December 17, 2021
Best of rabble radio 2021
Chelsea Nash looks back at rabble radio’s top stories of 2021 – including Brent Patterson’s Wetʼsuwetʼen coverage, all the political news that came out of the 2021 snap election, and much more.
Podcasts
December 10, 2021
Land defenders Eve Saint and Jocey Alec talk Indigenous power in the face of RCMP arrests
This week on the podcast, rabble contributor Brent Patterson interviews Wet’suwet’en land defenders Eve Saint and Jocelyn, or Jocey, Alec. Eve and Jocey are sisters who have been arrested and criminalized for defending their sovereign territory in northern British Columbia from a fracked gas pipeline being built on those lands without consent.
December 10, 2021
Condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong
Condemning China’s actions in Hong Kong On Human Rights Day, December 10, unions focused on Hong Kong and Palestine. An interview with the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, Sharan Burrow. And more labour news. Also in RadioLabour’s Report for the week December 6-10 , 2021: * The Labour Start Report about union…
December 3, 2021
Off the Hill: Games of the Throne
We share a clip from our most recent monthly political panel, Off the Hill, featuring El Jones, Clayton Thomas-Muller, and MP Leah Gazan.
December 3, 2021
Global unions condemn Israeli action
The international labour movement has condemned Israel’s attack on Palestinian human rights groups while it builds more settlements in the occupied territories. An interview with the Chair of the Council of Global Unions Stephen Cotton.
November 26, 2021
Women in politics: a conversation with Dr. Jeanette Ashe
Libby Davies sits down with Dr. Jeanette Ashe to discuss the barriers that continue to exist for women in Canadian politics, despite the fact that the electorate is actually more likely to support women candidates.
November 26, 2021
Making Amazon Pay around the world
The international labour movement held Make Amazon Pay demonstrations on Black Friday November 26, 2021. An interview with the General Secretary of Uni Global Union, Christy Hoffman. Also in RadioLabour’s report for the week of November 21 to 26, 2021 is: * Labour’s campaign for ILO Convention C-190 * The LabourStart report about union events…
November 19, 2021
Fairy Creek, Lee Maracle and activism during a climate crisis
Libby Davies and Rita Wong discuss Fairy Creek — the site of ongoing protests against old-growth logging on the southern portion of Vancouver Island. The protests have been going on for over a year now, with many activists — Rita included — travelling to and from the region when they can at the invitation of Pacheedaht First Nation elder Bill Jones and hereditary leader Victor Peter, upon whose lands the logging is taking place.
November 19, 2021
Pandemic costs women $800 billion in lost income
Unions around the world are fighting for women’s rights during the pandemic while lobbying for an international law against sexual violence and harassment at work. Plus the LabourStart report about union events. And singing: ‘A Woman’s Place Is In Her Union’ Music: UnioNation. Used by permission
November 12, 2021
The threat of urban sprawl
This week on the show, Hamilton local Wayne MacPhail interviews rabble contributor and fellow Hamilton-area local Doreen Nicoll about what she sees as the threat of urban sprawl in Hamilton, Ontario.
November 12, 2021
What unions did at the UN climate change conference
Labour unions at COP26 were heard as countries such as Canada committed themselves to just transitions to green, sustainable, economies. Also in RadioLabour’s report for the week of November 7 to 12, 2021 is the LabourStart report about union events.
November 5, 2021
How the Supreme Court is enabling racialized policing in the United States
Stephen Wentzell speaks with American legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky to talk about his new book: Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights