Political Commentary

The rabble podcast network speaks out on what's happening and what we think of it.
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)
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: They ignore, we take action

February 9, 2012
| A quick rundown of the week's news -- ranging from student and labour strife to dishonouring treaties, to occupying everything!

42:25 minutes (38.83 MB)
Aw@l

Eco Update: Enbridge's leaky pipelines, Fukushima's radiation, and no frackin' way!

February 9, 2012
| We report on the Enbridge oil spilling company and continued resistance against their pipelines, provide some info on the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and read a protest against hydraulic fracturing.

43:45 minutes (40.06 MB)
Aw@l

Eco Update: Canadian mining destroying Indigenous communities around the world

February 8, 2012
| This edition of the Eco Update on AW@L Radio jumps into mining operations in Canada and elsewhere undertaken by Canadian corporations on behalf of their capitalist owners.

24:09 minutes (22.12 MB)
Aw@l

G20 report: Continued crackdown on dissent, demanding accountability

February 7, 2012
| Our G20 report includes updates from the May 2010 police slaying of Junior Manon and his family's quest for justice, the call for police accountability and a crackdown on another anti-police blogger.

20:37 minutes (18.89 MB)
Aw@l

Smash the State Report: Bill C-10, CETA and decolonizing Occupy

February 7, 2012
| This week, Smash the State on AW@L Radio includes discussion of the omnibus crime bill, the Canada-EU trade deal, anti-racism, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, decolonizing the Occupy movement and more.

61:09 minutes (55.98 MB)
Aw@l

Slamming KW with poet Janice Lee

February 5, 2012
| We are joined by KW poet and artist extraordinaire Janice Lee for discussion on the local Kitchener-Waterloo slam poetry series and to drop a couple of new poems.

29:43 minutes (27.22 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents: Second General Assembly of Migrante Melbourne

February 4, 2012
| Labour updates from the Asia Pacific region and an interview with George Kotsakis from Migrante Australia about the Second General Assembly held on January 27 and 28.

29:55 minutes (13.7 MB)
Aw@l

Against prisons, against Bill C-10! News from Prison Radio Land

February 3, 2012
| An update about Mumia Abu Jamal, a note from Nyki, wrongfully imprisoned in the Grand Valley Institute for Women, and a discussion about Bill C-10, Harper's #omnibus imprisonment bill.

39:16 minutes (35.95 MB)
Aw@l

Conspiracy of the Crowns: A G20 fallout update with Julian Ichim

February 2, 2012
| G20 police state target Julain Ichim joins us for an update on G20 legal cases and continuing resistance to capitalist imperial rule. When organizing is a crime, organize!

52:20 minutes (47.91 MB)
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