Today we're joined by a Marxist law student and comrade of ours to discuss the law, it's theoretical underpinnings and ways that we can re-imagine its role in society.

Today's episode marks our second installment of the Out of Left Field reading series! Today we read through Ben's favourite article ever: Why Even Driving Through Suburbia is Soul Crushing. It goes into the nitty gritty details of exactly HOW and WHY suburbia is a hostile environment to human beings.

Original article can be found here:

https://likewise.am/2016/05/08/why-suburbia-sucks/

Image credit:

https://qz.com/698928/why-suburbia-sucks/

Music credit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BLaLv-jPQU

Today we are joined by Victoria city councilor & upcoming federal NDP candidate Laurel Collins! We discuss the NDP's New Deal for the People platform as well as the climate crisis and how we can respond to it. We also touch on the lack of affordable housing, some things we can do to help alleviate that issue, the Green party making inroads on Vancouver island, and lots more!

On today's show we are joined by a computer security researcher and friend of the show to discuss the latest controversy surrounding the Chinese telecommunications juggernaut Huawei. We chat about the recent trade war and ban on its technology being used in the American government, the detainment of one of its executives at the Vancouver International Airport some months ago and whether or not the paranoia surrounding the company is more about preserving the existing economic model and Western imperialist domination rather than a real security threat.

Audio credit:

AlJazeera:

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2019/03/huawei-controversial-190307181920819.html

ABC News:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhnvp8PT7c

FactPointVideo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H05UJtb5d84

How to pronounce Huawei:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LsWyL5DKAY

On our third installment of HOP TAKES we discuss the very crowded field of candidates vying for the Democratic Party nomination & the importance of on-the-ground social movements that support them.

During the full episode we also discuss pride, some local Victoria political controversy, the upcoming Canadian election & why the idea of breaking up Facebook is bad.

Sign up to our Patreon to hear the whole episode as well as more HOP TAKES and other goodies.

Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast/Photos Getty

On today's show we are joined by culture editor of The Tyee Dorothy Woodend to discuss the recent anti-abortion legislation taking hold across the United States and the implication for women's rights and access to reproductive healthcare here in Canada. You can read her article in full here:

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/05/15/War-On-Women-New-Phase/

Audio credit:

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BTGwICuYAE

March For Life 2019, Ottawa:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTxrSB1AknM

Amy Goodman from DemocracyNow!

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/5/17/what_does_a_post_roe_america

"how is prangent formed" by J.T. Sexkik:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EShUeudtaFg

George Carlin on pro-life conservatives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmMvsAjCkog

On today's show we take a deep look at the recent and radical student activism going down at the University of Victoria and how activists across the country and around the world can learn from their experiences. Read more here:

https://www.martlet.ca/the-students-strike-back-uvic-students-take-over-senate-chambers

We discuss how the struggles of students more and more intersect with those of the working class and residents of the city, the ongoing predatory nature of profit-seeking post-secondary institutions, as well as some ways to get involved.

The list of demands can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/divestuvic/photos/pcb.1921409207962889/1921404997963310/?type=3&theater

If you're a local comrade and want to get involved with the Tiny House project check this out:

https://chuffed.org/project/tiny-house-warriors-resistance-edition

Photo by Mike Graeme, Senior Staff Writer at the Martlet

For this weekend's double episode release we are joined by author & art curator Mike Watson to discuss his upcoming book: Can the Left Learn to Meme? We talk about the radicalisation and hopelessness of the millennial generation, the role that online discourse plays, the dominance of right wing figures like Steve Bannon & Jordan Peterson, the posting wars and of course, memes.

We're back, folks, with a double release this weekend! Normally our Hop Takes episodes are for Patreon subscribers only but since there was a bit of a delay in our recent interview release we decided to release this into the wild.

Today we start out by discussing some local politics and move onto talking about some recent news and events around the country and around the world. We chat about the Alberta election, the free speech lawsuit lodged against our friends at Ricochet Media, the Zizek / Peterson debate as well as the recent talk in the media (again) of an NDP / Green party merger. Enjoy!

On today's show we have Bryan Carney, journalist & director of web production at The Tyee. We discuss with him his recent article describing a newly unearthed surveillance programme titled Project Wide Awake which involves a more active role by the RCMP in monitoring social media.

We discuss how he came to find out about this new programme, the implications of it, whether or not some degree of surveillance has its place and the probability of a total lack of oversight of this programme (we really just don't know).

You can read Bryan's article here:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/03/25/Project-Wide-Awake/

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