audio by year 2010

Redeye

Wide variations in refugee acceptance rates

January 2, 2010

| Some Immigration and Refugee Board members approve as few as 7 per cent of all claims they hear. Others approve upwards of 80 per cent.

18:09 minutes (16.62 MB)

Street Cred

Regent Park Project

January 1, 2010

| Canada's oldest social housing project.

7:57 minutes (7.28 MB)

Redeye

Woman swims B.C.'s second longest river

January 6, 2010

| Ali Howard swam 600 kilometres of the Skeena River to raise awareness of two major industrial threats to the watershed.

13:24 minutes (12.27 MB)

Speak!

Olivia Ward on women's rights

January 7, 2010

| Toronto Star foreign affairs reporter Olivia Ward talks about women's rights on a global scale.

9:56 minutes (9.11 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)

Aw@l

Straight from the Source - Olympic Resistance Network presents a case.

January 9, 2010

| Vancouver based freelance journalist and member of the Olympic Resistance Network (ORN) Guillaume describes the street level impacts of the 2010 games.

61:14 minutes (56.07 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Blue Summit: Water is a human right

January 5, 2010

| Maude Barlow discusses how governments are responding to the call for water to be recognized as a universal human right, followed by a discussion with other delegates of the Blue Summit.

32:01 minutes (29.34 MB)

Redeye

Flow: a permanent media art exhibit

January 9, 2010

| No matter how many times you pass by the ground-floor windows of Vancouver's newest community centre, you're very unlikely to see the same image twice.

12:10 minutes (11.14 MB)

Street Cred

Toronto's urban dilemma

January 13, 2010

| John Sewell on Canada's housing program.

10:46 minutes (9.86 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

Special: An energy conservation panel discussion

January 12, 2010

| A gathering of energy experts from several disciplines discuss why energy conservation is slow to take hold.

94:47 minutes (86.79 MB)

Redeye

Proroguing Parliament the last straw for Canadian voters

January 12, 2010

| Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament is just the last in a string of abuses of power, according to Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch in Ottawa.

16:08 minutes (14.77 MB)

Redeye

More than just Games: Canada and the 1936 Olympics

January 15, 2010

| A new exhibit at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre takes a critical look at how the 1936 Olympic Games were used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis.

16:15 minutes (14.88 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)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Invasion of the body scanners: Going prorogue

January 15, 2010

| Having self-prorogued IRTN is back looking at Harper's continued revolution, the importance of the upcoming Massachusetts Senate race on U.S. health care and the invasion of the body scanners.

35:51 minutes (32.82 MB)

Redeye

Who's Your Daddy?

January 15, 2010

| Recorded at the Vancouver book launch for this new collection of writings about queer parenting edited by Rachel Epstein.

21:07 minutes (19.33 MB)

Redeye

Whistler residents brace for the Olympics

January 20, 2010

| There's a military camp to the south and a private security camp to the north; drivers are facing multiple checkpoints in and out of town; and police are setting up protest zones.

14:40 minutes (13.43 MB)

Redeye

Moving beyond safe injection sites

January 20, 2010

| Donald MacPherson is former Drug Policy Policy Coordinator for the City of Vancouver. He says we need to see places like Insite as just one step of a continuum of care for addicts.

11:58 minutes (10.95 MB)

Redeye

Talking about the tar sands in Copenhagen

January 18, 2010

| Clayton Thomas Muller is with the Indigeneous Environmental Network. He was one of 20 First Nations delegates to the climate summit. The tar sands were on the top of his agenda.

16:13 minutes (14.85 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)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Critical Mass: fallout from yesterday's election

January 20, 2010

| Yes "surrender" is the battle cry of the Democrats but is it all over for health care and the Dems? We are not so sure.

27:59 minutes (25.63 MB)

Redeye

Gaza Freedom March highlights lack of democracy in Egypt

January 23, 2010

| The Egyptian government refused to allow all but a few marchers to cross the border into Gaza. Joel Beinin says this is on par with the kind of repression Egyptian pro-democracy activists face daily.

13:34 minutes (12.43 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)

Alternatives Podcast

36:1 New Energy

January 5, 2010

| 36:1 New Energy

80:09 minutes (73.39 MB)

Redeye

Eyewitness account of Gaza bombardment

January 26, 2010

| Norwegian Mads Gilbert was one of only two foreign doctors allowed in Gaza during the Israeli attack in the winter of 2009. He and Dr. Erik Fosse have written a book about their experiences there.

16:28 minutes (15.07 MB)

Redeye

Canadian company seeks to mine gold in war-torn Congo

January 26, 2010

| The Democratic Republic of the Congo has suffered from a resource-fueled conflict that has cost millions of lives.

14:52 minutes (13.62 MB)

Redeye

Convergence activism and the 2010 Olympics

January 26, 2010

| The global protests that came to be known as convergences were born in Seattle in 1999. Freelance journalist Jane Kirby reflects on the successes and challenges of this kind of organizing.

14:46 minutes (13.53 MB)

Redeye

Report from Haiti

January 18, 2010

| Activist Stuart Hammond returned from a fact-finding tour to Haiti just before the earthquake struck. He reports that people were in desperate straits even before the earthquake.

21:18 minutes (19.51 MB)

Redeye

Why resist the 2010 Olympics: two activists speak

January 27, 2010

| Anna Hunter is with the Anti-Poverty Committee and the Olympic Resistance Network; Carol Martin is a member of the Nisga'a nation and sits on the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Elders Council.

13:59 minutes (12.8 MB)

Redeye

What's wrong with business journalism in Canada

January 24, 2010

| Nick Fillmore says a recent article by the Globe and Mail on the sale of Ontario Crown corporations highlights some of the problems with business journalism in Canada.

10:17 minutes (9.42 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

Special: "Mending Our Fuelish Ways" -- A radio play in five acts

January 26, 2010

| A radio dramatization on Canada's energy future.

13:26 minutes (12.3 MB)

Speak!

World Vision relief worker in Haiti describes scene

January 28, 2010

| Laura Blank, a World Vision relief worker stationed in Haiti tells us the sights, sounds and smells she's experienced in Haiti.

14:06 minutes (12.93 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Blue Summit: Seven reasons water will stay public

January 27, 2010

| As we enter a new decade, Steven Shrybman explains why water activists should be hopeful about the future.

15:50 minutes (14.52 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)

Redeye

The hidden history of activism in sport

January 27, 2010

| Dave Zirin is the first sports writer in the 150-year history of The Nation magazine. Zirin writes about the politics of sport and tells the stories of activist athletes and their struggles.

27:36 minutes (25.27 MB)

Redeye

Alberta government gives go-ahead to nuclear power

January 29, 2010

| Premier Ed Stelmach says his government will consider proposals for nuclear power plants on a case-by-case basis.

16:41 minutes (15.29 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver City Council to allow 15-storey buildings in Downtown Eastside

January 30, 2010

| Vancouver City Council allows 15-storey buildings in Downtown Eastside. Housing activists say the zoning change will push low-income residents out of the area in favour of more condos.

12:56 minutes (11.85 MB)

Redeye

Police arrest then release leading sour gas opponent

January 30, 2010

| Earlier this month, Weibo Ludwig was questioned for several hours about the bombings of six gas pipelines in northern Alberta and B.C.

12:52 minutes (11.78 MB)

Redeye

Sweet Crude: A film about the Niger Delta

January 31, 2010

| Since oil was discovered in Nigeria, life expectancy has dropped by 20 years, mangroves have disappeared and fish have been poisoned. Meanwhile the wealth generated by the resource leaves the country.

16:21 minutes (14.97 MB)

Redeye

Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut

February 2, 2010

| In 2005, James Long found a suitcase full of photographs in an alley in East Vancouver. That chance find led to this play currently showing at the PUSH International Performing Arts Festival.

15:03 minutes (13.78 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

Omar Khadr stays in Guantanamo despite court ruling his Charter rights are violated

February 1, 2010

| Gail Davidson of Lawyers Against the War says its time Canada repatriated Omar Khadr -- the last Western citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay.

22:14 minutes (25.44 MB)

Street Cred

Mr. Geography

February 2, 2010

| Toronto taxi driver shares his geographic philosophy.

26:43 minutes (24.46 MB)

Redeye

Olympics to leave behind a lasting security legacy

February 3, 2010

| Micheal Vonn says it's a well-accepted fact that the security put in place for the Olympics doesn't leave town when the athletes go back home.

15:23 minutes (14.09 MB)

Redeye

Canadian government releases last of Tamil refugees

February 3, 2010

| Seventy-six Tamil refugees were immediately taken into custody when they were discovered off the coast of British Columbia in October 2009 under suspicion of membership in the Tamil Tigers.

13:22 minutes (12.24 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Death Under Police Watch: Part 2

February 4, 2010

| A BC woman still searches for answers and accountability in the shooting death of her brother by police.

14:14 minutes (16.29 MB)

Redeye

Progressive bookstore in Vancouver celebrates 65th anniversary

February 4, 2010

| People's Coop Books has been selling a wide range of progressive books in Vancouver since 1945. We find out some of the history of the store from Ray Viaud.

12:36 minutes (11.54 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)

Redeye

Challenging Israeli impunity

February 5, 2010

| George Bisharat details Israel’s campaign to transform international humanitarian law so they have immunity for their human rights violations.

13:02 minutes (11.94 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

$1 billion? Cops, cameras and Olympic security

February 3, 2010

| Author and activist Chris Shaw on defending civil liberties in face of the Olympic security regime.

19:27 minutes (17.81 MB)

Redeye

Presence of foreign troops in Haiti hampers aid efforts

February 2, 2010

| Roger Annis of Haiti Solidarity B.C. says Haitians have reacted to the earthquake with dignity and community spirit. Yet donor countries have insisted on sending in the military along with the aid.

14:31 minutes (13.3 MB)

Redeye

Global recession may save farmland in B.C.

February 6, 2010

| The highway expansion planned for the Lower Mainland was designed for increased truck traffic from a container port in Delta to Highway 1. Opponents say it's no longer needed.

13:03 minutes (11.95 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver Special

February 6, 2010

| Activist and comedian Charles Demers was born and raised in Vancouver. Vancouver Special is a hilarious look at the city's past and present, from its pot industry to its dog mania.

22:26 minutes (20.55 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Courting Disaster: Fear of a democratic planet

February 6, 2010

| A U.S senator claims the Constitution only protects citizens, and corporations have new election powers, and people protest due process then you know it is fear of a democratic planet.

34:26 minutes (31.52 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Strengthening pensions: The cross-Canada campaign

February 8, 2010

| The Canadian Labour Congress' Joel Harden describes the agenda for action on its "Retirement Security for All" campaign.

17:29 minutes (16.03 MB)

Needs No Introduction

"Back to Work!": Voices against prorogation

February 2, 2010

| From Ottawa, Whitehorse and Toronto, we hear speeches, statements and songs of protest against the Conservative party's prorogation of Parliament.

17:22 minutes (15.93 MB)

Redeye

Porfirio Lobo sworn in as new president in Honduras

February 8, 2010

| Despite substantial evidence of election fraud and repression of mass mobilization against the coup last June, Canada and the United States recognize the new president.

12:19 minutes (11.27 MB)

Redeye

First Nations oppose pipeline from tar sands to the B.C. coast

February 9, 2010

| The Wet'suwet'en is one of 50 First Nations whose territory will be crossed by the Northern Gateway pipeline.

10:02 minutes (9.19 MB)

Redeye

Canada's weapons industry thriving

February 9, 2010

| Canada has a reputation as a peaceful nation, yet the arms industry is alive and well here and providing weapons that fuel wars around the world.

14:44 minutes (13.5 MB)

Labour Show

Episode #24: Radio Labour Solidarity News Feb 7-14th

February 9, 2010

| The internet's newest International Labour Report

33:20 minutes (30.52 MB)

Redeye

Red tents for the homeless

February 8, 2010

| Bright red tents will soon be springing up in the streets on Vancouver, each one housing one or two people for a night. The tents are part of a campaign to pressure the federal government.

9:23 minutes (8.59 MB)

Speak!

Director of Human Rights Watch in Canada speaks out about Toronto Film Festival

February 9, 2010

| Jasmine Herlt, Director of Human Rights Watch's Canada Committee, and Samer Muscati, a researcher for the committee, both speak about the importance of film in relation to human rights awareness.

9:39 minutes (8.85 MB)

Redeye

Hidden costs of the 2010 Winter Olympics

February 9, 2010

| Chris Shaw takes us back to early estimates of the costs, and potential profits, of the Olympics and compares these figures with what we know now will be the total cost of the Games.

15:20 minutes (14.04 MB)

Redeye

Harper government behind cuts to Christian organization Kairos

February 10, 2010

| The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has stopped funding Kairos, saying it no longers fits CIDA priorities.

13:36 minutes (12.45 MB)

Redeye

New environmental group in B.C. to focus on protecting old-growth

February 10, 2010

| The Ancient Forest Alliance aims to work at a grassroots level to pressure government to save the remaining temperate rainforests that still exist in the province.

13:37 minutes (12.47 MB)

Redeye

B.C. schools facing massive funding cuts

February 9, 2010

| The provincial government has to find almost 300 million dollars more for public education next year, just to maintain current service. Early signs are that they will not cover the new costs.

12:32 minutes (11.47 MB)

Redeye

2010 Olympics have greatest impact on least fortunate

February 10, 2010

| Cecily Nicholson of the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre talks about how the people she works with have been affected disproportionately by the Olympic Games.

15:37 minutes (14.3 MB)

Redeye

Call Mr. Robeson

February 14, 2010

| Tayo Aluko wrote, performs and sings in this one-man show about Robeson, one of the most famous singers, actors and political activists of his time.

