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Alert #108 - January 8th, 2009 - Special Feature on GAZA!

January 8, 2009
| GAZA: Three extraordinary interviews on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza!

59:59 minutes (27.49 MB)
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Alert #109 - January 15th, 2009

January 15, 2009
| Interviews on the cuban revolution, indigenous poverty, and the Defenders of the Land.

58:17 minutes (26.68 MB)
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Alert #110 - January 22nd, 2009

January 22, 2009
| Saul Landau on Barack Obama. Tony Clarke on water issues.
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59:42 minutes (27.33 MB)
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Alert #111 - January 29th, 2009

January 29, 2009
| Jeff Halper about Isreal & Palestine. Review featuring economic crisis and coalition government.

59:51 minutes (27.4 MB)
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Alert #112 - February 5th, 2009

February 5, 2009
| Tony Clarke on Alberta tar sands. Cy Gonick on the 2009 World Social Forum in Brazil.

58:47 minutes (26.92 MB)
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Alert #113 - February 12th, 2009

February 12, 2009
| Interviews on Israeli Elections, the film "Under Rich Earth", and Sri Lanka's civil war.

60:04 minutes (27.5 MB)
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Alert #114 - February 19th, 2009

February 19, 2009
| Richard Wolff discusses the origins of the economic crisis, Tyler Shipley on recent York University strike, and MP Judy Wasylicia on backwards pay equity policies.

60:14 minutes (27.58 MB)
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Alert #115 - February 26th, 2009

February 26, 2009
| Gordon Laxer on energy security, Rusa Jeremic on free trade agreement, and Lissa Schofield on universities suppressing anti-apartheid activism.

60:14 minutes (27.58 MB)
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Alert #116 - March 5th, 2009

March 5, 2009
| Joel Kovel on anti-zionism, Eves Engler about the Haitian government coup, and Guilliane McEachern on U.S. rally against tar sands.

59:18 minutes (27.15 MB)
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Alert #117, March 12th, 2009

March 12, 2009
| Interviews with Margaret Viggiani of Radical Women, Ed Schreyer on 40th anniversary, and Anthony Hall on prosecuting G.W. Bush..

50:15 minutes (46.02 MB)
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Terrorism Laws, the Auto Industry, and Ontario's Economic Crisis

March 19, 2009
| Alert! Radio #118

60:15 minutes (27.58 MB)
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What if the G20 Fails?? Obama’s takeover of the auomobile industry; and we meet authors of two books right off the press!

April 2, 2009
| Alert! Radio #120 - Interviews with Michel Chossudovsky, Sam Gindin, Bryan Palmer and Judy Rebick..

62:10 minutes (28.46 MB)
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Obama and social movements, politics of punk rock and B.C. electoral reform

April 9, 2009
| <p>Canadian Dimention Alert! #121: Interviews with Frances Fox Piven, Dennis Pilon and Chris Hannah.</p>

60:13 minutes (27.57 MB)
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The real story on Somali piracy, the Greek insurrection and the new assault on Medicare

April 16, 2009
| Canadian Dimension Alert! #122: Interviews with Aris Karafotias and Kathleen Connors, and Somali-Canadian hip hop sensation K'naan on the real story behind the Somali pirate hysteria.

59:24 minutes (27.19 MB)
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South Africa’s new president, Jacob Zuma. Left-wing activists on the economic crisis. Anti-capitalism on the rise.

April 23, 2009
| Alert! #123 - Interviews with Chris Webb, Sam Gindon and Ian Angus.

60:13 minutes (27.57 MB)
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Queer artists on Two Spirit in their work. Eye witness at the Durban II Conference. Author of new book “Let them eat Junk”.

April 30, 2009
| Alert! #124 - Interviews with Kent Monkman and Adrian Stimson, Sid Shniad and Robert Albritton.

58:23 minutes (26.74 MB)
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Public Water Campaigns; Workers Assembly in Toronto; Palestinian rap group Da Arabian MCs

October 8, 2009
| Alert! Radio #129 - Public Water Campaigns (David Jacks); Workers Assembly in Toronto (Herman Rosenfeld); Palestinian rap group Da Arabian MCs (DAM)

58:57 minutes (26.99 MB)
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How Greenpeace Invaded the TAR SANDS; Global FOOD Production Has Never been Higher, nor has Global HUNGER.

