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Where is Amarildo de Souza?
From Free Speech Radio News | 04:58
Missing laborer in Brazil highlights disappearances amid police crackdown in favelas
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It has been more than one month since Brazilian laborer Amarildo de Souza disappeared after being taken for questioning by police in Rio De Janeiro’s Rochina favela. The case has sparked protests and social media campaigns across Brazil. Residents and human rights advocates say it highlights the high number of disappearances in the area. FSRN’s Sam Cowie reports.
Indigenous groups protest oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia
From Free Speech Radio News | 05:39
In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and maintaining blockades against oil and gas companies who want to build pipelines on their territory.
In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and maintaining blockades against oil and gas companies who want to build pipelines on their territory. The Wet'suwet'en territory is located 675 miles north of Vancouver, and lies on what has been described as Canada's “carbon corridor,” a geographically strategic region where major oil companies such as Chevron and Exxon are seeking to connect the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific coast for export. The Unis'tot'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en nation claim that these pipelines would threaten water sources, rivers, and forest, and are prone to leaks and spills. FSRN's Aaron Lakoff has the story.
Noam Chomsky on labor, oligarchy, the media and Occupy
From Free Speech Radio News | 25:33
Professor Chomsky recently invited Free Speech Radio News to his office in Cambridge for an extended interview, conducted by our producer, Catherine Komp.
Noam Chomsky is well-known for a lot of things, from his extensive and pivotal contributions to the field of linguistics to launching, and maintaining, a critical global discussion about propaganda in mass media. He’s authored more than 100 books; has been presented with dozens of honorary degrees and awards, and has taught at MIT for 58 years. Professor Chomsky recently invited FSRN to his office in Cambridge for an extended interview, conducted by our producer, Catherine Komp. On today’s program, we bring you most of that interview, exploring labor and worker-run collectives; the influence of the ruling elite on public policies; and the role of independent media and grassroots movements like Occupy.
Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region
From Free Speech Radio News | 04:21
Report from FSRN's Ngala Killian Chimtom in Cameroon.
Information about the Boko Haram attack on the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga and its surrounding villages is slowly seeping out, confirming reports issued last week of large-scale destruction. The death toll has been impossible to confirm, but satellite images released today by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch show vast swaths of residential areas razed to the ground and large-scale scorching of vegetation in the area.
Amnesty International and some regional officials have put the death toll as high as two thousand. Nigeria’s military has downplayed that figure, estimating around 150 were killed in the attacks.
President Goodluck Jonathan, who is campaigning for re-election, has yet to address the issue in public statement.
The Baga area, now under Boko Haram control, is located along the shore of a lake which also borders Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
Cross-border attacks by Boko Haram have already forced more than 130 schools in Cameroon’s Far North Region to close down. Thousands of students there have consequently fled to safer localities, but then face the problem of overcrowding in their new schools.
Meanwhile, Cameroon has been taking a range of measures to fight the militants, including a new anti-terrorism law that permits the death penalty in cases determined to be linked to acts of terrorism. But critics of the law say it is so broad, it can interpreted to include legal forms of political opposition. FSRN’s Ngala Killian Chimtom Reports from Maroua.