Needs No Introduction

Deena Ladd On Advocating For Low-Wage Workers

December 3, 2008
| Deena Ladd On Advocating For Low-Wage Workers

35:27 minutes (32.48 MB)
rabble radio

rabble radio #80 - Lots of love

January 27, 2009
| Music picks to make a Ruckus. Rwanda's first school for the deaf. Who doesn’t love Obama? Who’s in love?

27:12 minutes (24.95 MB)
Africafiles: The Pulse

DRC and Rwanda

February 6, 2009
| Rwanda's first deaf school, and stopping sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

29:18 minutes (26.85 MB)
rabble radio

#81 - Money and love, love and money

February 7, 2009
| Keith is watching the jobs crisis, a special feature on mennonites and social media, reel women say "You can't take it with you, " and music from Roxanne Potvin.

25:19 minutes (23.24 MB)
rabble radio

#82 - Saving the economy: stability not growth

February 23, 2009
| Economist Armine Yalnizyan speaks to a conference for women negotiators for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). She says there is a way to save the economy, if governments will act quickly.

26:29 minutes (36.42 MB)
Needs No Introduction

Don Tapscott on social media and non-profit organizations

March 5, 2009
| The author of wikinomics speaks on how social media can work for and against non-profit organizations.

22:38 minutes (31.1 MB)
rabble radio

#83 - International Women's Day

March 10, 2009
| Speakers from Toronto's celebration, Keith talks about one of the world's most powerful women and author Shani Mootoo on her latest novel.

25:56 minutes (35.66 MB)
Who Are You?

NGOs - Bang for the Buck or Bumpersticker Activists?

March 13, 2009
| As causes and NGOs take their message and their identities online are they gathering real followers and fans or just cause wannabes?

20:07 minutes (18.43 MB)

An interview with Hamas Member of Parliament Huda Naim

March 16, 2009
| Huda Naim, Hamas Party Member of Parliament, as recorded by rabble.ca publisher Kim Elliott.

36:59 minutes (33.89 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Terrorism Laws, the Auto Industry, and Ontario's Economic Crisis

March 19, 2009
| Alert! Radio #118

60:15 minutes (27.58 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

The ban on George Galloway, France’s New Anti-Capitalist Party, and Vancouver’s Drug War

March 26, 2009
| Alert! Radio #119: Interviews with retired Judge Jerry Paradis, historian Henry Heller and Joshua Blakeney.

58:53 minutes (26.96 MB)
rabble radio

#84 - Water doesn't flow like money

March 24, 2009
| World water day address from a resident of Fort Chipweyan, auto workers strive for balance, music from across Canada, and AIG reflections from Keith.

33:40 minutes (30.88 MB)
Needs No Introduction

This speech is free: Galloway on Gaza

April 1, 2009
| George Galloway was banned from entering Canada but spoke to packed houses via online video. This is his address.

38:11 minutes (43.72 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Needs No Introduction

Linda McQuaig on what's wrong with Canada's newspapers

April 18, 2009
| Linda McQuaig was one of the featured speakers at last weeks' rabble forum on the future of media and newsapers in this country.

22:14 minutes (20.37 MB)
rabble radio

#85 - Spring action

April 20, 2009
| Growing bike culture in North America, George Galloway from the border, Cindy Corrie speaks from Gaza. Music from Joel Plaskett

31:18 minutes (28.71 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#86: An ear forever rambling, on biofuel

May 1, 2009
| Keith on vacations of excess, an chat about biofuel, Victoria Fenner takes her ear for a walk and music from Deep Dark Woods

24:47 minutes (28.4 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Aw@l

MAYDAY! May Day - Migrants Rights and Direct Action

May 15, 2009
| AW@L Radio - We discuss the May Day demonstration in Toronto with interviews from organizers of the No One is Illegal Demonstration, and an indepth discussion on Abousfian Abdelrazik with justice and

67:31 minutes (61.85 MB)
rabble radio

#87 - They see challenges, we see opportunities.

May 25, 2009
| New senior contributing editor Murray Dobbin. Keith's not happy with the new prez. RPN's newest program. New music from the ruckus. New conversation from the reel women, a

30:54 minutes (28.36 MB)
rabble radio

#88 - From the Earth to the Web

June 10, 2009
| In this episode of rabble radio: Forum on Canadian Mining, net neutrality and the labour movement, research ethics, and a few tunz in the meantime.