October 15, 2009
| Alert! Radio #130 - Raj Patel on Food Week and Global Hunger; Mike Fudema on how Greenpeace Invaded the Tar Sands; Mitch Podolak on Music is the weapon.

55:54 minutes (25.6 MB)
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The American Far Right movement; Manitoba's new NDP Premier; Canada's Pension Crisis

October 22, 2009
| Alert! Radio #131 - The American Far Right movement; Manitoba's new NDP Premier; Canada's Pension Crisis

56:49 minutes (26.02 MB)
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What really happened in Honduras, and what role did Canada play in the coup? The vital role of Montreal's Immigrant Workers

October 29, 2009
| Alert! Radio #132 - Global human rights activist Grahame Russell, and community organizer Eric Shragge. Folk legend Mitch Podoluck with Music Is The Weapon.

75:30 minutes (69.13 MB)
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The Pembina Institute defends its GHG emission plan; Why ending drug prohibition works; UC Berkley students revolt.

November 5, 2009
| Alert! Radio #133 - The Pembina Institute defends its GHG emission plan; Why ending drug prohibition works; UC Berkley students revolt.

59:56 minutes (27.44 MB)
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Will Copenhagen produce anything positive? Malalai Joya talks about Afghanistan

November 19, 2009
| Alert! Radio #135 - Will Copenhagen Produce Anything Positive? Dale Marshall & Joel Kovel. Malalai Joya talks about Afghanistan.

56:22 minutes (25.81 MB)
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Equadorian villagers VS. Vancouver mining company; Maquilla Solidarity Network; Indigenous Environmental Network

November 26, 2009
| Alert! Radio #136 - Equadorian villagers VS. Vancouver mining company; Maquilla Solidarity Network; Indigenous Environmental Network

57:58 minutes (26.54 MB)
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Seattle Ten Years Later; Defenders of the Land Gathering; Parliament and Anti-Semitism.

December 3, 2009
| Alert! Radio #137 - Marc Lee in Seattle 10yrs ago-and Copenhagen. Peter Kulchyski at Vancouver Gathering of Defenders of the Land. Mordecai Briemberg linking anti-semitism with criticism of Israel.

57:31 minutes (26.34 MB)
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Alert talks to Amy Goodman; Tony Clarke on mobilizing against climate change; CAUT president on privatizing universities.

December 10, 2009
| Alert! Radio #138 - Alert talks to Amy Goodman; Tony Clarke on mobilizing against climate change; CAUT president on privatizing universities.

59:38 minutes (27.3 MB)
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How did top CEO pay get to be so outrageous? How is Middle East conflict affecting academic freedom in Israel and Palestine?

January 14, 2010
| Alert! Radio #139 - with Hugh Mackenzie, David Robinson, The Now Show (Dr. Seuss in Copenhagen) and Mitch Podoluk.

57:09 minutes (27.15 MB)
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Yves Engler on Canada's role in the Haitian disaster; Headlines, music and more...

January 22, 2010
| Extensive interview with Yves Engler, music from Jimmy O and Mitch Podoluk's "Music Is The Weapon."

57:59 minutes (27.53 MB)
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How Facebook helped stop the erosion of democracy

January 28, 2010
| Alert! Radio #141 - Interviews with Judy Rebick, Roger Annis and Paul Jackson about the erosion of democracy, restoring Haitian sovereignty and stories from Port-au-Prince.

59:39 minutes (28.32 MB)
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Is Harper A Dangerous Man? Why Does the Canadian Jewish Congress Hate Independent Jewish Voices?

February 4, 2010
| Alert! Radio #142 - Interviews with Dennis Pilon, and Sid Shniad. Music is the Weapon with Mitch Podolak.
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52:04 minutes (23.84 MB)
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Where is the economic recovery? Harper’s Gang of Seven. The Media Campaign to Bring Down Hugo Chavez

February 11, 2010
| Alert! Radio #143- Interviews with Jim Stanford, Haroon Siddiqui, and Maria Paez Victor. Music Is The Weapon with Mitch Podoluk.
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59:02 minutes (27.77 MB)
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Where is all that aid to Haiti going? Evaluating 10 years of the Bolivarian Revolution. Why is Greece in such a mess?

