daraja Press and Amandla! Radio. It is an extract from 9 July (Tuesday) HK 21:00 – 23:00 (GMT 13:00 –
Radio Ada, Ghana, under attack again
Aug 27, 2022 PODCASTS
Radio Ada and its members are under attack— again. Noah Dameh, Deputy Station Coordinator at Radio Ada, is being targeted by the local authorities of
BOOK LAUNCH: International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the People’s War that Liberated South Africa
Jun 16, 2022 PODCASTS
The international anti-apartheid movement deservedly occupies an important chapter in the history of the struggle against white supremacy and imperialism. People of all generations and
Civil War in the USA? A conversation with Kali Akuno
Jan 28, 2022 PODCASTS
Kali Akuno, the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, recently wrote that “we have a little less than two years before the neo-confederates and neo-fascists install a
Urgent: Help Radio Ada (Ghana) restore after attack
Jan 25, 2022 PODCASTS
We learned of the brutal armed attack on Radio Ada, Ghana’s oldest and best-known community broadcaster on 13 January 2022 . This attack endangered
Silence Would be Treason – BBC Documentary
Jan 17, 2022 PODCASTS
Released On: 15 Jan 2022Available for over a year https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2g92 Voiced by Ben Arogundade and presented by Noo Saro-Wiwa. Producer: Bairbre Flood The last writings
COVID-19 & Omicron: Rob Wallace talks about Rebellion as Intervention
Jan 14, 2022 PODCASTS
I spoke with Rob Wallace about his excellent article on Patreon: “Don’t look up…COVID’s infectious period” available at https://bityl.co/AOvI. Omicron variant is everywhere. It isn’t
Book launch: Partisan Universalism: Essays in Honour of Ato Sekyi-Otu
Dec 18, 2021 Ato Sekyi-Otu, Book launch, PODCASTS
Join us for a discussion celebrating the life and work of Ato Sekyi-Otu, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Social Science and the Graduate Programme
Until Everyone is Free: Rekindling Kenya’s overlooked histories of resistance
Nov 26, 2021 PODCASTS
I talk with April Zhu and Stoneface Bombaa about archiving lost/erased histories of resistance in Kenya through the production of podcasts and radio in Sheng, the
Daraja Press selected as “Publishing House Filling A Niche”
Nov 7, 2021 Announcements, PODCASTS
We are pleased to announce that Daraja Press has been included in a recently published video wiki “Publishing Houses Filling A Niche.” Founded in 2011,
Fanon Today: Discussions with Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Wangui Kimari, and Ayyaz Mallick
Oct 16, 2021 PODCASTS
In this fourth discussion of Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth (Daraja Press, 2021), Nigel C Gibson (editor) and Firoze
The Point is to Change the World: A Conversation with Alissa Trotz
Oct 14, 2021 PODCASTS
Alissa Trotz is Professor of Caribbean Studies at New College and Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto. She is also affiliate faculty
Interviews with Toussaint Losier, S’bu Zikode, Léa Tosold
Oct 3, 2021 PODCASTS
This is the third set of interviews / discussions with contributors to Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched of the Earth, edited by
An open conspiracy for social change: a conversation with Brian Murphy and David Austin: SEPT 2nd @ 11:00am
Aug 29, 2021 PODCASTS
This book is for all those – community workers, adult educators, social activists of every kind – who want to overcome pessimism and play a
Fanon, the struggle for justice and mental health
Aug 17, 2021 PODCASTS
This is the second in the series of interviews with authors of chapters in the recently published Fanon Today: Reason and Revolt of the Wretched
Fanon Today and the rationality of revolt in the US and the Caribbean
Aug 17, 2021 PODCASTS
This is the first of a series of launches of Fanon Today: Reason and Rationality of the Wretched of the Earth, published by Daraja Press
RACIAL CAPITALISM and COVID-19
Jul 7, 2021 PODCASTS
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief the deep structural problems affecting ‘non-white’, racialized workers in the core and periphery. Yet, many social scientific
Reflections on, and learnings from, Organising in the time of Covid-19: Rene Loewenson interviews Firoze Manji
Mar 9, 2021 PODCASTS
Rene Loewenson speaks to Firoze Manji: ON THE PODCASTS THEMSELVES 1. Your interviews have covered a wide range of countries, social groups, organising spaces, areas
The Revolutionary Meaning of the George Floyd Uprising
Feb 27, 2021 PODCASTS
Shemon Salam & Arturo Castillon discuss their new pamphlet on the meaning of the George Floyd Uprising (https://darajapress.com/…/insurgent-possibilities…)
For the love of the struggle: Memoirs from El Salvador
Feb 24, 2021 PODCASTS
This book launch is a conversation between Andrés and Brian Murphy.
