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The sound of resistance: Three women's marches

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:04:30 +0000

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What a week it's been. Looking back to last Friday, Inauguration Day, a lot of us were sharing the same sense of gloom and foreboding, wondering what the next four years are going to be like and fearing the worst.

And then came Saturday ... a day of resistance, defiance, hope and a resolve that the worst is not going to happen. Because it's not Donald Trump's Universe. The future belongs to people who don't believe that misogyny and hatred is the way forward. And it was a day of solidarity with the citizens of the U.S. where millions around the world also said "Hey, we're with you in the struggle."

Today on rabble radio --- some of the voices from the Women's March. Starting in Washington, and then moving up to Vancouver and Toronto.

The year in your ear

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:02:48 +0000

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What a year it was. Coming off of the maddening, disappointing and very scary U.S. election, it's too easy to look back and wish that we could have just fast forwarded from December 31, 2015 right to January 1, 2017.

But that's not the whole story. In many ways it was also a really good year. Admittedly, we have to work a little harder to lift our spirits in this holiday season than in other years. But we know that rabble listeners and readers know that these things happen in cycles. Better days are ahead.

Lots of work for us to do in the new year to help restore this planet to health and happiness. But for now, take a break and have a listen to some of our faves.

Decolonizing the Media: Media Democracy Days 2016

Victoria Fenner — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 22:00:14 +0000

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It used to be the case that media and democracy were synonymous. Democracies weren't worthy of the name unless they had free and independent media that spoke truth to power. That was in the good old days. The changes in the political winds these days means that there are more pressures than ever on the kind of media outlets to do their job preserving and strengthening democracy.

Today's program comes to us from Media Democracy Days, held in Vancouver every year. This year was no exception. And one could say that Media Democracy is more important than ever in the dark days of 2016.

Participation: Building a sense of belonging in our communities

Victoria Fenner — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 17:50:34 +0000

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What does it take to build stronger communities? A lot of it is about participation -- when we work together for the common good, the places where we live become stronger. We know our neighbours, we help each other.

In healthy communities, people are engaged with each other. But what does that mean? Today's program is about engagement, connecting and making a difference in the places we live. How do we strengthen those ties that bind?

A few ideas here on this month's rabble radio ..

Big Farming

Victoria Fenner — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:45:50 +0000

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Since it's harvest season, what better time to take a look at farming. And sadly, it's not the family farm we're going to be talking about.

There are still some family farms left, and still some independent farmers who are making a living for themselves adopting new forms of sustainable agriculture. But despite the growth of organics, artisan food products and people who are adopting farming practices that are kind to the land, the corporations continue to march across the countryside. We'll hear from a few people today who can tell us what's wrong with that.

World Social Forum: The sequel

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:18:38 +0000

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There were hundreds of panel discussions at the World Social Forum. The hard thing was to make a choice which one to go to. There weren't a lot of descriptions in the handbook sometimes, so often we just had to pick one and see how it all turned out. You never knew what you were going to get.

Acoustic ecology and the art of listening

Victoria Fenner — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:21:02 +0000

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Just because you can't touch, see or smell sound doesn't mean that the sounds around us don't affect us just as much as the quality of our water, air and physical environment.

Soapboxes, Sellouts and Upstarts

Victoria Fenner — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:41:16 +0000

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The media landscape isn't at all the same today as it was 15 years ago when rabble.ca first started publishing on the Internet.

Black Lives Matter: Two cities, two different approaches

Victoria Fenner — Tue, 31 May 2016 14:27:38 +0000

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Here in Canada we don't have as many Black Lives Matter chapters as there are in the United States but the ideas are just as relevant. Despite our beliefs in this country that we are not racist and not violent, Black Lives Matter is helping us see that those perspectives aren't accurate.

What in the world is the World Social Forum?

Victoria Fenner — Mon, 02 May 2016 19:29:19 +0000

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August may seem like a ways away, but for the organizers of the World Social Forum in Montreal in August, time is ticking away.

Honduras: Tragedy and hope

Victoria Fenner — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:19:56 +0000

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Honduras is a country that doesn't show up in the news very often, especially here in Canada. A quick google search brought up links for travel destinations, World Cup soccer and the free trade agreement which Canada signed with Honduras on October 1, 2014.

Sounding change: rabble radio February 2016

Victoria Fenner — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:02:58 +0000

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What a couple of months it's been in media land. Newspapers folding, television stations getting out of
local news... all because of the Internet, they say. We don't hear much about radio, though.

Organizing a precarious world

Victoria Fenner — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:36:30 +0000

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The work world has changed a lot over 30 years. It used to be the case that most people got a job and stayed there. If not for life, then at least for a long, long time.

rabble radio year end: Times of change

Victoria Fenner — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:39:14 +0000

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Hard to believe it's the end of the year. But it is. 2015 is almost finished. And what a year it was.

Today, we round out the year with a look back at the year that was, a look ahead to the next, and a couple of big changes.

Bringing community media together under the big tent: rabble radio November 2015

Victoria Fenner — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:20:04 +0000

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This program comes to you from the Community Media Convergence, a gathering of community television, radio, online and gaming people from across the country. We all know that different media forms are coming together. Radio websites have video on them. Newspapers have podcasts. If rabble.ca had been around 20 years ago, we would have likely been a paper based magazine. And a radio show. There would have been no rabble tv because there aren't very many independent community tv stations out there. Now we're a whole combination of different kinds of media.