February 18, 2010
| Alert! Radio #144 - Interviews with Stephen Lendman, James Petras & Michael Spourdalakas. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music Is The Weapon with Mitch Podolak.
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59:39 minutes (28.06 MB)
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Challenging Canada Post to come clean. Bringing Strike the Musical to the big screen. One man's Olympic's lament.

March 1, 2010
| Interviews with Denis Lemelin, Danny Schur, and Tyler Shipley. Headlines, Around the left in 7 days, and Mitch Podoluk's Music Is The Weapon.

59:16 minutes (27.13 MB)
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The Olympics: The Ultimate Fallacy. Israeli Apartheid is Worst says South African Professor. The Okanogan Valley Blockade.

March 4, 2010
| Alert# Radio #145 - Interviews with Denis Pilon, Farid Easack, Anisa Mirza and Cheifs Fabian Alexis & Stuart Phillips. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music Is The Weapon.

56:07 minutes (25.69 MB)
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Feminism: The Next Generation. The Frantic Campaign to Silence Critics of Israel.

March 13, 2010
| Alert! Radio #147 - Interviews with Sarah Granke & Mordecai Briemberg. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music Is The Weapon.

60:03 minutes (27.49 MB)
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OUTRAGE: Greenpeace appointment of Tzeporah Berman. THIS year's Jewish S.H.I.T. list. THE corporate land grab in Africa.

March 18, 2010
| Alert! Radio #148 - Interviews with Macdonald Stainsby, Sid Shniad and Devlin Kuyek. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music Is The Weapon.

59:31 minutes (27.25 MB)
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Should hate speech be banned? Campaign to stop Enbridge Northern pipeline, tankers from destroying B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest

April 2, 2010
| Alert! Radio #150 - Interviews with Arthur Schafer & Art Sterrit. Headlines, around the left in seven days and Music is the Weapon.

56:48 minutes (52.01 MB)
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Feminists and the niqab; Quebec's new health care fees; David Noble vs. York University; Quit Afghanistan NOW, NATO too

April 8, 2010
| Alert! Radio #151 - Interviews with Barbara Legault, David Noble and Steven Staples. Headlines, Around the Left and Music is the Weapon.

59:57 minutes (27.45 MB)
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On Privitizing Reserves; Standing Against Project Hero; Ontario Budget Penalizes the Poor.

April 15, 2010
| Alert! Radio #152 - Interviews with Arthur Manuel, Darlene Juschka, and John Clarke. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music is the Weapon.

57:13 minutes (26.2 MB)
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Canada supporting Honduras death squad and Toronto's Worker Assembly moves ahead

April 22, 2010
| Alert! Radio #153 - Interviews with Karen Spring, Richard Fidler and Chris Webb. Headlines, Around the Left and Music is the Weapon.

59:18 minutes (27.15 MB)
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Pensions in peril; May Day 2010; Canadian miners are the world's worst

May 6, 2010
| Alert! Radio #155 - Interviews with Joel Harden, Andrea Levy, Jane Stinson and Sekura Saunders. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music is the Weapon.

58:57 minutes (26.99 MB)
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Elizabeth May on capitalism and civil disobedience against the tar sands

September 16, 2010
| Interviews with Elizabeth May and Clayton Thomas-Muller. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:13 minutes (27.57 MB)
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In-depth conversation with Israel's Gideon Levy. Venezuela's upcoming election.

September 23, 2010
| Alert! Radio #157 - Interviews with Gideon Levy, James Petras and Joshua Key. Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:58 minutes (27.46 MB)
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Pulling out U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011? Council of Canadians' 25th birthday

September 30, 2010
| Alert! Radio #158 - Interviews with John Warnock, Elizabeth Comack and Brent Patterson. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:04 minutes (27.04 MB)
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Will the Ontario Court Ruling Make Sex Work Safer? What is the World March of Women? Who won in Venezuela?

