Alert! Radio

• Episode 64 (September 20th 2007)

  ALERT this week (September 20-27) features an interview with author and self-styled revolutionary James Petras about why he was singled out by Fidel Castro as an enemy of the Cuban revolution. Also featured is an interview with NDP MP Charlie Angus who raised the alarm about how the CBC is going about finding a replacement for its outgoing president Robert Rabinovitch. Download this episode (12.2 MB)

• Episode 63 (September 13th 2007)

  This is ALERT’S May Day show. We interview Sam Gindin on the state of the labour movement with a particular focus on labour and the environment. And we interview Rob Rainer, executive director of NAPO on how the Living Wage campaign is going across Canada. In between we play Pete Seeger’s version of the Internationale. Download this episode (14 MB)

• Episode 62 (May 4th 2007)

  This is our last show of the season. We’ll be back in September. In this show we interview Adam Hanieh who is with Canadians Against Israeli Apartheid. Adam tells us about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign around the world and the Chapters-Indigo boycott in Canada. We also introduce you to Aaron James, a young Manitoban of mixed heritage whose trip for medical aid at a Minnesota Clinic took him into the shadows of racism and paranoia of Homeland Security. Download this episode (13.8 MB)

• Episode 61 (April 27th 2007)

  This is ALERT’S May Day show. We interview Sam Gindin on the state of the labour movement with a particular focus on labour and the environment. And we interview Rob Rainer, executive director of NAPO on how the Living Wage campaign is going across Canada. In between we play Pete Seeger’s version of the Internationale. Download this episode (14 MB)

• Episode 60 (April 20th 2007)

  This show is entirely devoted to deeper integration. We talk with Texas researcher and writer Richard Vogel about the super six-lane North American highway corridor already under construction that will link Canada, the US and Mexico. And we talk with the Council of Canadians trade campaigner, Jean-Yves LeFort, about the leaked document revealing that government officials and business representatives from Canada, Mexico and the United States are scheduled to discuss bulk water exports in a closed-door meeting on Friday, April 27 in Calgary. Download this episode (13.5 MB)

• Episode 59 (April 13th 2007)

  Frances Russell sounds off on a story the corporate media is ignoring, the stealthy advance of The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. And, dirty dealings in dirty weapons. Dr. Alfred Lambremont Webre tells us all about Canada’s role in Depleted Uranium (DU) Weapons worldwide. Download this episode (12.9 MB)

• Episode 58 (April 6th 2007)

  In this show ALERT talks with Mathew Behrens, End Secret Trial Activist, about the current situation regarding Gunatanomo North detainees and the status of security certificate provisions following the Supreme Court ruling this past February. We also talk with researcher/writer Anthony Fenton about the newly released Canadian armed forces manual on counterinsugency warfare. Download this episode (13.6 MB)

• Episode 57 (March 30th 2007)

  This week’s ALERT is entirely devoted to examining the results of Monday’s Quebec election. We interview two candidates for the fledgling new party, Quebec Solidaire (Sujata Dey and Bill Clennett) along with veteran commentator Richard Fidler, and for a view out west, Frances Russell. Download this episode (13.8 MB)

• Episode 56 (March 23rd 2007)

  The show this week is all about the federal budget: sparkling interviews with tax expert Neil Brooks of Osgoode Law School and economist Ellen Russell of the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives. Next week we cover the results of the Quebec election. Download this episode (13.3 MB)

• Episode 55 (March 16th 2007)

  On the eve of world-wide demonstrations and marches against the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, we talk with a veteran participant and leader of the Canadian peace movement about the state of the movement. We also talk with CD collective member Saul Landau about the situation in Syria where Saul has just visited. Landau is an award winning filmmaker and broadcaster. Download this episode (13.7 MB)
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