In this episode we have a chat with Andrei, a member of PSOL (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade) and discuss the tumultuous times currently facing Brazil. He’s joined by our own interviewer, Klaus, as well as Colton from the WLC. A conversation that embodies solidarity and can teach us many important lessons here in North America.
The intro music is the classic iteration of “The Internationale” sung in Brazilian Portuguese.

If you would like to get involved with any of our programs, to join or find out more info about the WLC, or are in need of any sort of community support or help that you think our organization could assist with, please feel free to reach out to us through one of our social media pages or our email.
Email:  workerspartycontact@protonmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/WorkersLiberationCoalition
Twitter: @Workers_LC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workersliberationcoalition/?hl=en


*Disclaimer- in this episode there is a former member of the WLC, they resigned after an incident occurred and will no longer be in the WLC moving forward, however they are featured in this episode and the next, as they were pre-recorded and haven't yet been released. Following these two episodes there will no longer be any WLC content involving the said former member. 

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On this episode we sit down with Joe Vickers, a Drumheller musician who wrote a song about today's topic (be sure to stick around till the end to catch the song!), as well as Jay Russell, a historical curator who works at the Atlas Coal Mine Historical site in the valley, to discuss the Drumheller strike of 1919 and its implications for Albertan and Canadian workers, as well as the lessons we can learn from and use to move forward with workers issues today. 


The shows intro music is a remix of Billy Bragg's cover of the song "Which side are you on." This was put together by Devon Manning of Lionhearted, so big thanks to him and be sure to check out his music:
Spotify: @lionheartedmusic2020
Instagram: @lionheartedmusic2020
Email: lionheartedmusic2020@gmail.com

The song at the end of the episode is called "1919 Strike" and can be found on Joe Vickers website: 
Website: joevickersmusic.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joevickers1
Instagram: @barleyjoe
Twitter: @joevickersmusic 

Jay Russell/Atlas Coal Mine:
Website: https://atlascoalmine.ab.ca/

If you would like to get involved with any of our programs, to join or find out more info about the WLC, or are in need of any sort of community support or help that you think our organization could assist with, please feel free to reach out to us through one of our social media pages or our email.
Email:  workerspartycontact@protonmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/WorkersLiberationCoalition
Twitter: @Workers_LC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workersliberationcoalition/?hl=en

We sit down with Laura Warman- a former medical laboratory technician to discuss the Canadian and Albertan government's responses to the Covid pandemic as well as her career as a medical professional in Alberta, including being a frontline worker during the HIV/Aids crisis

Later on we sit down with Hania Pepper of Forest March BC to discuss the ongoing issues across BC regarding the clearcutting of forests across the province as well as the old growth logging that is occurring, and the way this is affecting logging workers and various communities across the province. We also talk about the WLC tree planting campaign and watershed cleanup that we are doing in accordance with the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (also an affiliate of Forest March BC)  this coming May. If you would like to get involved in any of these initiatives please reach out to the Worker's Liberation Coalition or check out any of the following links from Forest March:

 *Also a quick edit on the Fairy Creek injunction, that was actually extended to the 26th, not the 19th as was said in the episode*

Forest March BC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forestmarchbc
Website for March 19th Day of Action: https://www.forestmarchbc.com/get-involved/
Locations of actions taking place on March 19th: https://www.forestmarchbc.com/locations-participating-in-2021/
Look up the tag #TreePoseChallenge 

Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance website: https://peachlandwpa.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeachlandWatershedProtectionAlliance/

If you would like to get involved with any of our programs, to join or find out more info about the WLC, or are in need of any sort of community support or help that you think our organization could assist with, please feel free to reach out to us through one of our social media pages or our email.
Email:  workerspartycontact@protonmail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/WorkersLiberationCoalition
Twitter: @Workers_LC
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/workersliberationcoalition/?hl=en