The Central American nation of Nicaragua has been the focus of US interventionism ever since the Sandinista revolution which occurred in 1979. The Biden administration is like its predecessors, committed to undermining the choices of the Nicaraguan people. John Perry is a writer who has contributed to the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, London Review of Books, and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting and he joins us from Nicaragua to discuss US immigration policies, the RENACER Act and the 222 prisoners recently deported to the United States.
US cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail lines built by enslaved people.
An examination Robinson’s body of work can enrich our understanding of racial capitalism and offer additional tools for overcoming our political impasse.
The hoarding of existing supply and the refusal to create a vast public infrastructure capable of producing and distributing COVID-19 vaccines are inherent consequences of capitalism.
The US electoral system is like a dementia facility run by Democratic Party staff members pretending to want the same thing we want. “It’s a locked facility.”
Biden has chosen the most diverse group of war mongers and torture supporters the nation has ever had.
