Labour Show

Episode #19- Conservatives to require visas while denying human rights abuses: Part 3

September 25, 2009
| Connecting the racist re-imposition of visas w/ the current state of the Canadian immigration system.

9:32 minutes (8.72 MB)
Labour Show

Episode #18- Conservatives to require visas while denying human rights abuses: Part 2

September 17, 2009
| Connecting the racist re-imposition of visas w/ the current state of the Canadian immigration system

21:06 minutes (19.32 MB)
Labour Show

Episode #17- Conservatives to require visas while denying human rights abuses: Part 1

September 16, 2009
| Discussion surrounding the recent re-imposition of visa requirements on people of Mexican and Czech-Roma descent, which blocks their entrance into Canada.

14:37 minutes (13.38 MB)
Labour Show

Episode #27.2- IDF war resister on being both "pro-Israeli" & "anti-apartheid" in Canada: Part 2

March 3, 2010
| Former Israeli soldier Amir on what it means to be Israeli without supporting the conflict.

36:45 minutes (33.65 MB)
Migrant Matters

More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests (1 of 5)

August 17, 2010
| Protester speaks out about the police brutality and indiscriminate arrests at the G20 protests.

15:40 minutes (25.11 MB)
Migrant Matters

Observing elections in the Philippines

August 18, 2010
| International election observer, Stefan Christoff, speaks about Philippine state repression on election day.

32:52 minutes (30.09 MB)
Migrant Matters

Health as a right? Prioritizing health for migrants doing agricultural work in Ontario (1 of 3)

August 19, 2010
| Over 250 people working as migrant agricultural labourers attended "Health Day," which centered around health barriers imposed by the work they are allowed to do here in Canada.

13:31 minutes (12.39 MB)
Migrant Matters

Philippine elections 2010: Voting amid violence and corruption

August 28, 2010
| An overview of the widespread politcal repression going on throughout the Philippines during the time leading up to the May 2010 general elections.

38:02 minutes (34.82 MB)
Migrant Matters

More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests (2 of 5)

August 28, 2010
| Kristin Guité shares her experience of the police campaign of intimidation and scare tactics at the recent G20 protests in Toronto.

36:38 minutes (67.08 MB)
Migrant Matters

Health as a right? Prioritizing health for migrants doing agricultural work in Ontario (2 of 3)

September 1, 2010
| The Conservative government continues to force a great number of people into a position where access to healthcare and a workplace free of health risks becomes attainable only in their dreams.
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9:13 minutes (2.11 MB)
Migrant Matters

Health as a right? Prioritizing health for migrants doing agricultural work in Ontario (3 of 3)

September 3, 2010
| The Conservative government continues to force a great number of people into a position where access to health care and a workplace free of health risks becomes attainable only in their dreams.

13:41 minutes (12.52 MB)
Migrant Matters

More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests: Brandon's arrest story (3 of 5)

September 13, 2010
| Brandon shares his experience of being incarcerated without charges during the recent G20 protests in Toronto.

21:09 minutes (14.53 MB)
Migrant Matters

Health & safety of migrant workers ignored

September 17, 2010
| Liz speaks to her experiences working under the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program and the hardships endured under it.

19:40 minutes (18 MB)
Migrant Matters

Migrant workers in Ontario embark on historic "Pilgrimage to Freedom" this Thanksgiving

October 8, 2010
| How were the recent workplace deaths of migrant agricultural workers, Ralston White and Paul Roach, preventable? What fuels this 50km march?

18:21 minutes (16.8 MB)
Migrant Matters

More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests (4 of 5)

October 18, 2010
| Another protester speaks out about the police brutality and indiscriminate arrests at the Toronto G8/20 protests.

17:27 minutes (11.99 MB)
Migrant Matters

More accounts of martial law at Toronto G20 protests: Sema's arrest story (5 of 5)

October 25, 2010
| Sema talks about police repression, including her own arrest and detention, at the protests.

17:53 minutes (16.38 MB)
Migrant Matters

Spotlight on life in a Kenyan refugee camp

November 1, 2010
| Former refugees tell their story of people living in a refugee camp in Kenya.

