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Rabble.ca - Redeye
On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interwith activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
The average American spends 6 hours a week shopping but only 40 a week playing with their children. John de Graaf says these are the symptoms of a malaise called affluenza. De Graaf is one of the people behind a movie, a book and a website exploring the ...
Social enterprise: a business that gives back
Many non-profit organizations run businesses that make money and create social value. David LePage explains how it works. LePage is the program manager at Enterprising Non-Profits.
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What's wrong with the Red campaign
Ben Davis says shopping and giving to charity aren't a good mix. Davis is the creator of the world's first open-source brand. We talk with him about consumerism, marketing and the Red campaign.
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Campaigning for a commercial-free childhood
Dr. Susan Linn says that we need to protect our children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations. Her most recent book is The Case for Make Believe.
This podcast is one of a series on the theme of shopping and consumerism.
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Tories trying to push through Canada-Colombia FTA
A bill to implement Canada's free trade agreement with Colombia is on the order paper for this session of Parliament. Activists believe the bill can be defeated.
We spoke with independent journalist Dawn Paley on October 10, nine days before the bill ...
Literary organizations in B.C. facing major funding cuts
The organizations that support B.C. book and magazine publishers have lost a large percentage of their funding as has BC BookWorld newspaper. We speak with Alan Twigg, editor of BC Bookworld for the past 21 years.
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Pipeline sabotage in B.C.
Since October 2008, six explosions have damaged sour gas pipelines in the Tomslake area in the province of British Columbia. The pipeline are owned by Calgary-based EnCana Energy. The company is now offering a million-dollar to anyone who can track down ...
Olympic Industry resistance
In her latest book, Professor Helen Lenskyj examines the threat posed by the Olympics to the basic civil rights of residents of host cities. She particularly focuses on the loss of free speech and the criminilization of poverty that accompany the Games ...
A history of Palestinian political organizing: part 2
Toufic Haddad is an American-Palestinian based in Bethlehem. He is a researcher for the Palestinian organization BADIL and a journalist for the on-line newspaper Faster Times.
Haddad speaks with Mordecai Briemberg about the history of organizing efforts ...
Eye-witness account of resistance and repression in Honduras
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was forced into exile following a military coup in June. He staged a return to Honduras on September 21.
Thousands of Hondurans defied the coup regime's orders and gathered in front of the Brazilian embassy in ...
Locking up the homeless for the Winter Olympics
The B.C. Civil Liberties was leaked a government document detailing plans to detain homeless people against their will during severe weather. BCCLA executive director David Eby says it's a plan to get the homeless off the streets during the Olympics in ...
Each hand as they are called
This is the title of an exhibition reflecting on Toronto's Kensington Market and its origins as The Jewish Market. We speak with artist Reena Katz. The exhibit was originally planned for the Koffler Centre, but the Centre withdrew its support because of ...
Salmon, grizzlies and the fall hunt
Chris Genovali of Raincoast Conservation Society says that salmon are critical for the health of bears. Poor salmon runs, and trophy hunting, are threatening B.C.'s bear population. He says Fisheries and Oceans Canada needs to set fishing quotas for the ...
Talking with gang members about crime
A group of researchers in Winnipeg spent two days meeting with six members of a North End street gang in August. The gang members had strong opinions about how best to combat crime. We speak with Jim Silver, one of the researchers involved in the ...
A history of Palestinian political organizing
Toufic Haddad is an American-Palestinian based in Bethlehem. He is a researcher for the Palestinian organization BADIL and a journalist for the on-line newspaper Faster Times.
Haddad speaks with Mordecai Briemberg about the history of organizing efforts ...
Creating a transit generation
A new study shows that a pre-paid transit pass program at two universities in Vancouver has dramatically increased transit use among students. The cost of the U-Pass is included in student fees at Simon Fraser University and the University of BC. ...
You, me and the SPP
Filmmaker Paul Manly examines the Security and Prosperity Partnership in his latest film. He discusses what he learned about this project for deeper integration between the U.S. and Canada. The cross-country tour for You, me and the SPP will kick off ...
Free film fest showcases labour
The Canadian Labour International Film Festival is close to its goal of screening films in 100 communities across Canada. The movies will screen in cinemas, labour halls and living-rooms. There's still time to get involved. CLIFF board member Raj Virk ...
Woodblock prints show images from Iraq war
L.A. artist Sandow Birk uses a centuries-old technique to transform images from the Iraq war into prints reminiscent of Goya and Callot. Birk's series The Depravities of War references Jacques Callot's 1633 Miseries of War which documents a war between ...