November 2, 2009
Choose Activism
In this podcast: protecting the rights of Vancouverites, advocating for Uganda’s gays and lesbians, learning through art, and music from Ottawa.
Podcasts
October 29, 2009
No reward for greed: Ken Georgetti at the CUPE National Convention
On October 8th in Montreal, the Canadian Labour Congress President called upon governments everywhere to support the people who build their economies.
October 20, 2009
Three Cs of Human Rights: China, Colombia, and Canada
In this podcast: How a Canada-Colombia FTA affects trade union activists in Colombia, Denise Chong about an activist’s life in China, and preserving the history of resistance in Canada’s Africville.
October 19, 2009
Drug policy reform: A feature interview with Libby Davies
The MP for Vancouver East talks to Tariq Jeeroburkhan about the progress of the drug policy reform movement.
October 4, 2009
An evening with Flora Igoki Terah
On September 23, the Kenyan human rights activist stood before an audience at Amnesty House in Ottawa to speak of her political experiences and encounters with electoral violence.
September 29, 2009
Jim Sinclair at the Yukon NDP Leadership Convention
On September 26th, the President of the BC Federation of Labour gave a rousing speech at the convention in Whitehorse.
September 22, 2009
Letters to Americans
Letters from Canadians about how our health-care system works, a play penned in prison hits the Kennedy Centre stage, and what’s happening at Dump Site 41.
September 22, 2009
A feature interview with Gloria Mills
Meagan Perry talks to the union campaigner about her life, her work and what the future holds for the trade union movement.
September 15, 2009
Everything you need to know about human rights and the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
At a panel discussion in Ottawa, Colombian human rights lawyer Dora Lucy Arias and trade analyst Gauri Sreenivasan voice insights and concerns regarding the proposed Bill C-23.
August 31, 2009
We All Have a Right to the Truth: Surveillance. Detention. Interrogation. Torture. Justice?
On August 26th, Abdullah Almalki, Yavar Hameed and Maureen Webb headed a panel discussion on the abuses of Canadian citizens’ civil rights at the hands of our government.
August 28, 2009
What does it take to win?
The latest rabble radio looks at the victors at Dump Site 41, Canada’s negative influence abroad, Sunday Wilde and spring waters.
August 17, 2009
Equity Panel 4 of 4 — 25 Years After: A Retrospective on the Abella Commission and Employment Equity
The final installment of the equity issues panels held at the Congress of the Humanities presented a retrospective look at what progress has been achieved for the equity agenda over the past 25 years.