Radio Free Winnipeg: Recent Episodes
Greg Gallinger & Scott Price
Radio Free Winnipeg’s mission is to challenge manicured discourses and illuminate the issues and history erased in the mainstream. Radio Free Winnipeg broadcasts on treaty one territory, by-monthly. Hosted and Produced by Greg Gallinger and Scott Price.
Yup this is the end.
Scott and Greg talk about why they decided to end the show and talk about what possible legacy Radio Free Winnipeg will have.
Scott and Greg talk with Kay the Aquanaut. Kay is a Saskatoon based rapper. Kay talks to Scott and Greg about his influences, his politics and why he continues to grind as an independent artist on the prairies.
We played two of Kay the Aquanaut songs.
89 Grey Cup off the album Spinning Blue Planet
Contemporary Woody Guthrie off the album Yeah, Riot!
Here is the video for Contemporary Woody Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2fP2YhZhI
If you liked what you heard check out Kay's music on bandcamp
https://kaytheaquanaut.bandcamp.com/
We're back! Thanks for sticking with us during our hiatus.
Does Canada still suck? You better believe it does. But for our first episode in months we talk to freelance journalist and noted twitter poster James Wilt about public transit, urban planning, pedestrian deaths in Winnipeg, Uber and gentrification.
James Wilt has a book about public transit coming out soon on Between the Lines press. Be on the look out for that.
A jam packed show demonstrating how Canada Sucks!
First Scott and Greg talk about SNC-Lavalin and their history of war profiteers and their close relationship with the Canadian State.
Then Scott and Greg go over recent events in Haiti and how it demonstrates both Canadian Imperialism aboard but also the hypocrisy inherent in "human rights" discourse.
Last but not least Greg and Scott talk about the Yellow Vest protest in Canada and the United We Roll protest.
Music Break- (Artist) The Minutemen, (Song) Disguises, (Album) The Punch Line
Show Notes
Canada's Halliburton? SNC-Lavalin war profiteering in Iraq, Afghanistan by Anthony Fenton http://rabble.ca/news/2009/09/canadas-halliburton-snc-lavalin-war-profiteering-iraq-afghanistan
Is Trudeau's Venezuela policy the Monroe Doctrine reborn? By Yves Engler
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/is-trudeaus-venezuela-policy-the-monroe-doctrine-reborn?fbclid=IwAR1YikfJKsjgtALp7ggnZglMQ6OVHc2u2Itj8gVV8V3wsgkAIMor5NN_rPk
Canadian policy on Venezuela, Haiti reveals hypocrisy that media ignores by Yves Engler https://yvesengler.com/2019/02/19/canadian-policy-on-venezuela-haiti-reveals-hypocrisy-that-media-ignores/
Canada backs Haitian government, even as police force kills demonstrators by Yves Engler https://ricochet.media/en/2439/canada-backs-haitian-government-even-as-police-force-kills-demonstrators?fbclid=IwAR3-vVzWL-gLreP81PQDzz7Dhy-PccCN877-rLZ6Ghk5W9a1o_-rCrPK00c
Haiti: Weeks of Protests Demanding the Resignation of the President via the Real News Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omnu3yex1Y
Indigenous rights activists confront Yellow Vests as pro-pipeline convoy reaches Ottawa via APTN News https://aptnnews.ca/2019/02/19/indigenous-rights-activists-confront-yellow-vests-as-pro-pipeline-convoy-reaches-ottawa/
Report from Anti-Racist Canada on the Yellow Vests and United WE Roll
https://aptnnews.ca/2019/02/19/indigenous-rights-activists-confront-yellow-vests-as-pro-pipeline-convoy-reaches-ottawa/
We are back and Canada still sucks in 2019. Our first episdoe of 2019 is jam packed.
Remember that CKUW's Fundrive runs from February 8th to 15th. This is where we ask the listerns to give their pledges of money to support the station. More info here https://ckuw.ca/news/entry/fundrive-2019-kicks-off-february-8th
First Scott and Greg address the recent events in Venezuela, the attempted coup and what our position should be. Anti-imperialism for the win!
Recently an indigenous man was shot and killed in Winnipeg's West End. Scott and Greg break down the reporting on it and the media apologetics for the cops.
Last Scott and Greg talk about the recent fires that have ripped through apartments in the West End and have left around 100 people displaced and without a home. They break down why there is a lack of affordable and safe housing in inner city Winnipeg, how landlords exploit that situation and how the "meth crisis" does a lot of heavy lifting to explain away these situations.
Show Notes
Venezuela
Canada Continues to Meddle in Venezuela's Elections
Canada on Wrong Side of Venezuela Conflict
Canada's Largest Union Sides with Maligned Venezuela President
Media reports on the Chad Williams shooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/4841499/man-dead-altercation-winnipeg-police-sherbrook-street/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chad-williams-shooting-witness-1.4983171
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chad-williams-police-shooting-vigil-1.4981431
Go Fund Me for the family of Chad Williams to pay for funeral costs
https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-cost-and-headstone-for-chad-williams
Media reports on landlords in Winnipeg's inner city and fires in apartment buildings https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/west-end-apartment-fires-1.4979553
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mass-destruction-winnipeg-property-management-company-says-meth-crisis-has-dealers-taking-over-apartments-1.3929488
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-man-hasn-t-been-able-to-use-shower-in-a-month-after-leak-led-to-bathroom-full-of-debris-1.4250498
https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/d3qajk/landlords-across-canada-are-pushing-tenants-out-with-renovations?fbclid=IwAR2-iO4tI3osCur1LW0HHgC4zclW1rTCQQaQAh3CrGenl6yPPN8wVHPBxd0
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/212-langside-building-issues-1.4984655
The Spence Neighbourhood Association is collecting donations to help people displaced from the fires. If you can help info is below.
If you, or anyone you know, was displaced from 583 Furby, 426 Maryland, or 626 Ellice, get in contact with our Housing staff to help find long-term housing, access benefits you may be entitled to, and access donations.
All are welcome; your name didn't have to be on the lease to access these resources and supports.
**Stop by 615 Ellice Ave Tues, Wed, or Thurs 9am-4:30pm to speak with Housing staff or contact SNA's Housing Coordinator: 204-783-5000 ext. 106 or housing@speceneighbourhood.org
Info about Tenants groups
Facebook page for the West Broadway Tenants Committeehttps://www.facebook.com/West-Broadway-Tenants-Committee-188408582060653/ Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network**https://www.hamiltontenantssolidarity.ca/
Continuing our look into Canada's role in creating the refugee crisis in Central America Scott and Greg talk to two people on the ground in Honduras and Mexico.
First you will hear from Jen Moore. Jen was the Latin America coordinator for Mining Watch Canada, with years of work with communities affected by Canadian mining in Central America, and is now based in Mexico.
We apologize for the audio of Jen's interview. We tried to clean it up as best we could.
Then you will hear from Karen Spring. Karen is a Honduras-based coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network, with years of working with communities affected by Canadian mining, sweatshop, and tourism investment and on other issues prompting people to flee en masse.