26:36 minutes (24.36 MB)

Redeye

W2 Culture and Media House

February 14, 2010

| W2 opened in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside two days before the 2010 Olympics started. The Media House aims to be a centre for indy journalists to report on the Games and the anti-Olympic convergence.

10:50 minutes (9.92 MB)

Redeye

Obama administration refuses to condemn torturers

February 16, 2010

| In Washington, the Justice Department is about to issue an ethics report, reviewing the use of torture by U.S. officials.

11:54 minutes (10.9 MB)

Redeye

New report critiques U.S. policy in Africa

February 16, 2010

| Africa Policy Outlook 2010 is produced by Africa Action, the oldest African social justice organization to operate in the U.S. We speak with executive director Gerald Lemelle.

15:05 minutes (13.82 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)

Redeye

Women's Memorial March

February 14, 2010

| For the past 19 years, on February 14, people mourn and remember the women who have been disappeared and murdered in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

14:22 minutes (13.16 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:2 Building Resilience: an Exclusive Feature Interview with Buzz Holling 44m20s)

February 17, 2010

| The guy who invented ecological Resilience thinking discusses... Resilience.

44:13 minutes (40.49 MB)

Labour Show

Episode #25: Radio Labour Solidarity News Feb 14-21st

February 17, 2010

| Canadian based International Labour Report

29:46 minutes (27.25 MB)

Redeye

Every goodbye ain't gone

February 16, 2010

| Salt Spring Island on the B.C, coast is home to over 50 Black people. The history of Black people on the island is the subject of a photographic narrative by Evelyn C. White and Joanne Bealy.

11:09 minutes (10.21 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

A Debate Special: "Will Ecology Dominate The 21st Century?"

February 17, 2010

| Environmetnal heavyweights Thomas Homer Dixon and Stephen Bocking square off while Robert Gibson referees and maintains civility.

113:14 minutes (103.67 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)

Aw@l

Indigenous resistance to the 2010 Olympics -- panel discussion

February 18, 2010

| A panel discussion from the anti-olympic summit on indigenous resistance to the 2010 Winter Olympics.

65:13 minutes (105.88 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)

Aw@l

Squatchi speaks out - Olympic mascot bashes the Games

February 21, 2010

| Squatchi changes sides and supports the anti-olympic movement..

24:23 minutes (39.59 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

We Reach for the Silver Lining (and fail) - CPAC, Olympics and Corporate Rights

February 21, 2010

| We promised some good news you might have missed and we deliver but then when you look at the U.S gathering of conservatives and the Olympics, well things can get ugly.

34:53 minutes (31.95 MB)

Redeye

Olympic Tent Village

February 22, 2010

| Dave Diewert of Streams of Justice explains why he and other activists decided to set up a tent village on Hastings Street during the Winter Olympics.

15:39 minutes (14.34 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver [de] Tour Guide 2010

February 22, 2010

| A new Internet-based resource using Google map technology to show visitors some of the hidden history of Vancouver.

11:53 minutes (10.89 MB)

Redeye

Legal observer reports on police actions during anti-Olympic protests

February 22, 2010

| Peggy Lee is a member of the Olympic Resistance Network's Legal Committe and she's been observing the police over the first week of the Olympics.

11:31 minutes (10.55 MB)

Redeye

Activists petition CRTC for more meaningful public access to community TV

February 22, 2010

| The Canadian Broadcasting Act requires TV and cable companies to support public access and gives them $100 million to do so. Critics say the money is tightly controlled by the companies.

14:52 minutes (13.62 MB)

Aw@l

Heeding the call - International support and solidarity against the olympics.

February 17, 2010

| A press conference with protesters from outside of BC who came to the anti-olympic convergence.

38:49 minutes (63.01 MB)

Living On Purpose

#167 ~ Hawai'i is calling you

January 17, 2010

| David Gaynes creates a bridge between visitors and Hawai'ian healers.

19:53 minutes (18.21 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

February 22, 2010

| Labour news from the Asia Pacific Region - Australia Asia Worker Links

27:49 minutes (12.75 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

The Red Tent Campaign for Housing

February 16, 2010

| Rebecca Cuttler interviews Am Johal , Chair of the Impact of the Olympics on Communities Committee about the Red Tent Housing campaign

9:05 minutes (8.32 MB)

Redeye

Ryerson University takes a long hard look at racism on campus

February 24, 2010

| After a year-long investigation, a team made up of students, staff and administration released their report and recommendations. Dr. Grace-Edward Galabuzi is co-chair of the Taskforce of Anti-Racism.

12:43 minutes (11.64 MB)

Redeye

Grassroots media report on the 2010 Olympics

February 24, 2010

| The Vancouver Media Coop has been the centre of much of the reporting of protests against the Games. During the day of autonomous actions on Feb. 13, their coverage was picked up across North America.

17:10 minutes (15.73 MB)

Redeye

U.S. military budget for 2010 climbs to $744 billion

February 24, 2010

| Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military bases around the world, the nuclear weapons program -- all this adds up to a budget that leaves nothing for foreign aid or for tackling climate change.

12:01 minutes (11 MB)

Living On Purpose

#168 ~ Year of the Metis - Part 1

February 23, 2010

| Lyn Hancock has updated the story of Sam Livingston and Jane Howse in 'The Ring.'

23:45 minutes (21.75 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)

Needs No Introduction

A Diversity of Tactics: A Diversity of Opinions

February 27, 2010

| On Feb. 20 in Vancouver, Derrick O'Keefe and Harsha Walia presented opposing perspectives as part of a discussion on the diversity of protest tactics.

38:30 minutes (35.26 MB)

Needs No Introduction

A Diversity of Tactics: Part Two

February 28, 2010

| The second half of a discussion held Feb. 20 in Vancouver to examine the criticisms and benefits of a diversity of protest tactics.

32:43 minutes (29.97 MB)

Labour Show

Episode #26: Radio Labour Solidarity News Feb 21-27th

March 1, 2010

| Canadian-based international labour report.

30:02 minutes (27.5 MB)

Redeye

Black Bloc tactics spark intense debate

March 2, 2010

| Following the 2010 Heart Attack actions on February 13, anti-Olympic activists were divided in their response to the actions of the Black Bloc.

72:24 minutes (66.29 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)

Street Cred

Back from Haiti

March 1, 2010

| Montreal nurse Scott Weinstein returns from Haiti.

11:25 minutes (10.46 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Olympic red tents wrap-up

March 3, 2010

| Olympic Canadian Pavilion wrapped up in red tent protest. We talked to John Richardson about how the campaign went and what is next for Pivot and the National Housing Strategy protest.

14:28 minutes (13.25 MB)

Labour Show

Episode #28: Radio Labour - The Solidarity Report Feb 28th-Mar 6th

March 4, 2010

| Canadian based international labour report

28:10 minutes (25.8 MB)

Redeye

The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan

March 3, 2010

| A new play by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop imagines a Don Juan released from hell to warn us not to do what he did. Laura Lamb went to see the production and shares her thoughts.

12:15 minutes (11.22 MB)

Redeye

Canada violates Olympic truce

March 5, 2010

| As the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics were taking place on Feb. 12, NATO launched the largest offensive in the nine years of the war in Afghanistan.

13:31 minutes (12.38 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Olympic Image? 1976 Montreal pre-Games crackdown on queers

March 2, 2010

| Gary Kinsman, co-author of the Canadian War on Queers, on the crackdown on queer folk and their resistance as part of the "clean up" leading up to the 1976 Montreal Olympic games.

26:43 minutes (24.47 MB)

Redeye

Africville apology angers community activist

March 8, 2010

| Last month the mayor of Halifax apologized to the former residents of a black community razed to the ground in the 1960s. Denise Allen says the apology was totally inadequate.

17:21 minutes (15.89 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)

Redeye

United States steps up bombing campaign in Pakistan

March 9, 2010

| The U.S. military, with the tacit approval of the highest levels of governments, is conducting an intensive bombing campaign in areas purported to be under Taliban control.

15:07 minutes (13.85 MB)

Redeye

Fighting violence against women in Ethiopia

March 10, 2010

| Semhal Getachew is a women's rights lawyer from Ethiopia. She was one of the speakers at an International Women's Day forum organized in Vancouver.

10:40 minutes (9.77 MB)

Redeye

Transforming society through popular power

March 10, 2010

| Communal councils build houses and repair roads, organize sports and create a community history. Federico Fuentes explains how the councils work and why they succeed in bringing about real change.

11:40 minutes (10.68 MB)

Redeye

Kenney nixes queer content from guide for new Canadians

March 9, 2010

| A freedom of information request by Canadian Press revealed that the office of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney deleted references to the civil rights of queer Canadians from a guide for immigrants.

10:37 minutes (9.72 MB)

Labour Show

Episode #29: Radio Labour Solidarity Report March 7th-13th

March 13, 2010

| Canadian based international labour report

28:13 minutes (25.83 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver's Megaphone speaks out

March 9, 2010

| Writer and editor Kevin Hollett talks about the Megaphone, the Olympics and Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

10:57 minutes (10.03 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)

Aw@l

Talk - Action = Zero. an interview with D.O.A.

March 11, 2010

| We talk with DOA about their new album and the Olympics in their city. We also speak with Harjap Grewal of No One Is Illegal - Coast Salish, and Stella August of Vancouver's Power of Women

24:29 minutes (22.43 MB)

Redeye

Whole Foods Market challenged to 'walk the talk'

March 16, 2010

| At a shareholders' meeting in Vancouver, one of the leading sellers of organic goods was accused of misleading consumers with its labelling of products.

14:44 minutes (13.5 MB)

Redeye

Mistrust of U.S. runs deep in Iran

March 16, 2010

| Despite a crackdown on the reform movement and widespread repression, Iranians want the United States to stay out of their domestic politics, according to historian Professor Ervand Abrahamian.

12:26 minutes (11.39 MB)

Redeye

Evangelical organization gets $7 million for youth centre in Winnipeg's inner city

March 16, 2010

| Michael Champagne works with the Community Education Development Association, an organization that questioned the recent allocation of a large sum of federal and municipal money to Youth for Christ.

11:27 minutes (10.48 MB)

Redeye

Talking podcasts

March 16, 2010

| The rpn's Meagan Perry explains what podcasts are, how you can use them and what she's looking to include in the rabble podcast network.

12:50 minutes (11.75 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)

Redeye

Heroes: From a disability perspective

March 17, 2010

| A group art exhibit organized as part of the Kickstart Festival of Disability Arts and Culture opened on March 8. The artists in the show explore what heroism means to them. We speak with Cleo Pawson.

12:19 minutes (11.29 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Dr. Sherene Razack on 'Reflections on Torture at Abu Ghraib'

March 15, 2010

| Six years after the photographs hit the press, OISE professor and author, Dr. Sherene Razack speaks on “We didn't kill 'em, we didn't cut their heads off": Reflections on Torture at Abu Ghraib.

42:55 minutes (39.3 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Social enterprise lawyers

March 17, 2010

| This week we talked to Katrina Pacey, managing partner of Pivot Legal LLP, about an exciting event coming up where they will be judged.

9:36 minutes (8.79 MB)

Speak!

Realities of the regime: The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran

March 16, 2010

| Baha'is in Iran have been persecuted by their government for years, and the West continues to turn a blind eye.

9:55 minutes (9.09 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report March 14th-20th

March 18, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features.

28:14 minutes (25.86 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)

Africafiles: The Pulse

Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all - International Women's Day in Africa

March 18, 2010

| African women have been celebrating the International Women's Day since 1911. But what does the day really mean to them? What have they benefited from it?

10:16 minutes (9.42 MB)

Redeye

Pablo Solon: Change the system, not the climate

March 18, 2010

| Pablo Solon was lead negotiator for Bolivia at December's climate conference in Copenhagen. In this talk, recorded in Vancouver, he talks about what went wrong in Denmark.

29:02 minutes (26.59 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)

Asia Pacific Currents

Protests in Thailand

March 20, 2010

| Labor news from the Asia-Pacific Region. Interview about "red-shirt" protests in Thailand, with socialist commentator Giles Ungapakorn.

28:25 minutes (26.02 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Prost! Here's to your health America

March 23, 2010

| It isn't pretty (and doesn't cover everyone, except maybe insurance companies) but there is something to this vote that could change the political winds a bit in the U.S.

34:50 minutes (39.88 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:2 Building Resilience: Extra Bits (28m11s)

March 23, 2010

| Andrew McMurry on Rhetoric and Robert Gibson on Simplicity

28:08 minutes (25.75 MB)

Redeye

Migrant workers demand unpaid wages

March 25, 2010

| Much of the construction that went on in Vancouver prior to the 2010 Olympics was done by foreign temporary workers. Some of the workers have now ended up being owed large sums of money.

8:58 minutes (8.22 MB)

Redeye

A tribute to Hari Sharma

March 25, 2010

| Hari Sharma died on March 16, 2010 after a long illness. He was an activist throughout his life, working to end racism and to support working people both in Canada, India and elsewhere.

6:48 minutes (6.23 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)

Redeye

Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid

March 26, 2010

| In this book, Yves Engler challenges the belief that Canada was an evenhanded player in the Middle East until the Harper government changed course and adopted a radical pro-Israel stance.

20:33 minutes (18.82 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver Bus Riders Union opposes fare increase

March 26, 2010

| Translink is increasing the fare on monthly passes and strip tickets for transit users in Vancouver's Lower Mainland. The new prices will make the system inaccessible to many low-income residents.

12:49 minutes (11.74 MB)

Redeye

Arms and The Man

March 25, 2010

| Theatre at UBC is staging a new production of George Bernard Shaw's famous anti-war play. Laura Lamb went to see the play and shares her thoughts.

