America has experienced its single worst act of Anti-Semitic murder in its history. Brazil, still a young and fragile democracy, elected a racist, sexist, homophobic President whose open policy is a return to the violence, repression, and ecological destruction of the dictatorship years. After this weekend, it's easy to think that violence and hatred are inevitable in human society. But what does this inevitability mean? We use some philosophy to find a glimmer of hope, what little we can manage.

Also, today's show features an extended interview segment with Montréal-based student activist Marina Cupido, talking about the history and activity of the student movement in Quebec.