EVE (formerly Exploited Voices now Educating) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization composed of former sex-industry women dedicated to naming prostitution "violence against women" and seeing its abolition through political action, advocacy and awareness-raising that focuses on ending the demand for paid sexual access to women and children's bodies. EVE operates under a sex-positive feminist model, acknowledging that prostitution is born out of sexism, classism, racism, poverty and other forms of systemic oppression. They invite women with personal experience in the sex industry or with sex-trafficking to connect with them.

This talk was held on March 10, 2011 at the Vancouver Public Library in Vancouver, B.C. and was recorded by Laura Wood and produced by Ellie Gordon-Moershel.

This past Saturday, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University hosted a conference titled "Canada 2020: The future of public interest law." The keynote speech was by prominent immigration lawyer and human rights advocate Barbara Jackman. Jackman has been involved in nearly all of the Supreme Court cases related to non-citizen issues. She references the following milestone cases in her talk:

In 1985 Singh vs. Canada results in a decision that, indeed,non-citizens are entitled to protection under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In addition, the Immigrant and Refugee Board was created. Baker vs. Canada in 1999: the court found that non-citizens who were applying for permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds are entitled to administrative due process with respect to their applications -- and that reviewers of these cases have to take into account the best interests of children. In 2002, Suresh vs. Canada: the Supreme Court found that in all but the most exceptional circumstances deportation to face torture is unconstitutional. Lastly, Charkaoui vs. Canada of 2007 saw the landmark decision of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of procedures for determining the reasonableness of a security certificate and for reviewing detention under a certificate. A security certificate is a method in which the government can detain and deport non-citizens living in Canada. Those who are issued these certificates are suspected of violating human rights, having membership with organized crime, or a perceived threat to national security.

While there is cause to celebrate achieved gains in human rights for non-citizens, Barbara Jackman reminds her audience that many of these steps forward have been tainted with some disturbing manipulations.

Once a "very conservative republican," David Korten holds an MBA and PhD From Stanford Business School and worked for five and a half years as a faculty member of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. After spending a number of years working in the global South, believing that all these low-income countries needed was to adopt America's capitalist system in order to resolve poverty, his perspective changed and he began to recognize the way in which our current economic system functions (and thrives) based on inequality, environmental destruction and social conflict.

Realizing that our global economy was based on the premise that individual greed is the path to collective prosperity and that this concept was completely flawed, David Korten came full circle and became an advocate for an economic system that is life-centred and community-based.

He has since authored several books, including: When Corporations Rule the World and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. His newest book and the title of this talk is called Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, which argues for an end to the corrupt, phantom-wealth Wall Street money system. It must be replaced by a Main Street money system that favours life values over financial values, roots power in people and community, and supports local resilience and self-organization. This talk took place on October 29, 2010 at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa.

On Feb. 4, journalist Firoze Manji walked in on Egyptian theorist Samir Amin and Mamdou Habashi, a well known Egyptian activist talking politics, and joined right in. Here's the recording he made.

Hello and welcome to Needs No Introduction on rabble.ca.

What you're about to hear is an impromptu conversation between Egyptian theorist Samir Amin, Pambazuka editor Firoze Manji and Egyptian activist Mamdouh Habashi. Amin is probably best known for developing the theory of Eurocentrism. Habashi is a well-known Egyptian left-wing activist. And Manji's publication Pambazuka is produced by a pan-african network of over 2,600 volunteers and organizations. The three men met on Feb. 4 at the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal. A few hours before, Mamdouh had arrived straight from Tahir Square in Cairo. This was not a planned interview - Manji began recording as he saw where the discussion was going. Although the sound quality reflects the spontaneity of the recording, this is rare opportunity to hear these three in discussion, with analysis fresh from the events unfolding in Egypt. We hope you'll enjoy this first collaboration between rabble.ca and Pambazuka News.

