Radio Free Winnipeg

Yup this is the end.

Scott and Greg talk about why they decided to end the show and talk about what possible legacy Radio Free Winnipeg will have.

Scott and Greg talk with Kay the Aquanaut. Kay is a Saskatoon based rapper. Kay talks to Scott and Greg about his influences, his politics and why he continues to grind as an independent artist on the prairies.

We played two of Kay the Aquanaut songs.
89 Grey Cup off the album Spinning Blue Planet
Contemporary Woody Guthrie off the album Yeah, Riot!

Here is the video for Contemporary Woody Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2fP2YhZhI

If you liked what you heard check out Kay's music on bandcamp
https://kaytheaquanaut.bandcamp.com/

We're back! Thanks for sticking with us during our hiatus.

Does Canada still suck? You better believe it does. But for our first episode in months we talk to freelance journalist and noted twitter poster James Wilt about public transit, urban planning, pedestrian deaths in Winnipeg, Uber and gentrification.

James Wilt has a book about public transit coming out soon on Between the Lines press. Be on the look out for that.

A jam packed show demonstrating how Canada Sucks!

First Scott and Greg talk about SNC-Lavalin and their history of war profiteers and their close relationship with the Canadian State.

Then Scott and Greg go over recent events in Haiti and how it demonstrates both Canadian Imperialism aboard but also the hypocrisy inherent in "human rights" discourse.

Last but not least Greg and Scott talk about the Yellow Vest protest in Canada and the United We Roll protest.

Music Break- (Artist) The Minutemen, (Song) Disguises, (Album) The Punch Line

Show Notes

Canada's Halliburton? SNC-Lavalin war profiteering in Iraq, Afghanistan by Anthony Fenton http://rabble.ca/news/2009/09/canadas-halliburton-snc-lavalin-war-profiteering-iraq-afghanistan

Is Trudeau's Venezuela policy the Monroe Doctrine reborn? By Yves Engler
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/is-trudeaus-venezuela-policy-the-monroe-doctrine-reborn?fbclid=IwAR1YikfJKsjgtALp7ggnZglMQ6OVHc2u2Itj8gVV8V3wsgkAIMor5NN_rPk

Canadian policy on Venezuela, Haiti reveals hypocrisy that media ignores by Yves Engler https://yvesengler.com/2019/02/19/canadian-policy-on-venezuela-haiti-reveals-hypocrisy-that-media-ignores/

Canada backs Haitian government, even as police force kills demonstrators by Yves Engler https://ricochet.media/en/2439/canada-backs-haitian-government-even-as-police-force-kills-demonstrators?fbclid=IwAR3-vVzWL-gLreP81PQDzz7Dhy-PccCN877-rLZ6Ghk5W9a1o_-rCrPK00c

Haiti: Weeks of Protests Demanding the Resignation of the President via the Real News Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omnu3yex1Y

Indigenous rights activists confront Yellow Vests as pro-pipeline convoy reaches Ottawa via APTN News https://aptnnews.ca/2019/02/19/indigenous-rights-activists-confront-yellow-vests-as-pro-pipeline-convoy-reaches-ottawa/

Report from Anti-Racist Canada on the Yellow Vests and United WE Roll
https://aptnnews.ca/2019/02/19/indigenous-rights-activists-confront-yellow-vests-as-pro-pipeline-convoy-reaches-ottawa/

We are back and Canada still sucks in 2019. Our first episdoe of 2019 is jam packed.

Remember that CKUW's Fundrive runs from February 8th to 15th. This is where we ask the listerns to give their pledges of money to support the station. More info here https://ckuw.ca/news/entry/fundrive-2019-kicks-off-february-8th

First Scott and Greg address the recent events in Venezuela, the attempted coup and what our position should be. Anti-imperialism for the win!

Recently an indigenous man was shot and killed in Winnipeg's West End. Scott and Greg break down the reporting on it and the media apologetics for the cops.

Last Scott and Greg talk about the recent fires that have ripped through apartments in the West End and have left around 100 people displaced and without a home. They break down why there is a lack of affordable and safe housing in inner city Winnipeg, how landlords exploit that situation and how the "meth crisis" does a lot of heavy lifting to explain away these situations.