11:57 minutes (10.95 MB)

Redeye

Café Justicia organizer forced to flee Guatemala

March 25, 2010

| Leocadio Juaracán is the national coordinator of the CCDA, a campesino organization that work for human rights in Guatemala. In February he began receiving death threats.

27:00 minutes (24.73 MB)

Redeye

Racism motion contentious at Vancouver City Council

March 25, 2010

| When city councillor Ellen Woodsworth brought a motion to council to join the Canada’s Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination, she thought it was a no-brainer.

14:28 minutes (13.25 MB)

Street Cred

Esperanto

March 28, 2010

| Bridging the linguistic divide in Canada.

7:07 minutes (6.52 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents: News from Turkey, Bangladesh, Iran, Korea and more

March 27, 2010

| Regional labour update + interview with Dr. Chong-ok Kong on Samsung OH&S international campaign

29:53 minutes (13.7 MB)

Redeye

Greenpeace criticized for hiring Tzeporah Berman

March 30, 2010

| Dru Oja Jay is one of the people behind a new website raising concerns about the appointment of someone he sees as representing corporate attempts to weaken environmental activism.

13:46 minutes (12.61 MB)

Redeye

Public left out of new US health care bill

March 28, 2010

| After months of political wrangling the US House of Representatives finally passed a new health care bill. The bill will keep insurance companies healthy, but will do little for the US public.

12:13 minutes (13.15 MB)

Redeye

Nigeria's new president from the oil-rich Niger Delta

March 30, 2010

| Nigeria is a country divided into north and south, Muslim and Christian. The north has always been the power base and the south has had the oil wealth. Now things are changing.

14:37 minutes (13.38 MB)

Redeye

Canadian Border Services agents raid women's shelters in Toronto

March 30, 2010

| Canadian government officials searching for undocumented people have entered and searched shelters for women escaping domestic violence. Farrah Miranda is with the Shelter-Sanctuary-Status Campaign.

11:24 minutes (10.44 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report March 21st-27th

March 30, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features

28:07 minutes (25.75 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report March 28th - April 3rd

March 31, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:12 minutes (25.83 MB)

Aw@l

Fossil fools and ignorant tools: Why does Canada not care about justice?

March 30, 2010

| Interview with CYCC organizer Sterling Stutz, an update on upcoming Grassy Narrows actions in Toronto and Dan responds to blind nationalism.

50:52 minutes (46.59 MB)

Redeye

Setting a fair agenda for the G8

March 30, 2010

| When the world's richest nations meet in Canada in 2010, Dennis Howlett wants poverty to be on the agenda. He is national coordinator of the Canadian organization Make Poverty History.

9:43 minutes (8.9 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)

Street Cred

Pirate Party

April 2, 2010

| Following the success of the Swedish Pirate Party in the European parliament, the Pirate Party of Canada was formed late last year.

11:54 minutes (5.45 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents - labour news

April 3, 2010

| Update on regional Asian labour issues and interview with Mahendra from the Working Peoples Association (PRP) on labour organising in Indonesia.

29:31 minutes (13.53 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report April 3rd - 10th

April 5, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features.

28:11 minutes (25.82 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)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver Homeless shelter dwellers meet, closure deadline looms

April 8, 2010

| Wendy Pedersen talks about planned closures of the homeless shelters opened before the Olympics.

12:06 minutes (11.09 MB)

Aw@l

Clean Water: Our survival, Grassy Narrow River Run in Toronto

April 9, 2010

| The Indigenous Anishnabe of northwestern Ontario led a march to the legislature buildings in Toronto, demanding justice for the poisoning of their rivers and their lands.

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50:34 minutes (46.3 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Land rights in Melanesia

April 10, 2010

| Labor news from the Asia-Pacific. Interview about proposed reform to customary land tenure in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with Steven Sukot, from the Bismarck Ramu Group.

29:21 minutes (26.88 MB)

Street Cred

Guerrilla gardeners

April 12, 2010

| In Montreal, the practice of guerrilla gardening has become much more than a hobby, it's a lifestyle.

4:50 minutes (2.22 MB)

Africafiles: The Pulse

Cameroon/Nigeria: The Social Side of the Bakassi Peninsula Crisis - Part II

April 14, 2010

| The resolution of the Cameroon-Nigeria sovereignty dispute over oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula has been described by the UN as "a diplomatic success". Exactly how successful was it?

15:47 minutes (14.45 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to replace homeless shelters?

April 14, 2010

| Am Johal, chair of the Impact on Communities Coalition, talks about a national housing proposal to be introduced in Parliament this month, and the Red Tents campaign.

15:03 minutes (13.79 MB)

rabble radio

#103 - Puttin' it out there

April 13, 2010

| An ethics expert on the importance of hate speech, eco-defenders stand up to corporate greenwashing, talking access to content with Canada's Pirate Party, and truckers with something to say.

28:41 minutes (26.31 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report April 11 - 17th

April 15, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:09 minutes (25.77 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)

Street Cred

Beyond 1267

April 14, 2010

| Abdelrazik talks about his ordeal.

8:24 minutes (3.85 MB)

Africafiles: The Pulse

Cameroon/Nigeria: The social side of the Bakassi Peninsula Crisis

April 14, 2010

| The resolution of the Cameroon-Nigeria sovereignty dispute over oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula has been described by the UN as "a diplomatic success." Exactly how successful was it?

14:03 minutes (12.86 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:3b "the War in the Country"

April 15, 2010

| Alternatives interviews Thomas Pawlick about his new book "the War in the Country: How the Fight to save Rural Life will shape our Future."

47:51 minutes (43.82 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)

Alternatives Podcast

36:3 "Green" Books 2010

April 15, 2010

| An overview of the best environmental titles of the year.

51:50 minutes (71.18 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Protests in Thailand and regional labour news

April 17, 2010

| India Unilever, Asia asbestos, ATNC rallies, Japan railworkers compensation. Interview with Ji Ungpakorn, social activist and commentator, on analysis of the recent demonstrations in Thailand.

31:04 minutes (14.23 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report April 18 - 24th

April 21, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:15 minutes (25.88 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)

Needs No Introduction

Resistance across borders

April 21, 2010

| rabble.ca was the media sponsor for a panel held in Toronto to discuss Canada's role in international conflict, and the effects of war on security and border policies.

120:33 minutes (110.39 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Me or your lying eyes -- the tea party, the Pope and the pursuit of truth

April 23, 2010

| Sure the Tea Party folks are upset, but should progressives care? And in Europe the Catholic church sex-abuse scandal is making some interesting waves. Plus news you might have missed!

29:55 minutes (34.24 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:3c Wade Davis on The Wayfinder

April 23, 2010

| 2009 Massey Lecturer Wade Davis in conversation with Nicola Ross

33:44 minutes (30.89 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report April 25th - Mayday

April 26, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:12 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

Canada: World leader in asbestos export

April 27, 2010

| The federal government not only allows Canadians to be exposed to much higher levels of asbestos than other countries but also continues to export asbestos to places with lower health standards.

11:30 minutes (10.54 MB)

Redeye

Coastal First Nations announce opposition to tar sands pipeline

April 27, 2010

| Gerald Amos is director of an alliance of First Nations on British Columbia's North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii. The alliance announced its ban on the 21st anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill.

11:23 minutes (10.43 MB)

Redeye

Opposing Project Hero

April 26, 2010

| John Conway is one of a group of faculty at the University of Regina who signed a petition objecting to free tuition for children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

10:01 minutes (9.17 MB)

Redeye

What wrong's with legislating against the niqab

April 26, 2010

| Itrath Sayed comments on Quebec's Bill 94 that aims to limit women's access to government services if they are wearing the niqab.

10:37 minutes (9.73 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

How much protection does Canada's child welfare system provide?

April 27, 2010

| Street-youth turned documentarian Andree Cazabon speaks about her latest film series about youth in care.

27:27 minutes (31.42 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Deconstructing Psychiatry: Filmmaker and activist explore psychiatry's impact on their lives

April 28, 2010

| Cindy Lou Griffith and Irit Shimrat discuss the movement for self-determination amongst psychiatry patients.

31:10 minutes (35.67 MB)

Redeye

Shaming corporations more effective than guilting consumers

April 28, 2010

| Jennifer Jacquet of the Fisheries Centre at UBC argues that environmental activists should focus their energy on the changing the behaviour of corporations -- and that shame is a valuable tool.

11:56 minutes (10.92 MB)

Redeye

Relief efforts in Haiti not respecting national sovereignty

April 28, 2010

| With the central government of the country largely left out of rebuilding efforts, activists are concerned about what the results of so much international aid flooding into the country will be.

12:08 minutes (11.11 MB)

Redeye

Canada muzzles climate change scientists

April 27, 2010

| The federal government releases important reports late in the day on Friday, reduces funding for critical climate change science and prevents scientists from speaking out on climate change.

14:21 minutes (13.14 MB)

Redeye

Learning from the boycott campaign against South Africa

April 29, 2010

| Palestinians and their supporters have modeled their campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions on the successful campaign against apartheid.

15:07 minutes (13.85 MB)

Redeye

What to expect at the G8/G20 People's Summit

April 29, 2010

| The majority of the world's countries and peoples are not represented by the G8 and the G20. Organizers are is inviting people from across Canada and around the world to Toronto to participate.

13:25 minutes (12.29 MB)

Redeye

Honduran journalists murdered amidst calls for new constitution

April 29, 2010

| Despite a military coup, rigged elections, and severe repression, the population of Honduras remains resilient in its demand for a new constitution.

16:09 minutes (14.79 MB)

Redeye

A look at the Windsor Workers' Action Centre

April 30, 2010

| Created in 2007 by workers, students and community activists in Ontario, the centre promotes worker solidarity and is committed to improving working conditions in low-wage and unstable employment.

13:05 minutes (11.98 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

New provincial law bans social assistance for people with warrants

April 28, 2010

| Rebecca Cuttler interviews Pivot lawyer Doug King about the new provincial legislation banning social assistance for people who have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

14:20 minutes (13.12 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Canada's role in torturing Afghan prisoners

April 28, 2010

| B.C. lawyer Grace Pastine reports on the Military Police Complaints Commission hearings in Ottawa.

18:29 minutes (21.15 MB)

Street Cred

Das Buch

May 2, 2010

| The death of independent bookstores in Canada.

4:10 minutes (3.82 MB)

Street Cred

Bonaventure Project

April 15, 2010

| An interview with SHM President Isabelle Hudon about the Bonaventure Project in Montreal.

5:38 minutes (2.58 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver's activist band marches on

May 2, 2010

| Marching bands come from a military background, but bands like Vancouver's Carnival Band have stood that tradition on its head. Tim Sars explains what's behind the music we hear on rallies.

13:41 minutes (12.53 MB)

Redeye

Guerilla arting

May 2, 2010

| Artists Carla Bergman and Arlin French of the Purple Thistle Centre talk about what guerilla art is and why they practice it.

10:18 minutes (9.43 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)

Redeye

Datadotgc.ca: a citizen-led beta for government data

May 2, 2010

| A group of democratic activists have launched a new website which is raising awareness about government transparency. They say its shocking how bad the Canadian government is at sharing information.

11:17 minutes (10.33 MB)

Redeye

New trail built to bear witness

May 2, 2010

| The South Fraser Perimeter road is a freeway project that will eliminate much potential parkland along the Fraser River. Activists have created the Witness Trail to show people what's at stake.

11:59 minutes (10.98 MB)

Redeye

One Big Union: smaller, but just as relevant

May 2, 2010

| Built on the rallying cry of One Big Union, the Industrial Workers of the World has long distinguished itself for its inclusiveness and willingness to side with the most marginalized workers.

14:30 minutes (13.28 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Lost in the desert: Bad laws and poor politics

April 30, 2010

| The crazy is coming out in Arizona, but this likely unconstitutional immigration law might really be about something else, plus other political news and views.

34:58 minutes (32.01 MB)

Street Cred

Sprout Out Loud!

May 3, 2010

| Sprout Out Loud! is a gardener's ensemble in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. This is the story of their project Roerich Garden in Mile End.

9:02 minutes (4.15 MB)

Redeye

Growth of far right in Hungary poses a danger to Roma

May 4, 2010

| Right-wing and far-right parties made significant gains in Hungary's recent national election. This rise in support has coincided with an increase in violence against Roma people.

18:20 minutes (16.8 MB)

Redeye

Roma refugees face prejudice from ministry officials

May 4, 2010

| Before Immigration Canada imposed a visa requirement on the Czech Republic, 85% of Roma refugee claims were accepted. Now that has gone down to almost zero. We speak with Bill Bila in Toronto.

9:29 minutes (8.69 MB)

Redeye

How British MP George Galloway was banned from Canada

May 5, 2010

| Cathryn Atkinson has looked closely at documents mistakenly sent to George Galloway's legal team showing bureaucrats in the office of Jason Kenney orchestrated the ban.

16:10 minutes (14.81 MB)

Aw@l

Barrick Gold is mining Canada's shame

May 4, 2010

| Indigenous of the world to Barrick Gold's shareholders: There is no fair compensation for the death of our mother -- just leave our lands!

57:17 minutes (131.11 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report May 2nd - May 9th

May 6, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:12 minutes (25.84 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tent on sidewalk - ticket cancelled after Pivot action

May 4, 2010

| A homeless man's Red Tent on the sidewalk outside BC's courthouse resulted in a violation ticket being handed out and then cancelled

8:59 minutes (8.23 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)

Redeye

Ontario proposes changes to provincial drug plan

May 5, 2010

| The Ontario government is trying to cut down its rapidly increasing costs for the Ontario Drug Benefit Program. Dr. Joel Lexchin thinks they're not going about it the right way.

