‘American dominance’: boat strikes, Cuba, and Latin American pushback
This is episode 13 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.
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Brazil’s battle against fake news and the US war to undermine it | Ep. 12
Few countries in the world have fought disinformation as actively as Brazil. Now, the United States is pushing to roll it back in the name of US-style “free speech.”
We ask five musicians: Can anyone ‘make it’ in today’s music industry?
“It’s like becoming an astronaut to say, ‘Oh, I’m going to go have Taylor Swift’s career.’ It’s absurd… What I want more than anything else, which we have a lot of, is freedom. We make enough money to get by, but we can do whatever we want.”
New community museum honors the legacy of Eddie Conway and the Black Panthers
“…We need our own people’s archives. We need our own spaces where we not only celebrate and remember, but we tell accurate histories of resistance, of black liberation in particular, but not even limited to that, the experience of indigenous people, the experience of Latino people” says Dominque Conway.
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Trump threats overshadow Brazil’s presidential election
As Lula faces off against Flavio Bolsonaro, Trump’s tariffs and threats loom over Brazil’s October vote — the latest battleground in his push for dominance over Latin America.
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“Delay is deadly,” said one campaigner. “Without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, the planet will continue to heat up and lives can be lost in a flash.”
David Sirota: How to get obscenely rich while losing to Donald Trump, the Democrats’ failures explained
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Democrats, groups fight back after Supreme Court clears way for Trump attack on mail voting
“We will not stand by while Trump and Republicans try to unnecessarily inject chaos and confusion into our elections, just weeks before voting begins.”