Check out Karen's website where she writes about the situation in Honduras
http://www.aquiabajo.com/
Show Notes Here is the link to Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor where you can find the petition
https://simcoecountyhondurasrightsmonitor.wordpress.com/
Here is the direct link to the Petition
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1868
https://miningwatch.ca/sites/default/files/mining-in-a-state-of-impunity-web_1.pdf
http://www.aquiabajo.com/blog/2017/2/8/one-land-defenders-story-of-repression-criminalization-and-arrest-young-garifuna-woman-arrested-for-reclaiming-ancestral-land
Here is a small and incomplete list of Canadian companies that maintain business relations in Honduras:
- Textile company Gildan Activewear (based in Montreal)
- Mining company Aura Minerals (based in Toronto)
- Investment consulting firm DAI Inc (based in Ottawa)
- Mining company Goldcorp Inc (Based in Vancouver)
- Tourism company NJOI (based in Ontario)
- Tourism company Life Vision
- Tourism company CARIVIDA
- Printing company Canadian Bank Note Limited (based in Ottawa)
Recently the so called "migrant crisis" in Central America has been a major topic in the news. Images of women and children being tear gassed at the US border lays bear the moral and humanitarian crisis. But what about Canada? While this news seems far away in fact the Canadian state policies in Central America have contributed much to this crisis. From supporting mining companies that poison the water and displace people from their homes. To the Canadian government legitimizing the government in Honduras that got to power via a coup.
Scott and Greg place the so called "migrant crisis" in the context of Canadian foreign policy and the moral bankruptcy of the human rights troll industrial complex. You will also hear two clips from the Radio Free Winnipeg archive that cover the the lead up and aftermath of the 2009 coup in Honduras.
For news on central America we recommend you follow the work of Sandra Cuffe
https://www.sandracuffe.com/
Interview with Tyler Shipley
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/163071775552/canadian-imperialism
Interview with Grahame Russel of Rights Action Network
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/151627521957/canada-in-honduras
In the latest episdoe exploring why Canada Sucks we talk about the recent Munk debates in Toronto where Steve Bannon debated David Frum on populism. It was probably as horrible as it sounds. Scott and Greg talk about the false framing of the debate, Peter Munk and what the Munk debates represent in Canada.
In the last half of the show Scott talk to Rachel Small, organizer with the Council of Canadians, who organized a picket line outside the debate and was one of many who were arrested.
Show Notes
Our comrades in podcasting arm, News You Can Use, did a great episdoe on Peter Munk and what a total shit bag he was.
https://soundcloud.com/user-112754787/episode-fifty-four-burn-in-hell-peter-munk
Ricochet's investigation into White Supermacists in the UCP and Canadian conservative parties just keeps on giving
https://ricochet.media/en/2422/rebel-media-reporter-worked-for-white-supremacist-web-store
https://ricochet.media/en/2426/kenneys-ucp-wont-say-if-party-expelled-extremists
In the latest installment of our series on why Canada Sucks Scott and Greg talk about the CBC and urbanist boosters.
Scott and Greg talk about the cultural place that CBC occupies in Canada. On the one hand to many CBC defines what Canada is but on the other the CBC also represent the interests of the state and capital. The recent controversy over CBC's coverage of the Brazilian is the more recent example. Greg provides an of how the coverage is a window into how state and capital interests work.
Then Scott and Greg dissect the CBC Op-ed by former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray which contained a dumbfounding amount urbanist booster pablum. Scott tries to keep his composure while talking about the ahistroical love of street cars.
Show Notes
CBC's artilce on the Brazilian election
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-canada-trade-bolsonaro-politics-foreign-policy-1.4878379
CBC's non-apology apology for the coverage
https://www.cbc.ca/news/editorsblog/brazil-editor-blog-1.4884651
Former Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray's artilce about Winnipeg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/opinion-glen-murray-winnipeg-election-1.4879883?fbclid=IwAR02w7nIcRI-m-n7PnjXM6c_gQ616GJqZfdc3ZJkGJ59Tc4fu5KnmlWomuM
Here is Owen Toews on Rank & File Prairie edition talking about Winnipeg politics
https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/winnipeg-2018-elxn-owen-toews-author-of-stolen-city-racial-capitalism-the-making-of-winnipeg
Scott's artilce on street cars in Winnipeg
http://rankandfile.ca/winnipeg-streetcars/
Ricochet's investigative reporting on white supermacists in the Canadian armed forces
https://ricochet.media/en/2394/meet-the-canadian-soldiers-behind-a-white-supremacist-military-surplus-store
https://ricochet.media/en/2396/canadian-forces-investigating-soldiers-behind-white-supremacist-company
Continuing with our series of Why Canada Sucks we discuss the relationship between Canada and Saudi Arabia.
Scott and Greg talk to Anthony Fenton who is an expert on Canada Saudi Arabia relations. Anthony is currently working on his PHD at York U on the political economy of Canada-Saudi\Gulf states relations.
Anthony breaks down the recent diplomatic rift between Canada and Saudi Arabia, how it places in the decades long relationship between the two, what if any effect this will have on Canada's position in the Middle East and what a fighting anti-war movement could do about the arms sales.
If you are on Twitter we recommend you follow Anthony Fenton @anthonyfenton
We referenced this episdoe about how narrow the media coverage is on Canadian foreign policy http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/154056150587/a-propaganda-system
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We continue to talk about why Canada sucks with a focus on Winnipeg politics. We are in the midst of a civic election and well it is fairly depressing. Ohh and the NDP sat on info about lead contamination in one of the poorest parts of Winnipeg.
We talk with Kent Davies about how 2018 is the year Winnipeg has just given up and how utterly depressing electoral politics are in Winnipeg. Kent started doing Simpsons memes about Winnipeg and Manitoba politics to keep some form of sanity and has since become a go to source of comentary and satire of politics in the Keystone province.
A Perfectly Cormulent Election- Kent's Simpsons meme blog
http://embiggenmanitoba.tumblr.com/
True North Square Deal now includes affordable housing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/true-north-square-financing-affordable-housing-1.4831490
1.200% surge in meth-related hospital visits tied to increased violence: Manitoba Nurses Union
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1-200-surge-in-meth-related-hospital-visits-tied-to-increased-violence-manitoba-nurses-union-1.4829163
For Bowman, winning the race could mean switching his base.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/for-brian-bowman-winning-the-race-could-mean-switching-his-base-1.4825194
'Absolutely Floored':Resident never told of lead contamination in Point Douglas soil because NDP sat on info. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-soil-ndp-point-douglas-1.4821339
In the 5th episdoe of our series of why Canada Sucks we talk about the large and harmful affect Hydro has had on northern indigenous communities in Manitoba. We talk with Sadie Phoenix-Lavoie who is the community coordinator for Wa Ni Ska Tan, an alliance of hydro affected communities about the recent report about the decades of abuse associated with Manitoba Hydro projects in northern Manitoba.
