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On the issues of the day - political, social and cultural - Redeye digs deeper. Open your ears to alternative voices. Hear incisive and challenging interviews with activists and progressive thinkers. Produced by an independent media collective, broadcasting over 25 years on Vancouver Cooperative Radio.

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How to get yourself barred from the Internet

Canadian officials are in negotiating a copyright treaty behind closed doors that could result in familes being barred from going online for a year if someone in the household is suspected of illegal downloads. It's called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and Geoffrey Glass of the Vancouver Chapter of Fair Copyright for Canada says we should be alarmed. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website....

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:50:47 +0000 ]

Identifying toxins in cosmetics and household products

In October 2008, baby bottles containing the chemical bisphenol A were banned in Canada. However many other products contain suspected toxins. We speak with of Janelle Witzel, Toxin Nation project coordinator at Environmental Defence. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:55:31 +0000 ]

Water concerns stall Garibaldi at Squamish ski resort plans

Developers' plans for water supply to over five thousand housing units on Brohm Ridge have been called into question by the Environmental Assessment Office. Both the EAO and Squamish Council are concerned about the effects on fish and wildlife of taking so much water from the Brohm Creek watershed. Catherine Jackson is with Save Garibaldi. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:18:03 +0000 ]

Ambulance paramedics say Olympics behind back-to-work bill

On Nov 7, the B.C. government legislated ambulance paramedics back to work after seven months on strike. On Nov 3, the union had released excerpts of a document from VANOC asking the employer to guarantee undisrupted ambulance service during the Olympics. We speak with BJ Chute, director of public education with the union. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website....

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[ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:51:50 +0000 ]

Afghan war spreading, resistance growing

Derrick O'Keefe, editor of rabble.ca, talks about Hamid Karzai and corruption, the spreading war in the region and resistance among soldiers. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:51:05 +0000 ]

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

The average American spends 6 hours a week shopping but only 40 minutes a week playing with their children. John de Graaf says these are the symptoms of a malaise called affluenza. De Graaf is one of the people behind a movie, a book and a website exploring the culture of overconsumption. This podcast is one of a series on the theme of shopping and consumerism. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:16:54 +0000 ]

Social enterprise: a business that gives back

Many non-profit organizations run businesses that make money and create social value. David LePage explains how it works. LePage is the program manager at Enterprising Non-Profits. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:40:53 +0000 ]

What's wrong with the Red campaign

Ben Davis says shopping and giving to charity aren't a good mix. Davis is the creator of the world's first open-source brand. We talk with him about consumerism, marketing and the Red campaign. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:46:14 +0000 ]

Campaigning for a commercial-free childhood

Dr. Susan Linn says that we need to protect our children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations. Her most recent book is The Case for Make Believe. This podcast is one of a series on the theme of shopping and consumerism. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:51 +0000 ]

Tories trying to push through Canada-Colombia FTA

A bill to implement Canada's free trade agreement with Colombia is on the order paper for this session of Parliament. Activists believe the bill can be defeated. We spoke with independent journalist Dawn Paley on October 10, nine days before the bill would be debated in the House. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:33:19 +0000 ]

Literary organizations in B.C. facing major funding cuts

The organizations that support B.C. book and magazine publishers have lost a large percentage of their funding as has BC BookWorld newspaper. We speak with Alan Twigg, editor of BC Bookworld for the past 21 years. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:55:06 +0000 ]

Pipeline sabotage in B.C.

Since October 2008, six explosions have damaged sour gas pipelines in the Tomslake area in the province of British Columbia. The pipeline are owned by Calgary-based EnCana Energy. The company is now offering a million-dollar to anyone who can track down who's behind the sabotage. Chris Arsenault is an independent journalist. He talks with us about the pipeline bombings and energy extraction in the interior of B.C. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:56:02 +0000 ]

Olympic Industry Resistance

In her latest book, Professor Helen Lenskyj examines the threat posed by the Olympics to the basic civil rights of residents of host cities. She particularly focuses on the loss of free speech and the criminilization of poverty that accompany the Games no matter where take place. Thanks to Dawn Paley and the Vancouver Media Coop for permission to podcast this speech. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:27:26 +0000 ]

A history of Palestinian political organizing: part 2

Toufic Haddad is an American-Palestinian based in Bethlehem. He is a researcher for the Palestinian organization BADIL and a journalist for the on-line newspaper Faster Times. Haddad speaks with Mordecai Briemberg about the history of organizing efforts in Palestine from 2000 to the present day. He discusses the relative strengths and weaknesses of Fatah, Hamas and the secular Palestinian left. You can find the first part of this interview, covering Palestinian political organizing from the 1930...

