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A First Nations take on the U.S. immigration debate
June 5, 2010, 7:05 p.m.
The reservation that Alex Soto lives on straddles the border between the United States and Mexico. He shares his views on the current debate in Arizona about border and immigration controls. Alex Soto is an activist with the Tohono Solidarity Across Borders Collective.
Synthia: First artificial life form
June 5, 2010, 6:48 p.m.
The creation of life made to order in a lab opens a Pandora's Box, according to Pat Mooney of the ETC group. He argues there's much more at stake than we might think. A United Nations resolution passed in Nairobi recently is calling for a moratorium on release of Synthia until further research is done.
Academics challenge SLAPP suits
June 5, 2010, 6:25 p.m.
A SLAPP is a strategic lawsuit against public participation, brought by a corporation to silence criticism of their actions. Michel Seymour is concerned about the effects on academic freedom. He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Montreal.
Queer group barred from Toronto Pride parade
June 5, 2010, 6:12 p.m.
Some of Toronto Pride's founding members belong to a group now banned from participating in the parade. Elle Flanders is with Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. She gives us some background to the debate.
431 Eddie Joe Bullitt 4-3-2010
June 5, 2010, 12:46 p.m.
Conspiracy of Ignorance? Government in Secret.
June 5, 2010, 12:34 p.m.
June 5, 2010, 10:57 a.m.
June 5, 2010, 10:55 a.m.
June 5, 2010, 7:40 a.m.
In anticipation of World Cup 2010, two hours of music from South Africa -- a capella singing, kwela, mbaqanga, township jive, modern jazz, kwaito and more
Silly Trials, Drum Circle Harassed, Anarchist Attack Predicted Successfully
June 5, 2010, 6:23 a.m.
Santa Cruz Politics and Prediction
Bob Marley vs. G20 vs. City Sunny vs. African Money - June 3, 2010
June 5, 2010, 12:12 a.m.
This episode: with regular host Usheak Koroma off, guest host Black Krishna (BK) from CKLN 88.1's Rude Awakening (Mon - Thu, 6 - 7 am) fills-in. Can we understand the music of people like Bob Marley? Is the $1 billion in "security" for the G20 Summit in Toronto June 26 - 27th just a big staged show of force and slap in the face to Canada's biggest city? Why didn't they meet somewhere less disruptive? What about the issues? Can we share inspirational info with each other to get something done?
May 27 2010 Kootenay Co-op Radio - Music
June 4, 2010, 8:56 p.m.
beats, dubstep, drum and bass, hip hop, roots and more
Thursday at 10pm-12 PST & kootenaycoopradio.com
Best of Flashpoints 06-04-2010
June 4, 2010, 5:44 p.m.
#118 -- Paul Siegel: Gay Rights as a Free-Speech Issue
June 4, 2010, 2:37 p.m.
Siegel has advice for people, particularly gays, challenging discrimination in court: Think 1st Amendment, not 14th. This intelligent and often funny talk should have wide appeal.
Highlights include a funny account of what PT&T would & wouldn't allow into the Yellow Pages, ... stories of clueless school administrators who think the 1st Amendment does not apply to teenagers, ... and a sad story of a gay student suspended and "outed" to her parents for the crime of kissing her girlfriend.
04Jun10 Guardian Journalist Charlie Skelton live from Bilderberg
June 4, 2010, 2:04 p.m.
04Jun10 News review with Councillor for Cotham Anthony Negus
June 4, 2010, 12:36 p.m.
June 4, 2010, 7:33 a.m.
Anarcho-self publicists is a construct that is created by somebody on some anarcho-wannabe site who has claimed to really dislike them. I have decided that it would be a great idea to reclaim that term for anarchist movement, so here is my take on anarcho-self publicists.
The music at the end of the podcast is âDump the Bosses off Your Backâ as sung by Utah Phillips in âWe Have Fed You for a Thousand Yearsâ album. It is present there primarily because of the talk before the song itself; we need to influence what is being said in our society to actually have a revolution.
Breakfast Blend Friday w/ Phil D.
June 4, 2010, 5:32 a.m.
If Your Money Makes the World Go 'Round, We Are In a Tailspin
June 4, 2010, 5:15 a.m.
June 4, 2010, 2:51 a.m.
The Dispossessed is both a classic of science fiction and of anarchist literature. Here i give a brief review of the book; it is brief not because there is little to say (quite to the contrary), but rather because i want to avoid spoiling anything, as this is a must read. If you really would like to hear my opinions on this book, leave comments and i'll do another review with the huge spoiler warning, but talking about the elements that are especially exciting.
Pirates of the MIDDLE EAST with Jeffrey Blankfort
June 4, 2010, 2:39 a.m.
June 3, 2010, 10:52 p.m.
New simulation game in Japan is causing a lot of trouble on the internet, RapeLay. It is a simulator of a sexual assault on one or several women on a Japanese train. This is just my two cents worth about the whole situation.
June 3, 2010, 10:40 p.m.
We interview Gaza Freedom March co-ordinator Sandra Ruch about solidarity activities in Toronto.
June 3, 2010, 8:35 p.m.
wine smashed on driveway! Yay!
June 3, 2010, 7:58 p.m.
Australian Sex Party (http://www.freedomporn.org/smut/Australian_Sex_Party) is a rather progressive political party (as political parties go); i've recently found out about it, but after i have calmed down from my initial elation that something like this exists and i've done some research i was disappointed. The party has some serious shortcomings in its policy (http://www.freedomporn.org/smut/shortcomings_of_Australian_Sex_Party).
June 3, 2010, 7:49 p.m.
The issue of prostitution in an anarchist community is somehow unexplored, and yet it is highly important for sexual liberation. In this episode i try to examine how the prostitution would exist in an anarchist society, and emphacise the fact that it's important to accept prostitutes and fight bigotry in today's one.
Please do not make up your mind about what i am saying before listening to the podcast.
June 3, 2010, 7:40 p.m.
This episode is intended to be an introduction to somebody who is interested in anarchism, but does not yet know much about it, or to somebody who wishes to help somebody out by introducing them to some ideas of the movement. I list several good and a couple of not very good anarchist portals and knowledge repositories. Please note that the list is by no means extensive.
Portals which were mentioned are:
- 1. LibCom (negative)
- 2. Anarchism-dot-net (negative)
+ 3. Anarchism Today (http://anarchismtoday.org/) (positive)
+ 4. Anarchopedia (http://anarchopedia.org/) (positive)
+ 5. A-Infos (http://www.ainfos.ca/) (positive)
+ 6. Infoshop.org (positive)
+ 7. flag.blackened.net (positive)
+ 8. ZNet (http://www.zmag.org/znet)
June 3, 2010, 7:32 p.m.
An episode dedicated to a quick "fuck you" to all the big bigots (biggots). There was a longer version, but it did not get recorded properly.
June 3, 2010, 7:26 p.m.
Radical movement looks at many forms of discriminations, but for some reason it does not analyse ageism and the enforced time identity. This episode attempts to rectify the situation.
June 3, 2010, 7:16 p.m.