14:02 minutes (12.84 MB)

Street Cred

Underground Cinema opens in Toronto

May 5, 2010

| Toronto's newest movie house, the Toronto Underground Cinema, opens May 14, 2010. It will be the second largest single screen cinema in Toronto.

7:06 minutes (3.26 MB)

Redeye

Israeli Apartheid Week a success in Winnipeg

May 11, 2010

| The University of Winnipeg hosted its first week of events to raise awareness about Israeli actions and policies towards Palestinians. Brian Latour is one of the student organizers.

9:48 minutes (8.97 MB)

Redeye

A grassroots agenda for climate change

May 12, 2010

| Activists attending the people's conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia came up with a declaration articulating a radical new approach to the issue of climate change. Ben Powless tells us how they did it.

17:36 minutes (16.12 MB)

Living On Purpose

#171 ~ Salmon are sacred - Alexandra Morton

May 8, 2010

| Alexandra Morton and others walked from Sointula April 23, 2010 to reach Victoria May 8 in support of wild salmon.

14:18 minutes (13.1 MB)

Redeye

A new place to find anti-racism resources

May 11, 2010

| Anti-racism.ca is a website designed for a wide variety of users from employers and workers to students and educators. Michael Ma teaches in the department of criminology at Kwantlen College.

11:11 minutes (10.24 MB)

Redeye

Oxfam America under fire over GMOs

May 12, 2010

| Food activists question Oxfam America's stance that "transgenic crops offer enormous possibilities." Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute was one of the signatories of an open letter to Oxfam.

14:38 minutes (13.4 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report May 9th - May 15th

May 10, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from the Labour Show.

28:12 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

New chair of Vancouver Coastal Health proponent of two-tier healthcare

May 12, 2010

| Kip Woodward is a former board member of the for-profit Cambie Surgery Centre. Yet the B.C. government has just appointed Woodward to oversee the second-largest health authority in the province.

11:07 minutes (10.18 MB)

Redeye

Palestinian activist reflects on visit to South Africa

May 15, 2010

| Ali Abunimah has just returned from meeting with solidarity activists and government officials in South Africa. Abunimah is co-founder of Electronic Intifada.

14:35 minutes (13.36 MB)

Redeye

B.C. government cuts benefits for homeless and seriously ill

May 17, 2010

| Following the provincial budget, the B.C. Liberals announced that they were cutting dental support, shelter allowance for the homeless and other services for the poorest people in the province.

15:24 minutes (14.1 MB)

Redeye

Understanding the Greek debt crisis

May 15, 2010

| Bankruptcy, massive protests and accusations of corruption have dominated the media's coverage of the Greek economic crisis. Belt-tightening is the proposed solution. Costas Panayotakis disagrees.

13:25 minutes (12.28 MB)

Redeye

Copper mine threatens pristine lake in B.C.'s interior

May 15, 2010

| Fish Lake, or Tetzan Biny, is a piece of the ancestral heritage of the Tsilhq ot'in people of the Nemiah Valley as well as a source of food today. Taseko Mines wants to turn it into a tailings pond.

18:52 minutes (17.27 MB)

Redeye

A new vision for community TV

May 16, 2010

| Catherine Edwards thinks it's time for cable companies to open up their airways to communities to create programming. Edwards is with CACTUS, an advocacy group for public access broadcasting.

14:16 minutes (13.07 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Update on Thailand protests

May 15, 2010

| Update on Thailand protests, Iranian unionist execution and interview on south Korean labour movement.

25:44 minutes (11.79 MB)

Redeye

Deepwater oil drilling never safe

May 12, 2010

| Chevron Canada has just begun work on the deepest oil well ever drilled in Canadian waters. Antonia Juhasz says the leak in the Gulf of Mexico will help us fight offshore driling.

16:33 minutes (15.15 MB)

Redeye

Residents of a small town in Ecuador sue the Toronto Stock Exchange

May 16, 2010

| Three people who live in Intag, Ecuador, launched a one and a half billion dollar lawsuit in court in Ontario, suing both the mining company Copper Mesa and the TSE.

18:28 minutes (16.91 MB)

Redeye

Bolivian social movements inspire climate alternatives

May 18, 2010

| The recent climate conference in Cochabamba did not arise out of the blue. It was, in many ways, a reflection of the political processes at work in Bolivia itself.

15:41 minutes (14.36 MB)

Redeye

Sanctions-busting telethon for Abousfian Abdelrazik

May 16, 2010

| Nearly a year has passed since a federal court judge ordered the Canadian government to allow Abdelrazik to return home to Canada. But he still can't work, have a bank account, or travel.

12:50 minutes (11.76 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Shrill baby shrill: Right wing rhetoric rising

May 17, 2010

| The Maine Republican party goes Tea Party, a Senator calls for guilty until proven innocent, another TP group wants U.S. senators to be appointed, but democracy might be breaking out in Britain.

32:10 minutes (29.45 MB)

radio book lounge

Episode 28 - Peter Steven on The News

May 21, 2010

| Matt Adams, host of I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!, chats with author Peter Steven about his new book The News: A Groundwork Guide.

24:58 minutes (22.86 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report May 16th - May 22nd

May 21, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 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)

Redeye

Lose your kids and you can lose your house too

May 26, 2010

| When one B.C. ministry takes children into temporary care, another B.C. ministry reduces the shelter allowance and parents lose their housing. This makes it very hard for the children to return home.

12:37 minutes (11.56 MB)

Redeye

Mining company threatens Talonbooks

May 25, 2010

| Barrick Gold corporation threatened a small publisher in British Columbia with defamation if it published a book critical of Canada's role in the international mining industry.

16:01 minutes (14.67 MB)

Redeye

Holding Goldcorp accountable

May 25, 2010

| Goldcorp is a Vancouver-based mining company active in Central America where it faces widespread opposition. This week Central American activists attended Goldcorp's annual shareholder meeting.

15:57 minutes (14.61 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report May 23rd-29th

May 27, 2010

| 30 Minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:44 minutes (26.32 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: The No.15 Canadian General Hospital in Northern Africa

May 30, 2010

| Tabitha Marshall speaks about the accomplishments of the hospital, referencing the diary and letters of Colonel J.R.D. Farmer, its Commanding Officer.

26:29 minutes (24.27 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Space, Culture and the Ecocritical Imagination

May 30, 2010

| Alessandra Capperdoni discusses space and post-colonial literature in the first installment of rabble's podcast series from this year's Congress at Concordia University.

25:41 minutes (23.54 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: 'Voices from the second wave and the feminization of Canadian medicine'

May 30, 2010

| At the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Jackie Duffin and Meryn Stuart discuss the challenges faced and achievements made by Canada's female medical professionals.

16:15 minutes (14.91 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

B.C. welfare policy hurting family reunification

May 18, 2010

| Pivot Lawyer Lobat Sadrehashemi talks about a complaint filed to the B.C. Ombudsperson regarding a policy that makes it difficult for foster children to return to their parents.

9:26 minutes (8.64 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Broadbent on the rise and fall of economic and social rights. What's next?

May 31, 2010

| Ed Broadbent suggests Canadians have reached "a new barbarism" in our approach to human rights and equality.

55:45 minutes (51.07 MB)

Redeye

Queer group barred from Toronto Pride parade

June 1, 2010

| Some of Toronto Pride's founding members belong to a group now banned from participating in the parade. Elle Flanders is with Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.

12:58 minutes (11.87 MB)

Redeye

Academics challenge SLAPP suits

June 1, 2010

| A SLAPP is a strategic lawsuit against public participation, brought by a corporation to silence criticism of their actions. Michel Seymour is concerned about the effects on academic freedom.

14:35 minutes (13.35 MB)

Redeye

Synthia: First artificial life form

June 1, 2010

| The creation of life made to order in a lab opens a Pandora's Box, according to Pat Mooney of the ETC group. He argues there's much more at stake than we might think.

11:17 minutes (10.33 MB)

Redeye

A First Nations take on the U.S. immigration debate

June 1, 2010

| The reservation that Alex Soto lives on straddles the border between the United States and Mexico. He shares his views on the current debate in Arizona about border and immigration controls.

14:28 minutes (13.24 MB)

Redeye

Alternatives to Growth

June 1, 2010

| The de-growth movement says that efficiency is not the panacea for our ecological woes -- in fact, it has led to a major increase in our ecological footprint. Conrad Schmidt explains how.

11:59 minutes (10.97 MB)

Redeye

Forest agreement will not save woodland caribou

June 1, 2010

| The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement has been hailed as a historic deal that could save a significant amount of caribou habitat. Stan Boutin is a biologist in Alberta.

11:10 minutes (10.23 MB)

Redeye

Mump and Smoot

June 1, 2010

| Canada's so-called horror clowns bring their new production Cracked to the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Laura Lamb shares her thoughts on the show.

14:13 minutes (13.02 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Irma Levasseur, 'Femme Médecin Tombée dans l'Oubli'

May 31, 2010

| Needs No Introduction's first lecture en français, presented by Hugues Théorêt, discusses the recognition owed to Canada's first female French-Canadian doctor.

22:46 minutes (20.88 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

Margaret Atwood: A feature interview

June 1, 2010

| Alternatives Editor in Chief Nicola Ross talks literature and the environment with Margaret Atwood.

45:59 minutes (42.1 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report May 30th - June 5th

June 2, 2010

| Thirty minutes of labour news and features from around the world.

28:38 minutes (26.22 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: The oral histories of medical education

June 1, 2010

| Jonathan Reinarz speaks about his conversations with medical consultants who worked in provincial England during the 1930s and 1940s.

27:06 minutes (24.84 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Nollywood cinema and postmodern youth culture in Africa

May 31, 2010

| Through the combined influences of globalization, inherited customs and the postmodern condition, young Africans are constructing a new identity. Paul Ugor explains.

29:39 minutes (27.17 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: North-South relations under the Clean Development Mechanism

June 2, 2010

| Beth Jean Evans argues that this key mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol sacrifices the interests of the Global South for those of the North.

16:24 minutes (15.04 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Cybermetrically ranking Canada's premiers

June 3, 2010

| JP Lewis explains how he did it, why he did it, and who won.

15:45 minutes (14.45 MB)

rabble radio

#106: Interview with Canadian Kevin Neish as he boarded Gaza flotilla

May 31, 2010

| The Free Gaza flotilla has been attacked by the Israeli navy. Kevin Neish is a canadian peace activist who was on one of the boats. He spoke to rabble radio Friday as he was preparing to depart.

14:35 minutes (13.37 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Canada and the global struggle for economic and environmental justice (#2)

June 3, 2010

| The second part of this three-part roundtable features Sonja Killoran-McKibbon of Toronto Bolivia Solidarity.

15:42 minutes (14.4 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Canada and the global struggle for economic and environmental justice (#3)

June 3, 2010

| This third and final installment of roundtable discussion features Fred Wilson as closing speaker.

17:44 minutes (16.27 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Politics and procedure of the Manitoba NDP leadership selection process

June 4, 2010

| Jared Wesley presents his analysis of the recent election to replace Gary Doer.

8:56 minutes (8.2 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: 'New Relations, New Opportunities? Food Sovereignty in Kenya and Canada'

June 2, 2010

| Leigh Brownhill examines movements in both countries to assess their strength at alleviating poverty and offering climate-friendly farming practices.

17:20 minutes (15.9 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Canada and the global struggle for economic and environmental justice (#1)

June 3, 2010

| Ben Powless was the first speaker in a roundtable exploring opportunities for reshaping social movements, with particular emphasis on Indigenous movements.

21:56 minutes (20.11 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: The crisis of American imperial society

June 4, 2010

| Florian Olsen lectures on ideas of sacrifice in regards to the war in Iraq, and division between Americans as a result of the conflict.

17:32 minutes (16.08 MB)

Living On Purpose

#172 ~ Crystal journey across Canada

June 4, 2010

| David Hickey and his crystal bowl family are heading west!

71:33 minutes (65.51 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: 'Eco-Theology and the State of Christian Environmentalism in Quebec'

June 4, 2010

| Robert Smith presents research into his work-in-progress: an investigation into the nature of eco-theological awareness along the St. Lawrence River.

22:15 minutes (20.4 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Book launch for "The News" by Peter Stevens.

June 5, 2010

| An informal discussion with the media expert on the nature and ethics of news.

47:31 minutes (43.53 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Experiences, issues and lessons from the North

June 5, 2010

| Chief Billy Diamond of the Waskaganish First Nation shares memories of his childhood in this keynote address on northern native families.

54:46 minutes (50.16 MB)

Redeye

North Vancouver alternative school to close

June 6, 2010

| Windsor House was set up in the 1970s to meet the needs of students -- and their parents -- who were dissatisfied by the regular school system.

10:15 minutes (9.39 MB)

Redeye

Six-month drilling moratorium a chance to clean up oil industry

June 6, 2010

| Daniel Rohlf says that the United States administration now has the opportunity to fix many of its problems in regulating the oil and gas industry.

16:02 minutes (14.69 MB)

Redeye

University of Toronto closes campus during G8/G20 meetings

June 6, 2010

| The U of T says it's taking measures to protect students from violence on campus. Patrick Vitale doesn't buy it.

13:40 minutes (12.51 MB)

Redeye

Increase in tanker traffic threatens Vancouver's waters

June 6, 2010

| Tankers holding three times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez are travelling through Vancouver's harbour twice a week, taking tarsands oil off for export.

10:31 minutes (9.63 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Keeping in touch across prison walls isn't easy

June 9, 2010

| For all their claims of the importance of family connections, one woman is nothing but barriers when trying to keep in touch with her brother in prison.

