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Episodes
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Ecuador and Mexico A Break in Relations and a Propaganda Strategy
Roberto Diaz @RRomanen &@dieresis_u on X, reports about the break of international relations between Mexico and Ecuador, and the effect it had in the Latin American region and internal politics struggles in both countries. #LatinAmerica #Mexico #Ecuador #LatinAmerican #Democracy #DanielNoboa…
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Mexican President Vs The Media
Roberto Díaz reports https://twitter.com/dieresis_u. On February 22, 2024, during the presidential morning conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, revealed a letter sent to him by the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean bureau of the U.S. newspaper The New York Times....
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End Veteran Medical Debt
It is a misconception that our veterans receive free or affordable healthcare. As much as $6 Billion in veteran and military medical debt is burdening our bravest. https://endveterandebt.org/ is the parent initiative Jerry Ashton's group of several campaigns to mitigate the harms that can impact...
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Genocide in Balochistan part 4 of 4
This concludes our four part report on the genocide in Balochistan. The Baloch problem started in 1833 when the British basically wanted to expand their imperial empire to Afghanistan. And there are two routes to Afghanistan. One is through Balochistan, one is through the Khyber Pass. And they...
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Genocide in Balochistan part 3 of 4
This part 3 of 4 begins with a recounting of threats for journalists. The Baloch problem started in 1833 when the British basically wanted to expand their imperial empire to Afghanistan. And there are two routes to Afghanistan. One is through Balochistan, one is through the Khyber Pass. And they...
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Genocide in Balochistan part 2 of 4
Genocide, a term that evokes images of immense human suffering and the darkest chapters in history, has been an ongoing tragedy in the region of Balochistan. Balochistan, a vast and resource-rich province straddling the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, has been plagued by a…
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The First Female President of Mexico
I'm Roberto Diaz. I'm the coordinator editor for Democracy Watch News Latin America with a new report about the upcoming Mexican election on June 2nd of 2024 that will elect for the first time a female president of Mexico. This is something without precedent and can help to develop what is going…
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Abortion Decriminalization in Mexico
Roberto Diaz @dieresis_u reports from Mexico City on the abortion decriminalization in Mexico. Since 2021, abortion has no longer been a federal crime in Mexico. The criminal law in Mexico varies by state. On 7 September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court unanimously ruled that penalizing abortion…
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Baluchistan Genocide Part 1 of 4
The moderator gives a brief introduction. You know, the Baluch problem started in 1833 when the British basically wanted to expand their imperial empire to Afghanistan. And there are two routes to Afghanistan. One is to Baluchistan, one is to NWFP. And they tried it through that route, the other...
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The 2023 Summit between the Latin American Community and the European Union Parliament
The 2023 Summit between the Latin American Community and the European Union Parliament Roberto Diaz reports (twitter: @RRomanen/ @Dieresis_u). The third meeting between the Latin American Community and the European Union Parliament was held in Brussels on the 17th and 18th of July 2023. It was an...
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El_Tren_Maya_en_México_y_América_Central_Parte_2
Roberto Díaz (Twitter: @RRomanen & @dieresis_u) Reportajes desde Toluca; México sobre el impacto del próximo "Tren Maya" en las naciones centroamericanas de Honduras, El Salvador y Belice. Las políticas de integración económica regional en Centroamérica se convierten en un tema importante en las...
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The Mayan Train part 2
Roberto Diaz (Twitter: @RRomanen & @dieresis_u) Reports from Toluca; México on the impact of the upcoming "Tren Maya" (The Mayan Train) in the Central American nations of Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. The regional economic integration policies in Central America become an important topic in…
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Mayan Train part 1 of 2 by Roberto Diaz
Roberto Diaz (twitter: @RRomanen/ @Dieresis_u) reports on the Mayan Train project and its impact in Mexico and Guatemala. The railway project has presented some issues in the Native American communities in Southern Mexico and Northern Guatemala, as well as the environmental impact in the region....
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The Mexican democratic system and recent struggles
Roberto Diaz (Twitter @dieresis_u & @RRomanen) reports on the problematic democratic transition in Mexico and the problems with the Electoral Institute (National Electoral Institute) that has polarized the Mexican citizens. As well the reformations from the executive power: the "Electoral…
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The Arrest of El Chapo's son
Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. He was arrested in Jesús Maria, a town near the capital of the state of Sinola, Culiacan. Culiacan is the…
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The Pacific Alliance by Roberto Diaz
Roberto Diaz @dieresis_u and Ü con diéresis reports on the Pacific Alliance, a Latin American economic alliance formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. #PacificAlliance & New Directions for #LatinAmerica #Diplomacy #Mexico #Chile #Colombia #Peru. Recorded 12-5-22 Duration 31:41. Ü con…
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Fake Shopping Websites
Mark Taylor-Canfield reports on the problem of fake shopping websites and how to identify them. How to check a domain's history & ownership How to identify and avoid fake websites One of the most common ways that phishers lure users onto their sites is by adding malicious links to phishing…
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Colombia's New President part 2
Part 2. Roberto Diaz continues his report on the outcome of the 2022 Presidential Elections in Colombia. Gustavo Petro, a senator and former Mayor of Bogotá defeated Rodolfo Hernánez Suárez by over 10 percentage points. Petro's victory on June 19, 2022 made him the first left-wing candidate to be...