Alternative Mining Indaba: Struggles on mining in the time of COVID
Feb 18, 2021 PODCASTS
I speak with Brown Motsau from the Bench Marks Foundation and Kea Feipato from AIDC in Cape Town, South Africa about the most important issues
Women activists speak about COVID-19 in Nairobi
Feb 11, 2021 PODCASTS
I speak with Juliet Wanjira and Maryanne Kasina about COVID-19 in Nairobi. Juliet Wanjira is co-founder of the Mathare social justice centers, founder Matigari kids book
Update on COVID-19 crisis and activities of the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal, Québec
Feb 6, 2021 PODCASTS
You may recall that I spoke to Mostafa Henaway last May about the scale of infections and deaths due to Coronavirus, affecting migrant workers, frontline
What do we know about COVID-19 spread in Africa?
Feb 5, 2021 PODCASTS
I speak with Dr Rene Loewenson, a Zimbabwean epidemiologist and director of Training and Research Support Centre. After teaching for a decade at the University of
A People’s Vaccine or Apartheid Vaccine? Challenging WTO and Big Pharma
Jan 29, 2021 PODCASTS
Access to health technologies (vaccines, medicines, diagnostics, PPE, ventilators etc) depends on the ability for distributed local production. Nationalism and protectionism on these technologies has
What conditions favour successful mutations of the COVID-19 virus
Jan 21, 2021 PODCASTS
Over the last few months we have seen the emergence of several successful mutations of COVID-19, famously in the UK where Rob Wallace named it
Racism, colonialism and the medical profession
Jan 13, 2021 PODCASTS
I spok with to Samir on Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 11:00 am EST. Samir Shaheen-Hussain has been involved in anti-authoritarian social justice movements –
Launch of Decolonization and Afro-Feminism with Sylvia Tamale and Charmaine Pereira
Sep 24, 2020 PODCASTS
Sylvia Tamale, author of Decolonization and Afro-Feminism, will be discussing her new book with Charmaine Pereira, writer and feminist scholar in Abuja, Nigeria. In this
Interview with Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson
Sep 13, 2020 PODCASTS
Firoze Manji interviews Kali Akuno on Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi
Social justice and queer activism in India
Aug 12, 2020 PODCASTS
Banamallika Choudhury is a feminist social activist and development consultant based in Guwhati, Assam. She is the Executive Director of Women’s Leadership Training Centre and a co-founder
Reflections on South Korea’s handling of COVID-19
Aug 6, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak to Dr Saerom KIM and Professor Chang-Yup KIM about how Korea has been dealing with COVID-19 Saerom KIM, MD, Ph.D., MPH, is a
Organising on COVID-19 in the Niger Delta
Jul 30, 2020 PODCASTS
Emem Okon is a feminist activist, grassroots mobilizer, gender specialist, social change advocate, pan-africanist and a development practitioner who has successfully led grassroots campaigns in
False Promises: The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Jul 29, 2020 PODCASTS
Timothy A. Wise is a Senior Adviser at IATP, where his work focuses on the Future of Food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow:
Challenges posed by COVID-19 in Haiti
Jul 28, 2020 PODCASTS
Paul Christian Namphy works on the nexus between water / sanitation / hygiene (WASH), the health sector, and community involvement, in Haiti. Formerly in the
The struggle against racism: Updates from Portland, OR, and beyond
Jul 27, 2020 PODCASTS
This special broadcast from The People’s Strike provides an update on the struggles against racism across the USA.
What do Free Trade Agreements mean for African women?
Jul 23, 2020 PODCASTS
Susan Nakacwa writes: “I am a Ugandan journalist and currently working with GRAIN. Currently, my passion is in researching, documenting and making the case for
Black resistance, power and Covid-19 in Canada
Jul 22, 2020 PODCASTS
Desmond Cole is a Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of The Skin We’re In,
Former Chief Justice of Kenya speaks about Covid-19 and justice
Jul 21, 2020 PODCASTS
Willy Mutunga is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya On 29 July 1982, he was detained, just
Covid-19 and fears of a black nation rising?