Later in the show you will hear an interview with David Bighetty who completed a 1,000km walk from Leaf Rapids to call attention to the displacement of the community of Granville Lake in 2003.
We played Fire 2 the Water by Lenord Sumner. That song is off his latest album Standing in the Light
http://www.leonardsumner.com/
Find out more about Wa Ni Ska Tan here http://hydroimpacted.ca/
'Pure Trauma': Fox Lake members stricken after hasty release of troubling report https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/trauma-in-fox-lake-after-report-release-1.4797165
'An open wound': Fox Lake leadership says historical sexual abuse by Hydro workers haunts residents https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fox-lake-cree-nation-sexual-abuse-manitoba-hydro-1.4795241
David Bighetty completes epic trek, calls for more action on rebuilding Granville Lake https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news/nickel-belt/david-bighetty-completes-epic-trek-calls-for-more-action-on-rebuilding-granville-lake-1.23398008
For Background here is a artilce about the resistance to Hydro in Cross Lake Manitoba https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/treaty-violations-and-hydro-payment-rebellion-cross-lake
Article that covers more of the history of the impact of Manitoba Hydro in northern Mantioba https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/flooded-and-forgotten
In this episode we look at how Manitoba’s criminal justice system is inherently racist.
We speak with two guest, Corey Sherman, who is a human rights and aboriginal rights lawyer based in Toronto. Sherman has worked on several cases in Manitoba including the Craig McDougall inquest, in which he argued for the courts to consider the role systemic racism played in the case
we also spoke with Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, who holds a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and a PhD from the Department of Sociology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Dobchuk-Land has recently been focusing on crime prevention policies from the perspective of community based organizations, and how progressive policy can serve to strengthen colonial systems of oppression. She’s also a member of the prison abolition group, Bar None.
Show Notes
Human Rights Lawyer calls for public inquiry after 5 inmate deaths
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/human-rights-lawyer-public-inquiry-5-inmate-deaths-1.3826977
Manitoba jails busting at the seams even though crime rates contiune to fall http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-jails-busting-crime-rate-falling-1.3293068
Prisoners Keep dying in Winnipeg's jails https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qbn5dp/prisoners-keep-dying-in-winnipegs-jails
Staggering Number of indigenous people in jails is a Canadian crisis https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/07/03/little-being-done-about-the-staggering-number-of-indigenous-people-in-jail.html
Hey, well Canada still sucks but we have to do a little stop gap measure. We are working on several stories and issues but due to scheduling we still have to wait on a few things to come together. Rather than rushing content we decided to dig into our archives and replay (on CKUW) our interview with Tyler Shipley on Canada's role in the coup in Honduras and his view of Canadian Imperialism.
If you want to check out that episode you can go to itunes or check it out here
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/163071775552/canadian-imperialism
Scott and Greg continue with the topic Why Canada Sucks with a discussion on the links between Climate Change, racism, and imperialism.
Over the last several weeks there have been a number of racists attacks in Canada. Xenophobic rhetoric is on the rise as Canadian media play into a bogus "border crisis" narrative and the Liberals appoint Bill Blair (former police chief of Toronto who has a horrible record on civil liberties) as their new Minister of Border Security and Organized which has only emboldened the far right. Scott and Greg talk about all this in context of climate change and imperialism, how Canada is on the wrong side of these issues and why we are just seeing the start of refugees seeking asylum in Canada. To solve these issues we can't frame them as consumer choices but rather in political and economic choices.
Scott and Greg also talk about gentrification and the replacing of "unwanted" people and how cities are becoming unaffordable.
Show Notes
Music break brought you by Lee Reed.His latest "The Steal City" ep is all about gentrification in Hamilton. 100% of proceeds to the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network (HTSN) and the East Hamilton Rent Strike Defense Fund.
https://htsn.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-former-toronto-police-chief-bill-blair-takes-charge-of-canadas/
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2015/11/why-canadians-should-be-worried-if-trudeau-appoints-bill-blai
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/man-confronts-muslim-family-toronto-ferry-terminal-viral-1.4761908
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hate-is-alive-here-wife-of-beaten-mississauga-man-speaks-out-after-attack-1.4751217
http://rankandfile.ca/organizing-against-racist-attacks-in-your-workplace/
https://www.afsc.org/resource/dos-and-donts-bystander-intervention
In the second episdoe in our series on Why Canada Sucks, Scott and Greg talk to historian Doug Nesbitt on why Canadian Confederation sucked. Doug goes through all the resistance to Canadian Confederation and how that legacy has created battle lines across Canada to this day. They also discuss why Canadian history being presented as bland and boring is an ideological project.
Check out Doug's work and other great reporting on the Canadian labour movement at http://rankandfile.ca/
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We're back! After some time off Radio Free Winnipeg is back with a new series of shows. Our theme this time will be why Canada sucks where we will explore the many ways that Canada sucks domestically, internationally and historically.
Canadians have an overly romanticized view of themselves and as such there is a lot of myths surrounding Canada. Canadians usually frame themselves in relation to America so they either set the bar at being simply “better” than America (low bar to set) and use that as an excuse to both remain ignorant of issues in Canada and thus never challenge the status quo.
Scott and Greg talk about what they've been doing over the last month and a half and set out what they will be doing over this series.
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Show Notes
Angus Reid poll Truths of reconciliation: Canadians are deeply divided on how best to address Indigenous issues http://angusreid.org/indigenous-canada/
Canadians deeply divided on Indigenous issues http://aptnnews.ca/2018/06/11/canadians-deeply-divided-on-indigenous-issues-poll/ Accounting for Histories: 150 Years of Canadian Maple Washing https://www.opencanada.org/features/accounting-histories-150-years-canadian-maple-washing/
Canada 150 is a celebration of Indigenous genocide https://nowtoronto.com/news/canada-s-150th-a-celebration-of-indigenous-genocide/
In the 8th and final episdoe of Radio Free Winnipeg's series on Fascism and Anti-Fascism Scott and Greg reflect on what the series accomplished, where they could have improved and what they would have changed.
Thanks for listening to the series. We will be back later in the summer with a new series of shows.
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In the 7th episdoe of Radio Free Winnipeg's series on Fascism and Anti-Fascism Scott does the show solo with Greg out of town in the big smoke (AKA Toronto).
First Scott comments on the recent "investigation" by CBC on the growth of the 3% militia in Canada. This was already reported on by Vice last year and organizers on the ground have know about the presence of the 3% for at least that long as well.
Then Scott dives into the main topic on the show, the grift of the "anti-extermism" narrative. The "anti-extermism narrative is very popular in the media with reformed Neo-Nazis and several academics perpetuating the narrative. It is a tidy narrative that not only erases the the ideology of Fascism but also creates a false equivalency between the far-right and the far-left. This not only hinders antifa but also helps to bolster the security state to criminalize left wing organizing.