25:03 minutes (22.98 MB)
rabble radio

#89 - Taking to the streets

June 23, 2009
| Jack Layton on Canada and Iran. The Global Detention Project. Capitalism-haters unite under one economy. Music from Colin Linden and Pamela Brennan.

26:52 minutes (30.77 MB)
radio book lounge

Who's Your Daddy: Writings on Queer Parenting

June 18, 2009
| Editor Rachel Epstein talks about her latest project, a collection of essays on queer parenting.

21:11 minutes (24.28 MB)
rabble radio

#90 - Aboriginal children's health

July 6, 2009
| A UNICEF report on children's health, and six ways to get a ticket on your bike. Last rabble radio until August!

32:18 minutes (36.98 MB)
rabble radio

#91 - What does it take to win?

August 28, 2009
| The latest rabble radio looks at the victors at Dump Site 41, Canada's negative influence abroad, Sunday Wilde and spring waters.

22:52 minutes (20.95 MB)
Needs No Introduction

Van Jones at Hollyhock (archive)

May 30, 2006
| This is the second in a three-part series of talks from the Social Change Institute, held at Hollyhock on Cortes Island in early May. This time out, Van Jones, an environmentalist, social justice advo

58:05 minutes (26.59 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Economic Recovery, the continuation of War on Terrorism, and new season of Music is the Weapon.

September 10, 2009
| Alert! Radio #125 - Jim Stanford on Economic Recovery, Saul Landau on Terrorism, and Mitch Podolak with Music Is The Weapon.
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58:25 minutes (26.75 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Gender Identity Crisis, Toronto Film Festival Protest, and Montreal elections.

September 17, 2009
| Alert! Radio #126 - Elle Flanders on Film Festival Protest, Andrea Levy on Montreal elections, and Simon Black on gender identity.

53:58 minutes (24.71 MB)
rabble radio

#92 - Letters to Americans

September 22, 2009
| Letters from Canadians about how our health-care system works, a play penned in prison hits the Kennedy Centre stage, and what's happening at Dump Site 41.

33:28 minutes (30.65 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Winnipeg Gang Members Offer Solutions to street violence; Restoring the Canadian Left; Canada's Greatest Troubador, Stan Rogers

September 24, 2009
| Alert! Radio #127 - Winnipeg Gang Members Offer Solutions to street violence (Jim Silver); Restoring the Canadian Left (Thom Workman); Canada's Greatest Troubador, Stan Rogers (Mitch Podolak)

57:08 minutes (26.16 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Burying Carbon Emissions; Fidel and Raul Castro; Europe's Drift to the Right

October 1, 2009
| Alert! Radio #128 - Canada’s Plan to Bury Carbon Emissions Sheer Folly (Graham Thomson); New interviews with Fidel Castro and Raul Castro (Saul Landau); Europe's Drift to the Right (Ingo Schmidt)

59:41 minutes (27.33 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Caregivers file suit against recruitment agency

October 6, 2009
| On Tuesday, caregivers and community allies announced a legal suit against a recruitment agency

2:04 minutes (1.89 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
radio book lounge

Documenting Global Activism: Denise Chong on Egg On Mao

October 14, 2009
| Denise Chong speaks about writing one Tienanmen Square protestor's life story.

16:22 minutes (7.52 MB)
rabble radio

#93 - Three Cs of Human Rights: China, Colombia, and Canada

October 20, 2009
| In this podcast: How a Canada-Colombia FTA affects trade union activists in Colombia, Denise Chong about an activist's life in China, and preserving the history of resistance in Canada's Africville.

30:13 minutes (13.85 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#94 - Choose Activism

November 2, 2009
| In this podcast: protecting the rights of Vancouverites, advocating for Uganda's gays and lesbians, learning through art, and music from Ottawa.

28:04 minutes (25.71 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Canadian Federation of Students focus on ending poverty, not tuition hikes. Behind the Gitxsan proposal to give up their status.

November 12, 2009
| Alert! Radio #134 - Canadian Federation of Students focus on ending poverty, not tuition hikes. Behind the Gitxsan proposal to give up their status.

57:39 minutes (26.4 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#95 - Who are the people in your neighborhood? Food bank volunteers, tibetan buddhist nuns, and Baka Beyond

November 16, 2009
| In this podcast: food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons, and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C.

