Dave Zirin is the first sports writer in the 150-year history of The Nation magazine. Zirin writes about the politics of sport and tells the stories of activist athletes and their struggles. He came to Vancouver at the invitation of the Olympic Resistance Network.

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Zirin's talk was recorded by Jane Williams of the Redeye Collective. Redeye's podcasts are broadcast weekly on rabble's podcast network.

THE index of The Illustrated History of Canada (2002 edition), touted as “the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume history of our nation,” contains virtually no references to African-Canadian history. The remarkable Harriet Tubman, who was born in captivity in the United States, escaped to Canada, and from her base in St. Catherine's, Ontario, made at least nineteen dangerous journeys south of the border to help free hundreds of slaves, doesn't merit a mention.