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https://www.hearingtrees.org/
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Show Notes
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/new9wd/the-birth-of-canadas-armed-anti-islamic-patriot-group
http://www.cbc.ca/news/theweekly/has-an-american-militia-moved-to-canada-1.4640769
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/ideology-on-violent-far-right-is-just-as-toxic-as-isis-former-white-supremacist-speaks-out-1.4247751
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/04/life-after-hate-groups-neo-fascism-racism
https://enoughisenough14.org/2017/11/29/montreal-antifa-maxime-fiset-and-his-centre-do-not-speak-for-us/
https://itsgoingdown.org/far-gift-center-got-wrong-antifa-got-right/
http://www.irr.org.uk/news/anti-extremism-or-anti-fascism/
In Radio Free Winnipeg's 6th episode on Fascism and antifa Scott and Greg discuss the limits of antifa. While there have been several recent successes, ie Richard Spencer's comments not being able to hold public events, there are still limits to antifa.
While making the public cost high for Fascists when they gather or organize in public is key this still doesn't truly challenge or dismantle the racism and white supremacy at the heart of our society. How do we scale the anti-racism and anti-capitalism of antifa to a larger movement?
To start the show Scott and Greg talk about the recent events in Syria and how the left generally have "lost the plot" when it comes to offering a coherent and effective anti-war and anti-imperialism stance.
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Show notes
https://gowans.wordpress.com/2018/04/10/nonsense-about-syria-gas-attacks-reveals-us-ideology-of-tyranny/
https://hammerhearts.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/syria-and-the-antiwar-tradition/
https://hammerhearts.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/the-spirit-and-the-ghost-of-neither-washington-nor-moscow/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/19/the-alt-right-is-in-decline-has-antifa-activism-worked
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/17/richard-spencer-college-tour-antifa-alt-right/
https://www.facebook.com/notes/ff1/ff1-a-personal-account-of-year-one-by-omar-kinnarath/1539672049435734/
In the 5th episode of our series on Fascism and Anti-Fascism Scott and Greg begin to dig into the history of anti-fascist movements, both in Europe, as well as in the context of Western Canada.
They discuss the significance of the Spanish Civil War and how opposition to Franco's fascist movement help set the stage for contemporary anti-fascism.
They also look at how punk rock and metal scenes were microcosms of these waves of fascist resurgence, and introduced youth to opposing fascism.
In the second half of the episode they interview longtime anti-fascist organizer from Calgary, Alberta, Jason Devine.
Show Notes:
Advocacy in Action (Video) - Jason Devine on his 20 years of antifascist organizing.
The Philosophy of Antifa - Philosophy Tube (Video)
Antifa Worldwide: A Brief History Of International Antifascism
The Edelweiss Pirates, 1939-1945
Autonomous Antifa: From the Autonomen to Post-Antifa in Germany
Meet Antifa’s Secret Weapon Against Far-Right Extremists
Democracy in Crisis: A Glob al Antifascist Movement
“No Fascist USA!”: How Hardcore Punk Fuels the Antifa Movement
A Brief But Very Informative History of How Fascists Infiltrated Punk and Metal
How A Single Blog Post Derailed A Nationalist March
In Radio Free Winnipeg's 4th episode of their series on Fascism & Antifa Scott and Greg talk about the historical roots of Fascism with specific attention to Fascist groups in Canada during the 1930s.
In the second half of the episode Scott and Greg discuss the role of settler-colonialism in Canada, why liberalism can't defeat Fascism and how Fascists and racists use "free speech" to shield themselves.
Correction
In the episode Scott said that the Hyman libel act was passed in 1935 after the Battle of Old Market Square. In fact it was passed in 1934 just before the Battle of Old Market Square.
Show Notes
Running the Fascists out of Town https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/running-the-fascists-out-of-town
The Warning signs of Fascism on campus https://torontoist.com/2017/07/warning-signs-of-fascism-on-campus/
Tracking the Alt-Right in Toronto https://torontoist.com/2017/08/tracking-alt-right-toronto/
Twenty Five Theses on Fascism https://anarchiststudies.org/2017/11/30/twenty-five-theses-on-fascism-by-shane-burley/
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In Radio Free Winnipeg's third episode on Fascism & antifa Scott and Greg interview historian John Paul-Himka about the national narratives used by Ukrainian Nationalist groups both in Ukraine and in Canada that not only glorify war criminals and Nazi collaborators but trade in historical revisionism.
John Paul-Himka is professor emeritus at the University of Alberta https://www.ualberta.ca/history-classics/people/emeriti/himka
Scott and Greg discuss why the Ukrainian national myths are important both domestically and in terms of wider geo-political trends as well as discuss similar trends around the western world. Why have these nationalistic narratives become more common and why do they find a wider audience today? How do Fascist groups use these narratives to their own advantage?
Show Notes
Ukrainian-Canadian community urged confront WWII past amid controversy over monuments http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ukrainian-canadian-community-urged-to-confront-past-amid-controversy-over-monuments-to-nazi-collaborators
War Criminality: A Blank spot in the collective memory of Ukrainian Diaspora by John Paul-Himka https://soi.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/soi/article/view/7999/7146
Interview from 2014 that explains about the roots that gave rise to the Ukrainian far right within historical myth making
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/6283/
Fascism's Face-Lift https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/fascisms-face-lift
Reflections on Anti-Communism https://jacobinmag.com/2017/12/anti-communism-soviet-union-united-states-miliband
Article from Dovid Katz on the "double genocide theory"
http://jewishcurrents.org/the-double-genocide-theory/
In Ukraine, Ultranationalist Militia strikes fear in some quarters https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-azov-right-wing-militia-to-patrol-kyiv/29008036.html
Bypassing official channels, Canada's Ukrainian diaspora finances and fights a war against Russia https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ukraine-canadas-unofficial-war/article23208129/
The US is arming and assisting Neo-Nazis In Ukraine, while congress debates prohibition http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=20942
Neo-Nazi Groups recruit Britons to fight in Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/02/neo-nazi-groups-recruit-britons-to-fight-in-ukraine
The Reality of neo-Nazis in Ukraine is far from Kremlin propaganda http://thehill.com/opinion/international/359609-the-reality-of-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-is-far-from-kremlin-propaganda?amp
On Target: Canada's Warmongering in Ukraine is Dangerous http://espritdecorps.ca/on-target-4/on-target-canadas-warmongering-in-ukraine-is-dangerous
Mennonites and the Holocaust https://anabaptisthistorians.org/2018/02/07/mennonites-and-the-holocaust-an-introduction/
Episode 2 of Radio Free Winnipeg's series on Fascism & Anti-Fascism Scott and Greg interview William Robinson on the links between Fascism and Capitalism and how the features of 21st Century Fascism differ from 20th Century Fascism.
William Robinson is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work focuses on political economy, globalization, Latin America and historical materialism.
