Expats & Allies

We spoke to labour researcher Adam D.K. King about the causes behind the so-called "quiet quitting" phenomenon, what it means, the responses from the managerial class, and what this apparent trend could mean for advancing worker solidarity and labour rights in the long term.

Read Adam's recent piece for Passage on "quiet quitting" here: https://readpassage.com/dont-write-off-the-quiet-quitting-trend-just-yet/

Sign up for Adam's newsletter, Class Struggle, here: https://readpassage.com/newsletter/class-struggle/

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In this week's early-release episode, we spoke to Maple contributor Jeremy Appel and PressProgress reporter Stephen Magusiak in Calgary, Alberta about the UCP leadership race, whether any candidate can beat frontrunner Danielle Smith, and how the Alberta NDP might respond to a Smith premiership. We also talk about Smith's political history, and some of the policies she might try to implement if she wins the leadership.

Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @JeremyAppel1025

Follow Stephen on Twitter: @Magusiak

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This week, we spoke to Sean Orr, who is running for Vancouver City Council with Vote Socialist, a new organization that commits to restitution for Indigenous nations, promoting safe and affordable housing as a human right, making the rich pay their fair share for public services, and to defunding and disarming the police. We talk about why this new group was launched, how Sean's personal experiences inspired him to run for office, and how he would implement change as a lone Vote Socialist councillor.

Follow Sean on Twitter: @seanorr

Read Sean's column, "Tea and Two Slices": https://scoutmagazine.ca/column/tea-and-two-slices/

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This week, we spoke to Dr. Amit Arya - a palliative care physician, board member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and advocate for those who live and work in the long-term care sector - about the Doug Ford government's plans to further privatize Ontario's public health system, and how this will impact health workers and patients. We also talk about better solutions to the provincial health system's current crisis.

Follow Amit on Twitter: @AmitAryaMD

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This week, we spoke to Michael Bueckert, vice president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East about Israel's recent attack on Gaza, and the Canadian government's non-response. We also talk about the roots of the current situation in Palestine, and how Canada helps Israel act with impunity.

Follow Michael on Twitter: @mbueckert

Follow CJPME: @CJPME

Check out Advocating for Palestine in Canada.

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In this week's episode, we spoke to journalist Mitchell Thompson about his recent articles exploring the complex history of Canadian peacekeeping and examples of bloody interventions that are far out of step with rhetoric that pitches peacekeeping as a benign alternative to war.

Read Mitchell's articles:

https://www.readthemaple.com/the-bloody-history-of-canadian-peacekeeping/

https://www.readthemaple.com/canadas-modern-day-peacekeeping-is-war-making-by-another-name/

 Follow Mitchell on Twitter: @thompsonian_m

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This week, we spoke to Paris Marx about their new book, titled Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. Paris' book argues that big tech companies are offering a future for transportation built on false promises that will not deliver an equitable version of auto-mobility simply by upgrading it with new technologies.

Buy the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3995-road-to-nowhere

Subscribe to Paris' podcast, Tech Won't Save Us: https://techwontsave.us/

Follow Paris on Twitter: @parismarx

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This week, we spoke to Matt Hatfield, the campaigns director at OpenMedia, about the Rogers outage, the telecom giant's plan to takeover Shaw, and the failures of Canada's telecom oligopoly.

Learn more about OpenMedia: https://openmedia.org/about

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This week, we spoke to Vancouver-based activist, commentator and Ricochet Media co-founder Derrick O'Keefe about BC Premier John Horgan's resignation, his government's track record, the history of the BC NDP, and who might run to be the party's new leader.

Follow Derrick on Twitter: @derrickokeefe.

Check out Ricochet Media: https://ricochet.media/en

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A read out of one our favourite recent articles titled 'A History of Abortion Rights in Canada and Their Future,' by Jasmyne Eastmond. The article was read out by The Maple's managing editor, Alex Cosh.

Read the original article here.