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:54:32 +0000 ]

Eye-witness account of resistance and repression in Honduras

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was forced into exile following a military coup in June. He staged a return to Honduras on September 21. Thousands of Hondurans defied the coup regime's orders and gathered in front of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, where Zelaya is currently in refuge. Steve Steward is with CoDevelopment Canada. He was in Honduras for several days in September and brings this report. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:22:20 +0000 ]

Locking up the homeless for the Winter Olympics

The B.C. Civil Liberties was leaked a government document detailing plans to detain homeless people against their will during severe weather. BCCLA executive director David Eby says it's a plan to get the homeless off the streets during the Olympics in February next year. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:53:40 +0000 ]

Each hand as they are called

This is the title of an exhibition reflecting on Toronto's Kensington Market and its origins as The Jewish Market. We speak with artist Reena Katz. The exhibit was originally planned for the Koffler Centre, but the Centre withdrew its support because of its opposition to Katz's endorsement of Israeli Apartheid Week. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:27:17 +0000 ]

Salmon, grizzlies and the fall hunt

Chris Genovali of Raincoast Conservation Society says that salmon are critical for the health of bears. Poor salmon runs, and trophy hunting, are threatening B.C.'s bear population. He says Fisheries and Oceans Canada needs to set fishing quotas for the health of the ecosytem as a whole, not just for human consumption. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:45:28 +0000 ]

Talking with gang members about crime

A group of researchers in Winnipeg spent two days meeting with six members of a North End street gang in August. The gang members had strong opinions about how best to combat crime. We speak with Jim Silver, one of the researchers involved in the study. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:36:24 +0000 ]

A history of Palestinian political organizing

Toufic Haddad is an American-Palestinian based in Bethlehem. He is a researcher for the Palestinian organization BADIL and a journalist for the on-line newspaper Faster Times. Haddad speaks with Mordecai Briemberg about the history of organizing efforts in Palestine from the 1930s to the 1990s. A concluding part of the interview will be podcast in October, dealing with the period from the second intifada to the present. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:59:32 +0000 ]

Creating a transit generation

A new study shows that a pre-paid transit pass program at two universities in Vancouver has dramatically increased transit use among students. The cost of the U-Pass is included in student fees at Simon Fraser University and the University of BC. Elizabeth Caitlin Cooper researched the effect it's had on transportation choices after students leave school. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:39:33 +0000 ]

You, me and the SPP

Filmmaker Paul Manly examines the Security and Prosperity Partnership in his latest film. He discusses what he learned about this project for deeper integration between the U.S. and Canada. The cross-country tour for You, me and the SPP will kick off with a showing on Parliament Hill on October 1. Tune in to rabbletv at 7:15PM to watch a live presentation from the event. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:23:00 +0000 ]

Free film fest showcases labour

The Canadian Labour International Film Festival is close to its goal of screening films in 100 communities across Canada. The movies will screen in cinemas, labour halls and living-rooms. There's still time to get involved. CLIFF board member Raj Virk explains how. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:52:06 +0000 ]

Woodblock prints show images from Iraq war

L.A. artist Sandow Birk uses a centuries-old technique to transform images from the Iraq war into prints reminiscent of Goya and Callot. Birk's series The Depravities of War references Jacques Callot's 1633 Miseries of War which documents a war between Protestants and Catholics. Laura Lamb reviews the exhibition currently showing in Vancouver. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:02:31 +0000 ]

Afghanistan: The new Vietnam

There's a corrupt regime with no support outside the capital, an hostile population and an elusive enemy - even Washington is talking openly about the parallels, according to Conn Hallinan. Conn Hallinan is an analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:51:10 +0000 ]

Women and the pharmaceutical industry

Women have good reason to be wary of prescription drugs after decades of poorly-tested drugs from thalidomide 50 years ago to HRT now. A new book tackles women and drug policy in Canada. Barbara Mintzes is one of the contributors to The Push to Prescribe. She talks about what happens when pharmaceutical companies advertise directly to women. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:53:22 +0000 ]

B.C. government slashes arts funding

In August, the Liberal government announced a 20% reduction in funding to the arts and cultural sector with much deeper cuts to come next year. Am Johal says you would have to go back to the 1960s to see budgets that low for arts funding in the province. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:41:16 +0000 ]

Public power and green energy

The B.C. government wants to make the province a clean energy powerhouse. Joe Foy of the Wilderness Committee says the only way to do that is to keep B.C. Hydro public. The Liberals took a step in the wrong direction in September when they set aside a ruling by the B.C.Utilities Commission. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:49:23 +0000 ]

A conversation with Mairead Maguire

Mairead Maguire was 32 when she and Betty Williams won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976. We talk with her from Ireland about her work for peace in Palestine. Maguire was on the ship Spirit of Humanity en route to Gaza when it was boarded by Israeli commandoes. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:39:53 +0000 ]

Moratorium on garbage dump in Ontario farm country

Simcoe County officials have been trying to get a landfill site approved for the past 30 years. Last month, activists won an important victory. The proposed site is situated above an aquifer and near the Beausoleil First Nations reserve. We speak with Dan Kellar of AW@L, an anti-war group in Laurier, Ontario. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website. ...

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[ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:24:46 +0000 ]

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