José “Pepe” Mujica was a former political prisoner who suffered more than a decade of prison and torture under Uruguay’s military dictatorship. He rose to become the country’s president from 2010 through 2015.

They called him the world’s humblest president. He was often seen driving himself in his 1987 baby blue VW bug. He lived on a farm. His clothes were simple. So were his words and his actions. Yet he created tremendous change and left an indelible mark on the tiny country of Uruguay and the entire region of Latin America.

This is episode 36 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times

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Resources: Below are some excellent videos in Spanish.
Las frases más memorables de Mujica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIEphwjxKwo
PEPE MUJICA se despide por sorpresa: "Hasta siempre, les doy mi corazón": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2Erk16boU
Here is a video of people staying goodbye to Mujica on the streets of Uruguay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWK4INMcnqw

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

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Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, exactly 100 hundred years ago. He would grow to become one of the greatest Black leaders in US history. Revolutionary Muslim minister. Black civil rights leader. Human rights activist. Black nationalist.

He stood up to racist violence, white supremacy, and police brutality throughout his life. Malcolm X’s speeches and his words continue to inspire, even 60 years after his assassination. 

This is episode 35 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.

If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. 

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Resources

• Malcolm X’s Fiery Speech Addressing Police Brutality
• Malcolm X Message To The Grassroots | House Negro/Field Negro
• Malcolm X Speech "Democracy is Hypocrisy"
• Malcolm X Fiery Speeches - Inspiring Words of a Revolutionary
• "By Any Means Necessary": Watch Malcolm X’s Speech on Racism & Self-Defense at Audubon Ballroom
• Malcolm X - Interview At Berkeley (1963)
• Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives | CBC

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The climate crisis is not just a climate crisis—it is a planetary crisis threatening the very continuation of life and civilization as we know it. If humanity continues to lolligag its way to an apocalyptic future without drastically addressing this planetary crisis, “We are ensuring at best abominable lives for ourselves and our children,” Malcolm Harris writes in his new book What’s Left. But, Harris continues, “I refuse to believe that we have no alternative to the universal human project's erosion into parochial barbarism and petty domination. That is an unacceptable outcome, and its giant advancing outline visible through the mist of the near future compels immediate radical action.” In this podcast, recorded at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Cafe in Baltimore on April 29, 2025, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Harris about his new book and about three practical paths humanity can take to save itself from apocalypse.

Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor

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Private companies and state governments have long exploited the 13th Amendment to create a profitable agribusiness system that runs on prison slave labor. “If you look at the history of agriculture in the United States, it’s built on dispossession, it’s built on enslavement,” says Joshua Sbicca, director of the Prison Agriculture Lab, and the legacy of that violence lives on in the big business of “agricarceral” farming today. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, host and former political prisoner Mansa Musa speaks with Sbicca about the prisoners farming our food, the parties profiting from their exploitation, and the ongoing fight to uphold the basic rights and dignity of incarcerated workers.

Producer / Videographer / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino

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Augusto Sandino. The man who would lead the six-year rebellion against the US occupation of Nicaragua. The man who would become a legend across the country and also far from the shores of Central America.

The United States called him a bandit. Much of Latin America called him a hero. Augusto Sandino was one of the world’s first anti-imperialist heroes of the 20th century. His story and his resistance against the US occupation of Nicaragua is still the stuff of legends.

This is episode 34 of Stories of Resistance—a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.
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You can check out exclusive pictures from Sandino’s hometown, Niquinohomo, Nicaragua, at Michael Fox's Patreon. There you can also follow his reporting and support at www.patreon.com/mfox.

Written and produced by Michael Fox.

Resources:
Below are links to Michael’s episodes on Nicaragua from his podcast Under the Shadow.

THE GRINGO WHO TRIED TO RULE CENTRAL AMERICA | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 8: https://therealnews.com/nicaragua-william-walker-under-the-shadow-episode-8

NICARAGUA. SANDINO | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 9: https://therealnews.com/nicaragua-sandino-under-the-shadow-episode-9

NICARAGUA, 1980S. REVOLUTION | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 10, PART 1: https://therealnews.com/nicaragua-1980s-revolution-under-the-shadow-episode-10-part-1

NICARAGUA, 1980S. CONTRA WAR | UNDER THE SHADOW, EPISODE 10, PART 2: https://therealnews.com/nicaragua-reagan-iran-contra-sandinista-revolution

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, May 16, 2025.

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“Labor’s decline over the past half century has devastated working-class communities, undermined democracy, and deepened the grip of big business over our work lives, our
political system, and our planet,” Eric Blanc writes in his new book, We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big. “To turn this around, we need tens of millions more people forming, joining, and transforming unions”; however, to achieve that level of growth, “a new unionization model is necessary because the only way to build power at scale is by relying less on paid full-timers and more on workers.” In this episode of Working People, recorded at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore in Baltimore on March 27, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Blanc about his book and how worker-to-worker organizing campaigns at companies like Starbucks and Amazon are breathing life back into the labor movement.

Eric Blanc is Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University, an organizer trainer in the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, author of Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics, and director of the Worker to Worker Collaborative.

Additional links/info:

• Eric Blanc website, Facebook page, and X page
• Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) website
• Red Emma’s website, Facebook page, X page, and Instagram
• Eric Blanc, University of California Press, We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big
• Eric Blanc, Jacobin, “Bet on Worker-to-Worker Organizing”
• Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “Want to unionize your workplace? These worker-organizers have some advice”

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• Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song

Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank

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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Thursday, May 15, 2025.

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In times of repression and state violence, there is only one way to continue: Together. In 1973 Chile, people did what they could to survive and help others being hunted down by the regime.

This is episode 33 of Stories of Resistance — a podcast co-produced by The Real News and Global Exchange. Independent investigative journalism, supported by Global Exchange's Human Rights in Action program. Each week, we’ll bring you stories of resistance like this. Inspiration for dark times.

If you like what you hear, please subscribe, like, share, comment, or leave a review. You can also follow Michael’s reporting and support at www.patreon.com/mfox.

Written and produced by Michael Fox.

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