Sandy and Nora talk politics

Sandy and Nora track the rise in talking about antifascists as being terrorists. From Maxime Bernier's PP party to Donald Trump, we ask: where is the mainstream left defending antifascist resistance? The post Episode 71 – fascists vs. antifascists appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the summer, Sandy and Nora talk about time off: vacations, sick days, taking days off just because you have a right to not work from time to time — get your hammock and the coldest drink you have, and think about all the things you would do with more time off work. The post Episode 70 – we need more time off appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acas...

The Green Party, what is it good for? Sandy and Nora ask this question in earnest and conclude that it might be time for Canada's partisan left to get serious about fighting for what they say they believe in. The post Episode 69 – It's time to talk about the Greens appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

July is the perfect month to take some time and reflect on how deeply we all truly are screwed, thanks to the overwhelming power that social media plays in our lives. If governments don't figure out how to regulate this power, we can say goodbye to democracy. The post Episode 68 – will social media be the end of democracy? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. S...

Indigenous Peoples' Month in Canada comes to an abrupt end with Canada Day on July 1 – who are the agents working hard to erase Canada's genocidal history and present? And how can we combat the talking points that obscure, hide  or make it dangerous to talk about genocide and colonialism? Please, please read the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing Indigenous Women and Girls htt...

There has been a recent burst of street violence perpetuated by the same individuals, looking to fight with social activists. The response from the police – indifference and violence against the targets of this violent – reminds us that we need to understand the role that police play in society, and they they aren't there to protect us. To read the report back from what happened in Ham...

The Toronto Raptors became Canada's team, and the fervor and culture around the team tells us a lot about ourselves. Sandy and Nora talk about pop culture – sport, music, TV and image – and how the left ignores the lessons we can learn from pop culture at its peril. The post Episode 65 – why does the left ignore pop culture's lessons? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Polit...

(This episode's title was not approved by Sandy) This episode is a difficult one. Nora and Sandy talk about the struggle for access to abortion, how the struggle differs in Canada and the United States, and why so many people are fighting so hard to make abortion illegal. We reference this radio feature from CBC's The Sunday Edition: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-jun...

This episode is from the Q&A in Ottawa. The topics covered include: the fall of the post-war, liberal order, student organizing against Doug Ford, financial literacy and why white women dominate not-for-profits. To hear the first part of this live event, please click here: https://sandyandnora.com/episode-62-its-time-for-radical-worker-action/ The post Episode 63 – the fall of the libera...

Episode 62 is a live show! Recorded live in Ottawa on May 8, Sandy and Nora talk about organizing across difference and the lessons that we can still learn from the Winnipeg General Strike. Episode 63 will be the audience Q&A and will come out next week. Thanks to the Mayworks festival for organizing this event and to everyone who came out! The post Episode 62 – It's time for radical wor...

The biggest story from the 2019 budget barely made the news — the Liberals are tightening border security and making it much more difficult for people to seek asylum, including making it illegal to claim asylum from the United States. Sandy and Nora examine these new anti-refugee policies (including Doug Ford's cuts to legal aid) and ask progressives to do what they can to make noise to oppo...

When should we engage with an idea, and when is engaging with an idea admitting that the idea isn't racist trash? There's no consensus on where the lines are, and so Sandy and Nora explore this debate, test the boundaries and discuss why debate for debate's sake is boring. The post Episode 60 – debating debates appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Sandy and Nora talk Alberta — finally! There are many lessons to be learned from how the Alberta NDP governed, how Jason Kenney governs himself, and what they've said is in store for Alberta under a UCP government. We dive into the details and project what this all means for the upcoming Canadian election. In the show we mention this fundraiser: Climate Justice Edmonton's “War Room” fundrais...

Last week, Doug Ford released his new budget. In it, his government committed to changing how universities and colleges are funded, by referring to “performance outcome” … two words that when placed beside one another, become so meaningless that it's almost funny to read in a budget. Sandy and Nora are sounding the alarm — this is literally the end of higher education as we know it, an...

In this episode, Nora explains what the CAQ's religious symbol ban is, where it comes from and how organizing is going to stop it. Since we recorded this, nothing has changed from the legislative side. A rally was held in Montreal this past weekend to oppose the religious symbols ban. More voices have come out to oppose the ban. The post Episode 57 – Fighting Québec's religious symbol ban ap...

Talking about systemic racism in Canadian media is a bottomless well of content. This week, Sandy and Nora discuss Pam Seattle's apology, CityNews' apology and why apologies aren't going to fix the racism that is embedded in Canada's media landscape. This week's photo is from a 2002 cover of Maclean's Magazine. Same as it ever was. The post Episode 56 – the unbearable whiteness of Canadian m...

Despite their best efforts, the Liberals are still stuck in the SNC-Lavalin scandal. And they've trotted out some old timers to help push their narrative into the mainstream press. Sandy and Nora talk about the strategy of hiding behind women to burn other women, hiding behind racialized women to burn other racialized women, and why the Liberal Party they want you to know is very different than th...

This has been a difficult week, especially if you have been watching the rise of organized white supremacists for years. In this episode, Sandy and Nora dissect how the media and politicians have failed so badly at grasping this threat, and conclude with things that are giving them hope. The post Episode 54 – global terrorism's white face appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Ho...

Attacks on free speech abound! But where are the Free Speech CrusadersTM? Sandy and Nora talk about the ways in which speech is limited, and how the left needs to build support around individuals who have their free speech attacked. Here is the GoFundMe that we reference in the episode: https://www.gofundme.com/legal-fees-for-free-speech The post Episode 53 – fReE sPeEcH appeared first on Sa...

With the Liberals melting down and the Conservatives more brazen in their support for racist organizing, the NDP is at a critical juncture. There is a path toward victory — will the NDP take it? The post Episode 52 – the NDP at a crossroads appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From SNC-Lavalin to the Yellow Vest Movement, Canada's Two Natural Governing Parties (TM) are in a deep dive into those things that are more Canadian than Tim's and hockey: racism and corruption. Sandy and Nora walk you through it all. The post Episode 51 – Corruption and racism, as Canadian as Maple Pie appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk paywalls. On their always-free, listener-funded platform, they talk about what's wrong with a society that makes access to news based on ability to pay, and why we need free news now more than ever. Nora's note — at one point, Nora says IP and not ISP. She knows. The post Episode 50 – free the news appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics ....

This episode covers white male rage, from the unspeakable horror inflicted by killers like Bruce MacArthur and Alexandre Bissonnette, to the structural violence inflicted by mainstream politicians — and how Maxime Bernier sits in the middle of this continuum. Bernier's political success hinges on his ability to capture the far right — Sandy and Nora explore what this means, and what we...

Bell Let's Talk happened again this year. Sandy and Nora deconstruct the campaign and examine how it gives cover for Bell, for politicians and for police to say they support mental health service while actively maintaining the system that makes life harder for so many. The trial for the murder of Abdirahman Abdi is underway in Ottawa. DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT The post Episode 48 – Let's T...

Last week, journalists were played by an invented viral controversy. In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the racist and women-hating Covington Catholic School teensand why we need journalists to be better at understanding what goes viral, and why. Here is the link that Sandy references in the episode: http://sandyandnora.com/episode-47-covington-maga-teens-buy-their-redemption/ DOWNLOAD EPI...