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Show Notes
Article by William Robinson in Al Jazerra that outlines the features of 21st Century Fascism
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/04/201142612714539672.html
Excerpt from “Fascism Today: What it is and how to end it by” by Shane Burley via Truth-out.org
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/43006-what-is-fascism-an-excerpt-from-fascism-today-what-it-is-and-how-to-end-it
Parts 1&2 of Monthly Review's One Question series: Is Fascism making a comeback?
https://mronline.org/2017/12/06/is-fascism-making-a-comeback-part-1/
https://mronline.org/2017/12/09/is-fascism-making-a-comeback-part-2/
Every February CKUW has its annual funding drive know as Fundrive.Fundrive runs from February the 9th to February the 16th. Radio Free Winnipeg's Fundrive show is on February the 11th 8-9pm.
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In Radio Free Winnipeg's first episode of 2018 and the first of our series on Fascism and Antifa, Scott and Greg go over what they'll be covering and why they decided to cover the subject.
Scott and Greg give particular attention to the context and history of racism and white-supremacy in Western Canada and play a short clip from an interview we did with Calgary based antifa\anti-racist organizer Jason Devine.
Show Notes
Article from Brairpatch Magazine that explores Fascism and antifa in Canada, both past and present. It also stresses the key point that there is nothing exceptional about Canada nor is Canada immune to racism or white-supremacy.
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/running-the-fascists-out-of-town
A Short video profiling Jason Devine
https://vimeo.com/247356804
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In the last episode of 2017 Scott and Greg reflect on 2017. What were the issues they covered that had the most impact on them? What were the common themes that bind all the shows together (Capitalism sucks)?
Scott and Greg also talk about Radio Free Winnipeg's new schedule for 2018 and what they will be covering.
Thanks for tuning in. 2018 will be an exciting year.
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Since we got such great feedback on our discussion on anti-war and anti-imperialism politics we decided to take a whole hour to breakdown these topics in the Canadian context.
We'll use clips from past episodes, comments made by Canadian foreign minster Chrystia Freeland comments on Canada not being an imperial country, the inherent problem in the framework of human rights, and what an anti-war\anti-imperialist movement in Canada might look like. Hope you enjoy our 1 hour extravaganza!
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SHOW NOTES
Previous shows
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/164736767072/imperialism-and-the-anti-war-movement
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/163071775552/canadian-imperialism
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/154056150587/a-propaganda-system
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/151627521957/canada-in-honduras
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/150284651542/canada-and-nato-in-eastern-europe
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/146191954922/canadian-foreign-policy
Here is the episode of Citations Needed we played a clip from
https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-08-the-human-rights-concern-troll-industrial-complex
Articles referenced or used for notes
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/arms-empowerment-canadas-feminism-falls-short-171102092659647.html
http://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/canada-sucks-up-to-us-interventionism-in-venezuela
https://justice-project.org/the-canada-brand-violence-and-canadian-mining-companies-in-latin-america/
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/yves-englers-blog/2017/11/sorry-minister-freeland-canada-settler-state-near-imperial
In this episode Greg and Scott talk about the debate around opening of Portage & Main in Winnipeg to pedestrians. From there they go into a wider discussion on city planning, transit, and class consciousness.
Here is an artilce on Portage & Main in the Globe & Mail
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/winnipeg-portage-and-main/article36528916/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&
Here is the Eduardo Galeano artilce on the social and environmental cost of the private automobile talked about in the episode
https://nacla.org/article/autocracy-invisible-dictatorship-0
A great artilce on the Winnipeg Street Car strike of 1906
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/60/streetrailway.shtml
In this episode we talk with Zoe Todd. Zoe Todd (Métis/otipemisiw) is from Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), Alberta, Canada. She writes about fish, art, Métis legal traditions and decolonization in urban and prairie contexts. She also studies human-animal relations, colonialism and environmental change in north/western Canada.
This was part of the interview we did with Zoe last year about the legacy of Jane Jacobs. Zoe talks about urban indigenous narratives and history through both her personal experience and study. Zoe makes some important points about how talking about any urban situation we have to tend to the colonial history and relationships.
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On this episode we talk to Winnipeg based journalist James Wilt. James writes for Desmog Canada, Canadian Dimension, Vice Canada, Rank and File.ca.
We talked with James about his work on climate change for Desmog. James talks about covering climate change, the NDP leadership race, the hype around electric cars, and how the doom and gloom of climate science won't help us mobilize.
Check out James's writing at Desmog Canada here
https://www.desmog.ca/user/james-wilt
James also does a Podcast which is super fun. Check it out.
https://soundcloud.com/user-112754787
James also tweets a lot
@james_m_wilt
No new episode. We are figuring out a new broadcast schedule but we'll be back on the Thanksgiving weekend with a new interview.
We dug into out archives and replayed this episode on CKUW 95.9fm
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/138199349162/the-divided-prairie-city-income-inequality-in
In this episode Scott and Greg talk with Greg Macpherson. Greg Macpherson is a venerable Winnipeg musician and community activist. We talked to Greg about his new band Figure Walking, their recent tour and their new album "The Big Other". We move from talk to Greg about Winnipeg and what he thinks about the present optimism about Winnipeg and if he thinks that is justified.
You can check out Figure Walking here https://disintegrationrecords.bandcamp.com/
Greg Macpherson is also the executive director of the West Broadway Community Organization http://www.westbroadway.mb.ca/
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In this episode we look at leftist discourse about Syria, Venezuela and the DPRK, and the McCarthyist tendencies being invoked against anti-imperialists who defend the official enemies of empire.
We discuss how the West's anti-war movement has been stifled as a result of this lack of clear analysis.
Links:
Debating Syria Productively
1953-2002-2016: Syria And The Reemergence Of Mccarthyism
If You Win The Wars At Home, They'll Be No Fighting Anymore
We've been wanting to discuss Folkorama for a while now, with the recent statement issued by Folkorama to CBC in regards to the unofficial Ghanaian pavilion, now seemed like an appropriate time
In this episode Scott and Greg talk about how Folkorama presents as liberal conception of multiculturalism in Winnipeg, how at it's worst it tokenizes the communities it's trying to showcase.
Show notes:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ghana-men-protest-winnipeg-1.4237911
In this extended episode we talk to Tyler Shipley, author of Ottawa and Empire: Canada and the Military Coup in Honduras, about his new book, and the coup he witnessed firsthand.
In his book, Shipley uses the 2009 coup in Honduras as a clear example of Canada's imperial ambitions, and argues that the Canadian state holds an independent agenda, not always beholden to its more powerful neighbour to the south.
We also discuss Canadian (left) nationalism more broadly and the need to build an opposition to it through sports and other elements of mainstream culture.
Links:
Review of Ottawa and Empire by Joshua Moufawad-Paul
In this episode we talk with rapper and musician Lee Reed about gentrification in Hamilton. Lee was the former front man of the band Warsawpack (on G7 welcoming committee label) and is now a solo artist.
Lee talks to us about the last 20 years of Hamilton with the growth of gentrification in Hamilton, the connection to the arts scene and how his opinion on the affect of gentrification has changed over the last ten years.