33:10 minutes (15.24 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#96 - Amy Goodman on Breaking The Sound Barrier

November 30, 2009
| In this podcast: Amy Goodman on media, war, dissent, and public opinion

44:32 minutes (51.05 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#96 - Amy Goodman on Breaking The Sound Barrier

December 1, 2009
| In this podcast: Amy Goodman on media, war, dissent, and public opinion

44:32 minutes (51.05 MB)
rabble radio

#97 - Indigenous rights and climate justice in Copenhagen

December 17, 2009
| In this podcast: Canadian Youth Delegation asks is Canada lying? Hiphop artist Eekwol talks Indigenous rights and Olympics. John Bonnar on protests for climate justice in Canada. Also, we have music.

32:15 minutes (44.34 MB)
Reel Women

DVD Review: Huntin' Nazi Basterds and Starving to Death for a Cause

December 31, 2009
| Bring in the New Year with Inglourious Basterds and Steve McQueen's Hunger.

9:08 minutes (6.28 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#98 - Canadian demonstration against prorogation

January 13, 2010
| Online activism and activism on the street. What is the difference? Regent Park is changing, and so are women's rights worldwide. Listen in to find out more.

25:37 minutes (35.22 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#99 - Courage and Cooperation in Haiti

January 27, 2010
| An aid worker shares stories of cooperation from Haiti, audio from Canada's anti-prorogation demonstrations, and Dr. Julia Agwu on what Africa sees in climate change.

24:13 minutes (33.32 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Mother and Baby Prison Program Cancelled

October 29, 2008
| A former prisoner reacts to BC Corrections' decision to cancel the mother and baby program at a jail for women.

16:21 minutes (18.71 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#100 - Celebration with a centenarian

February 10, 2010
| We're talking a hundred! A centenarian shares advice, cancelling highway plans, and remembering the birth of the aged rabble radio. You could also win an ipod nano!

28:07 minutes (38.67 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents

February 22, 2010
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific Region - Australia Asia Worker Links

27:49 minutes (12.75 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#101 - 2010 Olympics: gold medal for activism

February 23, 2010
| In this podcast: Why protest the Olympics, Aboriginal activists speak out, talking diversity of tactics, and all about Vancouver's Red Tent campaign for housing.

26:46 minutes (36.75 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents: Turkish union leader imprisoned

March 6, 2010
| Labor news. Plus interview, Chidi King from Public Services International, about the imprisonment of Seger Tumer, secretary of the union of public employees in health and social services in Turkey.

30:05 minutes (27.57 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#102 - Olympics and epic struggles

March 17, 2010
| Talking election violence in Manila, a little more Olympic activism, fish farming on vacant city land in Toronto, music from Caracol and Alejandra Ribera and who phoned in to rabble radio!

27:57 minutes (25.63 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

HARPER: Cancels Mustafa Barghouti tour, Muzzles government experts on climate change & Supports Honduras’s right-wing government

March 26, 2010
| Interviews with Thomas Woodley, Graham Saul and Jeffrey Webber. Headlines, Around the Left, and Music is the Weapon.

59:51 minutes (27.4 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Decoder

Decoder - Episode 4

April 15, 2010
| On today's show … what goes right and wrong in the initial days of covering a story -- what happens when the media descends on a family's tragedy -- the coverage of the case of Tori Stafford.

24:41 minutes (22.6 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

The meaning of Cochabamba and why J. Kenney banned G. Galloway

April 30, 2010
| Alert! Radio #154 - Interviews with Ian Angus, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Ron Mackay and Elle Flanders. Headlines, Around the Left and Music is the Weapon.

59:49 minutes (27.39 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#104 - May Day memories

May 5, 2010
| Looking back at May 1: the South Korean union struggle, a history of the Wobblies, No One Is Illegal's Day of Action and music from Reverb Syndicate.

30:04 minutes (27.58 MB)
rabble radio

#105 - G8/G20 and global socialism

May 19, 2010
| Greek labour activist proposes solutions to the financial crisis, a lawyer on a complaint that could change the lives of foster children in B.C., and rabble radio receives a gift from Bob Wiseman!

28:21 minutes (25.99 MB)
rabble radio

#107 - Paul Martin comments on Gaza

June 2, 2010
| Paul Martin spoke about Gaza to a Kingston radio station, writer and activist Yves Engler, demonstrators in Montreal, and revisiting Kevin Neish.

29:34 minutes (27.08 MB)
rabble radio

#110 - The activists, Pride and the G20

June 22, 2010
| Queer honourees give it back to Pride Toronto over Israeli-apartheid, pre-G20 African activists speak out on celebrity activism, and coming out where Pride is no party.