33:51 minutes (30.99 MB)
Migrant Matters

Burma's prescripted Nov 7 polls to prolong military rule

November 6, 2010
| Dr. Naing Aung talks about how the military has control of the upcoming elections in Burma, prolonging legitimacy of the military domination over the Burmese people.

31:56 minutes (29.23 MB)
Migrant Matters

Thousands support Palestinians' right to education at World Education Forum, Montreal activist denied entry to Palestine

November 19, 2010
| Stefan talks about being refused into Palestine, education as a tool for emancipation from Israeli apartheid, and how international solidarity helps fight the occupation and apartheid.

17:11 minutes (15.73 MB)
Migrant Matters

Behind local produce: Temporary work permits leave working-poor migrants open to exploitation

November 29, 2010
| Everyday throughout the growing and harvest seasons, non-citizen people put in day-long exhausting labour so that Canadians can eat at convenience and inexpensively.

34:58 minutes (32.02 MB)
Migrant Matters

The Cuban 5 are still behind bars 12 years later

December 13, 2010
| Their heroism and innocence denied, the Cuban 5 have remained in jail since their arrest 12 years ago. Lawyer Lorne Gershuny shares the latest on the case and speaks about its political significance.

34:57 minutes (32.01 MB)
Migrant Matters

Torturing Omar Khadr since he was a child at Guantánamo

February 25, 2011
| The latest on Khadr's case. The horrors of his ongoing detainment. Why and how the Canadian goverment has supported his torture.

31:29 minutes (28.83 MB)
Migrant Matters

Canada's support for an undeniably apartheid state

March 22, 2011
| Alan Sears, professor of sociology and founder of Faculty for Palestine, talks about the Palestinians' long struggle of being uprooted from their homeland, and denied freedoms and status.

18:43 minutes (17.15 MB)
Migrant Matters

Jose Figueroa and the human cost of Canada's refugee laws

April 13, 2011
| Why has the Canadian government recently chosen to change their mind and label the FMLN as a terrorist group? What does Jose's deportation order mean for the Figueroa family? For Canadians?

56:08 minutes (51.39 MB)
Migrant Matters

New film adds perspective on the lives of people working Canada's 'temporary' agricultural jobs

April 23, 2011
| Does Canada really foster a nurturing society where everyone is equal? Hear the perspective of people working here without full rights.

40:12 minutes (36.81 MB)
Migrant Matters

Shameless U.S. news personality Lou Dobbs still given a mainstream platform

May 18, 2011
| Dobbs' ultra right-wing views were regularly showcased on CNN, fueling the movement to scapegoat immigrants. He criticizes "illegal" employers, but, wait! Macdonald has uncovered he is one.

41:10 minutes (37.69 MB)
Migrant Matters

It's the ReadNex Poetry Squad

July 30, 2011
| Poets to read about. Three-fifths of the squad speak their mind about all things at the heart of hip-hop including women and youth poets, and solidarity work with the most socially disempowered.

34:15 minutes (31.37 MB)
Migrant Matters

Sophisticated vigilantes C.R.I.M.E. take on France over Haiti restitution

September 19, 2011
| C.R.I.M.E., an international group of activists who impersonated French government officials, won't let France forget who owes the bill for much of the ensuing undemocratic havoc and horrors in Haiti.

41:28 minutes (94.92 MB)
Migrant Matters

Seven Deadly Myths: Denying the Palestinian narrative

October 15, 2011
| A new film on the collective denial which has led to emotional and physical walls between the Isrealis and Palestinians. The bloodshed and psychological abuse bred from the conflict on Canada's hands

33:19 minutes (76.27 MB)
Migrant Matters

Mapuche communities deserve liberation of their land and people

December 12, 2011
| I sat down with Jaroslava, who is with the Women's Coordinating Committee For a Free Wallmapu, to talk about the struggles against the termination of the Mapuche culture and people at home and abroad.

34:42 minutes (47.66 MB)
Migrant Matters

Roma civil rights activist Aladàr Horvàth's call to Canada: Have empathy for the Roma

December 20, 2011
| Aladàr Horvàth, chair of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation in Hungary, provides an overview of the socio-political landscape in Hungary that has brought so many Roma to Canada seeking refugee status.

18:35 minutes (17.02 MB)