October 7, 2010
| Alert! Radio #159 - Interviews with Pascale Robitaille, Diana Lombardi and Eva Golinger. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:56 minutes (54.88 MB)
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The October Crisis 40 Years Later. Dissappearing Women. Migrant Workers March

October 14, 2010
| Alert! Radio #160 - Interviews with Pierre Boudet, David Hugill and Tzana Miranda Leal. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:34 minutes (54.54 MB)
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The mayoralty races: What's at stake? Why Canada has no need for the F-35 stealth fighter

October 21, 2010
| Alert! Radio #161 - Interviews with Steven Staples and observers of the mayoralty races in Toronto, Winnipeg and Edmonton. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:55 minutes (27.43 MB)
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Why Canada lost UN security council bid. Why is the U.S. swinging to the right? Pitfalls of Canada-EU Free Trade Agreement

October 28, 2010
| Alert! Radio #162 - Interviews with Haroon Siddiqui, Stephen Shrybman, Saul Landau. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:13 minutes (27.57 MB)
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The culture boycott against Israel. The Three-peat arrest of G20 activist Alex Hundert

November 4, 2010
| Alert! Radio #163 - Interviews with John Greyson and Mary Agnes Welch. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

58:34 minutes (26.81 MB)
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Anti-Semitism or blank cheque for Israel? Why Ottawa rejected potash deal. Behind Ottawa's clamp down of refugee claimants

November 11, 2010
| Alert! Radio #164 - Interviews with Mordecai Briemberg , John Warnock and Macdonald Scott. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

58:25 minutes (26.75 MB)
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Geo-engineering False & Dangerous. The New Feminist Revolution. No Running Water on northern reserves.

November 17, 2010
| Alert! Radio #165 - Interviews with Sarah k Granke, Grand Chief Ron Evans, and Dianna Bronson. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:16 minutes (27.59 MB)
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Monsanto gets bigger and no end to the war in Afghanistan

November 25, 2010
| Alert! Radio #166 - Interviews with Lucy Sharratt, Richard Sanders and Roland Penner. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

59:15 minutes (27.13 MB)
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Haitian elections solve nothing. What to expect at Cancun. Guaranteed Annual Income back on the agenda?

December 2, 2010
| Alert! Radio #167 - Interviews with Paul Jackson, Terisa Turner and James Mulvale. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:11 minutes (27.55 MB)
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Looking back on critical developments in 2010 and looking ahead to 2011

January 14, 2011
| Alert! Radio #168 - Interviews, Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days, and Music is the Weapon.

59:41 minutes (27.33 MB)
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Are CEOs Worth Millions a Year, Whatever Happened to Pension Reform and Behind the Scenes in Sudan

January 20, 2011
| Alert! Radio #169 – Interviews with Murray Dobbin, Kai Hasserliis & Chris Roberts. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:34 minutes (27.73 MB)
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NDP Middle East policy, tar sands and free trade, and Canadian mining giants

January 27, 2011
| Alert! Radio #170 -- Interviews with Yves Engler, Stewart Trew, J.P. Laplante and Christine Leclerc. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

60:15 minutes (27.58 MB)
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The Egyptian and Tunisian uprising and five years of Stephen Harper

February 4, 2011
| Alert! Radio #171 -- Interviews with Mustafa Henaway on the Egyptian and Tunisian uprising and Murray Dobbin on five years of Stephen Harper.

60:33 minutes (27.73 MB)
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The stakes in Egypt, the federal budget and the perimeter security deal

February 10, 2011
| Alert! Radio #172 - Interviews with Mordecai Briemberg on Western interests in the Egyptian uprising, Jim Stanford on the federal budget, and Steven Staples on the perimeter security deal.

56:29 minutes (25.86 MB)
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CKLN's licence battle and the state of the global economy

February 17, 2011
| Alert! Radio #173 -- Interviews with CKLN board member Joetia Gupta on the radio station's appeal against the CRTC revocation of its licence, and economist John Loxley on the global economy.

58:46 minutes (26.91 MB)
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Wisconsin's class war and the revolt in the Arab world

February 24, 2011
| Alert! Radio #174 - Interviews with Saul Landau and Adam Hanieh. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

58:45 minutes (26.9 MB)
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100 years of IWD and will tar sands kill the Canada-EU Trade Deal?

March 3, 2011
| Alert! Radio #175 - Interviews with Sarah K Gramke, David McNally, Andrea Harden Donahue and Darren Shore. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

62:59 minutes (28.84 MB)
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Enbridge pipeline, world food crisis and Wisconsin

March 11, 2011
| Alert! Radio #176 -- Interviews with professor Robert Pollin on the next world food crisis, labour columnist Herman Rosenfeld on Wisconsin and chief Toghestiy on the proposed Enbridge pipeline in B.C.

