July 8, 2022
Doug Ford and social murder
Doreen Nicoll speaks to author and professor Dennis Raphael about the 1800’s concept of “social murder” and how it applies to Doug Ford’s government.
Podcasts
July 4, 2022
COVID, inequality and the billionaire space-race
Amid a growing concentration of wealth in fewer hands, how do we understand billionaire wealth? And what do billionaires signal about our economic and democratic systems?
June 30, 2022
The CFNU and rabble.ca present Nurses’ Voices
Over the past two years, nurses and healthcare workers across the country have continuously put their lives on the line to help Canadians overcome the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. Now, they share their side of the story.
June 27, 2022
Covid, capitalism, climate: The standard of double-standards between the global north and the global south
As the Global South stands on the front-lines of the converging crises of COVID, capitalism and climate, isn’t it time to pay attention to the world’s majority? Isn’t it time for their knowledge, expertise and even leadership?
June 24, 2022
Why the new fascist right is rising
The global neo-fascist attack on unions, authoritarian government in the South Pacific, a plea by Ukrainian teachers, the LabourStart Report about union events and Woody Guthrie singing: “All You Fascists Bound to Lose.”
June 24, 2022
The right to abortion access with Martha Paynter
Stephen Wentzell speaks with Martha Paynter about her new book, Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada.
June 20, 2022
Mental health in the workplace: Are we working well?
Guests Jon Weier and Tom Parkin discuss their upcoming report on “Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace”. How does work impact our mental health? Is work culture in Canada good for us? Can it be?
June 17, 2022
The future of meat with Liz Marshall
Libby Davies sits down with Liz Marshall to talk about her recently internationally released documentary, Meat the Future.
June 17, 2022
AFL-CIO elects first woman president
Liz Shuler is elected president of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
June 13, 2022
Conflict, climate and refugees: Borderless crises in a bordered world and the politics of asylum
Loly Rico and Rachel Bryce talk about the issues facing those fleeing poverty and Canada’s responsibility to provide asylum to refugees.
June 10, 2022
Off the Hill: Hot summer in the West
Our June panel was made up of Rachel Snow, David Climenhaga, Chuka Ejeckam and Karl Nerenberg with co-hosts Robin Browne and Libby Davies.
June 6, 2022
Ecological grief: Mourning the past, fearing the future and finding hope
Guest Ashlee Cunsolo discusses the climate crisis and ecological grief. What does it look like? How do we mourn our ecosystems and planet? And is there a hope and a power to be found within this grief?