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)
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)
Reel Women

DVD Review: Good cops? Bad cops! Two boys in blue who are worse than the crooks

July 27, 2010
| A cinematic study of police force over 20 years: bad lieutenant one versus bad lieutenant two.

8:20 minutes (7.68 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Eleven arrested at OCAP Special Diet rally

July 27, 2010
| “The police immediately came in and handcuffed us,” said Marque Brill, of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. “They didn’t ask us at all, as would be normal, to leave or we will be arrested.”

5:18 minutes (4.86 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Supporters rally for G20 arrestee Kelly Pflug-Back

July 27, 2010
| “Kelly is an amazing person, a good organizer and done a lot for the community,” said Julian Ichim, a friend and organizer with Sense of Security (S.O.S.).

2:50 minutes (2.59 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)
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

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

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)
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)
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)
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

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)
The Ruckus

#50 - From the Back of the Film: A look back at Thrush Hermit (part 1)

July 20, 2010
| The Ruckus continues wandering through Canada's rock and roll past, with the first of a three-part series on Thrush Hermit.

31:17 minutes (57.28 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents

Labour news from the Asia Pacific

July 17, 2010
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific. Interview with Afshin Nikouseresht from Iran Solidarity, about the state of organized labour and other progressive campaigns in Iran.

31:01 minutes (14.24 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)
Pivot Legal Society

Excessive force by Vancouver Police caught on video

July 13, 2010
| Sean Condon of Megaphone Magazine talks about how he came about an exclusive story about the Vancouver Police exercising excessive force on a homeless man.

10:30 minutes (9.61 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Harper G20 agenda a direct attack on public sector workers, says Labour Council president

July 12, 2010
| Two weeks ago, more than 25,000 people marched in the streets of Toronto, opposing the influence Stephen Harper was hoping to exert over the other G20 leaders.

5:25 minutes (4.96 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)
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)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

G20 detainee shares his story

July 11, 2010
| Tommy Taylor was arrested and detained for almost 24 hours after being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time on Saturday during the G20 summit protests.

8:32 minutes (7.82 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Amnesty International backs call for independent inquiry into the G20 security measures

July 11, 2010
| Shanaaz Gokool, the Chair of Amnesty International Canada, says what happened over the G20 weekend threatened the rights and freedoms of all Canadians.

7:07 minutes (6.51 MB)
John Bonnar Audio Blog

Ontario Federation of Labour supports call for G20 public inquiry

July 11, 2010
| “Harper and McGuinty should cut their losses and call this public inquiry,” said Sid Ryan at Saturday’s rally and march in Toronto.

3:10 minutes (2.91 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)
Reel Women

DVD Review: Jet Fuel for the imagination -- take a trip with grand master of the mind -- Terry Gilliam

July 9, 2010
| Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond visit the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and the Futuristic Brazil.

7:47 minutes (5.38 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

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)
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

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)
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