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We're back, folks! After a bit of a hiatus we return to chat about the recent American election, some of our favourite moments from the Trump presidency, the upcoming economic collapse and of course everybody's favourite: COVID-19.
Today we are joined by author Yves Engler to discuss the not-so-benign role of Canada on the world stage. He challenges the widely held view that Canada is a "peace-keeping country" and shows that from the mining sector to backing coups in fore
The crew returns today for some hop takes on all the recent elections! From the NDP's crushing victory in British Columbia, the ongoing bedlam South of the border in the United States, and even further South with the victory of the Movement Tow
Today we are joined by director of the Centre for Future Work, Jim Stanford! We discuss his recent findings regarding how union organising has increased during the pandemic, how COVID is laying bare the contradictions in Canadian capitalism, an
Senior BC Political Correspondent Ian Bushfield is back on the show for a very special BC election forecast episode! With the first (and only) leaders debate just behind us, we explore the political situation in British Columbia, the state of t
Today we are joined by three activists from the Victoria based Retail Action Network! We chat about their organisation, their work in the community helping retail and service sector workers, union activism and more!If you want to get involved
The Canadian CERB has given voice to many supporters of Universal Basic Income. Today we discuss UBI, some of the potential benefits of it, and as well as many ways that it could fall short of its promises. Is UBI progressive policy? Could it h
On today's episode, educator and union activist Adrienne Roberts joins us to discuss school reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-host of Out of Left Field Mackenzie made a cameo appearance on Kino Lefter, the socialist movie review podcast!We've been a little behind on our episodes as of late, but we've got some great interviews booked and coming up soon, so hopeful
Today on the show we have Green party leadership candidate Meryam Haddad to talk about her campaign to turn the Green Party of Canada socialist, the Canadian Green New Deal, defunding the police and much more.
Today we are joined by Craig from the Acid Horizon podcast to talk about the prison industrial complex, private prisons and his own experiences working in the industry. We also chat about prisons in Canada a little bit as well, the role of the
It's a laid back episode today! The crew discusses some recent events ranging from the We charity scandal with the federal Liberal government, Chrystia Freeland's checkered past, the protests in Portland, Alberta's new draconian anti-protest la
Journalist Morgana Adby from The Canada Files joins us to discuss the shifting policy in British Columbia on evictions. As provincial economies in Canada continue to slowly reopen and go back to "normal" this also means that the ban on eviction
Back on the show is our Senior Computer Security Correspondent to discuss best practices for protesting safely and securely. We chat about the recent uprisings in North America about police violence and abuse, the best ways to keep yourself saf
Back on the show to discuss the recent uprising in the USA is author, journalist & blogger Cory Doctorow!We discuss the wave of protests, racism in North America, some of the technical (and business) aspects of police surveillance and more!
Joining us today from Edinburgh, Scotland is Laurie Macfarlane, economics editor for opendemocracy.net and author of a recent novella entitled "A Spectre is Haunting the West – the Spectre of Authoritarian Capitalism" which you can read here:
Here's an excerpt from our recent premium episode. We promised that we weren't going to talk about the god damned coronavirus and to the surprise of no one ended up talking about it anyway.On the full episode we discuss the recent snowbird cr
Fellow podcaster from Politicoast and friend of the show Ian Bushfield joins us to discuss the reopening of the BC economy, the response of governments around the world to the coronavirus, the changes to the rental markets, the right wing prote
On today's show we have Canadian documentary filmmaker and author Mark Sakamoto to discuss his new series on CBC: Good People. Covering topics from homelessness, opioid addiction and veterans issues.We discuss his experiences making the serie
Today we are joined by Matthew Klippenstein, a chemical engineer who's spent his career in decarbonistation to talk about climate science, climate change, renewables and politics.Matthew Klippenstein is an engineer with 20 years' experience i
We managed to catch friend of the show Rob Rousseau (host of 49th Parahell and The Insurgents podcast) while he was cooking dinner to discuss the end of Bernie Sanders' campaign and the effect this will have on left wing movements around the wo
Some choice excerpts from our premium Patreon episode. The crew chat about what it's like to work in a grocery store during the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Victoria's move to grow more local food, tenants action groups, and the cratering
We are joined by long time friend of the show and Jacobin science writer Leigh Phillips to discuss the global coronavirus pandemic.We salute the hard working grocery store employees and health care workers! We discuss how free market capitali
All too often the discussion on Canadian health care starts and ends at "At least we aren't America." but our system deserves a critical look. Joining us in the midst of a global pandemic is The Tyee’s legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod. W
We're back! Today we discuss the ongoing democratic primary as well as the ongoing protests surrounding the LNG project in northern BC. We chat about the insane & kafkaesque primary system in the USA, the democratic party manipulation of votes,
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