February 17, 2023
Canada ratifies global labour law
A RadioLabour interview with CLC Executive Vice-President Siobhán Vipond.
Podcasts
February 13, 2023
Capitalism and the mental health crisis
Madeleine Ritts, Michelle Sraha-Yeboah and Jon Weier discuss how the current mental health crisis may be a symptom of the deeper crisis of capitalism.
February 10, 2023
Black women and union leadership
An interview with Karen Brown, the president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
February 10, 2023
Capt. Danny Bailey, a new face in Ontario’s drag scene
This week on rabble radio, rabble contributor Doreen Nicoll speaks to Katie Purdy (AKA Capt Danny Bailey), a drag performer in Oakville, Ontario. Purdy is on a mission to host more drag events in the Great Toronto Area.
February 3, 2023
CUPE Ontario’s Yolanda McClean on empowering BIPOC women workers
rabble labour reporter Gabriela Calugay-Casuga sits down with CUPE Ontario secretary-treasurer Yolanda McClean to talk about gender and racial equity inside and outside of Canada’s labour movement.
February 3, 2023
The heartbreak of being a teacher
Education International, which has affiliates in Canada, has started a global campaign to Go Public! Fund Education.
January 30, 2023
COP15 and 30×30 Pt. II: Indigenous led conservation and saving the Greenbelt
Jeff Monague, manager at Springwater Provincial Park and former Chief of Beausoleil First Nation, talks about Indigenous approaches to conservation and dangers facing Ontario’s Greenbelt.
January 27, 2023
Unions saving the families of 50,000 Ukrainian seafarers
When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, thousands of Ukrainian seafarers were on their vessels away from their families. Transport unions helped by flying families out of the country, purchasing supplies and providing mental health counselling for the children.
January 27, 2023
Cooling the climate crisis – and the economy – in 2023
In our first Off the Hill panel of 2023, our guests discussed the critical issues related to the economic outlook and the climate emergency. Our January panel featured MP Leah Gazan, Jim Stanford, Clayton Thomas-Müller and Karl Nerenberg.
January 20, 2023
Cancelling the right to strike in the UK
The British government has adopted legislation demanding minimum work levels during a strike.
January 20, 2023
What electoral reform might look like in Canada
rabble parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg and Réal Lavergne, former president of Fair Vote Canada and current president of the NCR chapter, join editor Nick Seebruch to debate the different ways electoral reform might look in Canada.
January 16, 2023
COP15, and 30×30 Pt.I: Turning the Tide on Biodiversity Loss and Mass Extinction
What led us into this crisis of biodiversity loss and mass extinction? Are we on track to halt and reverse this crisis by 2030? What is the role of Indigenous-led conservation? What of the Greenbelt? Can growing urban centres co-exist with the urgent need to protect and conserve the natural world?