This podcast presents the fourth and last panel recorded at the "Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad" conference held September 27th at the House of Commons. For this portion of the event, discussion focused on how to take action towards corporate accountability through new legislation – namely, NDP International Trade Critic Peter Julian's proposed Bill C-354. Julian himself moderated the panel, which featured Nick Milanovic of Carleton University's Department of Law, Terry Collingsworth, a labour and human rights attorney in Washington DC, and Mark Rowlinson of the United Steelworkers' Canadian National Office legal department. After hearing from these speakers, the discussion grew to include Liberal MP John McKay and Bill C-300 on corporate accountability for mining, oil and gas corporations in developing countries (based on the original Private Member's Bill C-565, proposed by now-retired NDP MP Alexa McDonough). This recording includes the majority of a question and answer period which followed the panel discussion. Speakers:Nick Milanovic, Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Law at Carleton University Terry Collingsworth, Managing Partner of Conrad & Scherer (Washington DC office) Mark Rowlinson, Counsel, United Steelworkers' Canadian National Office legal department *For more information about Bill C-354, visit http://peterjulian.ndp.ca/Bill_C-354*

On September 27th, NDP International Trade critic Peter Julian hosted a conference in Ottawa to assess the impacts of Canada's industries abroad. Over the course of the day, four panels took place. Each one explored a different aspect of the issue, from the voices of affected communities themselves, to legislative solutions such as Julian's proposed Bill C-354 to amend the Federal Courts Act in the interest of international human and environmental rights. The third of these panels looked at Canadian legal responses to rights abuses abroad. It was moderated by Ian Thomson, Chair of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). Panelists:Mark Arnold, Partner in the Toronto law firm, Gardiner Miller Arnold LLP Dermod Travis, Executive Director, Canada Tibet Committee Cory Wanless, Lawyer with Klippensteins, Barristers & Solicitors

Billy Diamond, former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees died September 30. In this podcast, recorded at the 2010 Congress of the Humanities, he tells his life story.

This podcast brings you a recording of the second panel from MP Peter Julian's "Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad" conference held September 27th at the House of Commons. The event was held to examine violations of human and environmental rights at the hands of Canadian corporations abroad, and to explore legislative solutions such as MP Peter Julian's Bill C-354 to amend the Federal Courts Act in the interest of international human rights. Whereas the conference's first discussion explored stories from impacted communities around the world, the panel that followed looked at popular sector responses and strategies in North America to the abuses committed abroad by Canadian extractive industries. It was moderated by Laura Avalos, President of the Salvadorian Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capital Region. Panelists: Grahame Russell, Co-Director of Rights Action, author of Code Z59.5: There is Only One People HereSakura Saunders, Editor and Co-Founder of ProtestBarrick.net Jamie Moffett, Documentary Filmmaker, Return to El Salvador

On September 27th, Peter Julian, NDP Critic on International Trade and MP for Burnaby- New Westminster, hosted a conference entitled "Walking the Talk: Human Rights Abroad." Activists, lawyers and politicians alike gathered at the House of Commons for a day-long series of panels exploring international violations of human and environmental rights at the hands of Canadian corporations. The conference was intended to show the importance of Peter Julian's Private Member's Bill: C-354 – an act to amend the Federal Courts Act in the interest of promoting and protecting human rights on an international level. The first panel of the day featured the voices and experiences of those in other parts of the world. Introductory Statements: Mark Rowlinson, United Steelworkers' Canadian National Office legal department Peter Julian, MP, Burnaby-New Westminster Rick Arnold, Common Frontiers Panelists: Tenzin Lobsang Wangkhang, National Director of Students for a Free Tibet Jose Luis Abarca Montejo, Mexican Network of Persons Affected by Mining Denis Tougas, Entraide missionnaire Bodia Macharia, Friends of the Congo An interview with Jose Luis Abarca Montejo is included in the recording, following his portion of the panel.

On May 28th, the Whitehorse Chapter of the Council of Canadians, along with sponsor PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) North, held a panel discussion to examine the impact of trade agreements and industry on the access of local communities to clean water sources. Bill Slater -- an environmental consultant in Whitehorse -- was one of its featured speakers. He has worked with the Yukon First Nations, federal governments, private companies and NGOs on projects dealing with water management, mining and infrastructure development throughout the territory. Slater's portion of the panel brought a local context to the discussion, looking at how governments regulate water -- especially for industrial purposes -- and whether this reflects a "commons" or "commodity" approach to water issues.