19:14 minutes (17.61 MB)

Redeye

Cindy Corrie reflects on the journey of the Rachel Corrie

June 6, 2010

| Cindy Corrie is the mother of the young woman killed by a bulldozer driven by an Israeli soldier in the Occupied Territories. Corrie talks about the boat, the Rachel Corrie, and its mission.

17:05 minutes (15.64 MB)

No One Is Illegal

No One Is Illegal Radio -- Grassroots voices from Africa about the G8 and G20

June 7, 2010

| Perspectives from Makoma Lekalakala (Johannesburg) and Njoki Njehu (Nairobi) about the G8/G20 and self-determination by Africans, in the lead-up to the upcoming protests in Toronto later this month.

48:09 minutes (44.08 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Cutbacks all round (except for the prison building budget...)

June 9, 2010

| With the tough on crime agenda in full swing, billions of dollars are being spent across the country on prison building. But the Tories are being eerily tight lipped about their specific plans.

24:33 minutes (22.49 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report June 6th - 12th

June 11, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver 'Hope in Shadows' photo contest underway

June 8, 2010

| Paul Ryan and John Richardson talk about Downtown Ambassadors, Red Tents in Ottawa and Hope in Shadows.

21:12 minutes (19.41 MB)

Redeye

75th anniversary of On to Ottawa Trek

June 7, 2010

| In June 1935, a thousand young men jumped on railroad boxcars in Vancouver, heading for Ottawa. Labour historian Joey Hartman tells the story of the trek and what it accomplished.

16:05 minutes (14.72 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

Special edition: A conversation with Janine Benyus author of BioMimicry

June 11, 2010

| Janine Benyus, best selling author of "Biomimicry" at the Sustainability Network.

66:20 minutes (60.73 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: 'The Neo-Liberal Superhero Soldier'

June 4, 2010

| Lori Crowe discusses how Hollywood superhero movies reproduce and promote a militarized hero ideal.

18:02 minutes (16.54 MB)

Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part two: Anti-capitalism and the environment

June 15, 2010

| The second of many discussions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit, this one focused on critiques of capitalism and environmentalism.

53:58 minutes (49.41 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Dumpster diver market in Vancouver

June 15, 2010

| Tami Starlight from the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council talks about a new, organized street vendor market for binners and local people.

13:11 minutes (12.07 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Oily pols and oily water: Fake lake mistake, weak oil drilling regulations and other calamities

June 11, 2010

| Something ugly is sticking to things, some of it is mud on the face of Harper for his billion dollar security tab, plus BP, shockingly, doesn't seem to be getting out the full story, and more.

35:50 minutes (32.8 MB)

Redeye

Observing the elections in the Philippines

June 16, 2010

| With more than 1,000 political activists killed over the past nine years, local communities in the Philippines requested the presence of international observers during the recent election.

12:52 minutes (11.78 MB)

Redeye

Amendment to Indian Act still unfair to women

June 16, 2010

| First Nations women will still suffer discrimination under the government's Gender Equity in Indian Regristration Act, according to lawyer Sharon McIvor.

18:09 minutes (16.63 MB)

Redeye

High end hotels chronically understaffed

June 16, 2010

| Workers at many luxury hotels have seen their workloads increase dramatically at the same time as hotels are posting millions of dollar in profits.

12:51 minutes (11.77 MB)

Redeye

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement a flawed deal

June 16, 2010

| Dawn Paley of the Vancouver Media Co-op has taken a close look at this new agreement. She believes that Canadian environmental organizations have signed away the right to protest for very little gain.

15:12 minutes (13.93 MB)

Redeye

Herr Beckmann's People

June 16, 2010

| A new play by Victoria playwright Sally Stubbs has won the third annual Canadian Peace Play competition. Laura Lamb went to see the production by Touchstone Theatre.

14:34 minutes (13.35 MB)

Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part three: Solidarity with Six Nations, Indigenous sovereignty and the G20

June 16, 2010

| The third panel discussion of the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit focuses in on Indigenous sovereignty, canadian colonialism manifested in the G8 and G20.

65:50 minutes (60.28 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: Documenting the fourth moment of a new world order

June 1, 2010

| Alejandra Roncallo lectures on Obama, the environment and a shift in capitalist consumerism as she explores the uniqueness of our present era.

16:37 minutes (15.24 MB)

Aw@l

KW Peoples' Summit, discussion four - Peter Gelderloos - Nonviolence, the War on Terror and Revolution!

June 17, 2010

| Peter Gelderloos presents: Nonviolence, the War on Terror, and Revolution: the role played first by nonviolence and now by the War on Terror to pacify social conflicts, and...resistance!

90:29 minutes (82.84 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report June 13th - 19th

June 18, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

35 years of Vancouver Cooperative Radio: No small accomplishment

June 19, 2010

| The fact that Vancouver Cooperative Radio still exists, 35 years after its founding, is no small accomplishment says Mordecai Briemberg.

21:05 minutes (19.31 MB)

Redeye

Building media in support of social movements

June 19, 2010

| It is vital to create media institutions that allow grassroots social movements to engage in public discussion on their own terms says Dawn Paley.

9:40 minutes (8.86 MB)

Redeye

In the digital era, radio is as important as ever

June 19, 2010

| Despite the increasing reach of the internet, most of the world still relies on radio as its main form of mass communication says journalist Chris Arsenault.

8:22 minutes (7.66 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver School Board on collision course with Ministry of Education

June 20, 2010

| A ministry press release accuses the VSB of financial mismanagement, the Board says it's simply trying to provided needed services for schoolchildren.

10:57 minutes (10.03 MB)

Redeye

Mineral discovery in Afghanistan an unmitigated disaster

June 20, 2010

| So says Michael Klare, professor of Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst and author of Resource Wars.

10:18 minutes (9.44 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report June 20 - June 26th

June 21, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Aw@l

Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit discussion, part one: Canadian Militarism

June 14, 2010

| The first of many discussions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Peoples' Summit, this one focused on militarism in Canada, torture, ongoing colonialism and resistance, and how it all fits with the G8/20.

60:28 minutes (55.38 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Don't hold your breath: Debate on Israel, the war(s) on drug use and entrenched political parties

June 18, 2010

| An honest debate on Israel? A reasonable drug policy? A breakdown of the two party system? Can any of this happen? It's like baseball, one out three maybe.

41:17 minutes (37.8 MB)

Redeye

Redwire: Hope in a time of hopelessness

June 19, 2010

| Marika Swan discusses how Redwire Native Youth Media has provided a space for native youth to discuss challenging and controversial issues that other publications avoid.

9:32 minutes (8.73 MB)

rabble radio

#108 - Mavi Marmara attack: Exclusive first interview with Gaza Flotilla activist Kevin Neish

June 3, 2010

| Kevin Neish was aboard the Mavi Marmara when the Israeli army attacked the ship. He tells his story in this episode of rabble radio.

22:59 minutes (21.06 MB)

rabble radio

#109 - Pt 2. of rabble.ca's exclusive interview with Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish: detention and release

June 3, 2010

| Kevin Neish was detained in Israel for two days after the Free Gaza Flotilla was attacked and activists arrested. In this podcast he talks about his release and what activism means.

14:37 minutes (13.41 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)

Needs No Introduction

Maternal health and women's rights at the G8/G20

June 25, 2010

| An interview with Kasari Govender, Legal Director of the West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF).

16:05 minutes (14.76 MB)

Redeye

Bhopal convictions: Too little, too late

June 28, 2010

| This month, twenty five years after a chemical disaster which killed tens of thousands, an Indian court sentenced seven former Union Carbide employees with two years in prison and small fines.

13:47 minutes (12.62 MB)

Redeye

Taking a look at the new Alberta Health Act

June 29, 2010

| The Alberta government has announced that it's bringing in new legislation to "reorganize and revamp" the province's healthcare system. Colleen Fuller explores some of the key aspects of this reform.

12:21 minutes (11.31 MB)

Redeye

Cities desperate for infrastructure funding

June 29, 2010

| Of each dollar that is paid in taxes, only eight cents reaches municipalities. This means city councils are scrambling for money to complete essential infrastructure projects.

12:28 minutes (11.41 MB)

Redeye

Kevin Neish speaks in Vancouver

June 30, 2010

| Victoria-based activist Kevin Neish was on the Turkish vessel, the Mavi Marmara, when it was boarded by Israeli soldiers in May. He speaks about his experiences on the ship and in Be'er Sheva prison.

34:27 minutes (31.55 MB)

Redeye

Binners set up weekly Sunday market

June 30, 2010

| Downtown Eastsiders trying to sell the goods they salvage from dumpsters are tired of getting tickets from Vancouver police. They have organized a street market to challenge the by-laws.

10:28 minutes (9.58 MB)

Redeye

Libby Davies under attack

June 30, 2010

| The Vancouver East MP's response to a question in a video interview unleashed a storm of criticism from the mainstream media and other members of Parliament including from within her own party.

14:00 minutes (12.82 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report June 27th - July 3rd

June 30, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

Defenders of the Land go to the G8

June 30, 2010

| The day before the G8 and G20 summits began, over 2,000 people rallied in the streets of Toronto as part of an indigenous day of action. Clayton-Thomas Muller was one of the organizers.

16:59 minutes (15.55 MB)

rabble radio

#111 - In his own words: Guardian journalist arrested by G20 security forces

June 28, 2010

| He was writing for The Guardian when G20 security beat him up and arrested him. Jesse Rosenfeld tells his story. Then, we've got Amy Goodman on why an independent media is so important.

33:09 minutes (30.4 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Proud, Palestinian and queer

July 7, 2010

| Haneen Maikey speaks at the Pride in Our Politics Cabaret put on by Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.

13:00 minutes (11.93 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Indigenous conference in central Australia

July 3, 2010

| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and interview on the major indigenous conference happening in central Australia.

30:53 minutes (14.18 MB)

Redeye

Amy Goodman at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| The host and executive producer of Democracy Now! speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

17:57 minutes (16.44 MB)

No One Is Illegal

No One Is Illegal Radio: The criminalization of dissent in Canada -- G20 resistance in the wake of 20 years since Oka

July 7, 2010

| Indigenous and migrant justice organizers reflect on repression and criminalization in Canada 20 years since Oka, in the wake of the G20 protests in Toronto.

79:31 minutes (72.8 MB)

Redeye

Leo Gerard at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| International President of the United Steelworkers and Vice-President of the AFL-CIO speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

15:42 minutes (14.38 MB)

Redeye

Pablo Solon at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations and lead negotiator for Bolivia at the December 2009 climate conference in Copenhagen. speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

16:36 minutes (15.19 MB)

Redeye

Naomi Klein at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| Award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

20:03 minutes (18.36 MB)

Redeye

Clayton Thomas-Muller at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| Aboriginal activist and tar sands campaigner with the Indigenous Environmental Network speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

12:59 minutes (11.89 MB)

Redeye

Maude Barlow at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| National chairperson of the Council of Canadians and chair of the board of the Washington-based group Food and Water Watch, speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

17:07 minutes (15.68 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report July 4 - July 10

July 9, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the labour show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

Pedestrian injury a major health issue

June 30, 2010

| Over 4,000 pedestrians are hurt each year in Canada. In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as many as a third of residents have been injured by cars. Don Buchanan is a transportation planner.

13:27 minutes (12.31 MB)

Redeye

Vandana Shiva at Massey Hall

July 8, 2010

| Founder of Navdanya, an environmental justice organization that counts five million farmer families in 16 states of India among its members, speaking in Toronto on the first day of the G20 Summit.

14:08 minutes (12.94 MB)

Labour Show

Joey Only: True confessions of an outlaw folk singer

July 12, 2010

| Folk singer Joey Only talks about his 2010 Transgression Trail Tour and life on the road.

25:53 minutes (23.7 MB)

Aw@l

AW@L Radio - G20 Shitshow - Solidarity with ALL Political Prisoners

July 15, 2010

| A bit of a wrap up on the G20 shit show in toronto with lots of statements and calling out spooks

161:33 minutes (147.9 MB)

Redeye

Indigenous community under siege in Oaxaca

July 12, 2010

| Ever since the Triqui municipality of San Jaun Copala, Mexico declared itself autonomous, its citizens have faced extreme violence at the hands of a government funded paramilitary organization.

17:23 minutes (15.92 MB)

Redeye

Language justice in action

July 21, 2010

| Organizers at the recent U.S. Social Forum used low-power radio technology to ensure that everyone could engage in discussion together, regardless of their mother tongue.

13:24 minutes (12.26 MB)

Redeye

What's wrong with burning garbage

July 21, 2010

| Metro Vancouver is considering a waste-to-energy garbage incinerator. Helen Speigelman says that this technology is a hangover from Victorian times that has no place in modern cities.

12:59 minutes (11.88 MB)

Redeye

Rebuilding co-op housing for the 21st century

July 21, 2010

| Since government support for housing co-ops dried up in the 1990s, fewer than 300 new co-op units have been created outside of Quebec.

15:55 minutes (14.57 MB)

Redeye

BP should be shut down

July 26, 2010

| BP's operation of the Deepwater Horizon was both negligent and reckless according to Russell Mokhiber of Corporate Crime Reporter.

15:39 minutes (14.32 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tents to protest MPs who are against a national housing strategy

July 27, 2010

| Paul Ryan talks to Doug King about an upcoming Red Tents action and seeking dialogue with Conservative MPs who voted against an amendment to C-304, the bill for a proposed national housing strategy.

9:05 minutes (8.32 MB)

Redeye

Besa: Muslims who saved Jews in World War II

July 21, 2010

| A new art exhibit in Vancouver explores the little-known history of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Second World War.

16:23 minutes (15 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report July 25th - July 31st

July 29, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Docudrama: The Canadian census, 91,000 document leaks and the challenges of democracy

July 29, 2010

| Hypocrisy reigns as a government that hates the long form on the census invades Toronto with the G20 (and tells women what to do with their bodies), plus what does it mean to leak war documents?

