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Settler Colonialism and Gentrification in Winnipeg

Radio Free Winnipeg - November 10, 2016 05:37 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 publis...

Mother Tareka

Radio Free Winnipeg - November 19, 2016 18:40 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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...

New Year's Music Special

Radio Free Winnipeg - January 02, 2017 17:08 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 & ...

Identity Politics and Neo-Fascists

Radio Free Winnipeg - January 16, 2017 03:46 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 th...

Replay: NATO, Russia, Ukraine

Radio Free Winnipeg - March 13, 2017 03:50 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 i...

Greg's trip to Japan: Hiroshima and the M.O.A.B

Radio Free Winnipeg - May 08, 2017 16:17 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 chang...

The Ruse of "Creative" Capitalism with Max Haiven

Radio Free Winnipeg - May 22, 2017 21:02 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 e...

Imperialism and the Anti-War Movement

Radio Free Winnipeg - August 29, 2017 03:40 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 ana...