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  • Episode 135 (November 19th 2009)

    Will Copenhagen Produce Anything Positive?  Dale Marshall of the David Suzuki Foundation says “Yes”. Joel Kovel, author of *The Enemy of Nature*  says “No”. Malalai Joya, Afghanistan’s youngest member of parliament, talks openly about the Karzai government and the occupation. Mitch Podolak introduces Canadian folk songs of conflict and rebellion. Download this episode (25.7 MB)

  • Episode 134 (November 12th 2009)

    Shelly Melanson, Chair of Ontario Federation of Students and Jonny Sopotiuk of the Manitoba CFS explain why CFS Day of Action this year focused on ending poverty and not merely ending tuition hikes.  Native Studies professor and noted author Peter Kulchyski explains the proposal extended by the Gitxsan people of northwest British Columbia to extinguish their status in the Indian Act in exchange for full rights to their traditional lands and to its resources.  Mitch Podolak introduces music from the Spanish Civil War. Download this episode (26.4 MB)

  • Episode 133 (November 4th 2009)

    The Pembina Institute defends its GHG emission plan in response to Federal environmental minister Jim Prentice. Why ending drug prohibition works to reduce addiction and drug crime with Jack Coles, president of LEAP. UC Berkley students revolt against California tuition hikes and cutbacks. MItch Podolak with ‘Music is the Weapon’. Download this episode (27.3 MB)

  • Episode 132 (October 28th 2009)

    Global human rights activist Grahame Russell talks about the coup in Honduras and Canada’s troubling role.  Community organizer Eric Shragge talks about the vital work of Montreal-based Immigrant Workers Centre. Folk legend Mitch Podoluk introduces aboriginal music you have never heard. Download this episode (69.1 MB)

  • Episode 131 (October 21st 2009)

    Film-maker Saul Landau on what’s behind the new American Far Right movement and how dangerous is it. Political scientist Jim Silver on Manitoba’s new NDP Premier, Greg Selinger.  Trade unionist Fred Wilson on Canada’s Pension Crisis and how to fix it. Download this episode (26 MB)

  • Episode 130 (October 15th 2009)

    Raj Patel on Food Week and Global Hunger; Mike Hudema on how Greenpeace Invaded the Tar Sands; Mitch Podolak on Music is the weapon. Download this episode (25.6 MB)

  • Episode 129 (October 7th 2009)

    David Jacks of the Canadian Federation of Students discusses the importance of public water campaigns and the developments to manage Winnipeg’s water department. Herman Rosenfeld reviews a recent ‘Workers Assembly’ in Toronto, held to develop partnerships in the labour activist community. DAM (Da Arabian MCs), a Palestinian rap group fresh off a recent Canadian tour, discuss their influences and their politics. Mitch Podolak uses ‘Music is the Weapon’ to explore the music of floods and hurricanes (trust us, it works). Download this episode (27 MB)

  • Episode 128 (October 1st 2009)

    Canada’s Plan to Bury Carbon Emissions Sheer Folly.  Graham Thomson, author of a new 63 page report, discusses the risks in building a system to capture and store carbon dioxide underground.  Saul Landau, just returned from his 50th visit to Cuba, talks about his interviews of Fidel and Raul Castro and compares their startlingly different governing styles.  Ingo Schmidt talks about new right-wing coalition government that emerged from last week’s German elections. Mitch Podolak with Music Is The Weapon. Download this episode (27.3 MB)

  • Episode 127 (September 25th 2009)

    Jim Silver, a long time contributor to Canadian Dimension, works on inner city issues and teaches politics at the University of Winnipeg. Recently, he and some of his colleagues met with six members of a North End street gang to talk about gang related violence on the streets of Winnipeg. Download this episode (26.2 MB)

  • Episode 126 (September 16th 2009)

    Toronto Film maker, Elle Flanders talks about the Toronto International Film Festival protest ­ its purpose, impact and the responses to it.  Canadian Dimension collective member and municipal activist Andrea Levy discusses the issues and the contending parties in the upcoming Montreal municipal elections. Canadian Dimension sports columnist Simon Black talks about the controversy surrounding the gender identity of South African 800m women¹s world champion runner Caster Semenya. The legendary Mitch Podolak gives his unique spin to Music is the Weapon. Download this episode (24.7 MB)

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