Alert! Radio

• Episode 194 (November 9th 2011)

  Karen Devito on the Canadian boat to Gaza shares experiences of her group’s detention by Israeli authorities, Toronto Star columnist Thomas Walkom on the Eurozone’s bail-out efforts for Greece and Martine Elois of Échec à la Guerre explains the Remembrance Day White poppy campaign. Download this episode (52 MB)

• Episode 193 (November 3rd 2011)

  Roger Rashi discusses the potential political consequences of alleged ties between the Mafia’s involvement in the Quebéc construction industry and provincial political parties. Regina-based political economist and author, John Warnock, weighs in on Saskatchewan’s upcoming provincial election. Download this episode (40.3 MB)

• Episode 192 (October 27th 2011)

  James Petras discusses Greece, austerity and the European economic crisis. The Council of Canadian’s Trade Campaigner, Stuart Trew, updates us on Canada’s most recent rounds of trade talks with the European Union, and Winnipegger Ken Kalturnyk assesses Harper’s agenda for the Canadian Wheat Board. Download this episode (55.1 MB)

• Episode 191 (October 20th 2011)

  Jeff Halper analyzes the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN and prospects for a just Middle East peace. Erin Vosters of FemRev explains her group’s critique of Slutwalk. Paula Mallea dissects the Harper government’s Omnibus Crime Bill. Download this episode (54.2 MB)

• Episode 190 (October 13th 2011)

  Murray Dobbin examines the recent provincial election outcomes across the country. Derrick O’Keefe discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement as it develops in Canada. Student activist Dan DiMaggio discusses the movement from the streets of NYC. Download this episode (54.1 MB)

• Episode 189 (October 6th 2011)

  Haaretz reporter and author Amira Hass gives her thoughts and perspectives on the Isreali Occupation, the Palestinian resistance and last summer’s Arab Spring. Music is the Weapon features women heroes of the left. Download this episode (52.8 MB)

• Episode 188 (September 29th 2011)

  With another economic downturn threatening, York University Professor and author David McNally returns to explain how the decision to bail out banks at the expense of the public sector has lead to the current predicament and what social and labour movements can and should be doing to protect the interests of the working class Labour studies professors,  David Camfield of the University of Manitoba and Herman Rosenfeld of McMaster University put into context the elections in Manitoba and Ontario respectively. Download this episode (52.9 MB)

• Episode 187 (September 22nd 2011)

  As protesters gather on Parliament Hill to mobilize against the TransCanada XL Pipeline, three campaigners address the question of using civil disobedience against the tar sands and other causes: indigenous tar sands campaigner Clayton Thomas Muller, Greenpeace organizer Mike Hudema and political/queer activist Gary Kinsman. Download this episode (54.5 MB)

• Episode 186 (September 15th 2011)

  Economist Jim Stanford explains why the economic recovery has stalled, that the causes of the economic crisis of 2008-9 have not really been dealt with, and that only radical restructuring of economic institutions can solve mass unemployment and prevent a return to economic turmoil. Ernest Drucker, of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York compares the structure of the US incarceration system—which has systematically imprisoned unprecedented numbers of men and women—to well-recognized epidemics from the past. Don’t go there, Canada, he advises. Download this episode (52.6 MB)

• Episode 185 (September 8th 2011)

  Alert! discusses Jack Layton’s impact on the NDP and contemplates what the future holds for politics, the NDP, Québec and the Left in his absence. Featuring Judy Rebick, Murray Dobbin, Sam Gindin, and Simon Tremblay-Pepin. Kevin Whittaker talks about the support staff strike at McGill University. Download this episode (26.1 MB)
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