36:10 minutes (33.12 MB)

Aw@l

AW@L Radio - Calls Out For Solidarity Actions for Oscar Grant, Ian Tomlinson, Toronto G20 Political Prisoners, and more.

July 31, 2010

| In this music heavy show, Dan Discusses G20 violence, plays a CRIME on France, and plays Abousfian Abdelrazik Interview among other updates...

88:48 minutes (81.31 MB)

Redeye

UK jury: Activists' destruction of weapons factory justified

July 24, 2010

| After Israel launched its deadly attack on Gaza in December 2009, anti-war activists broke into a British arms factory, smashed up equipment worth $300,000, and waited for the police to arrest them.

16:21 minutes (14.98 MB)

Redeye

If I can't sing, it's not my revolution

August 1, 2010

| Inspired by Emma Goldman, the musical duo Emma's Revolution is devoted to mixing music with politics.

16:35 minutes (15.19 MB)

Redeye

Gulf oil spill must be catalyst for change

July 22, 2010

| Richard Steiner was deeply involved in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He just returned from working at the site of BP's Deepwater Horizon gusher and on the Gulf Coast.

18:49 minutes (17.23 MB)

Redeye

Mixing spoken word and music

August 1, 2010

| His childhood experiences of being bullied motivated Shane Koyczan's journey into spoken word and performance poetry. He was determined to prove wrong those who claimed his words didn't have value.

17:32 minutes (16.05 MB)

Redeye

Conservatives shutting down prison farms

August 3, 2010

| Farms have operated in Canadian prisons for more than 100 years. The farms provide meaningful work experience for inmates and contribute to local food sustainability. But they are all slated to close.

12:42 minutes (11.63 MB)

Redeye

Rethink Alberta

August 3, 2010

| A U.S. group has unveiled a billboard campaign urging Americans to reconsider their travel plans to Alberta because of the province's tar sands development.

10:59 minutes (10.06 MB)

The Roaming Ear

The Roaming Ear - Episode 8 - "Christo, las flautos y The Chicken Bus"

July 21, 2010

| In February of this year, Victoria Fenner went down to Central America to gather material for the podcast/radio series "The Green Planet Monitor." Here are some of the sounds she brought back.

18:59 minutes (17.39 MB)

The Roaming Ear

The Roaming Ear - Episode 9 - 'Fair Trade crafts''

August 5, 2010

| When you're on vacation, the low prices of weavings, jewellery and other crafts is very tempting. A visit to a Guatemalan marketplace to explore What is Fair Trade?

14:03 minutes (12.86 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Understanding Fetal Alcohol and why many of those affected end up in jail

July 30, 2010

| Lawyer and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Advocate David Boulding shares his take on FASD and the criminal justice system.

28:16 minutes (25.89 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report August 1st -8th

August 1, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features from around the world brought to you by the Labour Show.

28:12 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

Assessing global responses to the food crisis

August 6, 2010

| In 2007 and 2008, high food prices threatened the livelihoods of billions of people worldwide. A new report looks at how effective the response of governments and organizations was to this crisis.

14:44 minutes (13.5 MB)

Redeye

Making money from the earthquake in Haiti

August 7, 2010

| Monsanto and American Rice are just two of the transnational corporations who are taking advantage of the humanitarian disaster in Haiti to improve their bottom lines.

16:41 minutes (15.27 MB)

Redeye

The Sky Below: A film about the partition of India

August 10, 2010

| U.S. painter and director Sarah Singh travelled throughout India and Pakistan interviewing people and collecting music and images for this award-winning documentary.

19:48 minutes (18.13 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Marking Prison Justice Day, on the inside and outside

August 10, 2010

| A lifer on his experiences on the inside and outside marking Prison Justice Day (an annual memorial and protest day) and how the prison system is making PJD harder for those on the inside.

21:31 minutes (19.71 MB)

Labour Show

Radio Labour Solidarity Report August 8th - 14th

August 10, 2010

| 30 minutes of labour news and features brought to you by Radio Labour.

28:13 minutes (25.84 MB)

Redeye

Festival of politics, arts and music wraps up after 20 years

August 11, 2010

| Under the Volcano has been engaging and informing activists in the Lower Mainland since 1990. This year is its last year. We speak with founder and organizer Irwin Oostindie.

11:34 minutes (10.6 MB)

Redeye

Who sank the Cheonan

August 3, 2010

| When a South Korean military vessel off the coast of North Korea in March, fingers were pointed at North Korea. Erich Weingartner says the evidence isn't there to support these claims.

18:30 minutes (16.94 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Mass hunger strike at Toronto jail inspired by Prison Justice Day

August 10, 2010

| Hundreds of prisoners are on hunger strike at Toronto East Detention Centre to protest inadequate conditions including healthcare, food and arbitrary lockdowns.

9:16 minutes (8.5 MB)

Redeye

Unsung heroes in the struggle for Medicare

August 10, 2010

| The name of Tommy Douglas is synonymous with the birth of universal healthcare in Canada. But grassroots activists in the community clinic movement also played a major role.

16:17 minutes (14.91 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Labour news from the Asia Pacific region

August 14, 2010

| Labour news from Turkey, Pakistan, China, Sth Korea, Indonesia and Australia. Interview with Lek, Action for People's Democracy in Thailand, on the ongoing repression in Thailand.

29:20 minutes (13.47 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Saving the prison farms: It's time for civil disobedience

August 10, 2010

| A dairy farmer talks about her fight to save the prison farms and why she is willing to engage in civil disobedience to do so.

22:04 minutes (20.21 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Zero grounds to complain: Destroying freedom to save it?

August 11, 2010

| The so-called "ground zero mosque" is neither, but that doesn't matter. What matters, to freedom loving people, is freedom of religion and right of assembly not racism disguised as caring.

33:53 minutes (31.03 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Labour news from the Asia Pacific region

August 21, 2010

| News on workers from Iran, Bangladesh, China, South Korea and anti-asbestos meetings.

28:05 minutes (11.25 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

Women workers organise in Asia

August 28, 2010

| Labour news from Turkey, India, Cambodia, Indonesia. Interview with Gwynnyth Evans from Meatworkers Union on women workers meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. APC is produced by Australia Asia Worker Links

29:18 minutes (13.42 MB)

Redeye

The G20 and what the media ignored

September 1, 2010

| During the Toronto G20, TV screens portrayed mayhem in the streets while political leaders looked busy and smiled for the cameras. Reasons behind the protests, though, were largely ignored.

16:26 minutes (15.06 MB)

Redeye

The partition of India, 63 years on

September 1, 2010

| Before conceding independence to India in 1947, Britain divided the country in two. The splitting of Pakistan and India resulted in 2 million deaths and a conflict that remains tense to this day.

29:26 minutes (26.94 MB)

Needs No Introduction

On to Ottawa: 75 Years Later

August 25, 2010

| An interview with Al Dugas on his memory of the historic trek to protest conditions in federal relief camps.

8:26 minutes (7.75 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)

Labour Show

Episode #27- IDF war resister on being both "pro-Israeli" & "anti-apartheid" in Canada: Part 1

March 2, 2010

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

23:09 minutes (21.2 MB)

Redeye

Nothing new in Canada's treatment of Tamil refugees

September 3, 2010

| Sri Lankan Tamils face discrimination and poverty as they struggle for rights in their homeland. Now in Canada, they face many similar issues.

13:49 minutes (12.65 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

September 4, 2010

| Labour news from India, Indonesia, China, Solomon Islands, Turkey, Bangladesh and Australia. Interview with Mahendra (translator) & Rita from Lemonde factory in Jakarta, Indonesia. APC is produced by

30:05 minutes (13.77 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:4 Out of this world 2010

June 21, 2010

| The mystery of the missing environmentalist, old-school weather forecasting in Kenya and reusing building materials.

75:38 minutes (69.24 MB)

Redeye

Racism and geopolitics keep aid from Pakistan

September 3, 2010

| The floods in Pakistan have triggered a massive social crisis that will not be alleviated by policies being pursued by domestic and international elites says Snehal Shingavi.

15:06 minutes (13.82 MB)

Redeye

Antisemitism: Real and imagined

September 14, 2010

| In his book "Antisemitism: Real and imagined," Michael Keefer details Canada's history of anti-semitism, and challenges attempts to equate political criticism of Israel with a "new" anti-semitism.

20:59 minutes (19.21 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)

Redeye

Auditor General says BC parks are at risk

September 18, 2010

| In late August, a report by the BC Auditor General confirmed what environmentalists have been saying for years. It found the government is not protectecting the ecological integrity of BC's parks.

12:46 minutes (11.69 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Water use and abuse

September 14, 2010

| Bill Slater speaks about water regulation and lack thereof at a water issues panel put on by the Council of Canadians.

16:19 minutes (14.97 MB)

Redeye

Leaked UN report reveals Rwandan president guilty of genocide

September 22, 2010

| Peter Erlinder was lead defence council for four top military officers accused of genocide in Rwanda. He has been questioning the official story on the Rwandan war for years.

19:39 minutes (18 MB)

Redeye

Koran-burning pastor in Florida and Osama Bin Laden two sides of the same coin

September 22, 2010

| Journalist Haroon Siddiqui says that Terry Jones is no more representative of Christians than Osama Bin Laden is of Muslims. He blames nine years of Islamophobia for these kinds of distortions.

17:15 minutes (15.8 MB)

Redeye

Canadian Blood Services awarded damages against gay blood donor

September 22, 2010

| Kyle Freeman was found guilty of negligence for lying on the screening questionnaire administered to blood donors. The Canadian AIDS Society argues that the question needs to be changed.

14:05 minutes (12.89 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)

Needs No Introduction

Water: Commons or commodity?

September 1, 2010

| Maude Barlow discusses the impacts of industry and trade on local access to water at a Council of Canadians-PSAC North panel discussion.

30:36 minutes (28.04 MB)

Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-09-24 - G20 Love and Seoul, Critical Mass, We love you Ryan!

September 25, 2010

| AW@L Radio co-host Alex Hundert again arrested, this time for speaking... love with conditions and a G20 notice from Seoul and some other news...

78:04 minutes (71.49 MB)

Street Cred

Oka Crisis - 20 years later and the issues still remain

September 24, 2010

| In conversation with Kanesatake Mohawk Clifton Nicholas about the 1990 Oka Crisis.

17:53 minutes (8.19 MB)

Redeye

Peace activists applaud judge's decision

September 22, 2010

| Fourteen protesters accused of trespass for actions against Creech Air Force base in Nevada were delighted that the judge in their case said she needed several months to consider expert testimony.

15:06 minutes (13.82 MB)

Redeye

Rape rampant in Haitian relief camps

September 29, 2010

| A new report says that women living in the makeshift camps that have housed thousands of Hatians since the earthquake in January, are at extreme risk of facing sexual violence.

11:25 minutes (10.45 MB)

Labour Show

Recent migrant worker fatalities under investigation

September 21, 2010

| Recent seasonal agricultural worker deaths appear to be job related and are under investigation.

12:11 minutes (11.16 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Prostitution laws knocked down

September 29, 2010

| Katrina Pacey from Pivot Legal Society talks about the Ontario Superior Court decision to legalize prostitution.

8:14 minutes (7.54 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)

Redeye

BC Hydro rebrands Peace River dam project as 'clean and green'

October 1, 2010

| Chief Liz Logan says the Site C dam proposed for the Peace River will destroy thousands of hectares of old growth forest, valuable farmland and First Nations traditional territory.

14:17 minutes (13.09 MB)

Redeye

Migrant workers at greater risk of injury and death

October 1, 2010

| Agricultural work is one of the most dangerous occupations in Canada and migrant workers are particularly vulnerable. We talk with Tzazna Miranda Leal in the wake of two deaths on an Ontario farm.

11:56 minutes (10.92 MB)

Redeye

U.S. plans to expand drug war in Mexico

October 1, 2010

| Hillary Clinton is calling for an escalation of U.S. military activity in Mexico. Laura Carlsen says her remarks are opening the door to a much broader type of intervention in the country.

16:05 minutes (14.73 MB)

Redeye

Obama and the end of the combat mission in Iraq

October 2, 2010

| Award-winning independent journalist Dahr Jamail says the announcement of the withdrawal of combat troops is simply a re-branding of the thousands of U.S. soldiers who will remain in the country.

11:14 minutes (10.29 MB)

Redeye

Deportations of Roma challenged in Danish court

October 2, 2010

| The European Roma Rights Cente in Budapest, Hungary says the deportation of 23 Roma from Copenhagen in July violates European law.

12:18 minutes (11.26 MB)

Redeye

Prostitution laws struck down in Ontario

October 4, 2010

| On September 29, the Superior Court of Ontario ruled three key provisions of the law against prostitution unconstitutional. We speak with lawyer Katrina Pacey.

10:42 minutes (9.81 MB)

Living On Purpose

#173 ~ Enough, already!

September 30, 2010

| Reflections on this word 'enough' that is so relative!

4:59 minutes (4.57 MB)

Redeye

Victoria bans camping on Pandora Green

October 5, 2010

| A by-law banning camping in public parks was struck down by the Supreme Court of B.C. Now Victoria council has rezoned a public park as a "street median" to prevent homeless people erecting shelters.

12:59 minutes (11.9 MB)

Redeye

Vancouver city council not protecting low-income housing

October 6, 2010

| Single room occupancy hotels in the Downtown Eastside are raising their prices above what the people willing to live in them can afford.

13:24 minutes (12.28 MB)

Redeye

Afghan war enters ninth year

October 6, 2010

| Derrick O'Keefe talks with us about the recent fraudulent elections, war crimes charges against U.S. soldiers and Blackwater training Canadian soldiers.

