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Episode 183 (April 28th 2011)
Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias reflects on how the social media has transformed public discourse and its likely impact on the federal election. Quebec commentator Pierre Beaudet discusses the NDP surge in Quebec and the future of the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberal Party. South African academic Patrick Bond talks about the upcoming UN Conference on Climate Change in Durban and some of the events being planned by oppositional forces. Download this episode (26.9 MB)
Show Notes
Music is the Weapon Playlist
- Hazel Dickens, Fire in the Hole
- Hazel Dickens, Coal Tattoo
- Hazel Dickens, Coal Miner’s Grave
- Hazel Dickens, Aragon Mill
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