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• Episode 154 (April 29th 2010)

  Ian Angus, editor of the on line journal Climate and Capitalism and member of the Canadian Dimension collective talks about the outcome and the climate movement politics emerging out of The World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth convened by Bolivia’s President Evo Morales in Cochabamba. Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) talks about the message he delivered to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues last Saturday about the woeful example of First Nations rights in Alberta’s Tar Sands. Ron Mackay, spokesman for British MP George Galloway talks about why Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenny ordered Galloway banned from Canada. Elle Flanders, driving force behind Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, talks about the campaign to bar QAIA from this year’s Toronto Pride parade. Mitch Podolak brings songs of the environment to this week’s Music Is The Weapon. Download this episode (27.4 MB)

• Episode 153 (April 22nd 2010)

  Honduras-based Rights Action worker, Karen Spring, explains that because the current post military coup government is particularly friendly to Canada’s mining interests in Honduras that the Canadian government is blind to that country’s numerous human rights violations including those conducted by death squads. Richard Fidler talks about the life and thoughts of Quebec firebrand Michel Chartrand who passed away last week at the age of 93. Chris Webb describes the latest activities and campaigns of a new project called the Toronto Workers’ Assembly. For Music is the Weapon, Mitch Podolak plays a short list of some of the songs he has carried in his head since he was a kid. Download this episode (27.1 MB)

• Episode 152 (April 15th 2010)

  Former Chief Arthur Manuel exposes what lies behind Tom Flanagan’s proposal to convert reserve lands to private property. Professor Darlene Juschka tells why she and 15 other University of Regina faculty members oppose the Project Hero program on their campus. John Clarke, organizer of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, explains how Ontario’s 2010 budget penalizes the poor. Mitch Podolak’s Music is the Weapon features songs of resistance that focus on Latin America and Iraq. Download this episode (26.2 MB)

• Episode 151 (April 8th 2010)

  RebELLE spokesperson Barbara Legault talks about how Quebec feminists view Bill 94 which would refuse government services, public employment and most medical care to Muslim women whose face is covered by the niqab. She also describes the massive opposition to Quebec’s new budget that establishes a user fee on health care and increases fees on other government services. York University’s David Noble talks about the significance of his court victory requiring York University administrators to answer questions about an alleged pro-Israel orientation shared by members of a key governing body which he contends influences that university’s actions against him and others on campus who question Israeli policy in the Middle East. Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute argues that contrary to the request put by Hillary Clinton, Canada should quit Afghanistan now. He also explains that NATO has just about outlived its role in world affairs. Mitch Podolak’s Music is the Weapon is all about trains. Download this episode (27.4 MB)

• Episode 150 (April 1st 2010)

  Professor Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, discusses issues of free speech and hate speech that arise from the cancellation of Ann Coulter¹s talk at the University of Ottawa. Art Sterrit, executive director of the Coastal First Nations describes the inevitable damages expected from the proposed Enbridge Norther pipeline and its supertankers that would penetrate into the heart of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. Art outlines the campaign mounted by a coalition of 150 native bands, several environmental organizations and dozens of prominent individuals including Margaret Atwood, David Suzuki, Thomas Berger, Bruce Cockburn and ten Olympic athletes. Some are saying that the Enbridge dispute may be the defining battle for a new generation concerned about climate change and global dependence on oil. Mitch Podolak’s Music Is The Weapon this week is all about money! Download this episode (52 MB)

• Episode 149 (March 25th 2010)

  Thomas Woodley, president of Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East talks about how the Harper government forced the cancellation of the CJPME-sponsored Canadian tour of 2010 Nobel prize nominee and Palestinian leader Dr. Mustafa Barghouti. Graham Saul, executive director of Climate Action Network Canada talks about a recently released study showing the consequences of the Harper government¹s policy of muzzling government climate change experts. Professor Jeffrey Webber of the University of Regina talks about Canada¹s interests in Honduras and in Latin America in general and how this is shaping Canadian policy in supporting right-wing governments in the region, most recently that of Honduras. Mitch Podolak introduces new blues and folk music on Music is the Weapon. Download this episode (27.4 MB)

• Episode 148 (March 18th 2010)

  Macdonald Stainsby, a creator of savegreenpeace.org, talks about why the appointment of Tzeporah Berman as director of Greenpeace International global climate and energy campaign has caused such an uproar within the Canadian ranks of Greenpeace. Stainsby also talks about the growing tendency of environmental groups to take money from the world’s biggest polluters. Sid Shniad of Independent Jewish Voices is one of the 8800 Jewish Canadians and Americans named in this year’s Self-Hating Israel-Threatening (S.H.I.T.) list. He talks about the list and what its creators intend by it. Devlin Kuyek of Grain describes the amazing global land grab as vast portions of the most fertile lands of Africa are being bought off or leased by multinational companies. Mitch Podolak devotes Music is the Weapon to fallen comrade Liz Barkley. Download this episode (27.2 MB)

• Episode 147 (March 11th 2010)

  Sarah Granke of FemRev talks about the new generation of feminists in Canada.  Mordecai Briemberg explains why there is such a strong campaign, now reaching into the Ontario Legislature and the Parliament of Canada, to criminalize critics of the Israeli state.  Mitch Podolak reaches back into the music of the civil rights movement. Download this episode (27.5 MB)

• Episode 146 (March 5th 2010)

  Denis Pilon argues that the Olympic Games is less about sports than it is another scheme to transfer public wealth to a small number of private beneficiaries.  Professor Farid Easack of the University of Johannesburg in Canada as part of Israel Apartheid Week explains why he regards Israel as an apartheid state even more oppressive than apartheid in South Africa. Anisa Mirza, IAW organizer on the campus of McMaster University, describes the administration and community response to IAW. Chief Fabian Alexis and Grand Chief Stuart Phillips explain why BC’s Okanogan band is blockading the Telco company logging operation in the Okanogan Valley.  Mitch Podolak introduces new and old labour songs on Music is the Weapon. Download this episode (25.7 MB)

• Episode 145 (February 24th 2010)

  Denis Lemelin, National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers warns against Canada Post’s plans to further downsize and privitize the postal service.  Danny Schur, creator of Strike-the Musical (based on the Winnipeg General Strike) talks about his plans to bring it to the big screen.  Grad student Tyler Shipley laments about what the Olympic Games is doing to our love of sports and our sense of national priorities. Mitch Podoluk’s Music is the Weapon focuses on the art of Woodie Guthrie. Download this episode (27 MB)
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