rabble radio

The Peoples' Social Forum: The first day

| August 21, 2014

Podcast




Length: 0:31:06 minutes (56.98 MB)
Format: 44.1kHz, 256Kbps

Show Notes:

Naomi Klein speaking at the People's Social Forum

This week, thousands of people are converging upon Ottawa to talk about solutions to some of the problems facing our world and our country, to connect with each other and build new networks. The Peoples' Social Forum is about celebration, it's about problem solving, it's about connecting and about building the kind of Canada that we want to live in.

It's what rabble.ca does too. That's why we're here all this week. As a media sponsor, as media-makers. We're livestreaming, writing, taking part in forums and doing what we can to add our voices to the mix and to help others get their voices out to the wider world.

rabble radio will be doing a daily wrap-up of some of the highlights each day from Thursday, August 21 until Sunday, August 24. Here are the highlights of Day 1, with host and exec producer of the rabble podcast network, Victoria Fenner

1:25 - Welcome by Anna Collins, Indigenous Coordinator of the People's Social Forum.

3:48 - Naomi Klein, activist and author

13:06 - The gathering moves to Parliament Hill

14:24 - Celebrating independent media and activism with rabble -- Meg Borthwick of rabble.ca introduces author, activist and journalist Linda McQuaig

Comments

We welcome your comments! rabble.ca embraces a pro-human rights, pro-feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive, anti-imperialist and pro-labour stance, and encourages discussions which develop progressive thought. Our full comment policy can be found here. Learn more about Disqus on rabble.ca and your privacy here. Please keep in mind:

Do

  • Tell the truth and avoid rumours.
  • Add context and background.
  • Report typos and logical fallacies.
  • Be respectful.
  • Respect copyright - link to articles.
  • Stay focused. Bring in-depth commentary to our discussion forum, babble.

Don't

  • Use oppressive/offensive language.
  • Libel or defame.
  • Bully or troll.
  • Post spam.
  • Engage trolls. Flag suspect activity instead.