Jan. 25, 2013: Domestic Drones redux; Rockin Robbie in the studio, and some social justice commentary & announcements

Listen to entire program here: As you could perhaps tell my principle radio tool was not working well on Friday, and I’ve been pretty much laid up all week some with some kind of weird throat thing, so  tried to come up with a program that is both relevant to immediate issues and where I […]

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Jan. 18, 2013: Maurice Switzer & Idle No More media strategies; on the scene at Wednesday’s Unity Walk to Ambassador Bridge

‘On this program I am influenced by thinkers who teach, fight, and agitate for a just and inclusive world. The program is an attempt to help create a dialogue leading to such change and as such is not intended as a journalistic endeavour but as a counter-weight to the propaganda model of the media that […]

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Jan. 11, 2013: Documentary maker Harry Fear & his work in Gaza; Katy Quinn of KAIROS and the solidarity fast for Chief Spence

“On this program I am influenced by thinkers who teach, fight, and agitate for a just and inclusive world. The program is an attempt to help create a dialogue leading to such change and as such is not intended as a journalistic endeavour, but rather as a counter-weight to the propaganda model of the media […]

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Jan. 4, 2013: Lorraine Land & the legislation triggering Idle no More; Art Sterritt on threats to Coastal First Nations (Originally broadcast Apr 6, 2012) )

Listen to entire program here: In a continuing attempt to follow the Idle No More movement I thought we could step back a minute and look at the triggering event which was the passage of legislation in Parliament that affects First Nations. The Harper regime continually counts on most Canadians to  tune out what’s happening […]

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Dec. 28, 2012: Dr Paul Thistle, The Howard Hospital & his work in Zimbabwe, Rockin Robbee in the studio and a report from the rail blockade at Aamjiwnaang First Nation.

Listen to entire program here: Friday, Dec. 28th  was the final program of 2012, and if anything, this year may well go down in history as the precursor to a tumultuous 2013. From the local to the global, an entrenched and barely accountable ruling class of technocrats, bankers, and corporate leaders, and their sycophants without […]

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Dec. 21, 2012: Jode Kechego on Idle No More in Ottawa; Rayven Howard live in studio; CodePink’s Tighe Barry protests at NRA “press conference”

Listen to entire program here: Local photographer Doug MacLellan was in the studio and took some shots that you can see HERE Today there is a swirl of news, from the Friday NRA news conference announcing that organization’s call for armed police in all schools to prevent another shooting tragedy, to the growing strength of […]

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Dec 14, 2012: Ellen Gabriel and First Nations’ relationship with Canada; John Fraser and housing as a human right; sounds of Idle No More in Windsor, On.

Listen to entire program here: Between Dec 2-4th , the Assembly of First Nations held a Special Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau,Quebec intended to develop a “consensus on fundamental issues and common interests in relation to First Nation- Crown relations, international relations and partnerships”. The issues included “health and wellness, claims and land rights, education, residential […]

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Dec 7, 2012: Amnesty International Canada’s Beth Berton-Hunter & Human Rights Day; John Clarke & provincial cuts to social assistance

Listen to entire program here: Amnesty International is perhaps the most well-known human rights organization, and for Human Rights Day it is sponsoring a Write for Rights campaign.  You are invited to “join individual letter writers across the country and around the world by taking some time on or around Human Rights Day, December 10th […]

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Nov 30, 2012: Free Swims & Fundraising for Windsor Youth Centre; Lottie Spady and Detroit’s Hantz Farms’ land grab

UPDATE ON HANTZ WOODLANDS STORY AND COMMUNITY FIGHTBACK TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY RUN LAND TRUST RUN BY NEIGHBOURHOOD COUNCIL:   In the first half hour I spoke to CUPE 543 President  Mark VanderVoort and Mike Gibbons, OPIRG board member and President of the Social Justice Club on campus about their organizations’ plans for fundraising for […]

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Nov. 23, 2012: Windsor rally for Gaza; Ehab Lotayef and the assault on Gaza

Listen to entire program here: The dust is settling on the Gaza strip as citizens there survey the wreckage caused by Israeli crimes in that country’s latest assault on Gaza under the diplomatic cover of the US, Canada, NATO, and so on. This is a shameful event where even though there is a ceasefire, questions […]

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