Filecoin Archive: 1689

An Oral History of Winnipeg's Underground Rock

Radio Free Winnipeg - March 15, 2016 17:12 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 wa...

Animal Rights and Settler Colonialism

Radio Free Winnipeg - March 27, 2016 23:13 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 M...

A Propaganda System

Radio Free Winnipeg - December 05, 2016 01:56 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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, E...

Africaville and Segregation in Canada

Radio Free Winnipeg - February 27, 2017 03:02 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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.

Bringing Class War to the Dance Floor

Radio Free Winnipeg - March 27, 2017 05:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 enga...

"Art defending the community": Lee Reed on gentrification in Hamilton

Radio Free Winnipeg - July 03, 2017 18:50 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 H...

Why Canada Sucks Part 3: Wrong side of Climate Change, Imperialism, Racism

Radio Free Winnipeg - July 31, 2018 04:14 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1 rating
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 "bor...