60:02 minutes (27.49 MB)
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The projected federal election and the changing face of Irish politics

March 18, 2011
| Alert! Radio #177 -- Interviews with political scientist Dennis Pilon on the projected May federal election and Sean Smith on the surprising results of the February Irish election.

57:44 minutes (26.43 MB)
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Canada's upcoming election, the publishing industry and the end of nuclear energy

March 25, 2011
| Alert! Radio 178 -- Interviews with economist Jim Stanford on the upcoming election, publisher James Lorimer on Canada's publishing industry and researcher Marita Moll on the end of nuclear energy.

60:14 minutes (27.58 MB)
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Coalitions, Harper's crime agenda, military spending and water on Manitoba reserves

April 1, 2011
| Alert! Radio #179 -- Political scientist Dennis Pilon on coalitions, Paula Mallea on Harper's crime agenda, Bill Robinson on military spending and journalist Helen Fallding on water and Man. reserves.

59:06 minutes (27.06 MB)
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Social media and the election, the NDP surge in Quebec and the UN Conference on Climate Change

April 29, 2011
| Alert! Radio #183 -- Interviews with Antonia Zerbisias on social media and the election, Pierre Beaudet on the NDP surge in Quebec and Patrick Bond on the upcoming UN Conference on Climate Change.

59:00 minutes (27.02 MB)
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Ten people assess the Canadian election results -- Where do we go from here?

May 4, 2011
| Alert! Radio #184 -- Comments from Rebick, Panitch, Cartwright, Levy, Thomas-Muller, Pilon, Darier, Bickerton, Sanders and Clarke.

60:10 minutes (55.1 MB)
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Alert! Radio #185: Jack Layton's impact on the NDP, and the strike at McGill

September 9, 2011
| Alert! discusses Jack Layton's impact on the NDP and contemplates what the future holds for politics and the Left in his absence. Kevin Whittaker talks about the support staff strike at McGill.

56:58 minutes (26.08 MB)
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Alert! Radio #186: The world economy and U.S. criminal justice system

September 15, 2011
| Alert! Radio #186: Interviews with Jim Stanford on why the world economy is a mess and Ernest Drucker on the U.S. criminal justice system. Headlines, Around the Left in 7 Days and Music is the Weapon.

57:40 minutes (52.8 MB)
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Alert! Radio #187: Why civil disobedience against the tar sands is necessary

September 26, 2011
| Three campaigners address the question of using civil disobedience against the tar sands and other causes: campaigner Clayton Thomas Muller, organizer Mike Hudema and activist Gary Kinsman.

59:52 minutes (54.82 MB)
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Alert! Radio #189 from Canadian Dimension magazine.

October 5, 2011
| Alert! Radio #189 from Canadian Dimension magazine.

57:57 minutes (26.53 MB)
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Alert! Radio #190 from Canadian Dimension

October 13, 2011
| Episode no. 190 from Alert! Radio, released October 13, 2011.

59:21 minutes (27.17 MB)
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Alert! Radio #191 from Canadian Dimension

October 20, 2011
| Alert! Radio #191

59:31 minutes (27.25 MB)
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Alert! Radio #193: Quebec's construction industry and the Saskatchewan election

November 10, 2011
| In this episode: the consequences of alleged ties between the Mafia's involvement in Quebec's construction industry and provincial political parties, and Saskatchewan's provincial election.

57:09 minutes (26.17 MB)
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Alert! Radio #195: Occupy movement, Keystone XL pipeline and most censored stories of 2011

November 17, 2011
| Organizer Matthew Brett addresses the current state of the Occupy movement, Gordon Laxer on the consequences of delaying the Keystone pipeline and Lesley Hughes on the most censored stories of 2011.

59:05 minutes (27.05 MB)
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Alert! #199: Northern Gateway pipeline hearings, EMD lockout and Iran's war prospects

January 23, 2012
| In this episode of Alert! Radio: Ben West on the Northern Gateway pipeline, Doug Nesbitt on the Electro-Motive Diesel lockout in London, Ont., and Alex Kane on Iran's war prospects.

58:20 minutes (53.46 MB)