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We're taking a break for this episode to get some interviews sorted. We'll be back in two weeks. Stay tuned!
Proletarian Feminism is a Marxist approach to feminism that was brought forth by the Indian revolutionary Communist and writer, Anuradha Ghandy, in Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement. In her writing Ghandy examines the dominant variants of feminism, pulling the relevant elements and issuing critiques of what she see's as detrimental to the movement and women. What results is a feminism that sees the struggle against patriarchy as inherently linked to the struggle against capitalism, colonialism, imperialism, and racism, and transphobia.
In this episode we talk to Jayelyn and Elizabeth, two feminists and members of the Revolutionary Student Movement in Winnipeg, who recently organized a panel at the University of Winnipeg on Proletarian Feminism.
We also discuss the recent conversation surrounding the involvement of police officers at Pride.
Further Reading:
Philosophical Trends in the Feminist Movement, by Anuradha Ghandy (PDF)
What is Proletarian Feminism?
In Defense of Proletarian Feminism
Police union upset by Pride's decision against officers in uniform
Why banning uniformed police at Pride will actually make the event more inclusive
Police welcome in Pride Winnipeg parade, asked not to wear uniforms
Over the last several years the rhetoric around "creativity" and the "creative class" has been embraced by both governments, NGO's and many in the arts community. While creativity is positive there are deeper questions that we should ask about what this rhetoric upholds and reproduces. In this episode we explore these questions with Max Haiven. Max is the Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at Lakehead University in Northwest Ontario and director of the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL).
For more on Max's critique of "creativity" check out this artilce.
http://artthreat.net/2012/10/privatizing-creativity/
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In this episode Greg talks about his recent trip to Japan. Greg has been to Japan three times with his partner. Scott asks Greg about Tokyo, how Japan is the height of consumer capitalism, and Japanese culture. The second half of the show Greg reflects on his trip to Hiroshima and how that changed his view on the use of the atomic bomb in World War 2.
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On this episode of Radio Free Winnipeg we talk with CKUW news director Anna Sigrithur.
Anna talks about her path to campus and community radio through food, gardening and storytelling. Anna talks about what makes campus and community radio special as well as the challenges that it brings.
Here is our past interviews with CKUW staff http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/138999536662/campus-community-radio
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In this episode we talk with Michal Rozworski.
Michal Rozowrski is a economist, writer and podcast produce who endeavor's to bring a popular left perspective to the collision of economics and politics.
His been producing a podcast, Political Eh Economy, since 2014. His writing has appeared in Jacobin, Ricochet (where he is a contributing editor), The Toronto Star, Briarpatch Magazine, The Tyee and Canadian Dimension.
Michal talks about the challenge of bringing a left economic perspective to a wider audience and how to make economic concepts "living concepts" rather than theoretical ones.
You can get more of Michal Rozworski's writings and podcast at http://rozworski.org/political-eh-conomy/
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In this episode we talk with Aaron Maiden host and producer of The Rebel Beat podcast.
The Rebel Beat is podcast of politically radical music from across genres and continents. Greg and Scott talk to Aaron about how music has shaped his politics, how someone who is politically radical can engage with art and culture and the importance of radical politics in art.
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For this episode we replay our interview we did with Harrison Samphir from last year on the situation in Ukraine and media coverage of it. It is from last year but many of the points and information still hold true today and with the current hysteria in Canadian media over Russian interference in Canadian government it is no less pertinent.
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In this episode we feature a clip from Free City Radio (from CKUT in Montreal) about the history of Africaville in Halifax, racial segregation in Canada and racism in city planning. Greg and Scott then talk about how the history of Africaville parallels issues in Winnipeg.
In this episode Scott talks to the Nation magazine's Sports Editor and host of The Edge of Sports podcast, Dave Zirin about the significance politics played in professional sports over the past year. Zirin speaks about the history of dissent in the NFL and the significance it plays in shifting social consciousness.
Links:
Edge of Sports
Dave Zirin at The Nation
In this episode Scott and Greg discuss Kelly Leitch's comments about abolishing the Indian Act and her populist rhetoric, as well as how liberal identity politics co-exist with white nationalism and neo-fascism.
Notable links:
The Prince Albert Herald - Leitch: I do have 22 letters at the end of my name, I’m not an idiot
HuffPo - 'Anti-elite' Leitch reportedly slaps down critic by citing her resume
Robert Jago on Leitch's comments.
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Jacobin - Safety Pins and Swastikas
The Irish Times - What the Alt-right is really all about
In this New Year's Day episode we decided to take it easy, kick back and play a few tracks to inspire the masses.
Songs played:
Minimum Wage Strike - David Rovics
My Favorite Mutiny - The Coup
Waiting for The Great Leap Forward - Billy Bragg
United Nations - The Nihilist Spasm Band & Joe McPhee (9:02)
Scott Neigh (@canadianlefty) is an writer, activist and radio host based in Hamilton, Ontario. Neigh hosts Talking Radical Radio, which delivers in-depth interviews with grassroots activists engaged in a broad range of social change work in communities across the country.
In this episode we bond over our shared interest in community radio. We discuss what goes in to creating a half hour talk radio program and how the grassroots media landscape has changed over time.
You can listen to Talking Radical Radio on CKUW 95.9 FM immediately following Radio Free Winnipeg, Tuesdays at 10am on 93.3 FM CFMU in Hamilton, Ontario or anytime via the Podcast feed hosted by Rabble.ca.
In this episode we play an excerpt of Yves Engler's recent talk at the University of Winnipeg about his new book A Propaganda System — How Governments, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation.
With examples of coverage of Haiti, Palestine and the natural resource industry, Engler details how the Canadian government is involved in actively shaping the public's understanding of foreign policy through one-sided mainstream media coverage.
Audio of Yves's talk provided by Paul Graham. Checkout Paul's YouTube channel for more talks and independent media coverage.
Mother Tareka/Tarek Funk is an MC, instrumentalist, producer based in Hamilton, Ontario. His most recent record, Elephants, released under the moniker Mother Tareka and The Rebel Funktion, is a collaboration between a number of talented musicians with a background in jazz, funk, afrobeat and hip hop. Rapping in both Arabic and English, Mother Tareka, injects his lyrics with radical politics. Elephants is thematically packed with calls for social and political justice and enough catchy beats to keep your head bobbing.
In this episode we interview Tarek about the new album, his musical influences and his experience as a Syrian-Palestinian immigrant to Canada.
Addtional Links:
Mother Tareka and The Rebel Funktion - Elephants - on Bandcamp
MotherTareka.com
In this episode we discuss how settler colonialism plays out through neoliberal development projects and gentrification in Winnipeg in a conversation with geographer Owen Toews.
Toews holds a Ph.D in Human Geography from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. In 2015 he published his dissertation "Resettling the City? Settler Colonialism, Neoliberalism, and Urban Land in Winnipeg, Canada."
