The River and The Land

Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about the killing of Jason West, an Indigenous man shot and killed by police outside of The Beer Store in downtown Windsor last week. They also remember the killing of Matthew Mahoney less than a block away in 2018 and muse on the role of police in Windsor.

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Some articles referenced:

Everybody loved him - Windsor Star

He was always smiling - CBC

Bilal and Travis break down the victory at the Palestine encampment by the students at the University of Windsor. What was in the deal? What did we learn? And what of the backlash?

Bilal, Kam, and Travis discuss the student protests in the U.S. and Canada and how they expose the prime contradiction in Western liberal democracies. Then they delve into the news that H4 and The Downtown Mission, the two main homelessness and poverty outreach centres downtown, are moving to the edge of Ward 3 in a cataclysmically dumb move by the city.

Travis is joined by local agent of chaos AJ to discuss Modern Monetary Theory, its proponents, critics, and potential.

Bilal, Kam, and Travis start off with some housekeeping before re-contexualizing our thoughts on the Palestinian Genocide. Then we discuss the hot water Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens finds himself in as he gets sued by a former city engineer who alleges a toxic culture, illegal activities, and wrongful dismissal.

The Left Voice - Palestinian Liberation and the Israeli Working Class

Windsor Star - Dilkens article.

//We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Ricardo Tranjan, author of the National Bestseller The Tenant Class to talk about the state of housing in Canada and what is to be done.

Between The Lines Books

Ricardo's Instagram

Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about the role of art in revolutionary movements before delving into the potential decision to move H4, a service for unhoused folks, out of the downtown core in the name of neighbourhood revitalization. You can probably guess where we stand on that.

Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about council's decision to turn down $70-million in a federal housing accelerator grant and why both sides of the debate are wrong and missing the point.

We're very pleased to bring Maram Alshurafa, a survivor of the current genocide against Gaza, into the studio for what is an intense, heartbreaking, beautiful, and immensely important conversation about what Gaza was, is, and will be.

Maram lived in Northern Gaza until her and her family were forced to flee after Israel started bombing in early October. Living in a tent in Southern Gaza, they got the call that their sponsorship had come through and they could immigrate to Canada after a short stay in Egypt.

She tells her story, from the night of October 7th until she landed in Toronto in January.

If you'd like to follow Maram on Instagram, you can do so @maram_alshurafa.

Please donate to her family's GoFundMe here.

We had a plan and didn't stick to it. Instead we responded to a common criticism of communism/socialism: 'It's great in theory, but we need to be pragmatic'