Jul 16, 2020 PODCASTS
David Austin is one of the most important black writers and intellectuals in North America. Based in Montreal. David has been a prolific writer. He
Navajo Nation: Organising in the time of Covid-19
Jul 15, 2020 PODCASTS
“The Navajo Nation, which spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, reported a population of 173,667 on the 2010 census. As a result, with
Gas in Mozambique: A windfall for the industry, a curse for the country
Jul 14, 2020 PODCASTS
Between 2010 and 2013, huge gas deposits were discovered in Mozambique. Around 5 trillion cubic meters were found, making this the 9th largest gas reserve
Arrests, tests and lockdown in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Jul 14, 2020 PODCASTS
Indefinite lockdown started on Level 2 on 4 May 2020, in a context in which Zimbabwe has not reached the WHO standards for lifting of
Fanonian revolutionary practice and Fanonian psychotherapeutic practice
Jul 8, 2020 PODCASTS
Helen Neville and Lou turner just published on Fanonian psychotherapy, “Frantz Fanon’s Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Clinical Work: Practicing Internationally with Marginalized Communities” (2020). It’s the
The Politics of Love and Rebellion
Jul 7, 2020 PODCASTS
We ask, is rebellion an expression of the fundamental nature of humans that seek freedom and emancipation, and ways of defining and inventing what it
Brazil: Rise of fascism in the time of Covid-19
Jul 6, 2020 PODCASTS
Dr. Alexandra Gabbard is a Ph.D. professor of English Literature, my research focuses on the cross-cultural fields of Cultural Studies, Queer Theory, Gender Studies, Feminist
What does COVID-19 look like in Sierra Leone, a country that has successfully dealt with ebola?
Jul 6, 2020 PODCASTS
Gwendolyn Schulman of AMANDLA.ca talks to Ismail Rashid about COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, and how Sierra Leoneans’ experience with Ebola has shaped their response to this
A TALE OF ARRESTS AND TESTS… Covid in Bulawayo and Rural Matabeleland
Jul 3, 2020 PODCASTS
I interview an activist from UKUTHULA TRUST to discuss the conditions in Bulawayo and rural Matabeleland in Zimbabwe Summary of Main Findings Indefinite lockdown started
People’s Strike – 1 July: Part 2
Jul 1, 2020 PODCASTS
All times are EDT (UTC-5) 1:25 – 2:30 BLACK & BROWN UNITE AND FIGHT with Johanna Fernandez 2:30 – 4:30 BLACK LIBERATION UPRISINGS and INTERNATIONAL
People’s Strike – 1 July: Part 1
Jul 1, 2020 PODCASTS
Times show below are all EDT (UTC-5) 9:00 – 9:20 Intro: Rose Brewer 9:25 – 10:30 BLACK FARMERS and BLACK ECOLOGIES: JT Roane 10:30 –
Gas in Mozambique a windfall for the industry, a curse for the country
Jun 23, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Anabela Lemos about the recent report about France thrustiing Mozambique into the fossil fuel trap. Anabela Lemos is an environmental justice activist
Food security in the time of Covid-19
Jun 19, 2020 PODCASTS
Gisèle is Executive Director of Food Secure Canada and has 20 years of leadership experience in knowledge organizations having served as a not-for-profit and federal
Black lives, black deaths and health workers in the time of Covid
Jun 18, 2020 PODCASTS
Baba Aye is the Health and Social Sector policy officer of Public Services International (PSI) and Vice President of Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2). He
John Holloway: A Cascade of Angers — My COVID 19 Fantasy
Jun 17, 2020 PODCASTS
The doors open. You can feel the pent-up energy even before the faces appear. The lockdown is over. A dam is burst. Out pours a
Threats, evictions and resistance – Nairobi
Jun 16, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Nyarari Ya Mumbi & Ruth Mumbi Nyarari is a Broadcast Journalist, an economic rights activist, Communication officer at Kenya Tuitakayo Movement, Co-Convener
Adrian Harewood: Perspectives from the media
Jun 14, 2020 PODCASTS
Adrian is co-host of CBC News Ottawa. Harewood attended elementary and high school at Ashbury College, and was involved in community radio at CKCU (Carleton
Creativity, resilience, power and vulnerability in the time of Covid
Jun 12, 2020 PODCASTS
Within an interdisciplinary practice of painting, sculpture, installation, film making, and performance art, Nikesha Breeze investigates the interrelationality and resilience of the black and queer
Lou Turner: Fanon and Black Lives
Jun 10, 2020 PODCASTS
Lou Turner is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois (UIUC), and former Academic Advisor and Curriculum Coordinator,
Big data, big surveillance and industrial agriculture
Jun 9, 2020 PODCASTS
Elenita (Neth) Daño and Jim Thomas are the current co-Executive Directors of the ETC Group . ETC Group is small independent international research and advocacy