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Colombia's New President part 1
Roberto Diaz and others discuss the outcome of the 2022 Presidential Elections in Colombia. Gustavo Petro, a senator and former Mayor of Bogotá defeated Rodolfo Hernánez Suárez by over 10 percentage points. Petro's victory on June 19, 2022 made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected...
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Integrated Media for the Digital Age
Democracy Movements Report—Integrated-Media Production for the Digital Age. Host @dwatchnews #DemocracyWatchNews with @digitallywired John Harvey & @ekoskaiphos Dean Edwards.John Harvey reports on the increasingly sophisticated immersive virtual 3D experiences that are now available....
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World Press Freedom Day 2022 Journalism Under Siege
Mark Taylor-Canfield reporting for www.democracywatchnews.org summarizes his online attendance at this year's United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's press freedom events hosted by UNESCO. https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldpressfreedomday UNESCO is a specialized...
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6-3-22 Democracia a la Colombiana-Columbia Decides 2022 Part 4
This is part four of a four part series about the June 19, 2022 election in Columbia. Hosted by Democracy Watch News www.democracywatchnews.org, Roberto Diaz https://twitter.com/dieresis_u and a representative from Vanguardia Pesante https://twitter.com/VanguardiaRac. Columbia's presidential...
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6-3-22 Democracia a la Colombiana-Columbia Decides 2022 Part 3
This is part three of a four part series about the June 19, 2022 election in Columbia. Hosted by Democracy Watch News www.democracywatchnews.org, Roberto Diaz https://twitter.com/dieresis_u and a representative from Vanguardia Pesante https://twitter.com/VanguardiaRac. Columbia's presidential...
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6-3-22 Democracia a la Colombiana-Columbia Decides 2022 Part 2
This is part two of a four part series about the June 19, 2022 election in Columbia. Hosted by Democracy Watch News www.democracywatchnews.org, Roberto Diaz https://twitter.com/dieresis_u and a representative from Vanguardia Pesante https://twitter.com/VanguardiaRac. Columbia's presidential...
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6-3-22 Democracia a la Colombiana-Columbia Decides 2022 Part 1
This is part one of a four part series about the June 19, 2022 election in Columbia. Hosted by Democracy Watch News www.democracywatchnews.org, Roberto Diaz https://twitter.com/dieresis_u and a representative from Vanguardia Pesante https://twitter.com/VanguardiaRac. Columbia's presidential...
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Long Haul Mutual Aid Kitchen Seattle
Cat and Kirsten describe and answer questions about Seattle's Mutual Aid Kitchens that provide free quality food to needy people in several neighborhoods. Their philosophy is that high quality food should be free for people without the means to afford it. They accomplish that with donations and...
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Hybrid Warfare
Dean Edwards reports on hybrid warfare as is happening in Ukraine. Disinformation and misinformation terms are explained. He also recommends these resources for self governance: John Locke's writing, Second Treatise on Civil Government. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Two-Treatises-of-Government...
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12-16-21 Staff Reports
12-16-21 Staff reports from Democracy Watch News. Dean Edwards provides more information about the News Services' design and the aspiration of becoming a comprehensive world news provider. #DemocracyWatchNews#GlobalNewsProviders Mark Taylor-Canfield reports on the current recall election for...
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11-04-21 Adil Sudan Discussion
This discussion describes the concerns around 11-04-2021 shortly after the military coup took place in Khartoum and throughout Sudan. Adil is a journalist from that region. He says that a national government is difficult if not impossible because there are 5 major armies, many ethnic groups, and…
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Sudanese Voices Speak to the World pt 2
Dean Edwards begins by sharing his experience of listening to Sudanese voices in Twitter spaces. https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/spaces. We must match the tone of our reporting with the tragedies that have plagued Sudan for so long. His related article in LinkedIn...
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World Press Freedom Day 2021
Monday, May 03, 2021 was World Press Freedom Day. It is an annual event held on May 03 each year. In 1993, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 3 May as World Press Freedom Day following a recommendation adopted at the twenty-sixth session of UNESCO's General Conference in 1991. It serves as an...
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11-04-2021 Sudan Report
An introduction by Dean Edwards, International Coordinating Editor for Democracy Watch news followed by a presentation by Numairy a BBC journalist and Dr. Mohammed Hassan El Mahdi an internal medicine Resident in Sudan. Numairy starts with a review of the deadly Sudanese revolution from 2018.…
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10-28-2021 Staff Reports
Dean Edwards, International Coordinating Editor and executive producer does a follow-up on the Progressive movement. Then he talks about Sudan. People on the streets there are largely dissatisfied with both the coup and the ousted government. Then he talks about Populism in Sudan. Populism is a...
