June 30, 2014
Celebratory Activism
In this podcast, we look at the role that art plays in activism.
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In this podcast activists across North America talk about intersectionality. Let’s bring together gender justice, socialism, feminism, economics. What will you add to the mix?
May Day is coming and we celebrate by hearing about labour in Indonesia, and spoken word poem about justice in the U.S., plus an agricultural land reserve and community gardening in Ottawa.
In this episode we don’t question the existence of rape culture, we explore it. We also hear from an activist about a human rights framework for women’s rights and research on stranger harassment.
George Bernard Shaw said “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” We turn to stories of music and film, and how they can help, even just a little, change the world.
Nova Scotia’s potential fracking game changer. We get the scoop on the Northern Gateway pipeline ruling, supporting trans and queer prisoners, and a movie review.
Ariel Sharon died on Saturday. When Sharon fell into a coma in 2006, Ali Abunimah, cofounder of electronicintifada.net spoke with the Redeye podcast.
We dedicate the show to reflections on the life and work of Mandela from anti-apartheid activists, featuring excerpts from a special episode of Amandla from CKUT in Montreal.
Halloween is a time where we can, with good friends around, face some of our fears. In this episode we will hear some scary stuff. Don’t worry though, we haven’t forgotten the treat.
Tune in to hear about the struggle to hold up a protest sign; a community organizing against private control of waste water; a new union in Canada; and questions around international development.
A cornucopia of great stories! From food security issues, to sounds and stories of the Vancouver Night Market, to organizing against poverty in Toronto, to uncovering the Hidden Film Festival.
We hear from Onur Bakiner on the situation in Turkey, Chris Hedges on a pending revolution, Henry Giroux on social movements and youth, plus a comic book and the live-in caregiver program.