Show Notes

Venezuela

Canada Continues to Meddle in Venezuela's Elections

Canada on Wrong Side of Venezuela Conflict

Canada's Largest Union Sides with Maligned Venezuela President

Media reports on the Chad Williams shooting

https://globalnews.ca/news/4841499/man-dead-altercation-winnipeg-police-sherbrook-street/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chad-williams-shooting-witness-1.4983171

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chad-williams-police-shooting-vigil-1.4981431

Go Fund Me for the family of Chad Williams to pay for funeral costs

https://www.gofundme.com/funeral-cost-and-headstone-for-chad-williams

Media reports on landlords in Winnipeg's inner city and fires in apartment buildings

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/west-end-apartment-fires-1.4979553

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/mass-destruction-winnipeg-property-management-company-says-meth-crisis-has-dealers-taking-over-apartments-1.3929488

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-man-hasn-t-been-able-to-use-shower-in-a-month-after-leak-led-to-bathroom-full-of-debris-1.4250498

https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/d3qajk/landlords-across-canada-are-pushing-tenants-out-with-renovations?fbclid=IwAR2-iO4tI3osCur1LW0HHgC4zclW1rTCQQaQAh3CrGenl6yPPN8wVHPBxd0 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/212-langside-building-issues-1.4984655

The Spence Neighbourhood Association is collecting donations to help people displaced from the fires. If you can help info is below.

If you, or anyone you know, was displaced from 583 Furby, 426 Maryland, or 626 Ellice, get in contact with our Housing staff to help find long-term housing, access benefits you may be entitled to, and access donations.

All are welcome; your name didn't have to be on the lease to access these resources and supports.

Stop by 615 Ellice Ave Tues, Wed, or Thurs 9am-4:30pm to speak with Housing staff or contact SNA's Housing Coordinator: 204-783-5000 ext. 106 or [email protected]

Info about Tenants groups

Facebook page for the West Broadway Tenants Committee
https://www.facebook.com/West-Broadway-Tenants-Committee-188408582060653/

Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network
https://www.hamiltontenantssolidarity.ca/

Continuing our look into Canada's role in creating the refugee crisis in Central America Scott and Greg talk to two people on the ground in Honduras and Mexico.

First you will hear from Jen Moore. Jen was the Latin America coordinator for Mining Watch Canada, with years of work with communities affected by Canadian mining in Central America, and is now based in Mexico.
We apologize for the audio of Jen's interview. We tried to clean it up as best we could.

Then you will hear from Karen Spring. Karen is a Honduras-based coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network, with years of working with communities affected by Canadian mining, sweatshop, and tourism investment and on other issues prompting people to flee en masse.
Check out Karen's website where she writes about the situation in Honduras
http://www.aquiabajo.com/

Show Notes

Here is the link to Simcoe County Honduras Rights Monitor where you can find the petition
https://simcoecountyhondurasrightsmonitor.wordpress.com/

Here is the direct link to the Petition
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1868

https://miningwatch.ca/sites/default/files/mining-in-a-state-of-impunity-web_1.pdf

http://www.aquiabajo.com/blog/2017/2/8/one-land-defenders-story-of-repression-criminalization-and-arrest-young-garifuna-woman-arrested-for-reclaiming-ancestral-land

Here is a small and incomplete list of Canadian companies that maintain business relations in Honduras:

- Textile company Gildan Activewear (based in Montreal)
- Mining company Aura Minerals (based in Toronto)
- Investment consulting firm DAI Inc (based in Ottawa)
- Mining company Goldcorp Inc (Based in Vancouver)
- Tourism company NJOI (based in Ontario)
- Tourism company Life Vision
- Tourism company CARIVIDA
- Printing company Canadian Bank Note Limited (based in Ottawa)

Recently the so called "migrant crisis" in Central America has been a major topic in the news. Images of women and children being tear gassed at the US border lays bear the moral and humanitarian crisis. But what about Canada? While this news seems far away in fact the Canadian state policies in Central America have contributed much to this crisis. From supporting mining companies that poison the water and displace people from their homes. To the Canadian government legitimizing the government in Honduras that got to power via a coup.