Sunny Omwenyeke: Refugees and migrants in Germany in the time of COVID19
Jun 8, 2020 PODCASTS
Dr. Sunny Omwenyeke is a human rights activist and a veteran of the refugee movement in Germany. Formerly the Coordinator of the Regional Asylum Activism,
Ayand Kota & Nonhle Mbuthuma: Unemployed People’s Movement founder under death threat
Jun 7, 2020 PODCASTS
Ayanda Kota is the leader of the Unemployed People’s Movement is in hiding after being warned about a plan to assassinate him. It is no
COVID-19 and Patriarchy in the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
Jun 7, 2020 PODCASTS
Salimah Valiani In an effort to shed light on the vital but undervalued labour of predominantly female health professionals, the World Health Organisation named 2020
June Barrett: We dream in Black: National Domestic Workers Alliance
Jun 2, 2020 PODCASTS
June Barrett is a home care worker, organizer, and leader with the We Dream in Black program of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, as well
10th Anniversary of the attack on the Mavi Marmara/Gaza Freedom Flotilla
May 31, 2020 PODCASTS
The Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six civilian ships of the “Gaza Freedom Flotilla” on 31 May 2010 in international
Jean Razafindambo: Organizing in time of Covid-19 in Madagascar
May 29, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Jean Razafindambo, originally from Madagascar about the struggles around COVID-19 and repression
Jessica Horn: An African feminist’s perspectives on Covid-19
May 26, 2020 PODCASTS
Jessica Horn is a PanAfrican feminist activist, writer and technical advisor on women’s rights with a focus on body politics, social movements, philanthropy and building scenarios
Dispatches from the rustbelt: Rockford, Illinois, USA
May 22, 2020 PODCASTS
815 mutual aid is a collective dedicated to providing mutual aid (food, medicine, care and support) in the Rockford area through the Coronavirus crisis. The
Why are there so many infections and deaths in Montreal?
May 22, 2020 PODCASTS
Mostafa Henaway is a longtime community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal which organizes with precarious im/migrant workers for their status, workplace dignity
Radical politics and the struggle for freedom
May 21, 2020 PODCASTS
Blair Taylor is program director of the Institute for Social Ecology, a popular education center for ecological scholarship and advocacy founded in 1974. He holds
Njoki & Faith: Update on repression from Social Justice Centres (Nairobi)
May 21, 2020 PODCASTS
Njoki Gachanja is a spirited Social Justice warrior and humanist based in Githurai Nairobi where she serves as the coordinator of Githurai Social Justice Center.
Asian and Black solidarity and struggle in the time of Covid-19
May 19, 2020 PODCASTS
To mark the birthdays of Ho Chi Minh, Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama, we are organising a panel discussion on Asian and Black solidarity and
The crisis of capitalist healthcare unmasked by Covid-19
May 19, 2020 PODCASTS
Salimah Valiani is the author of Rethinking Unequal Exchange – The global integration of nursing labour markets, and several research and policy papers on health
Our fight is for the right to breathe in the time of Covid-19
May 18, 2020 PODCASTS
Arun Kundnani lives in New York and writes about racial capitalism, Islamophobia, surveillance, and political violence. He is the author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia,
Enacting Liberation: Black Wellness & Freedom in a time of Covid-19
May 15, 2020 PODCASTS
Nana Fofie Bashir Nana Fofie is a child of Black migrants from the south and Somali nomads from the east. She is a facilitator and
Impact of Covid-19 on African economies
May 13, 2020 PODCASTS
Riaz Tayob trained as a lawyer in South Africa and holds a BA Llb and Llm. He is currently researcher for SEATINI, Southern and East
The US regime and its impact on people in the time of Covid
May 12, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Vandana Shiva on Oneness vs the 1% in the time of Covid-19
May 11, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Reflections on imperialism, racial capitalism and resistance in light of COVID-19
May 8, 2020 PODCASTS
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
What does ‘after’ mean in the times of Covid?
May 7, 2020 PODCASTS
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
China : organising in the time of Covid-19
May 7, 2020 PODCASTS
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;
Radical pathways out of global crises
May 6, 2020 PODCASTS
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
What Would A Democratic Approach To Covid-19 Crisis Look Like?
