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On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interviews with activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
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Redeye

Cities desperate for infrastructure funding

June 29, 2010
| Of each dollar that is paid in taxes, only eight cents reaches municipalities. This means city councils are scrambling for money to complete essential infrastructure projects.

12:28 minutes (11.41 MB)
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Redeye

Taking a look at the new Alberta Health Act

June 29, 2010
| The Alberta government has announced that it's bringing in new legislation to "reorganize and revamp" the province's healthcare system. Colleen Fuller explores some of the key aspects of this reform.

12:21 minutes (11.31 MB)
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Bhopal convictions: Too little, too late

June 28, 2010
| This month, twenty five years after a chemical disaster which killed tens of thousands, an Indian court sentenced seven former Union Carbide employees with two years in prison and small fines.

13:47 minutes (12.62 MB)
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Redeye

Redwire: Hope in a time of hopelessness

June 19, 2010
| Marika Swan discusses how Redwire Native Youth Media has provided a space for native youth to discuss challenging and controversial issues that other publications avoid.

9:32 minutes (8.73 MB)
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Mineral discovery in Afghanistan an unmitigated disaster

June 20, 2010
| So says Michael Klare, professor of Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College in Amherst and author of Resource Wars.

10:18 minutes (9.44 MB)
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Redeye

Vancouver School Board on collision course with Ministry of Education

June 20, 2010
| A ministry press release accuses the VSB of financial mismanagement, the Board says it's simply trying to provided needed services for schoolchildren.

10:57 minutes (10.03 MB)
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Redeye

In the digital era, radio is as important as ever

June 19, 2010
| Despite the increasing reach of the internet, most of the world still relies on radio as its main form of mass communication says journalist Chris Arsenault.

8:22 minutes (7.66 MB)
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Redeye

Building media in support of social movements

June 19, 2010
| It is vital to create media institutions that allow grassroots social movements to engage in public discussion on their own terms says Dawn Paley.

9:40 minutes (8.86 MB)
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35 years of Vancouver Cooperative Radio: No small accomplishment

June 19, 2010
| The fact that Vancouver Cooperative Radio still exists, 35 years after its founding, is no small accomplishment says Mordecai Briemberg.

21:05 minutes (19.31 MB)
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Redeye

Herr Beckmann's People

June 16, 2010
| A new play by Victoria playwright Sally Stubbs has won the third annual Canadian Peace Play competition. Laura Lamb went to see the production by Touchstone Theatre.

14:34 minutes (13.35 MB)
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