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On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interviews with activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
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Movie: Big Boys Gone Bananas! | Big Boys Gone Bananas! documents the campaign Dole waged against Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten to try to prevent him from showing his film Bananas! from being distributed in the United States. This first film documented the struggle of Nicaraguan workers to take Dole to court for health problems suffered as a result of use of a banned pesticide. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mayday: A Graphic History of Protest | Mayday: A Graphic History of Protest is the title of a new comic produced by the Graphic History collective. It traces the history of Mayday from its beginning in the late 1800s to its expression in Canada today. Writer Robin Folvik and illustrator Sam Bradd talk about the comic and the process of creating it. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The big banks' big secret | In 2008 Stephen Harper said that Canada has the only banks in the western world that were not looking at bailouts. But a new report says that several banks did need extra money - billions of dollars, in fact - to stay afloat. David Macdonald is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of the report. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Movie: A Separation | Asghar Farhadi directs this award-winning drama about a woman who wants a divorce from her husband so she can leave Iran with the couple's child. Film critics Martha and Marty Roth saw the film and share their differing opinions on the movie. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The false paradigm of peace: Revisiting the Palestine question | Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and activist currently teaching at the University of Exeter in Britain. In May 2012, he toured Canada speaking about his current research. Redeye spoke with him in advance of his talk in Vancouver. Ilan Pappe is author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. | 5/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kinder Morgan pipeline would increase tanker traffic into Vancouver | In April, Kinder Morgan announced that they were planning to expand an existing pipeline that carries crude oil from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C. The new pipeline would mean a tanker a day would be navigating the waters of the Burrard Inlet. Ben West is with the Wilderness Committee. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Harper budget a disaster for environment | The Conservative budget for 2012 will weaken environmental standards across the board. This is especially concerning when it comes to corporations seeking approval for major industrial projects. Gwen Barlee is policy director for the Wilderness Committee. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reimagine the CBC | One of the casualties of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2012 budget was the CBC. The network faces a ten percent cut in funding over the next 3 years. In anticipation of the cuts, OpenMedia.ca and Leadnow.ca launched a project to encourage Canadians to discuss what they valued about the CBC and what they would like to see change. Tyler Morgenstern is spokesperson for Reimagine the CBC. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lester Pearson's Peacekeeping: The Truth May Hurt | A new book by activist Yves Engler says that far from being a peacekeeper, former prime minister Lester Pearson was a dedicated cold warrior and an ardent supporter of NATO. Engler takes a close look at key moments in Pearson's in foreign policy. Engler is author of Cars and Capitalism and Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Film: Bear 71 | An innovative multimedia projects documents the life of a female grizzly bear in Banff National Park. The story of Bear 71's life is told from the bear's perspective and is illustrated by hundred of trail cam images of wildlife in the Rocky Mountains. Filmmaker Leanne Allison is bringing Bear 71 to the DOXA documentary film festival. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vancouver neighbourhood fights condo development | Long-time residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say new condo owners moving into their neighbourhood don't want them around. A new condo project is being proposed for an area of the Downtown Eastside that has so far been spared from gentrification. Dave Diewert is a long-time housing activist in the Downtown Eastside. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Research on Enviropig halted | The University of Guelph has been doing research into a genetically-modified pig since the mid 1990s. The Enviropig would have produced waste lower in phosphorus than that of a regular pig. Paul Slomp is Vice-President of the National Farmers Union. He explains why Ontario Pork withdrew funding for this research. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The promise and failures of international law | One important impetus for the creation of international law was the two world wars of the 20th century. The United Nations was born with the intention of preventing war and promoting peace and justice. The International Court of Justice was created at the same time. Michael Mandel is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. He examines the record of these institutions. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B.C. criminal justice system in crisis | Christy Clark launched a comprehensive review of the province's justice system two months. She says her goal is to make it more efficient and modern. But a new report prepared for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says a business administration model won't help to fix what's broken in B.C.'s justice system. Kevin Tilley wrote the report Justice Denied. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Book: The Will of Many | Democracy usually refers to a form of governance for a nation state. However many modern social movements have grown in explicit rejection of this kind of democracy. Marianne Maeckelbergh is author of the book The Will of Many: How the Alterglobalisation Movement is Changing the Face of Democracy. She explains participatory - or horizontal - democracy. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Survivors of violence face complex legal issues | Over half the women in Canada are survivors of violence. The vast majority of women who seek support services will also have to face legal battles. Angela Marie MacDougall talks about the kind of legal issues that women may have to negotiate. MacDougall is executive director of Battered Women's Support Services. