Progressive Voices

Operation Shut it Down: Opening Day Demonstration at Marineland

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:14:00 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, Ange Guenard of Marineland Animal Defense and Niagara Animal Defense League, speaks to the Opening Day Demonstration at Marineland this Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Ange emphasizes the importance of ending animal captivity as opposed to reform of Marineland's treatment of animals, explains the creation of the Stephen Watson Memorial Fund for the purposes of transitioning the animals into sanctuaries and rehabilitation facilitaties, and provides updates on Marineland's response to the campaign to shut down the park.

For more information: http://marinelandanimaldefense.com/

Operation Shut it Down

Setting the record straight on Syria

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:41:11 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, Ken Stone, treasurer of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation on the ground in Syria as well as the geopolitics of the region.

Setting the record straight on Syria

Protest the African Lion Safari

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:01:31 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, Wendy Bones, member of the Grassroots Ontario Animal Liberation Network (GOAL) and cofounder of the Kitchener Ontario Animal Liberation Alliance (KOALA) speaks to the upcoming demonstration at African Lion Safari.

Wendy explains why groups are converging on African Lion Safari to protest the caging, abuse and exploitation of animals at this private, for-profit institution. Wendy also touches upon a need for change in the regulation and legislation around animals in Ontario.

Protest the African Lion Safari

Veganism in professional hockey

ProgressiveVoices — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:09:41 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, I speak with Mike Zigomanis, current player for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League and former player for the Carolina Hurricanes, St Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins, Phoenix Coyotes, and Toronto Maples Leafs of the National Hockey League.

Mike is a vegan professional hockey player -- he joins Progressive Voices as part of rabble.ca's Vegan Challenge to discuss how he transitioned to veganism, the obstacles he's faced in being both a vegan and professional athlete, and more.

Progressive Voices airs Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on 93.3 CFMU Radio

Veganism and Professional Hockey

War on Youth: The (in)justice system

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:48:32 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, the War on Youth series begins with Dr. Anthony Nocella II, award-winning author, community organizer, and educator. Anthony is co-director of Save the Kids, a grassroots organization that advocates for an end to the incarceration of all youth.

Anthony speaks to and explains the prison-industrial complex as it exists in the Western world, the development of the school to prison pipeline, principles of transformative justice and how it differs from restorative justice, and more.

War on Youth: the (in)justice system

Sexual violence at college and university

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:25:42 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, I speak with Sarah Jayne King, Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario.

Sarah speaks to sexual violence as it occurs at Canadian colleges and universities, touching upon rape culture in our society, "stranger danger," the inadequate efforts of University administrators to deal with sexual violence on campus, and the efforts of the CFS to fight the sexism, patriarchy, and misogyny, and end sexual violence at college and university.

Progressive Voices airs Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on 93.3 CFMU Radio

Sexual Violence at College and University

Feminism, intersectionality and oppression

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:50:06 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, I speak with Kim Crosby, an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, activist, consultant, facilitator and educator. For Kim's full biography and website see here.

Kim joined Progressive Voices on International Womyn's Day for a discussion of the importance of feminism in today's society, intersectionality in activism, the election of Barack Obama and Kathleen Wynne in the broader context of the struggle against oppression, and more.

Progressive Voices airs Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on 93.3 CFMU Radio

Feminism, Intersectionality, and Oppression

What's happening to the NDP -- and is there anything we can do about it?

ProgressiveVoices — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:12:52 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, I speak with Kevin Mackay, professor of social sciences at Mohawk College and executive director of the Skydragon Co-operative, on the NDP federally, and provincially here in Ontario.

Policy developments under Thomas Mulcair, the historical roots of the NDP in the CCF, failure of the New Politics Initiative, and prospects for change are discussed.

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What's happening to the NDP - and is there anything we can do about it?

Rock Against Racism

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:47:54 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, I speak with Patrick, an anti-fascist advocate who has organized a Rock Against Racism concert in order to raise awareness and spark conversation about a growing neo-Nazi and white-supremacist presence in Hamilton and Southern Ontario.

Rock Against Racism

Marineland SLAPPs back

ProgressiveVoices — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:32:34 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, Dylan Powell, co-founder of Marineland Animal Defense, speaks to the $1.5 million dollar lawsuit filed against him by Marineland. Deeming this lawsuit to be a "strategic lawsuit against public participation", Powell highlights additional SLAPP suits against whistleblowers and other advocacy groups as evidence of Marineland's desire to stifle opposition to the park.

Marineland SLAPPs Back

Capitalism, mental health, and the NBA: The story of Royce White

ProgressiveVoices — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:08:41 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, academic and co-author of Out of Left Field: Social Inequality and Sports, speaks to the controversy around NBA player Royce White and his request for accommodations for his generalized anxiety disorder.

White recently participated in an interview with ESPN's Chuck Klosterman, in which he identified how capitalism and social inequality contribute to mental illness, citing the "subtle war - in America and in the world - between business and health, " (For the full transcript of White's interview with Klosterman, click here)

Capitalism, Mental Health, and the NBA: The Story of Royce White

Open the Cages! A travelling animal liberation festival

ProgressiveVoices — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:02:38 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, radical folk-punk musician Mike XVX speaks about the Open the Cages Tour, a travelling animal liberation festival combining music, art, film, education, and direct action. The documentary film Maximum Tolerated Dose is screened at each stop of the tour, examining vivisection as it has impacted the lives of both non-humans and humans in North America, in addition to musical performences, art displays, workshops for activists, and demonstrations at animal testing facilities.

Open the Cages!

Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

ProgressiveVoices — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:23:04 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, author and journalist Chris Hedges offers his perspective on Idle no More, Occupy, and more. While discussing capitalism and its accompanying effects of poverty, oppression, imperialism and environmental destruction, Hedges outlines the necessity of civil disobedience and sustained resistance in the present day.

Progressive Voices airs Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. on 93.3 CFMU Radio

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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

Hamilton says no to a downtown casino

ProgressiveVoices — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:21:28 +0000

On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, community organizers Matthew Green and Daniel Jelly discuss the proposal of building a casino in downtown Hamilton. Green and Jelly provide an overview of the modernization plan put forth by the province to create new casinos, an analysis of who is backing the proposal for a casino in downtown Hamilton and their motivations for doing so, as well as refute the arguments around job creation, tourism, and supposed economic benefit warranting a casino being built. Detrimental effects to public health, including adddiction, and how the casino is negatively impacting "development", are also discussed.

Hamilton Says No to a Downtown Casino

Eyewitness to Operation Pillar of Cloud

ProgressiveVoices — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:28:20 +0000

Harry Fear, journalist and documentary maker, describes the devastation caused by the Israeli military during the most recent assault on the Gaza Strip. The far-reaching and widespread effects of the siege on Gaza, influence of the pro-Israel lobby in corporate media, and efforts by the West to prevent Palestinian unity are also discussed.

http://www.harryfear.co.uk/blog/gaza-report

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Eyewitness to Operation Pillar of Cloud