Scott and Greg place the so called "migrant crisis" in the context of Canadian foreign policy and the moral bankruptcy of the human rights troll industrial complex. You will also hear two clips from the Radio Free Winnipeg archive that cover the the lead up and aftermath of the 2009 coup in Honduras.


For news on central America we recommend you follow the work of Sandra Cuffe
https://www.sandracuffe.com/

Interview with Tyler Shipley
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/163071775552/canadian-imperialism

Interview with Grahame Russel of Rights Action Network
http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/151627521957/canada-in-honduras

In the latest episdoe exploring why Canada Sucks we talk about the recent Munk debates in Toronto where Steve Bannon debated David Frum on populism. It was probably as horrible as it sounds. Scott and Greg talk about the false framing of the debate, Peter Munk and what the Munk debates represent in Canada.

In the last half of the show Scott talk to Rachel Small, organizer with the Council of Canadians, who organized a picket line outside the debate and was one of many who were arrested.

Show Notes

Our comrades in podcasting arm, News You Can Use, did a great episdoe on Peter Munk and what a total shit bag he was. 

https://soundcloud.com/user-112754787/episode-fifty-four-burn-in-hell-peter-munk

Ricochet's investigation into White Supermacists in the UCP and Canadian conservative parties just keeps on giving

https://ricochet.media/en/2422/rebel-media-reporter-worked-for-white-supremacist-web-store

https://ricochet.media/en/2426/kenneys-ucp-wont-say-if-party-expelled-extremists

In the latest installment of our series on why Canada Sucks Scott and Greg talk about the CBC and urbanist boosters.

Scott and Greg talk about the cultural place that CBC occupies in Canada. On the one hand to many CBC defines what Canada is but on the other the CBC also represent the interests of the state and capital. The recent controversy over CBC's coverage of the Brazilian is the more recent example. Greg provides an of how the coverage is a window into how state and capital interests work.

Then Scott and Greg dissect the CBC Op-ed by former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray which contained a dumbfounding amount urbanist booster pablum. Scott tries to keep his composure while talking about the ahistroical love of street cars.


Show Notes

CBC's artilce on the Brazilian election
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-canada-trade-bolsonaro-politics-foreign-policy-1.4878379

CBC's non-apology apology for the coverage
https://www.cbc.ca/news/editorsblog/brazil-editor-blog-1.4884651

Former Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray's artilce about Winnipeg
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/opinion-glen-murray-winnipeg-election-1.4879883?fbclid=IwAR02w7nIcRI-m-n7PnjXM6c_gQ616GJqZfdc3ZJkGJ59Tc4fu5KnmlWomuM

Here is Owen Toews on Rank & File Prairie edition talking about Winnipeg politics
https://soundcloud.com/rfradio-prairie/winnipeg-2018-elxn-owen-toews-author-of-stolen-city-racial-capitalism-the-making-of-winnipeg

Scott's artilce on street cars in Winnipeg
http://rankandfile.ca/winnipeg-streetcars/

Ricochet's investigative reporting on white supermacists in the Canadian armed forces
https://ricochet.media/en/2394/meet-the-canadian-soldiers-behind-a-white-supremacist-military-surplus-store

https://ricochet.media/en/2396/canadian-forces-investigating-soldiers-behind-white-supremacist-company

Continuing with our series of Why Canada Sucks we discuss the relationship between Canada and Saudi Arabia.

Scott and Greg talk to Anthony Fenton who is an expert on Canada Saudi Arabia relations. Anthony is currently working on his PHD at York U on the political economy of Canada-Saudi\Gulf states relations.

Anthony breaks down the recent diplomatic rift between Canada and Saudi Arabia, how it places in the decades long relationship between the two, what if any effect this will have on Canada's position in the Middle East and what a fighting anti-war movement could do about the arms sales.

If you are on Twitter we recommend you follow Anthony Fenton @anthonyfenton

We referenced this episdoe about how narrow the media coverage is on Canadian foreign policy  http://radiofreewinnipeg.tumblr.com/post/154056150587/a-propaganda-system

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