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Asia Pacific Currents

Hong Kong dock workers win - analysis of the dispute

May 18, 2013
| Interview with Au Loong Yu of China Labour Net
Length: 28:25 minutes minutes (13.01 MB)
Progressive Voices

Operation Shut it Down: Opening Day Demonstration at Marineland

May 17, 2013
| Ange Guenard of Marineland Animal Defense speaks to the Opening Day Demonstration at Marineland this Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Length: 09:26 minutes minutes (8.65 MB)
Talking Radical Radio

Mad Pride in Toronto

May 15, 2013
| Four organizers with Mad Pride Toronto talk about what it means to celebrate the struggles, arts, culture and heritage of people who have experienced the mental health system.
Length: 28:19 minutes minutes (25.93 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Journalist Bob Mackin on holding the government accountable

May 14, 2013
| David Ball and Irwin Oostindie on the B.C. election, government transparency and access to information.
Length: 15:45 minutes minutes (14.43 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, Andrew MacLeod on today's election

May 14, 2013
| David Ball and Irwin Oostindie speak with The Tyee's legislative bureau chief about today's election and the recent Health Ministry's firings.
Length: 11:36 minutes minutes (10.63 MB)
Alternatives Podcast

A\J 39.3: Interviews with Giles Slade and Franke James

May 14, 2013
| Daryn Caister interviewed author Giles Slade and artist Franke James. Excerpts of each of their new books are featured in the May/June 2013 issue of A\J.
Length: 50:46 minutes minutes (46.49 MB)
Redeye

French military presence in Mali to continue

May 14, 2013
| Earlier this year France began a military involvement in the West African nation of Mali. Last month the French parliament voted to extend their involvement.
Length: 15:53 minutes minutes (14.54 MB)
Needs No Introduction

2013 B.C. election: The missing news

May 14, 2013
| A panel discussion presented as part of the CounterCulture Speaker Series and run by the Media Democracy Project, looks at what's missing in the coverage of the B.C. election.
Length: 33:34 minutes minutes (85.67 MB)
Media Mornings

This Week on Media Mornings (Vol 11): Special B.C. Election podcast

May 13, 2013
| A 2013 provincial election podcast of the best interviews, headlines & music with the candidates & commentators on Media Mornings daily news hour.
Length: 07:49 minutes minutes (62.16 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Greens' Jane Sterk talks fracking, vote-splitting and democracy

May 13, 2013
| Vote-splitting, democratic choice and electoral reform. Natural gas fracking supported by Liberals and NDP. Who will defend the coast?
Length: 08:50 minutes minutes (8.09 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: NDP's Mable Elmore urges action on affordability, education

May 13, 2013
| Jane Bouey and Mayaan Kreitzman speak with NDP MLA Mable Elmore about the upcoming B.C. election.
Length: 09:53 minutes minutes (9.06 MB)
Redeye

Nestlé Waters Canada fights drought limits

May 13, 2013
| Nestlé has reached an agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Environment that it will not face restrictions on its water use even during a drought.
Length: 12:39 minutes minutes (11.59 MB)
Redeye

Manitoba First Nations challenge Canada's record at UN

May 13, 2013
| Two weeks ago a delegation from Manitoba traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to urge the United Nations to challenge Canada’s record on the human right to water.
Length: 13:38 minutes minutes (12.48 MB)
Redeye

Guantanamo hunger strike garners widespread support

May 13, 2013
| The vast majority of prisoners in Guatanamo are now on hunger strike in protest against their continued detention without charge or trial. Some have been on hunger strike for three months.
Length: 13:32 minutes minutes (12.39 MB)
Redeye

The Tetla: A First Nations alternative currency

May 13, 2013
| Meaghan Champion is S'amuna' of the Cowichan tribes. She's the founder of a new currency that is circulating in the Victoria area.
Length: 10:21 minutes minutes (9.49 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Vicki Huntington, province's first independent elected since 1949, on the failure of parties

May 12, 2013
| B.C.'s first elected independent candidate since 1949 talks about democratic reform and representative politics.
Length: 11:57 minutes minutes (10.95 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Iglika Ivanova talks economy, equality and elections

May 12, 2013
| A CCPA-BC Economist and Public Interest Researcher talks about the economy, the living wage and affordable child care in the election run-up. Interviewed by Jane Bouey and Mayaan Kreitzman.
Length: 14:10 minutes minutes (12.97 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Ex-mayor Sam Sullivan talks about his BC Liberal run, drug laws and BC Rail scandal

May 12, 2013
| Vancouver's former mayor talks about legalizing marijuana, his past conflicts with Christy Clark and the BC Liberal Party campaign. Interviewed by David P. Ball.
Length: 10:41 minutes minutes (9.79 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Sean Holman explores the 'secret world' of party discipline

May 12, 2013
| Investigative reporter, journalist and filmmaker Sean Holman talks about his new doc, "Whipped: The Secret World of Party Discipline." Interviewed by David P. Ball.
Length: 19:25 minutes minutes (17.79 MB)
Media Mornings

B.C. Election: Duane Nickull (BC Conservatives)

May 12, 2013
| BC Conservative candidate and punk rocker, a.k.a. "Duane Chaos," talks about libertarianism, green energy and party discipline. Interviewed by David P. Ball on May 9.
Length: 09:33 minutes minutes (8.76 MB)