Nov 1, 2016
Maximizing fragility
Green Majority Radio
We discuss the ongoing protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline which resulted in over 100 more arrests of protesters this week, bringing the total to over 260 since the action began.
Indigenous Rights
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Nov 1, 2016  Put down the selfie sticks and protect water in CanadaMaude Barlow Emma Lui People are hungry for real change. But one year later, are Justin Trudeau's actions speaking louder than his words? |
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Oct 31, 2016  Aboriginal women deserve more than we as Canadians have been willing to give themDoreen Nicoll Why are Aboriginal women experiencing violence at far greater rates than non-Aboriginal women? In one word, colonialism. |
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Oct 31, 2016  Canadian banks are helping bankroll the Dakota Access PipelineMichael Stewart TD, Scotiabank and RBC are providing hundreds of millions in financing both directly and indirectly to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Enbridge also owns a 28 per cent stake in the project. |
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Oct 28, 2016  Police violence at Standing Rock shows America still addicted to frontier justiceJ. Baglow Bundys get acquitted after seizing federal property with armed force. Standing Rock Indigenous people's protest is crushed without mercy. The contrast tells us much. |
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Oct 28, 2016  Make Muskrat Right activists celebrate cautious victoryCory Collins Action over Muskrat Falls gained momentum following occupation of the project's work site. Premier Dwight Ball met with Aboriginal leaders on Tuesday, which ended with an agreement on the project. |
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Oct 28, 2016  Justin Trudeau continuing proud Liberal tradition of betraying Indigenous peoplesRussell Diabo The Liberals' backsliding on adopting UNDRIP and inexplicable approvals of the Site C Dam and Lelu Island LNG plant in B.C. are part of a long tradition of deceiving and betraying First Nations. |
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Oct 27, 2016  Science is on the side of Muskrat Falls protestersrabble staff Protesters at Muskrat Falls are demanding that Nalcor Energy clear away vegetation and the surface soil layer from the area to be flooded in order to reduce poisoning by methyl mercury. |
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Oct 26, 2016  Adam Capay is a case study in the banality of evil [with updates]J. Baglow Adam Capay, a young Indigenous man, has been kept in solitary confinement for four years without trial. He has been driven to the brink of mental illness. The minister in charge says, "Tough." |
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Oct 26, 2016  Chippewas of the Thames take Line 9 to courtMeg Borthwick An interview with Myeengun Henry from the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, who is part of the group presenting a constitutional challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada against Enbridge's Line 9. |
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Oct 25, 2016  Science bears out Muskrat Falls protesters' demands. Governments should listen.Protesters at Muskrat Falls are demanding that Nalcor Energy clear away vegetation and the surface soil layer from the area to be flooded in order to reduce poisoning by methyl mercury. |
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Oct 21, 2016  If Canada really wants Truth and Reconciliation it should start in Muskrat FallsHans Rollman Any hopes that the governing federal and provincial Liberals might have had that the Muskrat Falls struggle would remain a remote and isolated matter of regional politics are rapidly evaporating. |
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Oct 21, 2016  Democracy Now reporter arrested after covering the Dakota Access Pipelinerabble staff Attempts to criminalize nonviolent land and water defenders, humiliate them and arrest journalists should not pave the way for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. |
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Oct 20, 2016  Amy Goodman's arrest puts fierce spotlight on standoff at Standing RockAttempts to criminalize nonviolent land and water defenders, humiliate them and arrest journalists should not pave the way for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. |
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Oct 20, 2016  'Indigenous London' re-imagines colonial telling of London's pastMegan Devlin University of British Columbia professor Coll Thrush's work reveals Indigenous history at the centre of an empire. |
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Oct 19, 2016  Don't whitewash police violence at Muskrat FallsHans Rollman Let's be clear: Muskrat Falls, and the actions of Nalcor and the provincial government, constitute an act of racist violence against rural and largely Indigenous communities in Labrador. |
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Oct 19, 2016  Muskrat Falls project violates the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesBrent Patterson Council of Canadians says the Muskrat Falls project violates the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
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Oct 13, 2016  Land protectors and activists stand together for climate justiceThe movement to combat climate change is growing dynamically and unpredictably, and is facing increasing repression from the fossil-fuel industry and government authorities. |
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Oct 13, 2016  Ukraine foreign minister makes news in Canada for wanting to scuttle Arctic co-operation with RussiaRoger Annis Renfrey Clarke Some Canadian media seems to think that sabotaging co-operation between countries in the Arctic region a climate-warming world is a legitimate weapon in the ongoing propaganda war against Russia. |
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Oct 12, 2016 Not Rex: Revolution on!The airwaves and wires are full of circus debates, so the revolution is not being televised! |
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Oct 12, 2016  Grassroots Indigenous organizing against the Site C damTalking Radical Radio Helen Knott talks about the grassroots opposition among Indigenous people to the proposed Site C dam. |
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Oct 11, 2016  'We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice': Interview with director Alanis ObomsawinAlyse Kotyk Obomsawin's documentry, featured at the Vancouver International Film Festival, highlights the lack of services for Indigenous children living on reserves. |
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Oct 11, 2016  After winning nine-year legal battle, children on reserve still wait for essential servicesDoreen Nicoll After winning a nine-year court battle and with a new government in power, lags in implementing the tribunal's recommendations discriminate against children living on reserve. |
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Oct 6, 2016  Energy East pipeline spill would affect Ottawa's drinking water within 48 hoursBrent Patterson Council of Canadians says the Energy East pipeline is "all risk and no reward." |
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