17:07 minutes (15.68 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:5 Education 2010

October 6, 2010

| The Alternatives Magazine features Kate Davies on sustainable literacy in their annual education issue. Listen in to their podcast about the issue.

32:15 minutes (29.53 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)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Bill S-10: More mandatory minimums for drugs

October 11, 2010

| Bill S-10 is Parliament's latest effort to introduce mandatory minimum sentences for various drug crimes. Researchers say they don’t work and will actually make things much worse.

16:40 minutes (15.27 MB)

Street Cred

A migrant's tale

October 12, 2010

| Tamil-Canadian Ramani Balendra knows first-hand the desperate situation faced by refugees from her native Sri Lanka.

15:04 minutes (6.9 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

B.C. sex law challenge to proceed

October 13, 2010

| Katrina Pacey from Pivot Legal Society explains what happens now to the sex work challenge that was delayed by the federal government in 2008.

9:34 minutes (8.76 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)

Redeye

Police used little-known law to harass G20 protesters

August 11, 2010

| An old piece of legislation, the Public Works Protection Act, was dusted off and used by police to violate the civil rights of protesters, according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

16:34 minutes (15.18 MB)

Needs No Introduction

'Walking the Talk,' Part Three: Canadian legal responses to human rights abuses abroad

October 14, 2010

| A panel discussion featuring the perspectives and experiences of Mark Arnold, Dermod Travis and Cory Wanless.

54:14 minutes (49.68 MB)

Needs No Introduction

‘Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad’ (Part One)

October 13, 2010

| The first panel of MP Peter Julian's recent conference on Canada's corporate accountability discussed the community impacts of extractive operations abroad.

84:11 minutes (77.1 MB)

Needs No Introduction

‘Walking the Talk’, Part Two: Public sector responses to abuses by Canadian extractive industries

October 13, 2010

| The conference's second panel featured human rights activists Grahame Russell, Sakura Saunders and Jamie Moffett.

52:04 minutes (47.7 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Off the deep end: Elections, pot and crime

October 13, 2010

| The right shows some election might, all won't be good if California goes to pot, and news you might have missed.

31:27 minutes (28.8 MB)

Needs No Introduction

Billy Diamond tells his own story

October 13, 2010

| First Nation leader Billy Diamond passed away last week. In this podcast, recorded at the 2010 Congress of the Humanities, he tells the story of his life.

54:46 minutes (50.16 MB)

Pivot Legal Society

Red Tent National Day of Action

October 19, 2010

| Red Tents were erected all over the country today as part of the National Day of Action to urge politicians to address the homelessness crisis.

5:49 minutes (5.33 MB)

Redeye

Louisiana coastal communities under threat

October 21, 2010

| The BP spill in the Gulf is just one in a series of oil-related disasters that have affected small African-American, Native and Vietnamese communities.

13:21 minutes (12.22 MB)

Redeye

The environmental costs of militarism

October 21, 2010

| The Pentagon is the largest single consumer of oil in the world, using one-quarter of the world's jet fuel. Yet the military's use of energy and contribution to global warming is rarely discussed.

14:17 minutes (13.08 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)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Doubting Thomases: Judges, polls and politics

October 22, 2010

| U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thomas might be married to a conflict of interest (tough luck for us), plus we look at the politics of polls and news you might have missed.

32:31 minutes (29.77 MB)

Redeye

Dirty Oil

October 21, 2010

| Leslie Iwerks' film about the tar sands played to sold-out audiences at the Calgary Film Festival last month. The film details the social, environmental and political impacts of the development.

12:40 minutes (11.6 MB)

Redeye

Cochabamba proposals on agenda for climate summit in Cancun

October 24, 2010

| Parts of the agreement that came out of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Bolivia in April are in the negotiating text for Mexico in November.

13:58 minutes (12.8 MB)

Redeye

Mapping dirty energy facilities

October 24, 2010

| The Energy Justice Network works with local communities organizing to stop polluting technologies. One of their projects is to track and record all the dirty energy and waste facilities in the U.S.

10:56 minutes (10.02 MB)

Redeye

Bioethanol and biodiesel not a green alternative

October 23, 2010

| Agrofuels don't benefit the environment and they don't benefit the people or countries who produce them, according to Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Biotechnology Network.

11:37 minutes (10.64 MB)

Redeye

Benefits and pitfalls of domestic violence courts: part 3

October 25, 2010

| Many jurisdictions across Canada have domestic violence courts. On October 6th, a public forum explored the pros and cons of this kind of court. We bring you three speakers from that forum.

11:16 minutes (10.32 MB)

Redeye

Benefits and pitfalls of domestic violence courts: part 2

October 25, 2010

| Many jurisdictions across Canada have domestic violence courts. On October 6th, a public forum explored the pros and cons of this kind of court. We bring you three speakers from that forum.

15:37 minutes (14.31 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoner writings as literature

October 18, 2010

| UBC Professor Deena Rymhs talks about her upcoming book "Cell Block Country: Prison Literature in Canada." It looks at the contribution writings by prisoners have made to Canada's literary world.

22:15 minutes (25.47 MB)

Redeye

Benefits and pitfalls of domestic violence courts: Part 1

October 25, 2010

| Many jurisdictions across Canada have domestic violence courts. On October 6th, a public forum explored the pros and cons of this kind of court. We bring you three speakers from that forum.

18:59 minutes (17.38 MB)

Needs No Introduction

'Walking the Talk,' Part Four: The case for new legislation

October 15, 2010

| Nick Milanovic, Mark Rowlinson and Terry Collingsworth discuss the benefits of Bill C-354 in taking action against human rights abuses by corporations abroad.

70:47 minutes (64.83 MB)

Redeye

Improving maternal health worldwide

October 27, 2010

| A woman dies every 90 seconds during pregnancy or while giving birth. Many of these deaths are preventable. Farah Shroff was a panelist at a recent forum titled Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies.

14:01 minutes (12.83 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)

Redeye

Lawsuit by private clinic argues Medicare unconstitutional

October 29, 2010

| The public health care system in Canada is under threat from private providers in a crucial lawsuit. Colleen Fuller says we need to be watching this case closely.

14:46 minutes (13.53 MB)

Redeye

Celebrating community health centres

October 30, 2010

| The first community health centres were set up in the 1920s. Today there are over 300 across the country, mainly in Ontario and Quebec. Madeline Boscoe is executive director of REACH in Vancouver.

11:20 minutes (10.39 MB)

Redeye

Drug companies involved in definition of new sexual disorder

October 27, 2010

| Barbara Mintzes is co-author of the recent book Sex, Lies and Pharmaceuticals, examining how the industry is implicated in the discovery of a new women's illness: female sexual dysfunction.

13:23 minutes (12.26 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)

Street Cred

Argentina's Mothers of the Disappeared

November 1, 2010

| This is the story of how a group of Argentine Mothers turned their movement into a revolution.

35:29 minutes (16.25 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Circling the drain: A certain mayor, elections in general and our general attitude

November 1, 2010

| As the folks in Toronto can tell you the The Angry Voter ™ is not just for tea-parties anymore, the rally for sanity shows that irony is not quite dead, plus the media yawns at Wikileaks news.

38:19 minutes (35.08 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)

Redeye

Canadian penitentiaries becoming largest psychiatric facilities in the country

October 30, 2010

| The Correctional Investigator of Canada said the neglect of mental health needs has escalated to the point that inmates with pyschiatric needs are simply being warehoused in prisons.

15:13 minutes (13.93 MB)

Redeye

Inequality hurts us all

November 5, 2010

| A book by two British epidemiologists finds that whole societies, from top to bottom, are worse off if there's a wider gap between rich and poor.

15:31 minutes (14.21 MB)

Redeye

What's in the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history

November 6, 2010

| 390,000 classified U.S. military documents were released in October through the online whistleblower site Wikileaks. Pratap Chatterjee explains what kind of information the documents contain.

16:31 minutes (15.12 MB)

Redeye

Why Naheed Nenshi won in Calgary

November 6, 2010

| Calgary's new mayor used social media to communicate with voters and vowed to end divisive politics at City Hall. In return, he was voted in with the highest voter turnout in recent memory.

12:09 minutes (11.13 MB)

Redeye

Successful campaign to free six black youth in Louisiana

November 6, 2010

| In 2006, six high-school students found themselves facing charges of attempting murder following racist incidents in the schoolyard. Independent journalist Jordan Flaherty tells the story.

8:05 minutes (7.41 MB)

Redeye

Solidarity Notes Labour Choir

November 7, 2010

| This Vancouver-based community choir is celebrating their 10th anniversary this month. We speak with conductor Earle Peach and long-time choir member Bob Rosen.

15:20 minutes (14.05 MB)

Redeye

Fighting for green space in East Vancouver

November 8, 2010

| In the north-east corner of the city, there's a highly contested 182-acre piece of land that local residents are determined to convert to a community-oriented park.

18:03 minutes (16.53 MB)

Redeye

Confronting intimate violence within activist communities

November 6, 2010

| The Revolution Starts At Home examines how women and men of colour can protect themselves against violent partners without calling in the same police who are oppress their communities.

9:55 minutes (9.08 MB)

Living On Purpose

# 174 ~ Betty Krawczyk update

November 9, 2010

| Betty Krawczyk interviewed by Raymond Geisler on "Unbought and Unbossed" radio show.

55:21 minutes (50.68 MB)

Redeye

The elections Haitians don't want or need

November 9, 2010

| In the midst of another natural disaster, with the country in ruins from the last one, Haitians are going to the polls. Yet the most popular party continues to be banned from participating.

17:02 minutes (15.6 MB)

Redeye

Preventing violence against mental health workers

October 28, 2010

| Mental health care workers face the constant threat of patient violence. Last year, the number of injury claims among health care workers was 10% higher than in the entire law enforcement sector.

14:13 minutes (13.02 MB)

Redeye

Wear a white poppy for peace

November 8, 2010

| In 1933 the Women's Cooperative Guild in the U.K. used a white poppy to remember all the casualities of war, not only the soldiers. Teresa Gagne is distributing white poppies in B.C.

12:04 minutes (11.05 MB)

Redeye

Rob Ford and the rise of the municipal right

November 10, 2010

| On Oct. 25, Toronto residents elected Rob Ford as mayor in an election that saw a higher than usual voter turnout. He ran on a platform of cutting social spending and taxes.

13:34 minutes (12.43 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)

Redeye

Protests against Canadian involvement in Tibetan mine

November 11, 2010

| The Canada Tibet Committee was outside the shareholder's meeting for China Gold International Resources in Vancouver in October, bringing attention to the Canadian mining industry's role in Tibet.

13:36 minutes (12.46 MB)

rabble radio

#113 - Phyllis Bennis on Canada, the Middle East, and peace

November 9, 2010

| A feature interview with Phyllis Bennis, an activist and academic who focuses on foreign policy issues, especially when it comes to the Middle East and the United Nations.

31:16 minutes (28.67 MB)

Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Prisoners and their families face bureaucratic nightmare behind bars

November 10, 2010

| Dawn has learned first hand of the arbitrary nature and lack of due process inside the prison walls. She isn't afraid to speak out about the injustices her husband is facing behind bars.

19:54 minutes (18.22 MB)

Redeye

Residents of Canada's Chemical Valley bring lawsuit against Ontario government

November 16, 2010

| The environmental group Ecojustice is representing two members of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation who say that the cumulative effect of pollution in the area is threatening their health.

10:04 minutes (9.22 MB)

Redeye

Right-wing nationalist party wins 20 seats in Swedish parliament

November 16, 2010

| The Sweden Democrats are a populist, anti-immigration party which traces its roots to neo-Nazi groupings from the 1980s. Daniel Poohl is author of a book about the Sweden Democrats.

16:04 minutes (14.71 MB)

Redeye

Reflecting on more than 20 years of Alternative Radio

November 16, 2010

| A feature interview with David Barsamian, founder of Alternative Radio, a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations around the world.

15:34 minutes (14.26 MB)

Aw@l

Poverty Makes Us Sick -- stop the cuts

November 17, 2010

| Interviews with the organizers of the Poverty Makes Us Sick Rally in Kitchener.

51:57 minutes (47.58 MB)

Aw@l

War, What is it Good For and WTF are were remembering? and Ryan Released!!!

November 17, 2010

| We ask what we have learned from the past since we are still at war... and some G20 updates... and some racism in canada

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87:43 minutes (80.31 MB)

Redeye

Federal cabinet turns down mining proposal for Fish Lake

November 18, 2010

| The federal government followed the recommendations of an independent review panel that said the Prosperity Copper Mine would have significant impacts of the environment.

10:47 minutes (9.87 MB)

Redeye

Proposed Alberta Parks Act pits environment against recreation

November 18, 2010

| The new law will dilute protection of wilderness parks and give the Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation significantly more discretion than previous legislation.

11:19 minutes (10.36 MB)

Street Cred

Haiti update

November 18, 2010

| An update from Haitian community leader Marjorie Villefranche about what's happening on the ground in Haiti and Montreal's diaspora.

10:52 minutes (4.98 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)

Asia Pacific Currents

Organizing workers in the Philippines by the KMU and regional organizing -- asbestos and Foxconn

November 21, 2010

| Asia Pacific news, current affairs and labour rights stories from Turkey, Pakistan, India, China, South Korea, Philippines and Australia.

30:16 minutes (13.86 MB)

rabble radio

#114 - War critics on Remembrance Day

November 22, 2010

| Should we be able to criticize war on Remembrance Day, Aung San Suu Kyi -- what does her freedom mean, and demanding better food for the poor.

