Redeye
930 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA progressive take on current events. Produced by an independent media collective at Vancouver Cooperative Radio.
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Post-election update on the Site C dam project
June 06, 2017 00:11 - 12 minutesAndrew Weaver campaigned on cancelling Site C but settled for a review by the BC Utilities Commission. Meanwhile, Christy Clark is trying to finalize another contract before she hands over power. Galen Armstrong fills us in on the chances of saving Treaty 8 territories and Peace Valley farmland in the wake of the provincial election.
Revitalizing indigenous law to protect land, air and water
June 03, 2017 15:57 - 12 minutesFrom rejecting proposed pipelines to safeguarding fish habitat, First Nations across BC have been taking action using legal tools grounded in their own ancestral laws. RELAW is a project that seeks to revitalize and apply indigenous law on the ground today.We talk with Maxine Matilpi of West Coast Environmental Law.
Pacific Climate Warriors: We are not drowning. We are fighting.
June 01, 2017 14:00 - 46 minutesIn May this year, climate activists from Samoa and Fiji traveled to Canada to witness the destruction of the tar sands and meet with First Nations activists in Alberta and on the West Coast. In this episode, Koreti Tiumalu, Raedena Savea and George Nacewa share stories of climate change from the Pacific Islands and talk about the fight against fossil fuel development along with Melina Laboucan-Massimo and Clayton Thomas-Muller.
Medea Benjamin on Trump's arms deal with Saudi Arabia
May 30, 2017 14:00 - 12 minutesThe U.S. president’s first trip abroad was to the country he accused of masterminding 9/11. On May 20, Donald Trump signed a $110 billion arms deal with the king of Saudi Arabia. Medea Benjamin is co-founder of Code Pink and author of The Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection.
Calgary introduces sliding scale bus pass
May 28, 2017 15:00 - 14 minutesStarting in April, low-income people living in Calgary can buy a monthly transit pass for just over $5. Brian Pincott says this means people living well below the poverty line will be able to participate more fully in their community. Brian Pincott is a city councillor in Calgary.
British Columbia gets a D for women's equality
May 26, 2017 02:07 - 12 minutesAfter 6 years under Christy Clark, BC lags behind other provinces in international gender equality rankings. Kendra Milne is Director of Law Reform at West Coast LEAF. They just issued their annual report card on how BC is measuring up to UN standards for women's rights.women’s equality
Trump throws a bone to the Christian right
May 21, 2017 20:30 - 12 minutesOn May 4, Donald Trump signed an executive order which removes a ban on religious organizations spending their tax-exempt money on politics. However, Fred Clarkson says right-wing Christians hoped for much more from the President. Clarkson is a senior fellow at Political Research Associates in Massachusetts.
TPP not dead yet
May 18, 2017 21:00 - 14 minutesA few days after he took office in January, Donald Trump withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership, leading to speculation that the trade deal was dead. But in early May, trade representatives from 11 countries met in Toronto to try to revive the agreement. Larry Brown is co-chair of the Trade Justice Network.
BC voters deny Christy Clark a majority, elect 3 Greens
May 15, 2017 21:00 - 17 minutesThe provincial election ended with the Liberals cut back to a minority and the Green Party holding the balance of power. But all that could change in two weeks when thousands of absentee votes are counted. Derrick O’Keefe of Ricochet Media joins us to talk about what happened on May 9 and what to expect if the Liberals manage to hang on to their 43 seats.
Pacific Islanders tour Alberta's tar sands
May 13, 2017 21:22 - 13 minutesPacific Islanders are facing the prospect of their lands disappearing as sea levels rise. Three Pacific Climate Warriors are in Canada to visit the biggest fossil fuel development in Canada and to meet with Indigenous communities here also suffering impacts. We speak with Clayton Thomas-Muller of 350.org Canada who has been with the Pacific Islanders on their tour.
Eritreans accuse Canadian company of forced labour in mine
May 11, 2017 00:00 - 15 minutesOn May 3, Vancouver’s Mining Justice Alliance were outside Nevsun Resources AGM to present over 180,000 signatures calling on shareholders to divest from a copper mine in Eritrea. The BC Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to three Eritrean refugees to proceed with a civil suit against Nevsun on the grounds that the company uses forced labour. Our guest is Matt Eisenbrandt, a member of the Eritreans legal team.
Vancouver joins global mobilization for climate justice
May 08, 2017 15:26 - 28 minutesA report on Peoples Climate March in Vancouver. Speakers include Helesia Luke of Green Jobs BC, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Kanahus and Mayuk Manuel from the Secwepemc Nation.
Canadian Hassan Diab falsely accused of 1980 bombing
May 05, 2017 15:00 - 40 minutesTwo years ago, Ottawa University sociologist Hassan Diab was extradited to France to face terrorism charges in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue. Renowned criminal law advocate Don Bayne says Hassan Diab is the innocent victim of a French government determined not to appear soft on terror. Don Bayne spoke about Mr. Diab's case in Vancouver on April 5.
Vancouver Tenants Union attracts over 200 to first meeting
May 03, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutesAnyone looking for a place to live in Vancouver know it’s becoming more and more difficult to find – and keep - an affordable place to rent. On April 29, more than 200 people packed into St. Patrick’s Catholic church on Main Street to find out what the new Vancouver Tenants Union is all about.
Marie Clements' new film a tribute to fighters for First Nations rights
May 01, 2017 00:38 - 18 minutesThe Road Forward, a musical documentary by Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements, connects the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s with First Nations activism today. The film’s musical sequences connect past and present using blues, rock, and traditional beats. The film premieres at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival May 4.