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canada's record on legislating strikers back to work | Canada's governments are among the worst offenders when it comes to legislating striking workers back to work. Since 1982 more complaints have been made against Canada at the level of International Labour Organization than any other country in the world. Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador have strongly resisted back-to-work legislation in their province. Hans Rollman tells us about a couple of creative strategies unions there used to fight this tactic. Hans Rollman is a reporter, columnist and opinions editor for the Newfoundland and Labrador-based website theindependent.ca. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psychopaths Inc | In 2010 a U.S. Supreme Court decision rolled back legal restrictions on corporate spending on the grounds that political speech by a business entity could receive the same First Amendment protections that people do. But the notion that corporations are people is under attack. Joel Bakan wrote the essay Pyschopaths Inc which challenges the idea of corporate personhood. It appears in the new Occupy Handbook, a new book published in April 2012. Joel Bakan is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wilderness Committee faces defamation suit | Taseko Mines has proposed to partially drain Fish Lake in the interior of B.C. and use the lake basin to hold waste rock for their proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine. When the Wilderness Committee commented on this plan on their website, Taseko brought a defamation suit against them. Joe Foy is National Campaign Director for the Wilderness Committee. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uranium production for the tar sands | Uranium has been mined in Saskatchewan since the 1930s. Provincial premiers from Tommy Douglas to Brad Wall have exploited its use as a raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Public opposition to uranium development has led the government to use the University of Saskatchewan as a fig leaf. D'Arcy Hande is a retired archivist and environmental activist. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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B.C. teachers adopt plan to fight Bill 22 | The B.C. government passed Bill 22 on March 15. It bans further strikes and sets the conditions for mediation. The B.C. Teachers Federation met for its annual convention two days later. They agreed on a plan of action to fight the legislation. Jim Iker is First Vice President of the BCTF. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gondola proposed for Squamish park | Stawamus Chief Provincial Park protects the world-famous granite cliffs just outside Squamish, B.C. Sea to Sky Corporation is applying to remove land from this Class A park to build a gondola to carry people from the valley floor to the summit. Gwen Barlee worries that this project could be the thin edge of the wedge in a park system that is already severely underfunded. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Civic election financing | One of Vancouver's major political parties got two-thirds of its money from corporations and developers. The other big civic party got almost a million from one single developer. Terry Martin has been involved in local politics since the early 1980s and has worked on numerous election campaigns. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shutting down Canada's asbestos industry for good | The two remaining asbestos mines in Quebec have been shut down since last fall. A Canadian investor is trying to raise $25 million to re-open it. Meanwhile activists are working equally hard to keep the mine closed - and to finally put an end to Canada's export of this deadly mineral. Kathleen Ruff is author of Exporting Harm: How Canada markets asbestos to the developing world. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evaluating the pressures on Iran | News reports about a potential Israeli attack on Iran are no longer in the headlines. But that doesn't mean it's not on the agenda. Conn Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus. He talks about what the dynamics around the threat of a military attack - and the effects of sanctions currently in place. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Canadian farmland going for bargain basement prices | There's a land rush going on in the Prairie provinces. Investment companies are buying up large areas of farmland and making a profit from appreciation in the value of land. Melanie Sommerville has been researching One Earth Farms, a company which leases large amounts of land from First Nations. Sommerville is a doctoral student in geography at UBC. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Compensation for Gulf oil spill | Earlier this month BP announced that a settlement had been proposed between the company and those affected by the oil spill. Antonia Juhasz says that BP jumped the gun with this statement in an effort to make its investors happy. She says the legal process has only just begun. Antonia Juhasz is author of Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health effects of climate change in Canada's North | Canada's polar regions are at the front line, where the impacts of global warming are felt most acutely. A recent study details some of the health impacts on the people who live in Canada's North. Sherilee Harper is a graduate scholar in Aboriginal People's Health at the University of Guelph. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vancouver's police dog training needs major overhaul | Police dogs in Vancouver injure an average of five people a month badly enough that they have to go to Emergency. Pivot Legal Society is bringing a lawsuit on behalf one of those bite victims who needed 100 staples to close wounds in his leg. Douglas King is a lawyer with Pivot Legal's policing campaign. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Protesting tuition hikes in Quebec | Student unions representing nearly 200,000 students are on strike across Quebec, protesting a planned tuition increase of 75%. Rushdia Mehreen is a graduate student and on the strike committee of the Concordia University Mobilization Squad. | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Fantastic public affairs radio
Redeye has wonderful focused in depth interviews on topics that matter-- it's a great resourse for anyone commited to both gaining a deeper understading of the world we live in, and using that understanding to support social justice. Every week brings food for thought and tools for action. Oh, and the production quality is always excellent too.