27:05 minutes (24.82 MB)

Redeye

The Trouble With Billionaires: Part 2

November 23, 2010

| If you earned one dollar every second you would be a millionaire in twelve days. It would take another 32 years for you to become a billionaire.

29:07 minutes (26.66 MB)

Redeye

Tuition fees to triple in the UK

November 23, 2010

| Fifty thousand students demostrated in the streets of London following the announcement of major cuts to education funding. We speak with Siobhan Brown from Manchester, England.

12:20 minutes (11.29 MB)

Redeye

The Trouble With Billionaires: Part 1

November 23, 2010

| If you earned one dollar every second you would be a millionaire in 12 days. It would take another 32 years for you to become a billionaire.

25:42 minutes (23.54 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

36:6 Biodiversity

November 24, 2010

| 36:6 Biodiversity, Prosperity without Growth and Substitution

98:09 minutes (89.86 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Groping for the truth: Election hangover and the TSA

November 24, 2010

| Yes the airport procedures seem like theatre and may have little to do security but aren't there other civil liberty issues that might be a bit more pressing? Plus politics and Palin.

36:42 minutes (33.6 MB)

Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-11-20 - Free Mumia Rally in Toronto + Mumia Speaks!

November 26, 2010

| Audio from november 9th 2010 Free Mumia! rally in toronto and his Denied Justice premiere talk from prisonradio.org

55:39 minutes (50.96 MB)

Redeye

Nggrfg: A play about being black and gay

November 23, 2010

| Nggrfg is a one-man play written and performed by Berend McKenzie. It premiered at the Edmonton Fringe in 2008. For the past year and a half, McKenzie has been performing the play in schools.

18:43 minutes (17.15 MB)

Redeye

Conservative government's new bill a disaster for refugees

November 17, 2010

| In October, the Harper government introduced a refugee reform bill designed to penalize refugees coming to Canada with the aid of human smugglers. Rick Goldman says it will affect all asylum seekers.

14:01 minutes (12.84 MB)

Street Cred

Aung San Suu Kyi is free!

November 15, 2010

| Jailed Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.

9:06 minutes (4.17 MB)

Aw@l

AW@L Radio - 2010-11-26 - Blatchford and Ezra, Sitting in a Tree, and a victory for NOII!

November 27, 2010

| AW@L Radio - 2010-11-26 - Blatchford and Ezra, Sitting in a Tree, and a victory for NOII!

77:55 minutes (71.34 MB)

Street Cred

The response to Haiti's cholera epidemic

November 29, 2010

| Canadian Red Cross spokesperson Sophie Chavanel from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

6:18 minutes (2.89 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)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#1

November 30, 2010

| Canadian youth prep for the UN climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico at the conference of youth.

5:35 minutes (5.12 MB)

Redeye

You Don't Like The Truth: 4 days inside Guantánamo

December 1, 2010

| This award-winning documentary is based on seven hours of video footage from the interrogation of Omar Khadr in Guantánamo Bay, recently declassified by the Canadian courts.

13:34 minutes (12.43 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#3

December 1, 2010

| Policy update and interview with Kandi Mossett of the Indigenous Environmental Network about her community’s struggle to keep Canada’s tar sands from contaminating their home

6:42 minutes (6.13 MB)

Street Cred

The case of Mumia Abu Jamal

December 1, 2010

| The latest U.S. appeal court hearings into the fate of Mumia Abu Jamal.

14:12 minutes (13.01 MB)

Aw@l

Yves Engler: 'How the Right did Wrong'

December 1, 2010

| How Stephen Harper's government destroyed Canada's reputation as an honest broker and lost the vote for a seat at the UN Security Council.

53:23 minutes (48.88 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#2

November 30, 2010

| Canadaian youth accepts a prestigous international award on behalf of Canada at the climate negotiations

7:01 minutes (6.43 MB)

Redeye

George Galloway on Afghanistan, Palestine and free speech

November 30, 2010

| George Galloway was banned from entering Canada in March 2009. Following a ruling in the Federal Court, Galloway was allowed into Canada. We catch up with him in the middle of his speaking tour.

16:36 minutes (15.2 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#4

December 2, 2010

| In today's podcast, we catch up with Joanna Dafoe, of Adopt a Negotiator, to discuss the role of the UN process in addressing the issue of climate change.

6:48 minutes (6.23 MB)

Living On Purpose

# 175 ~ Gregg Turner on Mindful Wellness

December 5, 2010

| Gregg Turner is a counseling therapist living in Victoria, B.C. Canada who is passionate about offering caring service to his clients.

31:07 minutes (28.49 MB)

Redeye

Ski resort threatens spiritual home of grizzly bear

December 5, 2010

| Plans for a year-round ski resort on the Jumbo Glacier in the Purcell Mountains of B.C. have stalled following a declaration of sovereignity by the Ktunaxa First Nation.

17:33 minutes (16.07 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#5

December 3, 2010

| Welcome to our fifth podcast, coming to you from Klimaforum, where hundreds of youth have gathered to celebrate Young and Future Generations day.

7:08 minutes (6.53 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)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#6

December 6, 2010

| Today, we cover a youth action on forest policy, an excerpt from our meeting with Canada's lead negotiator and we cover today's Via Campesina-led march in downtown Cancun.

6:28 minutes (5.93 MB)

Redeye

'Vulnerably housed' face same severe health problems as homeless

December 7, 2010

| For every one person in Canada who is homeless, another 23 live in unsafe, crowded or unaffordable housing.

12:52 minutes (11.78 MB)

Redeye

Abousfian Abdelrazik: In his own words

December 6, 2010

| Most Canadians first heard about the case of Abousfian Abdelrazik last year when a federal court judge ordered the Canadian government to allow him to return home from six years of exile in the Sudan.

57:55 minutes (53.03 MB)

Living On Purpose

#176 ~ Lynda Simmons book launch

December 8, 2010

| Lynda Simmons, author of new novel Island Girl, with issue of early on-set Alzheimer's, launches her book Dec. 8, 2010.

19:35 minutes (17.93 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#7

December 7, 2010

| Oil and Water don't mix: Kicking off week two of the negotiations.

6:49 minutes (6.24 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#8

December 7, 2010

| Via Campesina take to the streets!

7:14 minutes (6.62 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)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#9

December 9, 2010

| In today's podcast, you'll be hearing about a meeting we had with Canadian Minister of the Environment John Baird.

6:36 minutes (6.05 MB)

Youth Delegation to the UN Conference on Climate Change

Canadian Youth Delegation daily podcast from COP16-#10

December 10, 2010

| The issues regarding the form of a future international climate change agreement that have received so much focus here in Cancun, were beautifully contrasted today by Canadians at the conference.

7:17 minutes (6.68 MB)

Redeye

Group claims Canada's ecological footprint good reason to restrict immigration

December 8, 2010

| The Centre for Immigration Policy Reform is using environmental arguments to push for more restrictive immigration policies in Canada.

14:09 minutes (12.96 MB)

Redeye

Israel Awareness Club challenges donation to Gaza Aid Flotilla

December 11, 2010

| In November, members of the Israel Awareness Club at UBC attended the AGM of the Social Justice Centre and demanded they revoke funding to the Gaza Aid Flotilla and a talk by George Galloway.

14:11 minutes (12.99 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

December 4, 2010

| Labour news from the region with interview on sth korean labour issues with kctu spokesperson

30:18 minutes (13.87 MB)

The F Word

Feminism. It's on the Internet: The F Word explores the wild and wonderful world of feminist blogging

December 16, 2010

| Meghan Murphy explores the ins and outs of feminist blogging with special guest and expert blogger, Amanda Marcotte.

29:33 minutes (27.06 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

December 11, 2010

| Labour news from Asia with extended interview on the red shirt movement in thailand

29:57 minutes (13.71 MB)

Redeye

From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada's Siberian Expedition

December 17, 2010

| Six weeks after the Armistice was signed in 1918, a contingent of more than 4,000 Canadian soldiers mobilized for battle in a new theatre of war -- Siberia.

37:12 minutes (34.06 MB)

Redeye

Get That Freak

December 18, 2010

| Despite the fact that same-sex marriage is legal in Canada, kids in high school who identify or are identified as queer experience constant harassment and bullying.

14:53 minutes (13.64 MB)

radio book lounge

Episode 30 - Sandy Pool on writing, poetry and Exploding into Night

December 16, 2010

| Cara Waterfall speaks to Pool about her first book Exploding into Night.

36:43 minutes (33.62 MB)

Living On Purpose

#177 ~ Fountain of Peace Project

December 20, 2010

| Kathy Arnason of Victoria launches project to promote peace consciousness through children.

13:45 minutes (12.59 MB)

Asia Pacific Currents

asia pacific currents

December 18, 2010

| Pike River mine disaster New Zealand, labour news from Iran, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Philippines and Indonesia

28:12 minutes (12.91 MB)

Aw@l

Locked Up! Jailhouse Interview with AW@L member and G20 target Alex Hundert

December 20, 2010

| Vancouver Media Co-op correspondent Dawn Paley interview's Alex Hundert.

41:03 minutes (37.58 MB)

Redeye

The Spirit Level: Why more equal societies almost always do better

December 22, 2010

| Richard Wilkinson's work has shaped research on the social determinants of health for over thirty years. He co-authored the international best-seller The Spirit Level with Kate Pickett.

48:37 minutes (44.52 MB)

Redeye

On a Taglit-Birthright tour through Israel

December 22, 2010

| In July, activist Rachel Marcuse spent 10 days in Israel as part of the Taglit-Birthright program -- a fully sponsored trip for young North American Jews to learn more about the country.

27:17 minutes (24.98 MB)

Alternatives Podcast

The New Entrepreneurs: A feature interview with author Andrew Heintzman

December 23, 2010

| A feature interview with eco-venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman about his recent book The New Entrepreneurs.

51:44 minutes (47.37 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Ducks and Leaks: A departing Congress, an important website and more

December 23, 2010

| Media and politicians are putting out a lot of misinformation on Wikileaks and the UN investigates the U.S. on the prison conditions for the alleged leaker, plus a lame duck Congress gets it done.

36:56 minutes (33.82 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)

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

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

Mourning recent deaths of T.O. migrant workers (2 of 2)

September 4, 2010

| Workplace horror: This past Christmas Eve in Toronto four migrant workers had plummeted to their deaths, and a fifth worker left in permanent critical condition.

36:09 minutes (24.83 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

Mourning recent deaths of T.O. migrant workers (1 of 2)

September 1, 2010

| Workplace horror: This past Christmas Eve in Toronto four migrant workers had plummeted to their deaths, and a fifth worker left in permanent critical condition.

21:06 minutes (14.49 MB)

Aw@l

Strengthening Our Resolve - The WLU Tapes - Alex Hundert and Humera Javed (1 of 3)

January 8, 2011

| Part 1 of 3 from the talk: Strengthening our resolve panel, held at the WLU faculty of social work in September 2010, which led to the arrest of one of the invited speaker.

58:05 minutes (53.18 MB)

Aw@l

Strengthening Our Resolve - The WLU Tapes - Lindsay Bomberry and Ojistar:yo (2 of 3)

January 8, 2011

| Part 2 of 3 from the talk: Strengthening our resolve panel, held at the WLU faculty of social work in September 2010, which led to the arrest of one of the invited speaker.

73:03 minutes (66.88 MB)

Aw@l

Strengthening Our Resolve - The WLU Tapes - Harsha Walia (3 of 3)

January 8, 2011

| Part 3 of 3 from the talk: Strengthening our resolve panel, held at the WLU faculty of social work in September 2010, which led to the arrest of one of the invited speaker.

50:44 minutes (46.46 MB)

I Read The News Today, Oh Boy!

Below the fold: News you might have missed in 2010

December 31, 2010

| Killer whales, mine fires, terminator seeds, birthers, Chuck Norris, oil spills not in the gulf, a problematic museum of tolerance and more highlights from 2010.

38:47 minutes (35.52 MB)

Redeye

Stopping animal research at UBC

January 6, 2011

| UBC conducts extensive research on a variety of animals, including pigs, primates, cats and rabbits. Much of that research is funded by the public, through taxpayer dollars and student fees.

16:52 minutes (15.44 MB)

Living On Purpose

#178 ~ Re-Write Your Life

December 29, 2010

| June Swadron re-writes her life every day and guides thousands to do the same.

6:56 minutes (6.36 MB)

Redeye

How a millionaire got the working-class vote in Toronto

December 23, 2010

| Millionaires Rob Ford and Don Cherry painted themselves as blue-collar guys at Ford's inauguration in early December. Brian Topp says they are a lot smarter than progressives give them credit for.

15:35 minutes (14.27 MB)

Redeye

A Journey: My Political Life

December 23, 2010

| Activist and author Derrick O'Keefe made his way through this 700-page political reflection by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and shares his thoughts on what he found there.

15:01 minutes (13.75 MB)

The F Word

Pink think: Pinkwashing and breast cancer awareness campaigns

November 11, 2010

| The F Word takes a look at the problematic trend of “Pinkwashing” and breast cancer awareness campaigns. Featuring an interview by Meghan Murphy with Breast Cancer Action’s Program Manager, Kim Irish.

38:49 minutes (35.54 MB)

Migrant Matters

Immigration minister's visit to Guelph, ON met by picnic denouncing federal immigration policies

September 26, 2010

| Picnic denounces federal Minister Jason Kenney's visit to Guelph, Canada's anti-migrant policies and the direction of conservative politics.

25:06 minutes (22.98 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

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)

Redeye

On a Taglit-Birthright tour through Israel

December 22, 2010

| In July, activist Rachel Marcuse spent 10 days in Israel as part of the Taglit-Birthright program -- a fully sponsored trip for young North American Jews to learn more about the country.

27:17 minutes (24.98 MB)