Former chair of review panel says Site C dam shouldn't be built
April 28, 2017 15:00 - 24 minutesHarry Swain spent two years as chair of a panel evaluating the impacts of the Site C dam. Part of the job included reading through 24,000 pages of submissions about the project. Three years after the panel issued its recommendations, Swain has become an outspoken critic of the Site C dam. On April 3, Harry Swain told a large audience at St. Andrew’s Wesley church in Vancouver why he thinks Site C is such a bad idea. Check out our website for more information about Redeye. Subscribe to our po...
Cutting through the rhetoric on reconciliation
April 25, 2017 15:00 - 1 hourMartin Lukacs credits the late Arthur Manuel with many of the insights he shares in this brilliant exposé of the “reconciliation industry” in Canada. Arthur Manuel was a Secwepemc activist and intellectual who co-wrote the book Unsettling Canada in 2015. Martin Lukacs is a Montreal-based journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper in the UK. Lukacs’ talk is introduced by Khelsilem, a lecturer in the Squamish language certificate program at SFU. Check out our website for more...
New UN report says Israel meets definition of apartheid state
April 23, 2017 15:00 - 16 minutesThe Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia asked scholars Virginia Tilley and Richard Falk to determine if the state of Israel was an apartheid state according to definitions established under international law. Virginia Tilley is professor of political science at Southern Illinois University.
Coop Radio turns airwaves over to wetland creatures for Earth Day
April 20, 2017 15:00 - 18 minutesOn Earth Day this year Co-op Radio will turn the airwaves over to the wetland creatures of Saturna Island for 24 continuous hours. The broadcast will consist of a recording made in real time on Earth Day 2016. Artists Brady Marks and Mark Timmings collaborated on this soundscape.
El Salvador passes national ban against metal mining
April 17, 2017 15:00 - 17 minutesOn March 29, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban mining of gold and all other metals. The decision comes after a 7-year legal dispute with the Canadian-Australian mining company Oceana Gold. We speak with Jen Moore of Mining Watch Canada.
Cutbacks, outsourcing degrade quality of public science in BC
April 15, 2017 15:00 - 11 minutesThis week, Evidence for Democracy released the results of a survey of government scientists working in ten BC ministries. Katie Gibbs, author of Oversight at Risk, says years of downsizing are implicated in disasters like the Mount Polley dam collapse.
LNG industry subsidized by domestic hydro bills
April 13, 2017 15:00 - 12 minutesHydro Bill Madness is a short animation which shows how consumers will be on the hook for the $9 billion Site C dam while the BC government gives Petronas and Kinder Morgan a sweet deal on electricity rates. We speak with Galen Armstrong, Peace Valley Campaigner for the Sierra Club BC.
Yemen brought to brink of famine by Saudi bombing
April 10, 2017 14:50 - 8 minutesSaudi Arabia launched a bombing campaign against Yemen in March 2015. Two years later, thousands of civilians have died and the country is on the brink of famine. On April 10, anti-war activists will launch a week-long fast to protest the role of the United States in the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
Mapping the influence of the fossil fuel lobby in BC
April 08, 2017 16:00 - 13 minutesThere’s a very close relationship between the fossil fuel industry and the BC Liberal Party, according to a new report. Over the course of two election cycles, the party has received nearly $5 million from oil, gas and coal corporations. Esther Hsieh speaks with William Carroll, co-author of Mapping Political Influence. Check out our website for more information about Redeye. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. fossil fuels
The Assassination of a Saint
April 03, 2017 00:46 - 13 minutesIn 1980 in El Salvador, a gunman killed Archbishop Óscar Romero as he said mass inside a small chapel. The assassination remains one of the most notorious political murders of the 20th century. But for decades after his murder, the killers remained free. Matt Eisenbrandt is a lawyer who was part of team trying to uncover the truth about the murder. He is also the author of a new book about the case, The Assassination of a Saint. Matt Eisenbrandt speaks with host Esther Hsieh.
Tiny houses create community for homeless people
April 01, 2017 01:29 - 14 minutesMany cities are finding that villages of tents or tiny homes can help to fill the gap between shelters and permanent affordable housing units. Vancouver filmmaker LJ Meier premieres Homeless Solutions at the Just Film Festival on April 1.
SARM asks feds to expand rights to defend self and property
March 28, 2017 03:44 - 14 minutesIn mid-March, delegates to the annual convention of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities voted to ask the federal government for expanded rights to defend their property. The National Farmers Union strongly condemned the resolution, which they say is related to charges against Gerald Stanley in the killing of a First Nations youth last summer. We speak with Rachelle Ternier of the NFU.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip on the fight against Kinder Morgan
March 25, 2017 16:07 - 15 minutesOn March 4, hundreds of people gathered in Vancouver to remember the successful campaign against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline and plan for another fight – this time against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountaine pipeline. One of the speakers was Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
Too poor to afford anything
March 23, 2017 01:56 - 12 minutesA recent report says retail gentrification in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is leaving low-income residents with nowhere to shop for basic necessities. Maria Wallstam is with the Carnegie Community Action Project. She talks with Redeye host Lorraine Chisholm about the changing retail landscape of Canada’s poorest neighbourhood.
City Opera Vancouver tackles story of missing and murdered women
March 21, 2017 18:30 - 15 minutesVancouver’s premier chamber opera company commissioned Marie Clements to write the libretto, then they selected a composer. Now they are ready to bring Missing to local communities to workshop. Charles Barber is artistic director of City Opera. He speaks with Redeye host Jane Williams.