30:39 minutes (28.08 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#112 - If you want to make your point, you have to speak out!

October 26, 2010
| In this episode of rabble radio: mapping dirty energy producers everywhere, Eternia speaks on women rappers and a new talking stick online.

29:01 minutes (26.58 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#115 - CHG: Climate, Haiti, Galloway

December 6, 2010
| Report from the daily podcast from the UN Climate Summit, post-election checkin in Haiti, and George Galloway answers tough questions.

30:04 minutes (27.57 MB)
rabble radio

#116 - Open Internet, Assange and feminism

December 20, 2010
| In this episode documentarian Velcrow Ripper reports from the Cancun Climate summit, a testimonial on supportive housing, and feminist blogging and the open Internet.

30:03 minutes (27.53 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#117 - New year rising. What shall we do with it?

January 10, 2011
| In this episode: rewriting your life, spy movies for cold war evenings, The Stimulators warm you up, new tech and going green for 2011.

32:05 minutes (29.42 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#118 - Bad cop/bad cop

January 27, 2011
| In this episode: Transit police in Vancouver accused of violence, a new report recommends protection for women and girls in Haiti, and Canada chases out war resisters. Music this episode: Bad Cop.

30:33 minutes (28.01 MB)
rabble radio

#119 - Special Interview from Cairo

January 28, 2011
| Tighe Barry was in Cairo as part of a Codepink delegation on its way to Gaza when the protests started. In this special edition of rabble radio, he describes his experience in the protests.

15:44 minutes (14.42 MB)
rabble radio

#120 - Cairo after Mubarak's address

January 29, 2011
| Tighe Barry was in Cairo as part of a Codepink delegation on its way to Gaza when the protests started. In this special edition of rabble radio, he describes the situation after the army arrived.

10:57 minutes (10.04 MB)
rabble radio

#121 - Canadian activist caught up in Egypt demonstrations

February 2, 2011
| Jase Tanner was in Tahrir square when pro-Mubarak forces came to break up the demonstrations. Code Pink's Medea Benjamin was in another part of the square. In this podcast, we hear their stories.

15:55 minutes (14.58 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
People's Health Radio

Islamophobia and global health

February 10, 2011
| Audio from a January 21 forum at UBC on the global health implications of Islamophobia.

60:57 minutes (55.81 MB)
People's Health Radio

Drug-user health

February 17, 2011
| Members of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) co-host this episode exploring the health impacts of stigma, criminalization and poverty on people who use illicit drugs.

59:46 minutes (54.72 MB)
People's Health Radio

In sickness and in health: Women's health in married relationships

February 17, 2011
| A conversation about how to build egalitarian and healthy relationships between men and women as we work to break down patriarchy.

59:34 minutes (54.54 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Africafiles: The Pulse

Tanzanian gold mining: The devil in the detail

February 9, 2011
| In May 2009, toxic waste from a gold mine located in North Mara, Tanzania, spilled into River Thigithe. This was the beginning of a long line of human rights abuses by African Barrick.

14:26 minutes (13.21 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#122 - Women's take on uprisings in the Middle East

March 8, 2011
| Arab-Canadian feminist activist Nahla Abdo outlines her ideas for the region, and Palestinian activist Reem Yumis on women's role in the uprisings. Happy International Women's Day, all.

28:05 minutes (25.76 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
The F Word

Exploring prostitution and abolition: Activism, events and debates

March 12, 2011
| Meghan Murphy explores issues and debates around prostitution, specifically looking at the abolition argument -- the idea that we identify trafficking and prostitution as violence against women.

54:58 minutes (50.32 MB)
Needs No Introduction

So a theorist, an activist and a journalist meet in Dakar after a protest...

February 8, 2011
| On Feb. 4, journalist Firoze Manji walked in on Egyptian theorist Samir Amin and Mamdou Habashi, a well known Egyptian activist talking politics, and joined right in. Here's the recording he made.

50:21 minutes (46.11 MB)
Needs No Introduction

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth

March 10, 2011
| David Korten, author, economist and former Harvard professor, advocates for a new economic system that is life-centred and community-based on October 29, 2010 at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa.

69:04 minutes (63.28 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Needs No Introduction

'Prostitution and Women's Equality: Imagining More for Women' -- Part 1

March 24, 2011
| Part one in a three-part series on prostitution and women's equality, this podcast features a talk by consultant, lawyer and radical feminist Gunilla Ekberg.

