December 20, 2018
What was accomplished at COP 24? A civil society perspective
COP 24, the Annual UN Climate Change conference ended this weekend. Simon Chambers of the ACT Alliance shares his first hand experience as a civil society representative.
Podcasts
December 13, 2018
‘Oil and Politics’ – an economist specializing in oil takes a look at the bigger picture
Author and economist John Foster takes a broader look beyond the economics of oil and explores the petroleum-related reasons for government actions in Canada and the rest of the world.
November 29, 2018
‘What is to Be Done?’ Brent Patterson talks to activists about navigating the current political moment
From his southwestern Ontario speaking tour, Brent Patterson talks about why it it’s important to engage with the current political moment and keep being hopeful.
November 22, 2018
Indigenous workers in the B.C. labour movement
Rod Mickleburgh, author of “On the Line – A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement,” speaks to the Hospital Employees Union at their annual convention.
November 15, 2018
Migration out of Venezuela continues but the reasons behind the crisis aren’t always what you’re being told …
Steve Ellner, professor of economic history and political science in Venezuela talks to Michael Welch about the factors behind the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela that we’re not hearing.
November 8, 2018
The larger story of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
Author Bruce Campbell weaves a skillful narrative about how policy failure devastated lives in a tragic story of big oil, deregulation and free market ideology.
November 1, 2018
‘Why are the guns still firing?’ Two Americans talk about taking their country back
David Mivasair is a dual citizen campaigning in the U.S. ahead of Tuesday’s midterms. Joe Jencks is a singer-songwriter from the Chicago area. They talk and sing about taking their country back.
October 25, 2018
The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua: rabble columnist draws parallels between the 1980s and now
Lois Ross was one of many young Canadians who went down to Nicaragua after the election of the Sandinistas in the ’80s. Thirty years later, she says there are some similarities to those times.
October 18, 2018
The Other Toronto: Phillip Dwight Morgan shares thoughts on the Toronto municipal election
A campaign like no other — Phillip Dwight Morgan talks about the surprises, successes and disappointments in the weeks leading up to the Toronto municipal election.
October 11, 2018
Making the link between militarism and the global refugee crisis
Cesar Jaramillo, executive director of Project Ploughshares talks to David Kattenburg of the Green Planet Monitor about a harsh truth the warrior nations don’t ever address.
September 27, 2018
Support from surprising places – a small town rural community bands together to free Honduran political prisoner
Janet Spring lives the small rural community of Elmvale, Ontario. When her son-in-law was imprisoned in Honduras for political activism, her community rallied to help.
September 20, 2018
The domino effect and climate change
Catastrophic climate change is a domino effect, according to scientist Will Steffen. Good news .. the dominoes haven’t started falling yet. But they will if we stay on the current path.