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• Episode 82 (February 7th 2008)

  Political activist Sid Shniad gives his take on the free-speech/Islamophobia controversy set off when four young law students, on behalf of the Canadian Islamic Congress, submitted a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that Maclean’s magazine refused to allow them an opportunity to rebut the misinformation contained in articles published in the magazine. Parkland Director Gord Laxer explains why it is important that Canada establish strategic petroleum reserves. Atlantic Canada and Ontario are highly dependent on precarious Middle East oil imports, even though Canada is a large exporter to the US. US film maker, writer and broadcaster Saul Landau gives an hilarious commentary on the US primaries in the wake of Super Tuesday. Download this episode (13.8 MB)

• Episode 81 (January 31st 2008)

  Rideau Institute’s Steven Staples sorts out Canada’s Afghanistan policy options following the release of the Manley report. York University political economist Sam Gindin talks about the economic policy options that political leaders and labour leaders are avoiding in the wake of the coming economic recession. Download this episode (13.8 MB)

• Episode 80 (January 24th 2008)

  CAW economist Jim Stanford talks about the coming recession and its likely impact on Canada. Canadian author Arnold August reports from Havana about the recent Cuban elections which he has been observing as part of his research for a book on Cuba’s electoral system. Download this episode (13.6 MB)

• Episode 79 (January 17th 2008)

  Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations responds to the fact that he was not invited to participate at last Friday’s meeting hosted by Prime Minister Harper for the premiers of the provinces and territories. What does this say about the role of First Nations in the Canadian federation? Investigative journalist Jonah Gindin shares his experiences with Philip Agee, the former CIA agent turned whistle blower who passed away in Cuba earlier this month at the age of 72. Download this episode (13.5 MB)

• Episode 78 (January 10th 2008)

  Detroit-based editor of Labor Notes, Chris Kutalik discusses the Democratic Party primaries race from the point of view of America’s working class; who in US organized labour supporting and why? Dwayne Winseck, professor of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, argues that Canada is losing important voices on account of the recent merger mania topping up the continuing concentration of ownership of Canadian media. Download this episode (26.5 MB)

• Episode 77 (December 20th 2007)

  For our last show of the year, ALERT asks Joan Kuyek, Mel Watkins, Paul Moist, Saul Landau, Gord Laxer and Buzz Hargrove what they want for X-MAS and the New Year for Canada, the environment, the world. Download this episode (13.8 MB)

• Episode 76 (December 13th 2007)

  Why did it take more than six years for the Mulroney-Schreiber scandal to surface in Canada’s mainstream media? Political commentator Frances Russell Tells all. Canada continues to embarrass itself at the Bali climate change conference. Marc Lee, senior economist of the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives Centre, analyses the Canadian position of rejecting all emissions targets so long as China, the USA and India are not part of a new accord. Download this episode (13.5 MB)

• Episode 75 (December 6th 2007)

  Why did Hugo Chavez lose the referendum? Latin American expert James Petras provides some unexpected answers and outlines some possible directions for the Bolivarian Revolution. In this holiday season, give your child, spouse or friend a gift of a goat, a pig, mosquito netting to be sent on their behalf to a villager in China or Angola. Rosemary McCarney, CEO of Plan Canada, tells about its Catalogue of Hope that includes forty gifts and a way of connecting to families in Africa and Asia. Download this episode (13.3 MB)

• Episode 74 (November 29th 2007)

  The meeting between Abbas, Olmert and Bush at Annapolis this week ended with an agreement to negotiate all the issues dividing the Palestinians and Israelis and establish a Palestinian state within 12 months. Sam Bahour lives and works in Ramallah. He talks about how this agreement looks from the streets of Palestine. Uranium is toxic and radioactive and used for nuclear weapons. Canada is the largest exporter of uranium ore in the world. Joan Kuyek, National Coordinator of Mining Watch Canada, talks about the risks involved. Download this episode (13.7 MB)

• Episode 73 (November 22nd 2007)

  Bob Sass, the National Coordinator of Ban Asbestos Canada, and Chair of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour - Ban Asbestos Saskatchewan (SFL-BAS) committee, discusses Canada’s continued exportation of asbestos to developing nations. Saturday December 8 is a day of International Demonstrations on Climate Change. This will be midway through the UN Climate Talks In Bali, Indonesia. We speak to Dylan Penner, an organizer with Stop Climate Chaos about global efforts and demonstrations. Download this episode (13.9 MB)
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