Latest Programs
Oct. 17, 2008, 6:53 p.m.
Since the introduction of NAFTA, six million Mexicans have gone to live in the U.S. Most of these people are undocumented. They provide valuable labour for the American economy, yet they are criminalized and deprived of economic rights. We speak with David Bacon, author of Illegal People, about the government policies that have lead to this situation.
Oct. 17, 2008, 6:24 p.m.
#35 -- Jello Biafra on Presidential Politics, War, and America
Oct. 17, 2008, 4:52 p.m.
Features selections from a very funny 2-hour comic-satiric monologue recorded this summer. First Jello reviews the world news (emphasizing vice, folly, & general weirdness). Then he skewers every major-party aspirant to the Presidency, not least of all "the Barack star" (plus N. Pelosi). Also droll commentary by me and a relevant song.
Oct. 17, 2008, 4:32 p.m.
my fellow prisoners, episode096 of media monarchy has dummy bombs, collateral news, acorn, obama powder & phil berg, palin, onion cookies, ron paul, cheney's heart, beck, gywo, new jfk tapes, james bamford, corbett report, drop guns & oliver stone, music by jenny lewis and tons more...
episode095b - october 16, 2008
Oct. 17, 2008, 1:51 p.m.
episode095b is an exclusive homemade recording of media monarchy w/ taser cop suicide, obl, uk top cop, paulson, panic, plunges & goldman gangsters, norad, drugwars, radar & private military, poppy bush & the boho ballcap, comedy by doug benson and tons more...
"The Local Grain Revolution III"
Oct. 17, 2008, 1:47 p.m.
Since March 2008, The Local Grain Revolution series has been following the evolution of Canada's first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project for grain.
How to Negotiate Climate Change Treaties and Influence People
Oct. 17, 2008, 1:12 p.m.
We dissect a PR bailout, where environmental reporters and spinners will be next December, and the $5 million question before an FDA panel. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," what do a new 527 group, AT&T and the Parents Television Council have in common?
Oct. 17, 2008, 11:56 a.m.
Phone interview with Antonia Juhasz about her new book, The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do To Stop It.
Back from Afghanistan - 2 Canadians Report
Oct. 17, 2008, 9:32 a.m.
During the summer of 2007, Hamayon Rastgar and Michael Skinner toured throughout Afghanistan where they listened to working class Afghans, students, academics, journalists, and opposition political leaders, who have no voice in the North American media. After hearing the stories told by these Afghans, Rastgar and Skinner conclude the war in Afghanistan is not an altruistic war about liberating Afghans and certainly not about liberating Afghan women.
Oct. 17, 2008, 8:29 a.m.
Mix of independent music, breakcore, goatstep and other sounds and political comment thrown in from TheGoatLab HQ in Bristol, England. Time to
engage brain and rock out.
Oct. 17, 2008, 5:40 a.m.
This is the 3 hour broadcast of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah , bringing the best of Hip-Hop & Soul Music from all over as well as quality news and commentary.
Update from Cauca, Colombia: Indigenous resistance and state repression [English]
Oct. 16, 2008, 11:57 p.m.
Dawn Paley interviews Manuel Rozental about the state and significance of ongoing mobilizations by Indigenous communities in Colombia.
Oct. 16, 2008, 6:31 p.m.
The case of Troy Davis has caught world attention. What about the matter of his innocence? Why isn't new proof of evidence making the difference in this case? A review of evidence, coverage of breaking story.
The Shortwave Report 10/17/08 Listen Globally!
Oct. 16, 2008, 4:34 p.m.
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
Oct. 16, 2008, 11:02 a.m.
A weekly four minute radio module with a difference. Using a dramatic sketch the program gives you tips and techniques on how to help the environment in little ways. A way to fill in a news hole "Making the world a little better place to live in"
Oct. 16, 2008, 10:29 a.m.
David Johnson hosts weekly Labor News. Featured guest is John Reimann author of Capitalism's Perfect Storm. Also the weekly Poem by Tom Thomas
Conservative Party Climate Policies
Oct. 16, 2008, 6:58 a.m.
We take a look at the Conservative Party's policies on climate change in an interview with Zac Goldsmith, former editor of The Ecologist magazine who is now a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate and who was invited by David Cameron to co-chair the Party's climate change policy review.
Into the mindset of jailer and jailed: Karen Connelly on her novel The Lizard Cage
Oct. 15, 2008, 10:47 p.m.
Karen Connelly talks about her novel The Lizard Cage and some of the issues it touches upon: imprisonment, Burma, buddhism and maintaining your humanity in the face of brutality and repression.