68:38 minutes (62.84 MB)
Needs No Introduction

'Prostitution and Women's Equality: Imagining More for Women' -- Part 2

March 31, 2011
| Part two in a three-part series on prostitution and women's equality, this podcast features a talk by Trisha Baptie, founder of formally Exploited Voices now Educating (EVE).

9:49 minutes (13.54 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Harper's hit list, the Libyan intervention and Canada's colour-coded labour market

April 7, 2011
| Alert! Radio #180 -- Alex Neve on the Harper government's human rights record, Sheila Block on Canada's colour-coded labour market, and Derrick O'Keefe on the real purpose of the Libyan intervention.

59:54 minutes (27.42 MB)
rabble radio

#123 - Election scary yet boring? We've got an election contest for you!

April 7, 2011
| In this podcast: Terrifying yet boring -- the Canadian election. A new rabble radio contest. Cracking the cover of human books. Fukushima Daichi and alt power. An ode to the ipad 2.

26:53 minutes (36.96 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Haiti's new president, America's budget crisis and the film 'Will the Real Terrorist Stand Up'

April 14, 2011
| Alert! Radio #181 -- Interviews with Roger Annis on Haiti's new president, Dean Baker on the U.S. budget crisis and Saul Landau on his film 'Will the Real Terrorist Stand Up.'

57:32 minutes (26.34 MB)
rabble radio

#124 - The Canadian election, it's sweetness and light, right?

April 12, 2011
| A feature interview with the guy who depressed us about the election last episode. This time, a bit of hope from him!

13:54 minutes (12.79 MB)
The F Word

Where have all the radicals gone? When feminism gets moderate

April 15, 2011
| In this special episode of The F Word, Meghan Murphy explores the possibility that feminism is in need of a re-radicalization.

97:58 minutes (89.69 MB)
Needs No Introduction

Noam Chomsky on the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival

April 21, 2011
| Noam Chomsky speaks about the State-Corporate Complex: A Threat to Freedom and Survival at a talk recorded at U of T on April 7, 2011.

66:14 minutes (60.69 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
The F Word

What's in a name? Slutwalks and Feminism

May 10, 2011
| The F Word speaks with Slutwalk Vancouver organizers Katie Raso and Katie Nordgren, and looks at some of the more controversial and problematic aspects of Slutwalk in a collective discussion.

44:02 minutes (40.31 MB)
People's Health Radio

Mother's Liberation: Care-giving under capitalism

May 13, 2011
| PHR marks Mother's Day with an examination of care-giving under capitalism and the struggle for mothers' liberation.

58:17 minutes (53.36 MB)
rabble radio

#125 - All the summer news: Post-election blues and a call to action for rabble.ca

June 9, 2011
| In this podcast: What can progressives do in a Conservative majority Canada? A challenge for rabble.ca's next ten years. Jaggi Singh at his trial. Some old opera from the Ruckus. Happy summer all!

33:19 minutes (30.56 MB)
rabble radio

#126 - No activist slowdown for summer

August 18, 2011
| In this podcast: teaching and writing music with women prisoners, the life of a disability activist, and what it means for one street to move from bookshops to bars.

25:26 minutes (23.35 MB)
rabble radio

#130 - How to get active in your community

September 23, 2011
| In this podcast: how to get active in your community, 9/11 and Muslim women, Aboriginal awareness week and a rebroadcast of Stephen Lewis' eulogy for Jack Layton.

31:35 minutes (28.97 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

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)
rabble radio

#131 - Who are those that #occupy?

November 1, 2011
| In this episode, intrepid rabble reporters talk to the people who chose to #occupy. Michael Stewart heads to Vancouver, while Matthew Adams and Meagan Perry take on Toronto.

23:09 minutes (21.26 MB)
Needs No Introduction

Changes in the Canadian Arctic

November 7, 2011
| In this talk, University of Manitoba climate researcher David Barber takes listeners through some of the changes he's observed in Canada's High North during his 30-year career.

29:38 minutes (27.19 MB)
Needs No Introduction

Judy Rebick's Media Democracy Day 2011 keynote

December 2, 2011
| During her keynote at 2011's Media Democracy Day Judy Rebick discussed the origin of rabble.ca and how technology has changed the face of activism over the past 10 years.

