CUPE National Executives Voted YES to a Motion of Non-Confidence on Fred Hahn

We sit down with CUPE rank and file member and Labour for Palestine Organizer, Anna Lippman to talk about the dangerous precedent being set, at such a precarious time for workers and Palestinian activists.

What does it mean for the movement inside Ontario largest public sector union, who have successfully been advocating for Palestinian liberation since 2005. What does this mean for union democracy?

Listen in and find out.

Call to ACTION: #StandwithFredHahn

• Send a Message to CUPE National Execs NOW

Our previous episodes with Anna:

• Answering the Call: Labour for Palestine
• Answering the Call: The West Bank

Another episode on the link between Canadian unions and the fight for a Free Palestine:

• Disarming Imperialism

• Defend Fred Hahn! - Spring

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We need system change, not just a leadership change or political party makeovers.

All of this focus on political leaders and their personalities has our hosts frustrated.

What is it about leadership races and elections that makes people forget about the issues most important to them?

Here are a few episodes related to this discussion:

Leadership Cults in Politics: On the trappings of playing to the leader vs. leader narrative, why they exist and how we can move away from these 'leadership cults' in politics.

Our Leaders Are Landlords: 4 of the 5 federal Party leaders are now landlords. Why do we keep electing wealthy people to lead the working class? Is this what Representative Democracy looks like?

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Let us tell you what we really think about the Paris 2024 Olympics...

From the billions of public dollars spent, the 'social cleansing' or displacement of migrants, new surveillance laws, religious moral panic and obnoxious Israeli football fans - there are lots of reasons to rant about the Olympics.

Resources / Links / Referenced Material:

• AP News: Paris Migrant Camps Cleared
• Unicorn Riot: Predictive Policing and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
• MSN: Paris Olympics Kicking Off With Protests
• Time: Seine Clean up Paris Olympics

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