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Queer honourees give their awards back to Pride Toronto over the banning of the term Israeli-apartheid, pre-G20 African activists speak out on celebrity activism, and coming out in Uganda where Pride is no party. Queer activists should be able to stand up for human rights. James Loney talks about why he is giving back his Fearless Award to Pride Toronto. Pride is political and Pride Toronto should...

In his first interview since being released from Israeli detention, a Canadian activist from the Free Gaza Flotilla activist describes seeing solidarity in the face of death, and what happened when the Israeli military took control of the humanitarian aid ship and arrested those on board. Kevin Neish tells his story to the media for the first time in this episode of rabble radio. Part of the inter...

Kevin Neish was detained in Israel for two days after the Free Gaza Flotilla was attacked and activists arrested. In this podcast he talks about his release and what activism means.

Queens University gave former Prime Minister Paul Martin an honorary doctorate of laws on Friday, and Monday he joined the program Alternative Frequency at Kingston's community radio station CFRC to talk about all about it. But host Elamin Abdel Mahmoud couldn't let the opportunity to ask the former Prime Minister about the Gaza Flotilla. Here's part of their conversation. Even before the attack o...

As you've probably heard the Israeli Navy has intercepted an multinational flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. At least ten activists were killed in the conflict, and many more wounded. All the other activists have been taken into custody by the Israeli Government. There are no Canadian ships in the flotilla, but that doesn't mean there weren't any Canadians aboard. Kevin Neish is...

Interview with Bob Wiseman, who has generously provided a theme song for rabble radio. Thanks Bob! This week, Toronto is the host of the Marxism 2010 conference. Activists and thinkers from around the world will gather on the 28th of May to address some of the same issues that the G8/G20 is considering, but from a different angle. One of the speakers at the conference will be Kostas Katarahias, a...

For the last five years, No One Is Illegal has held a demonstration for immigration reform on May Day. This year, one item up for discussion was on the difference between what immigrants are told to expect in Canada and the reality faced by the people who migrate to this country. The rabble podcast network's John Bonnar joined in on the march and recorded an interview while he was there. Here is p...

In this podcast: an ethics expert on the importance of hate speech, eco-defenders stand up to corporate greenwashing, talking access to content with Canada's Pirate Party, and truckers with something to say. Not to mention some hard rock from the '80s, and a delicious taste of Montreal hip-hop! It's been a little while since Ann Coulter's speech at the University of Ottawa was cancelled because of...

In this podcast: talking election violence in Manila, a little more Olympic activism, fish farming on vacant city land in Toronto. We also bring you the music of Caracol and Alejandra Ribera, and you could find out who has called 360-566-2214 to tell rabble radio just what they think of us! The Winter Olympics have ridden out of Vancouver, headed for Sochi but the party has not shut down on Canada...

In this podcast: Why protest the Olympics, Aboriginal activists speak out, talking diversity of tactics, and all about Vancouver's Red Tent campaign for housing. The Olympic torch was intended to sail through the city on a sea of goodwill. But the celebrations hit rough water in a rising tide of protest. Protestors and celebrants alike lined the route, but in the end, Olympic organizers changed th...

In our 100th podcast, we're talking a hundred! A centenarian shares advice, cancelling highway plans, and remembering the birth of the aged rabble radio. You could also win an ipod nano! Highlights from the first 100 episodes. Wayne remembers the first meeting of what has become the rabble podcast network. Introducing our new comment line. First caller wins an ipod nano. 1-360-566-2214 Stephen Ree...

The world has been watching Haiti ever since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the country on January 12. If you are wanting to donate money to the relief effort the Canada Haiti Action Network has listed NGOs they think are best able to deliver aid. You can find that link at rabble.ca Sarah Kramer is a volunteer with Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods, an organization dedicated to gra...

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Canadian Youth Delegation asks is Canada lying? Hiphop artist Eekwol talks Indigenous rights and Olympics. John Bonnar on protests for climate justice in Canada. Also, we have music. Canadian Youth Delegation to Copenhagen asks whether Canada is lying and what that will mean for Canada. Hiphop artist Eekwol talks youth and indigenous rights. Eekwol with "Reluctant Warrior" John Bonnar at the Clima...

Amy Goodman launched her new book  Breaking The Sound Barrier  at an event co-hosted by community radio stations CJSF, Co-op Radio and CiTR in Vancouver, B.C. last night. Despite being detained by Canadian border services delaying her book launch by over an hour Amy Goodman delivered an impassioned lecture to a standing room only audience.

Food bank recipients volunteer, Tibetan Buddhism in B.C. Prisons, and Baka Beyond on a train platform in Nanaimo, B.C. Sachin Seth went to the Fort York Food Bank to talk about how the recession was affecting the facility, but found food bank recipients volunteering their time to keep the place running. Here are three of their stories. Anne McNeil is a Tibetan Buddhist nun who leads meditations in...

In this podcast: protecting the rights of Vancouverites, advocating for Uganda's gays and lesbians, learning through art, and music from Ottawa. Leaked documents show that the Province of B.C. is considering legislation that would allow the police to detain the homeless. David Eby, executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association speaks about what that will mean for the homeless during the...

In this podcast: How a Canada-Colombia FTA affects trade union activists in Colombia, Denise Chong about an activist's life in China, and preserving the history of resistance in Canada's Africville. The Canadian Union of Public Employees has been working to prevent the implementation of a Free Trade deal between Canada and Colombia, because of the human rights abuses in that country against labour...

A letter on healthcare that came in to rabble.ca/issues/healthcareUSA Fragile Day, a song from A Northern Chorus. Former prisoner Alex Friedman on having his play performed at the Kennedy Centre, from Stark Raven. Letter from rabble.ca/issues/HealthcareUSA Update on Dump Site 41, from Redeye Letter from rabble.ca/issues/HealthcareUSA

Yves Engler on Canada's negative influence and why Canadians don't believe it is possible. Sunday Wilde with Jivin' Man. Activists talk about how the fight to protect the water table in Simcoe County, Ontario has meant harassment but also inspired their continued dedication. The Reel Women talk spring water by reviewing Jean de Florette. Sunday Wilde with I Guess I Didn't Hear You Right.

Margo Greenwood speaks about a new report on Aboriginal children's health.  Redeye finds out all the ways you can get a ticket on your bike. Last Rabble Radio until August! 

Jack Layton speaks after a protest in Solidarity with Iran at Toronto's Queen's Park. An interview with the founder of the Global Detention Project, tracking migrant detentions around the world. Music by Pamela Brennan. The song is Amsterdam. Cathi Bond speaks to Joseph Heath about Filthy Lucre: Economics for those who hate Capitalism. Music from Colin Linden. 

Jessa Runciman reports on a forum on Canadian Mining Practices Abroad. No Trespassing by Mendelson Joe Derek Blackadder on net neutrality, the labour movement, and the Web. Dr. John Agnew on the calls for an inquiry into research on indigenous communities in Latin America. Reel Women on Mamma Mia!

Keith Gottschalk is not seeing the change promised by the Obama administration. Murray Dobbin has some suggestions that could change the face of the country. RPN's latest show F Word talks queer parenting. Judy Rebick and Cathi Bond talk wrestling. And music from Jenn Grant - Everybody Loves You.

Keith Gottschalk takes us on a Last Hurrah vacation, in his mind anyway. Next an excerpt of an interview with Susan Holtz of the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy, where she shared some of her big-picture thinking about energy, food and transportation. Peter Stock opened with a question about the relationship between bio-fuels and food. Next we bring some of the choices around tr...