Our latest episode was recorded live on location at The Windsor Hotel here in Winnipeg, just prior to a benefit show for the Standing Rock protectors opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. Scott and Greg had the opportunity to speak with two of the artists who performed at the benefit show, Lee Reed, formerly the frontman for Warsawpack, and Mother Tareka, a Palestinian-Syrian residing in Canada. Tareka and Reed have been collaborating and making music for several years and are heavily involved in the Hamilton hip hop scene.
Links:
The Butcher, The Banker, The Bitumen Tanker on Bandcamp.
Mother Tareka and The Rebel Funktion on Bandcamp
Track List:
Imagine something different - Mother Tareka
New Day - Mother Tareka ft. Lee Reed.
This Microphone - Lee Reed
No Kanada - Lee Reed
Electric Blanket - Mother Tareka ft. Lee Reed
Bad Gas - Lee Reed
In this episode we look into the role that Canadian corporations and the State play in relation to Honduras. Scott and Greg speak with Grahame Russel, co-director of Rights Action, about the repression and terror activists and journalists have been subjected to since the 2009 coup and how Canada is implicated.
Additional links:
Face to Face with Grahame Russel
“End U.S. [& Canadian] Support for the Thugs of Honduras”
Honduran activist wants Trudeau to pressure Canadian mining companies on human rights abuses
Ottawa should make mining companies more accountable: Editorial
We've got a bunch of stuff in the works over the next month that we are really excited for but first...
Scott and Greg talk about the recent attempt by Canadaland to talk about the Israel and Palestine issue and Canadian media coverage of it. Scott and Greg break down self-fulfilling prophecies that Jesse Brown, Vicky Mochama, Supriya Dwivedi used to justify their piss poor discussion of the issue.
Here is the episode of Canadaland short cuts episode
http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/short-cuts-83-oh-god-fine-lets-talk-israel/
Here is Yves Engler's response in Rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/yves-engler/2016/09/anti-palestinian-media-bias-still-remains-untouchable-even-to-can
In this episode we look at Canada's involvement in NATO. We speak with Harrison Samphir (@HarrySamphir), web editor of Canadian Dimension, to shed some light on Canada's recent deployment of troops to Poland and Latvia, as well as the greater conflict in Ukraine. Samphir helps sift through media coverage to illustrate how Russia has been consistently demonized by Western publications to the benefit of NATO interests in the region. We also discuss the growing wave of fascist movements in Europe and across the globe.
Additional Links
Why is Canada adding to NATO's military build-up in Eastern Europe?
Canadian Dimension Magazine
In this episode we talk with Brian Lorraine, a local teacher and freelance journalist about Shoal Lake 40 and how it serves as an example of the Canadian colonial past and present.
https://ricochet.media/en/1239/shoal-lake-40-water-crisis-an-ugly-reminder-of-canadian-colonialism
On the radio we replayed our interview with Adele Perry about The Greater Winnipeg Water District aqueduct and the dispossession of Shoal Lake #40.
For you're podcast feed we bring you this short filler, but don't worry, we'll be back in two weeks with a new episode.
In this episode we report back from our field trip to the movies to see Star Trek Beyond. We discuss the film, our low expectation going into it, and how it compares to the rest of the franchise.
Continuing on with the topic of the Winnipeg General Strike, we interview Tom Mitchell, a retired archivist at Brandon University and co-author of When The State Trembled: How A. J. Andrews and The Citizens’ Committee Broke The Winnipeg General Strike.
Our conversation focuses on how a group of prominent Winnipeg lawyers and elites, known as the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand, conspired with the Federal government to undermine the labour movement and the strikers, and how it set the tone for how the strike would ultimately be remembered.
The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike is an event most of us learned about, at least briefly, in elementary school. In Manitoba the strike is often referenced, however abstractly, as a culminating moment in labour history. Unions and political parties, such as the NDP, are often associated with the strike, connecting their own histories and timelines back to the mass movement that reached a boiling point in the spring of 1919.
How is the General Strike remembered today? In which ways has the legacy of the strike been distorted by the factions that held power in the subsequent years? What did the labour movement look like during the inter-war period between the first and second World Wars?
We attempt to get to the heart of these questions in our interview with James Naylor, professor and labour historian at Brandon University.
Additional Links:
James Naylor's talk at the 2009 May Works Conference on Rekindling the Spirit of 1919 for the 90th Anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike.
Winnipeg 1919: A City in Crisis. A 75th Anniversary Exhibit on the Winnipeg General Strike
In this episode we speak with author and activist, Yves Engler, about Canadian foreign policy and mineral extraction in Africa.
Engler recently wrote an article for rabble.ca contrasting the World Partnership Walk, organized by the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, against the human rights abuses committed by Canadian mining companies on the African continent.
In addition to discussing natural resources companies, we look at the Saudi arms deal, Canadian arms exports, and how it is covered by the media.
Additional links:
Canada in Africa - 300 Years of Aid and Exploitation
Canada now the second biggest arms exporter to Middle East
We had some good interviews lined up for this show, but due to some unforeseen circumstances they had to be pushed back. So, instead of some insightful conversations with highly qualified individuals, you get the pleasure of listening to Scott and Greg wax philosophic about the lack of class consciousness in conversations about urban issues and recap our previous couple episodes.
Continuing our look into the life and legacy of Jane Jacobs we speak with Brian Tochterman (@btochterman), Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Development at Northland College, about how Jacob's work has been adopted by conservative adherents of Urbanism to further development projects Jacob's herself would probably have opposed. He explains how he teaches "The Life and Death of Great American Cities" and offers his own insights into the shortcomings of her work.
Jane Jacobs was an author and activist whose influential book, "The Life and Death of Great American Cities" challenged many popular notions about neighbourhoods, city planning, and architecture. She made connections between the ecology of cities and the ecology of nature.
While some looked at areas in a city as chaotic slums, Jane Jacobs saw a complex and delicate order in the urban fabric.
In order to explore the legacy of her work and its influence on our communities we decided to speak with some of the writers, academics and local organizers who have drawn inspiration from her work.
Matt Carreau (@mgcarreau) is a public interest designer, creative facilitator and urbanist working in Winnipeg, MB. His work is focused on social innovation & citizen-led approaches to sustainable urban development, and he is the organizers of Jane's Walk Winnipeg.
Scott and Matt talk about the importance of getting out and exploring the city while going for a stroll through West Broadway / The West End. Apologies for the audio quality, it was quite windy.
Zoe Todd (Métis) (@ZoeSTodd) is from Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) in the Treaty Six Area of Alberta, Canada. She is a tenure-track lecturer in Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa and a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.
She writes about Indigeneity, art, architecture, decolonization and healing in urban contexts. She also studies human-animal relations, colonialism and environmental change in northern Canada.
In this episode Zoee discusses how she discovered Jacob's work and how it influence her to rethink cities as Indigenous spaces.
No podcast this time around. We replayed our interview with Alex Paterson on the Energy East Pipeline on CKUW 95.9fm
Greg is in Japan for two weeks in April (lucky!) so we are taking it easy this month. What you going do about it? Greg and Scot picked some tunes and had a chat. In the process Greg let his feelings towards Hamilton know.
