• CUPE Rank and File Stand with Fred
    Aug 24 2024

    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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    33 mins
  • Lipstick on the Same Capitalist Pig
    Aug 9 2024

    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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    25 mins
  • Olympics During a Genocide
    Aug 2 2024

    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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    26 mins
  • Toronto Floods
    Jul 17 2024

    Toronto recently experienced heavy flooding, the images went viral. This isn't the first time - nor will it be the last.

    Our hosts discuss the budget decisions made by all levels of government that contributed to the scenes that unfolded at Union Station, on the Don Valley Parkway and even in Oakville and Mississauga.

    The failure to protect our wetlands, the generations of prioritizing development over the environment, our refusal to commit to climate justice OR mitigation...theses recent events opened up a few discussion points we unpack here.

    Calls to ACTION



    Resources / Links / Referenced Material:

    • David Suzuki Org: Wetlands are Critical to Planetary Health

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    21 mins
  • Defending Public Revenue: LCBO Workers on Strike
    Jul 10 2024

    Ontario public sector workers and the revenues they generate are under attack. What does OPSEU do? Stand up fight back! LCBO workers across the Province are on strike for better compensation, but more importantly - they are doing what they can to push back against the Conservative's dismantling of the public sector in general.

    Our hosts Jessa McLean and Santiago Helou Quintero break down Ford's so-called 'Dry Summer', the deal made with private retailers and the malicious ways in which he's trying to undermine the power of workers.

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    Resources:

    • Ford’s dry summer begins: LCBO workers start historic strike – OPSEU SEFPO

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    18 mins
  • Lessons from the People's Circle for Palestine
    Jul 8 2024

    The University of Toronto student encampment, named the People's Circle for Palestine, dismantled their tents after an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered an injunction against them.

    Our hosts break down the ruling, what it means for other encampments and bring up lessons learned from the end of just "one tactic in the toolbox" of students demanding their institutions disclose and divest.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Forget Stonehenge - The Planet is on Fire
    Jul 3 2024

    Special Guest: Scott Martin

    With special guest Scott Martin, we unpack the criticism and backlash faced by activists who disrupt and protest against climate change. In this case its Just Stop Oil, orange cornstarch and Stonehenge, but this conversation applies to all that disrupt the status quo.

    The repetitive and disingenuous arguments used by politicians and media to discredit these actions just underscore the need for more revolutionary optics and diverse tactics. We also look at the criminalization of indigenous land and water defenders in Canada and around the world, and the lack of media coverage on these critical struggles.

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    Resources:

    • Just Stop Oil Homepage
    • Find Scott Martin on Twitter (X)

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    37 mins
  • Mask Bans with Kim Crawley and Bothered Boy
    Jun 19 2024

    Two special guests, Kim Crawley and Bothered Boy, join host Jessa McLean to talk about the mask bans being introduced in the United States, the attitudes here in Canada and the recent uptick in activists being charged for wearing COVID protective masks during direct actions.

    We keep us safe - wear a mask comrades.

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    Resources:

    • Bothered Boy's YouTube Channel
    • Guest Kim Crawley's Link Tree
    • Referenced Episode: Unlawful Assembly While Masked (Blueprints of Disruption)
    • AP News: North Carolina Mask Ban

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    53 mins