Beyond Borders's Podcast

Presidents, Prejudice, and PR Stunts - 02/23/2019

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On this week's program, the Beyond Borders Crew checks in with several Venezuela solidarity actions happening around the US and the rest of the world in places like New York City, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Pensacola, Florida.  These coordinated actions are united in their opposition to US military intervention in Venezuela and seek to expose the so-called "humanitarian aid crisis" at the Venezuela-Colombia border as a PR stunt manufactured by the US government and others supporting the attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro.     In the second hour, the team explores the connections between white supremacy and racism throughout Latin America and the US as they interview a group of students from Kennesaw State University (KSU) resisting overt threats against black students and other student of color on campus made by white students with openly white supremacist views.  Many of those fighting injustices on campus are working together as a part of a student organization cal