Deepa Fernandes: host
Biju Mathew: host
Matt Rogers: Music and Culture Editor

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Program description

Global Movements, Urban Struggles connects issues and events from around the world with struggles and resistance in our local neighborhoods. GMUS looks at political struggles and those who are waging them - from Harlem to East Timor, from hip-hop to Andean Pan-Pipes, from marginalized to powerful, Global Movements, Urban Struggles is a weekly magazine hour that connects communities across the US and the world and engages in dialogue critical to their struggles.

The War On Immigrants Report: The last Tuesday of each month, GMUS presents a new show hosted and produced by Aarti Shahani & Adem Carrol, longtime producers and contributors to Global Movements, Urban Struggles and WBAI. The program tracks issues pertaining to families and children affected by changes to immigration policy in the US.

Host/producer profile

Deepa Fernandes is a journalist, media activist and media trainer. She is a radio features producer who has worked in communities around the world to produce award-winning documentaries about forgotten peoples with marginalized voices. She is currently the host of Free Speech Radio News and a freelance producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Pacifica Radio. Fernandes also runs Radio Rootz: Kids Make Radio in Harlem.