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Brooke Cerda Guzman on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with Brooke Cerda Guzman @TRANSLATINAS_NY. Brooke is TransWomen’s Civil Rights Activist who tell us her story and her experiences on being an undocumented, immigrant and transgender in New York City. This show is mainly about…

TiSA and the Banks

Just when you thought you were beginning to get a handle on TTIP, TPP, CETA and other ‘free’ trade agreements coming our way, the newest and perhaps most secretive of the bunch is raising its ugly head. ‘The agreement covers…

Don’t let them gag our heroes

Hi There, When Antoine Deltour, an employee of multinational audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, decided to leak some of the biggest financial secrets in history, he probably didn’t know what he was getting into. [1] He exposed secret tax rulings in Luxembourg that…

The Excruciating Legacy of NAGPRA

By Frances Madeson for Indian Country today Media The topic sounded dry as bones, but the discussion was anything but. Seventy people gathered at the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe to hear…

Colombia: New Peace Process with ELN

Agreement between the National Government and the National Liberation Army to establish peace talks in Colombia The government of the Republic of Colombia (National Government) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), hereby known as “the delegations,” as a result of…

Economist argues ‘Pie in the Sky’ Sanders wIll, in fact, ‘make Economy great again’

Leading economist argues that Sanders’ bold economic agenda would ‘deliver standards of well-being for the overwhelming majority of Americans in ways that we have not experienced for generations.’ by Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams Bernie Sanders’ “Future to…

US Nuclear Security Summit shadowed by rising terrorism

When some of the world’s major nuclear powers meet in Washington DC next Friday, they will be shadowed by the rising terrorist attacks– largely in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, which will take place…

Myanmar: now what!

The people of Myanmar (Burma) March 30, 2016, were witness to the swearing in of its first democratically-elected leader after more than 50 years of military rule. Htin Kyaw, 70, took the oath of office in the country’s parliament, and…

A new Sunni-Salafist-Zionist coalition changing the Middle East?

What would you make of news that Israel, Saudi-Arabia and others are talking about nuclear weapons? That they talk about how to fight Iran that has just signed an internationally binding agreement about not acquiring nuclear weapons? How strong is…

An Indian author’s love for the mother tongue

Guwahati: Celebrated Kannada writer Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa, who is widely regarded as one of modern India’s foremost novelists, opines that children in schools across India should be taught in their mother tongue. Professor Bhyrappa, who was recently at Guwahati Press…

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