Current Affairs

The rabble podcast networks offers a fresh perspective on world events and social change.
Needs No Introduction

Needs No Introduction: The politics of climate change

February 11, 2012
| Pat Mooney is the author of several books on the politics of biotechnology and biodiversity, and the director of the ETC Group. On Feb. 8 he delivered a lecture on the politics of climate change.

42:36 minutes (58.52 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers in the Syrian uprising

February 11, 2012
| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and an interview with Ms. Rafif Jouejati, from Local Co-ordinating Committee Syria, on workers in the Syrian uprising.

31:19 minutes (14.34 MB)
Alert! Radio from Canadian Dimension

Alert! Radio #202: Canada's surveillance society and the campaign against unions

February 10, 2012
| Micheal Vonn discusses coming bills to expand police surveillance powers, Stephen Staples on the national security establishment and Herman Rosenfeld analyzes the co-ordinated campaign against unions.

60:02 minutes (27.49 MB)
Journalists for Human Rights

jhr Rights Report #16: The price of silence on gender-based violence

February 10, 2012
| The 16th edition of the jhr Rights Report brings attention to gender-based violence faced by women in Canada and around the world.

17:53 minutes (8.2 MB)
Redeye

Closing the door on refugees from Mexico

February 9, 2012
| Journalist Karla Garcia Ramirez fled Mexico after getting death threats after blowing the whistle on government corruption. Despite this, she was turned down for refugee status.

13:44 minutes (12.58 MB)
Redeye

People's Commission launches campaign against CSIS

February 9, 2012
| The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has been accused of intimidation and harassment. The People's Commission Network in Montreal is saying that it's time to stop co-operating with CSIS.

15:49 minutes (14.49 MB)
The F Word

Women’s sexuality and female ejaculation

January 23, 2012
| Nicole Deagan and guests discuss social and psychological barriers to women’s sexual exploration – and focus specifically on female ejaculation.

44:03 minutes (50.42 MB)
Redeye

Book: Crack Capitalism

February 8, 2012
| John Holloway is a sociologist, philosopher and author. His work has stirred much debate among anti-capitalist activists. His most recent book is Crack Capitalism.

17:02 minutes (15.6 MB)
Redeye

Quebec students protest tuition hikes

February 8, 2012
| For decades the provincial government in Quebec kept tuition fees low to encourage people to take advantage of post-secondary education. The Charest government plans to reverse this policy.

13:15 minutes (12.14 MB)
Redeye

New organization of Latin American states leaves out Canada and the U.S.

February 8, 2012
| Last December, Caracas hosted the inaugural meeting of CELAC, a new organization that includes 33 countries in the Americas but notably excludes Canada and the United States.

15:08 minutes (13.86 MB)
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