Show aired April 10th 2016
Song list
Nihilist Spasm Band- Meat Eater
Warsawpack- Attention to Deficit
Warsawpack- WolfBlizter
Ba Johnston- Nuke Toronto
Yy- Take as You Will
Randy- You Are What You Fight For
How does animal rights activism and veganism fit within the struggle against settler colonialism? That is precisely the question that Dylan Powell attempts to answer in his series "Veganism in the Occupied Territories: Anti-Colonialism and Animal Liberation."
Dylan Powell is the Co-Founder of Marineland Animal Defense, he is active in the animal and earth liberation movements, as well as involved in solidarity organizing with the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River, the migrant justice advocacy community and at risk youth in the Niagara Region. Dylan is graduate of Brock University (Honours History) and current Addiction Education student at McMaster University in Hamilton.
In this episode we speak with Dylan to discuss more about how his personal upbringing and involvement in animal liberation and solidarity movements have shaped his politics.
We also briefly mention the work of Dr. John Sorenson, who recently spoke at The University of Winnipeg about his most recent book, "Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism, Specieism and Animal Rights", which is available via Fernwood Publishing.
Everyone interested in Winnipeg's underground music scene has their own tales about how it used to be: getting past the bouncer at Wellington's with a fake ID, debauchery at Draft Night, car crashes on the Trans-Canada, or the numerous house parties on MacMillan. These tales still weave there way through Winnipeg's music scene as nostalgic tales that laid the groundwork for where the scene is today.
In this episode we speak to Sheldon Birnie, author of Missing Like Teeth: An Oral History of Winnipeg Underground Rock 1990-2001. Birnie made it his missing to documented these stories through a series of interviews with as many people as he could track down who had a hand in shaping the now mythical days of Winnipeg's music scene.
You can purchase Missing Like Teeth from Eternal Cavalier Press
In this episode we delve into environmental issues, specifically the issue of the Energy East pipeline: What is it? Why should we be worried about it? What are the possible environmental impacts? How can Manitoba, and more broadly Canada, meet carbon emission targets and do it's part to quell the effects of climate change.
To get some insight into this issue we speak with Alex Paterson, a community organizer with Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition, who has been organizing opposition and hounding politicians from all levels of government to commit to prioritizing environmental issues.
Ahmad Moussa is a Canadian of Palestinian origin, he holds a Master of Arts in International Law and Human Rights and is a freelance writer for various national and international news agencies. As a human rights advocate and scholar he has focused on advancing Indigenous rights both in his career and academic life.
In this episode we sit down with Ahmad to discuss the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, Indigenous solidarity, and Canada's role in supporting the ongoing occupation.
For more on Ahmad checkout his website http://www.ahmadamoussa.com
This episode also features the song "Long Live Palestine" by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey.
If you'd like to learn more about the dispossession of Palestinians we recommend the four part Al Jazeera documentary Al Nakba as a good starting place.
To compliment last episode’s excerpt of Adam Gaudry’s talk we decided to get him on the phone with us to discuss Métis history,identity and nationhood a little further.
You can watch all of Adam’s talk “Are The Métis Treaty People” from the University of Winnipeg via their YouTube account.
This episode originally aired January 31st, 2016 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
In this episode we discuss our lack of education about the history of the Métis despite living in their historic homeland. How do the numbered treaties relate to the Manitoba Treaty and how do Métis fit into the current context? We turn to Adam Gaudry, whose recent talk "Are The Métis Treaty People?" breaks it all down.
This episode originally aired January 17th, 2016 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
In this episode we play an interview we recorded with Harsha Walia, an activist with the Vancouver chapter of No One Is Illegal and the author Undoing Border Imperialism. Due to technical difficulties we weren’t able to use the interview when it was originally recorded in October, but seen as the issues discussed such as refugees, islamophobia and colonialism are still relevant we’ve decided it’s better to be late than never.
This episode originally aired Jan 3rd, 2016 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
Totally phoning it in on this episode, we give a quick update on our previous discussion about militarism on campus and then play a bunch of songs (note the heavy G7 Welcoming Committee influence).
Tracks featured:
No Canada - Lee Reed
Body Building - Submission Hold
Dear Coach’s Corner - Propagandhi
Tourists - Greg MacPherson (featuring Hailey Primrose)
Today’s Empire, Tomorrow’s Ashes - The Magnificent 7’s (Propagandhi cover)
This episode originally aired December 20th, 2015 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
In this episode we examine controversy at the University of Winnipeg over Canadian Armed Forces recruitment and militarism on campus. We hear from Andrew Vineberg of the activist group Fun Class and discuss a recent article in the Manitoban.
This episode originally aired December 6th, 2015 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
Continuing the theme of alternative media we sat down with Anishnaabe/Métis comedian, writer, and podcaster Ryan McMahon. McMahon is the host of the podcast Red Man Laughing and runs the Indian & Cowboy podcast network. His work has been featured on Just For Laughs, CBC, and Vice.
Though Red Man Laughing started as an outlet for his comedy work, McMahon has dedicated the most recent season of Red Man Laughing to the concept of reconciliation, which he has been exploring through a series of talks and interviews with prominent Indigenous voices.
For our fifth episode we turn the microphones around to speak with the folks behind the everyday operation of CKUW in interviews with station manager, Rob Schmidt; program director, Robin Erickson; volunteer coordinator, Victoria King; and news director, Michael Welch, about community radio and how it fits into the media landscape.
This episode originally aired on November 8th, 2015 on CKUW 95.9 FM.
For our fourth episode Scott and Greg delve into their own experience and interest in media and politics; how music played an important role in developing their curiosity; and try to dissect the concept of “Alternative Media.”
This episode originally aired October 25th, 2015 on CKUW 95.9FM
The Divided Prairie City is a comprehensive study into income inequality across Winnipeg's neighbourhoods between 1970 - 2010. In this episode we talk to Andrew Kaufman of the Institute for Urban Studies here at the University of Winnipeg, and the study's editor.
This episode originally aired on CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg on October 11, 2015.
Adele Perry (@adeleperry) is a 19th Century Historian at The University of Manitoba and author of Colonial Relations: The Douglas-Connolly Family and the Nineteenth-Century Imperial World, published by Cambridge University Press. In episode 2 she sits down with us to talk about Winnipeg’s early problems with typhoid, the Greater Winnipeg Water District, and how the construction of the aquaduct that now supplies Winnipeg with water led to the dispossession of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.
This episode originally aired on CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg on Sunday September 27, 2015.
On our first episode we discuss what you can expect from Radio Free Winnipeg, and talk to Monique Woroniak, Tasha Spillet and Liz Carlson, three of the women behind groundworkforchange.org, a website to support solidarity and just relationships with Indigenous peoples.
We cap off the episode with “I Pity The Country” by Willie Dunn, from the compilation album Native North America: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985.