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Join us on June 5-8 to continue a tradition of community lead action for justice -- for our people, and for the protection of the water, air, and forests that give life to us all.

BC court considers ordering arrest of Gitxsan hereditary chiefs blockading the offices of the Gitxsan Treaty Society after they signed an agreement supporting Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline..

The Yinka Dene Alliance and their supporters rallied at Enbridge's annual shareholders meeting, on Wednesday, May 9 in downtown Toronto.

Reports from the April 28 Two Row Wampum Walk, a call-out for an Oshkimaadizig peace camp in Coldwater, and the Yinka-Dena alliance resists tar sands developments -- and so does Scott Neidermeyer!

This global day of mobilization for Palestinian rights, the response of the Israeli government and the dim prospects for a change in Canadian foreign policy under Thomas Mulcair's NDP are discussed.

Several hundred protesters marched from Metro Hall to Le Meridien King Edward Hotel on King Street where Enbridge was holding its Annual Shareholders Meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

A concern about the social and environmental destruction caused by Canadian mining companies brought me to the fourth annual Mining Injustice Conference.

Introducing a new rabble series focusing on the stories of young people from Haida Gwaii off B.C.'s Pacific coast.

This Smash the State Report starts off with the re-opening of the abortion debate in Canada, then jumps into the Quebec student strike, the Yinka-Dene Freedom Train and much more!

UPDATED: Yinka Dene Alliance is taking a Freedom Train across Canada to enforce their legal ban on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project, and to stand up for their freedom.

How does the Canadian government's support for Israel relate to Canada's own historical and ongoing colonization of indigenous people here? Mike Krebs, Glenn Coulthard and Charlotte Kates discuss.

On the Smash the State Report: the Walk for Peace, Respect and Friendship, a piece from Julian Ichim on legitimacy in movements, ripping apart Margaret Wente's attack on David Suzuki, and more!

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

In the past, Barrick Gold has been accused of creating poverty, wreaking environmental destruction and committing human rights violations in various countries where it operates.

Protesters gathered in Simcoe Park across from the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto to oppose Barrick's mining activities in foreign countries.

Update of actions against austerity as the Quebec student strike rages on, with street battles, mass arrests and bad faith negotiating. Also a piece on a Kitchener solidarity action and Plan Nord.

Caledonia – April 20th, 2012 marks the sixth anniversary of the OPP raid of the Six Nations reclamation of the former Douglas Creek Estates, which cast a national spotlight on Native land disputes.

This show features updates on Indigenous resistance from Grassy Narrows, #Attawapiskat, KI's fight against God's Lake Resources, plus more actions from Six Nations land defenders.

There have been significant funding cuts to First Nations communities as well as to various First Nations organizations, yet the political world has been all but silent on the issue.

The feature of today's show is our discussion with radical historian Luke Stewart on the upcoming Rally, Walk and Community BBQ taking place on April 28 in Grand River Territory of the Six Nations.

All Violence against Earth is Violence to Women, How We must Look at the Past to Restore Our Future, a teach-in by a Celebrated Indigenous Woman, Lee Maracle!

On the Activist Toolkit Occupy roundup: Guides, tech tools and workshops for every occupation.

Opponents of the Enbridge pipeline gathered at the National Energy Board Joint Panel hearings at the Comox Rec Centre.

Jacques Marion, the third-party manager in Attawapiskat, has just lost his job, yet no one seems to care!

Speaker after speaker poured out their passionate pleas to an impassive panel at the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings in Comox, B.C., on March 30 and 31.