30:58 minutes (28.41 MB)
rabble radio

#132 - Home and away: Abdelrazik, Pikangikum and Attawapiskat [podcast]

December 2, 2011
| In this episode: music to celebrate Abousfian Abdelrazik, with Attawapiskat in the news a look back at Pikangikum's crisis, Raffi sings for #Occupy, and Bond is back with DVD recommendations.

35:41 minutes (32.73 MB)
Progressive Voices

Occupy McMaster University

December 12, 2011
| There is something special happening at McMaster University -- students have occupied the university-owned "student centre" and created a real community space.

17:49 minutes (16.37 MB)
rabble radio

#133 - 2011 roundup from rabble.ca podcasts

December 28, 2011
| In this podcast, we look back over 2011, rabble.ca's 10th year. From demonstrations in Egypt to Occupy to Canada's First Nations, we covered it all on the rabble podcast network.

26:02 minutes (23.9 MB)
Progressive Voices

Professional sports and militarism: Tyler Shipley

January 5, 2012
| We speak with musician, freelance journalist and political activist Tyler Shipley on the militarization of the NHL and other sports leagues in North America.

26:13 minutes (24 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

ALERT! Radio #198: Expectations for 2012 from Judy Rebick, Clayton Thomas Muller, Matthew Brett, Saul Landau, Sam Bahour

January 12, 2012
| Expectations for 2012: Judy Rebick on Canadian politics; Clayton Thomas Muller on Indian Country; Matthew Brett on the Occupation Movement; Saul Landau on US politics; Sam Bahour on the Middle East.

58:49 minutes (26.93 MB)
rabble.ca/donate: you know what to do!

No swag from rabble.ca/donate, just independent media

January 26, 2012
| rabble.ca is holding our donation drive right now, and rpn volunteers have put together some audio to give you some ideas of what you can give. You can listen here.

0:30 minutes (469.84 KB)
rabble.ca/donate: you know what to do!

Your couch gives to rabble.ca/donate. Find out how.

January 24, 2012
| rabble.ca is holding our donation drive right now, and rpn volunteers have put together some audio to give you some ideas about easy ways to give. You can listen here.

0:43 minutes (677.59 KB)
rabble.ca/donate: you know what to do!

Dragons know what do when it comes to rabble.ca/donate. Do you?

January 24, 2012
| rabble.ca is holding our donation drive right now, and rpn volunteers have put together some audio to give you some ideas of what you can give. You can listen here.

0:37 minutes (576.78 KB)
rabble radio

#134 - War, love, dissent, education

January 31, 2012
| In this podcast, Thomas Ponniah's first audio column on strategies for building change. Calming cyberattack worries. Creating a dissent-friendly country. Education and art. It's all on rabble radio!

28:55 minutes (26.54 MB)
Constructing change: the activist toolkit

Constructing change: Everything you wanted to know about organizing but were afraid to ask

February 8, 2012
| How can sex workers organize? This episode looks at legal rights, community building and stopping street sweeps, plus an interview from Ottawa sex workers' union POWER.

5:27 minutes (5.05 MB)
rabble radio

#135 - Eye (or ay ya ya) on politics, robocalls and environmental assessment

March 2, 2012
| In this podcast we hear a robocall and talk to the guy who recorded it. Thomas Ponniah on Robert LePage, the latest from the activist toolkit, and changes to the Environmental Assessment Act.

34:52 minutes (31.99 MB)
If you love this planet

If You Love This Planet: Japan's nuclear policy

March 6, 2012
| In this episode of If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott speaks to Kono Taro, Director General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's International Bureau.

59:13 minutes (54.21 MB)
rabble radio

#136 - This May Day: Art and activism from Sarah Boothroyd

May 1, 2012
| For May Day -- audio art from Sarah Boothroyd that touches on ethics, justice, democracy, protest and global citizenship. It's wonderful.

30:13 minutes (27.72 MB)
Progressive Voices

Tony Black: Imperialism, a coup d'etat, and the Rwandan genocide narrative

May 4, 2012
| Independent journalist Tony Black dissects the mainstream narrative on the Rwandan genocide, highlighting past and current massacres by the Western-backed Rwandan Patriotic Front, and more.

21:24 minutes (19.6 MB)

Pivot Points Radio

May 11, 2012
| Carolyn Wong interviews community researchers Surita Parashar and Valerie Nicholson on Pivot Points radio.

10:01 minutes (13.75 MB)