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Imagining a New Law of the Land - The Movement for a Department of Civilian Justice
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Manuel Gomez, Black Ops Private Investigator and Activist, who have drafted a bill to create the Department of Civilian Justice as an overseer for cases in which the ones that are supposed to administer justice end up being the corrupt ones.
Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain
Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, unequitable economic systems. In this episode, Laura travels to Spain to learn how people in two of the regions most brutally repressed under the...
Imagining A Futuristic Sci-Fi Ending of the World As We Know It
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Actress, Film Maker and Environmentalist Jean Goto; who uses her art not only as a expression of herself but as a way to create conscience about climate change and social justice.
The Radical Imagination | Imagining a World of Fashion and Art That Matters
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Clarence Ruth; Artist, Designer and Author. They talk about fashion and design as a way to address the challenges our society is facing.
Newark: Fixing The People’s Water
The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons with Flint, Michigan. There the state took control of the city’s water after municipal officials and a private management company failed to provide...
The Radical Imagination | Imagining A New Workers' Labor Movement
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Bill Fletcher Jr., Columnist, media commentator, International racial justice and labor activist. Both make an analysis of the labor movement in the actual political, social and economical scenario in the US.
EP 268 How to Make a Democratic Economy
The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it may be, the U.S. economy is not democratic or good for the planet. But it could be. Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard of the Democracy Collaborative say how...
Imagining Mi Madrina Revolucionaria
Host Jim Vrettos interviews Melissa Montero, film and media maker, activist, salsa dancer. Mrs. Montero talks about his experience with Isabel Rosado who passed on in 2015 at the age of 107 and whose life encompassed Puerto Rico's historical struggle with colonialism over the last century.
Journalism: A Place of Incredible Segregation
Roughly 40 million people live in poverty in the USA. Can you imagine living under $24,000 a year for a family of four? If you can’t, why not? Surely the media should help. This week, why mainstream media are so poor at covering poverty – and what one project is doing about it.