May 6, 2020 PODCASTS
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
State violence, gender and the Kurdish Women’s movement
May 5, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Lewis Gordon on engaging with Fanon
May 4, 2020 PODCASTS
“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
Perspective of the Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC) on Covid
May 4, 2020 PODCASTS
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
People’s Strike broadcast May 1: Labour Day #2
May 2, 2020 PODCASTS
Firoze Manji continues with a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
People’s Strike broadcast May 1: Labour Day #1
May 2, 2020 PODCASTS
Firoze Manji hosts a day of interviews, videos, songs, discussions on People’s strike
Reflections from Ghana on the Covid pandemic
Apr 30, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Declaration of African Intellectuals concerning Covid-19 crisis
Apr 30, 2020 PODCASTS
I interview Lionel Zevounou , Amy Niang and Ndongo Samba Sylla on the Declaration signed by hundreds of African intellectuals in Africa and in the
Farmer organising in Indonesia and the orgins of coronavirus
Apr 29, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Gender and racism in the time of Covid-19
Apr 29, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Farmer organising in India in the time of Covid-19
Apr 29, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Organising amongst First Nations in Canada in the time of Covid
Apr 26, 2020 PODCASTS
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
What COVID-19 tells us about racial capitalism
Apr 24, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Unearthing justice in the time of COVID-19
Apr 23, 2020 PODCASTS
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
Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 23, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Asad Rehman about climate justice, the importance of internationalism, and Organising in the time of Covid-19 Asad Rehman is the executive director
Covid19 and popular struggles of Syria
Apr 22, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Yasser Munif. He is a Sociology Assistant Professor in the institute for Liberal Arts at Emerson College where he teaches courses about
Love in the time of Babel and Covid-19
Apr 21, 2020 PODCASTS
I will be discussing with Dalit poet Chandramohan S his new book – Love after Babel, published by Daraja Press https://darajapress.com/publication/love-after-babel-and-other-poems. This comes out at
What Covid tells us about racism and labour practices in USA
Apr 21, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Ajamu Dillahunt on the impact of COVID-19 on people in North Carolina, racism and the struggle of organising in the time of
Campaign for a global abolitionist movement in the time of Covid
Apr 21, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with two activist members of the Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists about organising in the time of Covid Frieda Afary
Palestine: Between hammer of occupation and rock of Covid19
Apr 21, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Mahmoud Zwahre who is a Palestinian grassroots activist and academic. He is living in Al Ma’sara village, 10 KM to the south
Cuba’s internationalism and domestic challenges
Apr 20, 2020 PODCASTS
Consistent with the island’s history of medical internationalism, Cuba has sent medical brigades to many countries to combat the virus. A brigade of 52 doctors
Trade union organising and outsourcing in the time of Covid-19
Apr 20, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with Eurig Scandrett & Ros Walker, both active trade unionists in Scotland, UK. Eurig talks about the pandemic reaching Britain whilst UCU was
Gacheke Gachihi, Kenya, on repression in the time of Covid-19
Apr 18, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak to Gacheke Gachihi from the Mathare Social Justice Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Gacheke spoke to us a couple of weeks ago, and we
Haiti in the time of Covid-19
Apr 18, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak to Joël E. Vorbe from Haiti. He is a member of the National Council for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (CONARHAN), an entity
Covid19 and the debt crisis
Apr 18, 2020 PODCASTS
Nick Dearden talks about a debt jubilee. As director, Nick Dearden manages the staff team and resources on behalf of Global Justice Now’s members. He
P. Sainath on coronavirus : “Social distancing in India’s slums is impossible”
Apr 17, 2020 PODCASTS
This is such a terrific interview and analysis of the conditions of rural people in India, that I decided to re-post this interview here. I
Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity in the time of Covid-19
Apr 17, 2020 PODCASTS
I talk with Coumba Toure and Lamin Mohammed about Covid19 in Senegal and in Africa. Coumba is, writer, story-teller, member of the African Feminist Forum
Decolonizing the mind in the time of COVID
Apr 16, 2020 PODCASTS
I speak with I speak with Sandew Hira, penname of Dew Baboeram. He is director of the Institute for Scientific Research (IISR) in The Hague.
