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The Hum Podcast October 16
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Bianca Mercer on why the Canadian prison system is failing women
Bianca Mercer and "Conviction" co-director Nance Ackerman discuss the enduring stigma of life after prison, and why they believe in the necessity of community-based rehabilitation.
rabble radio October 15
An election polling station in 2015. Image: Ishmael Daro/Flickr
Majority, minority and coalition governments -- Karl Nerenberg looks ahead to Monday
Karl Nerenberg has been covering elections for more years than he wants to say. He looks ahead to e-day and the possibilities for Canada's next Parliament.
face2face October 11
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Pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps -- why it doesn't work
"Change Your World" explores how the self-help industry contributes to victim-blaming politics and doesn't do a lot of good in the long run. Author Michael Ungar talks about his new book.
RadioLabour October 11
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Canada needs a publicly owned postal banking system
RadioLabour Canada Report: CUPW wants Canada Post to provide banking services.
rabble radio October 10
Radio tower in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Image: Victoria Fenner
Climate change action launches on campus and community airwaves
The "Facts are Free" campaign brings the urgency of climate change to campus and community airwaves during the lead up to the election. And, we hear how Future Majority is reaching young voters.
Talking Radical Radio October 8
Image: Used with permission of Green Jobs Oshawa.
Oshawa stands up for workers, communities and the climate
Rebecca Keetch and Tiffany Balducci talk about Green Jobs Oshawa and the fight to get their city's soon-closing automobile assembly plant taken into public hands and re-tooled for green production.
RadioLabour October 4
Foodora messenger. Image: Tiia Monto/Wikimedia
Gig workers are employees, not independent contractors
RadioLabour Canada Report: Workers at Uber, Lyft and Foodora are employees and they want unions.
face2face October 4
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'Town of Widows' -- film explores workplace-related illness and deaths in Peterborough
"Town of Widows" co-director Natasha Luckhardt talks about the fight with General Electric and workers compensation as families seek justice for work-related illness and death of their loved ones.
Needs No Introduction October 3
Trudeau with G20 Summit leaders. Image: White House/Flickr
'The Trudeau Formula -- Seduction and Betrayal in an Age of Discontent'
Martin Lukacs' new book is launched in Vancouver featuring a stellar panel of activists discussing the Trudeau legacy.
face2face October 2
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'The Perfect City' -- new book questions how cities work and what can be done to improve them
Joe Berridge talks about urban life and entropy, why they are like machines and purpose built; liberty and democracy; urban planning; and why successful cities need immigrants.
The Hum Podcast October 2
Photo: Gilad Cohen
'For Sama' -- two parents document the Syrian conflict for their children
Waad and Hamza Al-Kateab, along with director Edward Watts, discuss their film "For Sama," the conflicting information about Syria, and finding love within activism.
Talking Radical Radio October 1
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Fighting racism and xenophobia during the federal election
Karen Cocq talks about the work of the Migrant Rights Network to fight racism and xenophobia during the federal election campaign and beyond.
RadioLabour September 27
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How to protect workers so the world can move to greener economies
RadioLabour Canada Report: Labour's fight for a just transition to green economies.
rabble radio September 26
Screenshot of Government of Canada website. Image: Open Knowledge Foundation/Flickr
Open-ish government -- new book explores the federal government in the digital age
Amanda Clark talks about her book "Opening the Government of Canada" and the challenges and conundrums of governing in the digital era.
Asia Pacific Currents September 25
The Christmas Island concentration camp. Image: Wikimedia
Refugee Tamil family battles government repression
The Australian government is one of the leaders in anti-asylum seekers and refugee policies. The latest battle is over a Tamil family detained in an offshore prison camp on Christmas Island.
Talking Radical Radio September 24
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Raising money for First Nations' legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline
Maia Wikler talks about the Pull Together campaign, which is raising money to support First Nations' legal challenges to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project.
RadioLabour September 20
Greenland ice sheet. Image: Wikipedia/Christine Zenino
We have only nine years left: unions support global climate strikes
RadioLabour Canada Report: Unions support young people in their global climate strikes because it will be their world that suffers.
face2face September 20
Image Copyright: Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Studio Hamburg and Gabriel Polsky. Used with permission.
'Red Penguins' -- a film about capitalism, the Cold War and hockey
Steven Warshaw and Gabe Polsky talk to Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film "Red Penguins," hockey, nationalism, the Cold War, optimism and hope, and capitalism run amok.
rabble radio September 19
Image: Climate Action Toronto, May 3 2019. Payton Mitchell. Used with permission.
Climate Strike -- strike organizers from across the country talk about their plans for next week
Tomorrow is the first day of Climate Strike Canada. We hear from youth from across the country about what's happening and their hopes and frustrations about solving the climate crisis.
Talking Radical Radio September 17
Image: Wikimedia - The "Hunger March" in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, December 1932, McDermid Studio
Histories of struggle by workers in Alberta
Alvin Finkel talks about the grassroots historical work of the Alberta Labour History Institute and about his new book, "Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy."
RadioLabour September 13
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Where's the beef?
RadioLabour Canada Report: Lab-grown meat and unions. A workers' revolution in the UK? Paid leave in B.C. And more.
rabble radio September 12
James Gordon and pal working on the script. Image: James Gordon/Facebook
'Emergency Climate Musical' -- James Gordon sings us a way out of ecological despair
Gordon, a singer-songwriter and Guelph city councillor, premiered his new climate crisis musical in Barrie last Friday. A conversation and lots of music!
face2face September 11
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Colour creativity and social change
Ruth Lande Shuman talks about creativity and change, our inner artists, the deprivation of colour, empowerment and Pepto Bismol pink, and the potential for social change.
Asia Pacific Currents September 11
Workers in Taiwan. Image: Malcolm Koo/Wikimedia Commons
Workers regionally meet up in Taiwan
Labor Notes is a U.S.-based labour organization. In August it held a regional conference in Taiwan bringing together workers from around the region.
Talking Radical Radio September 10
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Challenging the harms of hydroelectricity projects
Hydro isn't as sustainable an energy source as it might look. Ramona Neckoway and Stephane McLachlan talk about the work of Wa Ni Ska Tan: An alliance of hydro-impacted Indigenous communities.
RadioLabour September 6
Toronto Labour Day Parade 2018. Image: Torontonian/Alamy Stock Photo. Used by permission (purchased photo).
Every day should be Labour's Day
RadioLabour's Canada Report September 6 to 13, 2019. Labour's five point agenda to make every day Labour's Day.
rabble radio September 5
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Non-violent civil disobedience -- why is this a hard concept for Canadians to understand?
Rocky Petkov, organizer with Extinction Rebellion Toronto, talks about ER's approach to the climate crisis, and how it’s different from ER Europe.
Asia Pacific Currents September 4
Kashmir Security Patrol. Image: La Priz/Flickr
Kashmir under siege from Indian government
The recent crackdown in Kashmir will have far-reaching consequences and are more related to India's internal politics than its rivalry with Pakistan.
Talking Radical Radio September 3
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Revitalizing Indigenous languages and cultures
W̱SÁNEĆ and Sḵx̱wu7mesh woman Tiffany Joseph talks to Scott Neigh about her peoples' history, her work revitalizing her language and culture, and restoring the land.
face2face August 30
Image: Karen Stokkendal Poulsen and First Hand Films. Used with permission.
'On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship' explores military power
In a new film, director Karen Stokkendal Poulsen talks to David Peck about how power struggles unfold, using Myanmar as the location to explore democratic reform and the lure of corruption and power.

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