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$1 billion? Cops, cameras and Olympic security

February 3, 2010
| Author and activist Chris Shaw on defending civil liberties in face of the Olympic security regime.

19:27 minutes (17.81 MB)
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Death Under Police Watch: Part 2

February 4, 2010
| A BC woman still searches for answers and accountability in the shooting death of her brother by police.

14:14 minutes (16.29 MB)
Stark Raven: Prison Justice

Animal rights activists fight U.S. terrorism law

November 10, 2009
| Animal rights activists are increasingly being targetted by the state as terrorists. A lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights is challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

23:32 minutes (26.94 MB)
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The 2010 Games takes a page from Orwell: Defending civil liberties during the Olympics

October 5, 2009
| From "Safe Assembly Zones" to "Brand Violation" patrols, there is little to celebrate when it comes to the 2010 games and civil liberties. David Eby of the BCCLA gives us the lowdown.

20:17 minutes (18.58 MB)
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Vancouver's Downtown Eastside braces for the looming Olympic security regime

October 4, 2009
| Laura Track of the Pivot Legal Society talks about the impact of Olympic security plans on the residents of the 'Canada's poorest postal code', the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

17:55 minutes (16.41 MB)
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More mandatory minimums for drugs, more jail time for women

July 27, 2009
| Activist and researcher Susan Boyd on the Tories latest mandatory minimum bill (Bill C-15), how this fits into their large drug policy and the impact of these policies on women.

25:09 minutes (23.04 MB)
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Prisoners and community members unravel the challenge of non-violence

April 30, 2009
| The Alternatives to Violence Project provides a space for community members and prisoners to understand their relationships to themselves and others, and learn the skills of non-violent living.

28:31 minutes (26.11 MB)
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Drugs, Gangs and Knee-Jerk Reactions: What would the legalization of drugs actually look like?

March 30, 2009
| More police and jailtime won't get to the root of the issue of gang violence. But maybe legalizing drugs would. How would that work?

27:46 minutes (25.43 MB)
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The criminalization of HIV

March 3, 2009
| Not disclosing that you are HIV positive is illegal. Is this an effective way to stop the spread of HIV?

27:19 minutes (25.01 MB)
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Doing Time: Leisure and Incarceration

February 7, 2009
| How can you have agency in an environment structured on institutional control? Leisure education is one way prisoners are using to help them discover and assert agency and choice behind bars.

22:14 minutes (20.36 MB)
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