Oct. 15, 2008, 10:35 p.m.
Delegates from the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela joined us today, including rap group Familia Negra dropping freestyle and Layo Gascuez of the "Sin Techos" National Homelessness Committee. Guests from Toronto Latino organization Barrio Nuevo also join us to talk about the tour of the Venezuelan delegates as part of the Frente Norman Bethune campaign. Also on the show is Will Prosper of the community movement Republique Montreal Nord, which was born from the uprising in Montreal following t
Christians in a Warmaking State:
Oct. 15, 2008, 2:22 p.m.
On the 40th anniversary of the trial of the
Catonsville
Nine, historian
Howard Zinn and a distinguished panel discuss the
lessons
of Vietnam and
Iraq. Led by Roman Catholic priests Daniel and Philip
Berrigan, the
Catonsville peace activists sparked movements for
civil
disobedience
against the U.S. invasion of Vietnam and remain a
source of
inspiration
to those seeking an end to the war in Iraq. As an
added
bonus, Boston
College sociologist Charles Derber will say a few
Ending Industrial Culture, Building Cultures of Resistance
Oct. 15, 2008, 1:29 p.m.
Lierre Keith and Aric McBay are both authors, small farmers, activists in their own way, and over the last couple years have been organizing weekend-long conferences entitled Deep Green Resistance. If you'd like to read it, their statement of purpose (http?//deepgreenresistance.blogspot.com/2006/11/statement-of-purpose.html) from their first gathering sums up where they're coming from better than I can.
Speaking About Land Reclamations with 'Boots' from Six Nations
Oct. 15, 2008, 1:15 p.m.
Boots has been living in a teepee on a construction site in Brantford, Ontario, since July. He's from Six Nations, and they've been shutting numerous development sites over the years due to concerns of land rights and ecology. What most people think began in February 2006 on the edge of Caledonia, the site that blew up into a world-renowned conflict, actually began long before that, and has kept going ever since.
The Long-Standing Conflict With the Algonquins of Barriere Lake
Oct. 15, 2008, 1 p.m.
I spoke with Marylynn Poucachice from the Algonquin community of Barriere Lake, which continues to deal with the problems of colonization of their land and people. For a preface to the interview, youth spokesperson Norman Matchewan says it best:
In 1991, Barrière Lake signed a historic trilateral agreement with Canada and Quebec to sustainably develop our traditional territories - a United Nations report called the plan an environmental "trailblazer."
Oct. 15, 2008, 9:49 a.m.
David Johnson hosts weekly Labor News. This week our featured guest is Dan Kenney of the Dekalb chapter of Coallition for Peace and Justice discusses, "Looking Beyond Blackwater: Organizing for Peace and Stability". Also the weekly poem by Tom Thomas
205 - The Real Roots of the Global Financial Crisis
Oct. 15, 2008, 9:08 a.m.
Pt A - News: Afghanistan in 'downward spiral', Unusual Sources: fresh insight into the financial crisis, music.
Pt B - Outside the Box, Peak-oil Check-in, the latest media news, and Between the Lines.
If Music Could Talk - Oct 12 2008
Oct. 15, 2008, 8:12 a.m.
If Music Could Talk - Oct 5 2008
Oct. 15, 2008, 8:09 a.m.
Between The Lines Week Ending 10/24/08
Oct. 15, 2008, 7:53 a.m.
Financial crisis affecting America's working class; Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain's election stance on criminal justice issues; voter integrity issues in election 2008
Introduction to Journalists for Human Rights at McGill
Oct. 14, 2008, 3:29 p.m.
An introduction to the club at McGill and the organisation through an interview with JHR exec Maggie Knight and an audio clip about Angelique Kidjo from Radio Maria in Makeni, Sierra Leone by JHR trainer Mackay Taggart and journalist Matthew Kanu. The audio clip can also be found at http://www.jhr.ca/fieldnotes/view.php?aid=1347.
Oct. 14, 2008, 3:22 p.m.
01:45 - Steve Treble - Treble Rock Music boss about to re-open in the city - We Here some music Steve has a new shop shortly opening in Clifton.
20:00 - Matts Muses from Matthew Heape
31:15 - Famous Thriller writer Dennis Wheatley speaks about God and the Devil, warring powers and the supernatural from his own point of view. He thinks (recorded in the 1970s) civilisation is disintegrating. Prophetic stuff.
37:00 - Cider With Rosie
46:00 - Wax and Real event showcase of local filmmakers
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