COVID and the struggle for housing and shelter
Apr 16, 2020 PODCASTS
I interview Cesare Ottolini, global Coordinator International Alliance of Inhabitants, Italy, is a former squatter, engaged since 1977 in global / local struggles for the
Organising in the time of Covid-19: Mexico
Apr 14, 2020 PODCASTS
Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar, Researcher and Professor of Sociology at Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. She has done research about indigenous
Industrial food systems and Covid19
Apr 14, 2020 PODCASTS
I talk to Silvia Ribero about the role that industrial food systems give rise to viruses such as swine flu, Covid19 etc. What are the
Organising in the time of Covid-19: Mozambique
Apr 13, 2020 PODCASTS
I spoke with Boaventura Monjane on the situation in Mozambique. He has a degree in journalism (Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo). His journalistic – and analysis
Covid and racism in USA, and Organising in the time of Covid-19
Apr 12, 2020 PODCASTS
We spoke to Kali Akuno of Coorperation Jackson about what the distribution of Covid in the USA tells us about the nature of racism and
Organising in the time of Covid-19: Experiences of Uganda
Apr 11, 2020 PODCASTS
I spoke with Lyn Ossome, Senior Research Fellow at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, in Uganda. She received her PhD in
Organising in a time of Covid-19: Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions
Apr 10, 2020 PODCASTS
Nathan Banda heads the health and safety project of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is the primary
Organising in the time of COVID-19: Eco-feminist perspectives
Apr 9, 2020 PODCASTS
Ruth Nyambura is a feminist political ecologist and activist from Kenya working on the intersections of gender, economy and ecological justice. Ruth is a founding
Organising in the time of Covid-19: Big farms make big flu
Apr 8, 2020 PODCASTS
Rob Wallace, is author of Big Farms Make Big Flu (Monthly Review Press, 2016). He is an evolutionary biologist and a visiting scholar at the
Organising on incarceration in the times of Covid-19
Apr 7, 2020 PODCASTS
I spoke with Soffiyah Elijah, ED of Alliance for Families for Justice, whose mission is to support, empower and mobilize those impacted by the criminal
Food in the time of Covid-19
Apr 6, 2020 PODCASTS
I talk with Andries du Toit: Director: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of Western Cape. Food in the time of the
Organising in Cabo Verde in the time of COVID19
Apr 4, 2020 PODCASTS
Today (Saturday April 4, 2020) I spoke with Alexssandro Robalo from Cabo Verde, an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the
Discussion on the sovereign African response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Apr 3, 2020 PODCASTS
I spoke with Elimane Kane, Founder and Chairman of LEGS-Africa (www.legs-africa.org), a pan African think tank based in Dakar. Elimane is a Governance and Development
Organising in the time of COVID19: Abahlali baseMjondolo Womens League speaks out on evictions
Apr 2, 2020 PODCASTS
We as the Women’s League of Abahlali baseMjondolo see the need to express our pain and fear, and our deep disappointment and anger at the
Organising in the times of Covid19: Nnimmo Bassey on Nigeria
Apr 1, 2020 PODCASTS
TODAY April 2 at 1pm (GMT+1) Nnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian architect, environmentalist activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from
Uprisings in the time of COVID19: Algeria
Mar 31, 2020 PODCASTS
We discuss the impact of the COVID19 epidemic on the Algerian uprisings with Hamza Hamouchene, a London-based Algerian scholar-activist, commentator, researcher, and a founding member
Organising in the times of COVID-19: The potential role of community radio stations in the USA
Mar 29, 2020 PODCASTS
Sally Kane talks about the role of community radio stations in the USA. Sally Kane is Chief Executive of the US National Federation of Community
Organising in the time of COVID19: What is happening in Brazil?
Mar 28, 2020 PODCASTS
Alyxandra Gomes Nunes, Brazilian, 48 yrs old, is based in Salvador da Bahia, the state where the majority of the population is black. She is
Organising in the times of COVID 19: Abahlali baseMjondolo
Mar 27, 2020 PODCASTS
You will find here both video and audio versions Interview with S’bu Zikode, founder of Abahlali baseMjondolo about situation of COVID-19 on the day that
Video: Kali Akuno speaks about COVID-19 and Jackson, Mississippi
Mar 26, 2020 PODCASTS
Kali Akuno is a co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson and co-editor of Jackson Rising: the struggle for economic democracy and black self-determination in Jackson,
PODCAST: Gacheke Gachihi speaks about conditions facing shackdwellers in Nairobi
Mar 26, 2020 PODCASTS
An enlightening discussion with Gacheke Gachi from the Mathare Social Justice Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, about the situation facing shack-dwellers in the face of COVID-19.
Tariq Mehmood’s new novel is uncompromising but hopeful in its portrait of the impact of the war in Afghanistan on a northern city in Britain, finds Sarbjit Johal
Apr 30, 2019 PODCASTS
Tariq Mehmood’s new novel is uncompromising but hopeful in its portrait of the impact of the war in Afghanistan on a northern city in Britain,