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Redeye

Guatemalans win right to sue Tahoe Resources in B.C.

February 17, 2017
| Six farmers and a student from Guatemala shot while protesting a mine won an important victory when the B.C. Court of Appeal said their lawsuit against Tahoe Resources could be heard in B.C.
Length: 16:17 minutes (14.92 MB)
Redeye

B.C. only province in Canada without poverty reduction plan

February 16, 2017
| Low welfare rates, minimal childcare support and skyrocketing rents mean B.C. has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada. The B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition is organizing a week of action.
Length: 14:21 minutes (13.14 MB)
Rabbledocs

Occupy Vancouver: The Vets Who Took Hotel Vancouver

February 16, 2017
| The Vancouver housing crisis is not a recent development. Carrie Swiggum's documentary looks into the situation for returning WWII veterans and their occupation of the Hotel Vancouver.
Length: 28:05 minutes (25.72 MB)
WINGS

Persecuted Falun Gong practitioners given a chance at justice

February 16, 2017
| The practice of Falun Gong includes mass arrests, "re-education" through torture, executions and widespread allegations of organ harvesting for the medical market.
Length: 28:53 minutes (39.67 MB)
Redeye

A conversation on 'Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America'

February 15, 2017
| A new book by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber examines the increasing presence of Canadian mining companies in Latin America and the environmental and human rights abuses that occur as a result.
Length: 13:50 minutes (12.68 MB)
Talking Radical Radio

Black youth opposing gentrification and empowering community

February 15, 2017
| Kyturea Jones, Payton Ashe and Donntayia Jones talk about Halifax's North End Community Action Committee.
Length: 28:18 minutes (25.91 MB)
face2face

Fabienne Colas on racism, diversity and inclusion

February 15, 2017
| Fabienne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about the Toronto Black Film Festival, racism, diversity, inclusion and making a difference in the world.
Length: 21:26 minutes (14.72 MB)
gooderGoods

Buying bargains for change: An interview with Bargain Jody

February 11, 2017
| In this Valentine message to buyers, Kelly Okamura talks with Jody Steinhauer about bargain buying over the years; how to make purchases that add value and help people with real needs.
Length: 27:20 minutes (62.59 MB)
radio book lounge

Songs Upon the Rivers

February 9, 2017
| The histories of Indigenous communities and European explorers contain stories that have been lost in history. A new book presented by Sébastien Malette seeks out the forgotten stories.
Length: 14:47 minutes (13.55 MB)
face2face

Adam Sneyd on 'Cotton,' globalization, commodities and clothing poverty

February 8, 2017
| Adam talks about his book Cotton, its empire, commodities and politics, "clothing poverty" and anti-globalization and why we need to be concerned about how the world works.
Length: 44:52 minutes (30.82 MB)
Green Majority Radio

Corporations: For better or worse

February 8, 2017
| New court decision against Monsanto building in California. Also a new breakthrough in flexible, printable solar cells could help bring cheap renewable energy to 1.3 billion people.
Length: 55:09 minutes (50.5 MB)
Talking Radical Radio

Defending social movements against digital threats

February 8, 2017
| Dmitri Vitaliev talks about eQualit.ie, a Montreal-based organization that works on digital security issues for social movements and human rights groups.
Length: 28:29 minutes (26.08 MB)
gooderGoods

Dress like a woman in a Red Chick Year

February 6, 2017
| Kelly Okamura responds to the new White House dress code for female staff, explores the hashtag #dresslikeawoman, and gives style advice for the astrological yin year of the Chinese Fire Chicken.
Length: 12:08 minutes (27.8 MB)
Talking Radical Radio

Cockroach Zine: DIY feminist publishing

February 1, 2017
| Meg Crane talks about a Winnipeg-based grassroots ecofeminist publication called Cockroach Zine.
Length: 28:33 minutes (26.14 MB)
Redeye

Christy Clark gets $50,000 stipend by fundraising for her own party

February 1, 2017
| Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch says British Columbia's rules on political donations amount to a system of legalized bribery. The province's conflict of interest commissioner doesn't agree.
Length: 17:46 minutes (16.28 MB)
face2face

Robert Osborne talks about addiction, making choices and the fentanyl epidemic in Canada

February 1, 2017
| Robert and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film "Unstoppable," addiction, making choices and the fentanyl epidemic in Canada.
Length: 37:55 minutes (26.04 MB)
Green Majority Radio

International cooperation in the age of Trump

January 31, 2017
| Dr. Hugh Sealy, one of the lead negotiators for the small island states, is our guest to talk about international climate cooperation in the age of Trump.
Length: 53:11 minutes (48.7 MB)
rabble radio special

Legal groups respond to Trump's 'Muslim ban' and Islamophobia in Canada

January 31, 2017
| Listen in to a press conference by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association featuring legal groups that launched the Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline.
Length: 25:20 minutes (25.14 MB)
Redeye

The civil war in Syria: A case study in propaganda

January 28, 2017
| The story we are told about the civil war in Syria is that it's a fight for freedom and democracy against a brutal dictator. Journalist Rick Sterling says this narrative is based on lies and fraud.
Length: 17:27 minutes (15.98 MB)
rabble radio

The sound of resistance: Three women's marches

January 26, 2017
| Voices from a trio of women's marches on January 21, 2017, starting in Washington, and then moving up to Vancouver and Toronto.
Length: 28:05 minutes (28.15 MB)