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10-21-2021 Reports from Sally,John & Mark
Sally Gellert in New Jersey reports on the Ecologic program broadcast over Free Speech Radio WBIA in New York City. She is a co-host. They cover environmental issues both locally and globally, for example; electrification, people versus fossil fuels in Washington D.C., and the global climate…
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Weekly News Briefing 10-15-2021
This week we have three reports. First Dean Edwards, our International Coordinating Editor discusses the history and proper usage of the term "progressive" which grew out of the greater reconstruction period to address the need for good governance. This encompassed the concentration of State...
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9-23-2021 Update. Carpenters Strike
Carpenter Arthur Esparza provides another update. Workers are now out on strike. Workers are organizing independently from their own union claiming that Carpenters Union local 30 and Associated General Contractors of Washington (AGC) are not representing their best interests. They want a stronger...
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Republished Archival Episode Occupy Wall Street 5th Anniversary
On this, the 10th Anniversary of Occupy Wallstreet we republish our podcast of the 5th Anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, this archival episode of Democracycast was recorded live on September 17, 2016. Dean Edwards introduces Sanna Camera and Aisha Dabo from Dakar, Senegal. Jo...
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Seattle Carpenter's Demands Update. The proposed contract was rejected.
Carpenter Arthur Esparza provides an update. The membership voted to reject the proposed contract. A new proposal will be considered, perhaps, in two weeks. Workers are organizing independently from their own union claiming that Carpenters Union local 30 and Associated General Contractors of...
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Seattle Carpenter's Demands. Carpenter Arthur Esparza reports.
Workers in Seattle are organizing independently from their own union claiming that the Carpenters Union local 30 and The Associated General Contractors of Washington (AGC) are not representing their best interests. They want a stronger contract that keeps up with inflation and equity with other...
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Beachie Creek Fire Update
A program featured on KMUZ community radio in Salem Oregon's show Willamette Wakeup on 10-29-2020 that provides an update on the Beachie Creek Fire and recovery that occurred in August & September of 2020. Melanie Zermer talks with Brian Nicholas Marion County's Public Works Director. A little…
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Local Economics with Grace Rachmany
Democracy cast podcast features Grace Rachmany to talk about local economies, economic sharing systems, the function of money, ecovillages, and cryptocurrencies. Hosted by Dean, we also hear questions from Mark, Sally, Terrance, John in a very interactive international press conference interview....
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Voter Suppression with Greg Palast Part 2
Part 2. Taylor-Canfield interviews Greg Palast on voter rights, voter suppression, censorship, and the voting policy bills currently in debate. Recorded 2021-06-03. Duration 00:33:33 Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian and Democracy Now and author of several New…
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Voter Suppression with Greg Palast: Part 1
Mark Taylor-Canfield interviews Greg Palast on voter rights, voter suppression, censorship, and the voting policy bills currently in debate. Recorded 06-03-2021. Duration 37:31 Greg Palast is known for his investigative reports for The Guardian and Democracy Now and author of several New York…
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Big Changes In The Music Industry - The Art of D.I.Y.
Democracy Watch News Executive Director Mark Taylor-Canfield is an accomplished musician and composer. When he's not writing articles or appearing as a guest on a national media program (Jeff Santos Show), Mark plays rock and roll in Seattle with his band The Revel Saints (He's the vocalist and...
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Information Overload - The Pitfalls Of Social Networking
Democracy Watch News Executive Director Mark Taylor-Canfield presents information about social networking platforms and the overwhelming influence of computer technology on our daily lives. When to post? How to post? Social anxiety associated with peer pressure and information overload, etc. Also...
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Rights of Journalists
Democracy Watch News Executive Director Mark Taylor-Canfield's presentation on the rights of journalists based on guidelines developed by the Committee To Protect Journalists and a Reuters foundation. MTC discusses his experiences as a reporter dealing with law enforcement and legal cases…
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Decline & Rise of Democracy
David Stasavage is the Dean for the Social Sciences and the Julius Silver Professor in NYU's Department of Politics and an Affiliated Professor in NYU's School of Law. He is the author of The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today, published by Princeton…
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Burning Man in the Multiverse 2020
John Harvey is one of the key enthusiasts of the evolving creation of virtual realities. He has authored this podcast. Because of COVID 19 the in person Burning Man could not be held. Using an Oculus Quest 2 headset he participated in the 2020 virtual Burning Man and details that transformative...
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Archived Report From Seattle Protests Part 2 2020-07-30
This in-depth report from Seattle was recorded on July 30, 2020. Mark Taylor-Canfield continues his coverage of social unrest following the police killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Manuel Ellis, Elijah McClain, and many other people of color. Duration 21:02 Trump sent federal police to...
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Archived Report From Seattle CHOP Zone Part 1 2020-10-09
Democracy Watch News Executive Director Mark Taylor-Canfield reports from Seattle on the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) and Mayor Jenny Durkan's Executive Order directing police to raid the site and arrest protesters who refuse to leave the area. She then imposed a 10 day moratorium on...
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