Unusual Sources Soundcloud

Brendan speaks with two Hamilton-area activists who attended the recent Feb. 19 "Rage Against the War Machine" rally in Washington, DC.

Local activist Henry Evans-Tenbrinke was able to submit a resolution through the Hamilton and District Labour Council concerning sabre-rattling in the so-called "Indo-Pacific."

Henry tells us about the resolution, and why labour should become more involved in anti-war activity.

Author Yves Engler discusses a Canadian military mission near China. Despite government attempts to paint it as a UN mission, Engler dissects Canada's provocative operation in the region.

Broadcast of the Canadian book launch of "Extraordinary Threat: The U.S. Empire, the Media, and Twenty Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela."

Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur apply media analysis to the absurd claims that Venezuela represents an "extraordinary threat" to the United States, or that 'Chavizmo' transformed "once prosperous" Venezuela into a poorhouse.

The U.S. desire to intervene in oil-rich Venezuela means that it needs to construct narratives to justify intervention. These self-serving stories denigrate the achievements in poverty reduction of the Bolivarian Revolution, while minimizing the U.S. role in disrupting the Venezuelan economy and civil society. Particular attention is given to "human rights organizations" such as Amnesty International, who minimize the effect of U.S. encirclement and coup-promotion, instead preferring to "referee" a supposedly level-playing-field in the country.

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Brendan interviews veteran labour and anti-war activist Henry Evans-Tenbrinke about developments in Australia: There has been pushback by Australian labour, and also the Green Party, concerning the aggressive AUKUS military pact.

Henry has submitted his own motion to Labour Council. There is a lot we can do in Canada to oppose the developing Cold War with China.

What were Spavor and Kovrig doing in China? The Canada Files' team has uncovered some interesting details about the "Two Michaels," as they have become known, that should make us think more deeply about their arrest in China.

We rely on anti-imperialist outlets like the Canada Files, because the for-profit Canadian media and state broadcaster are not informing us.

Doug interviews Vanessa Lanteigne and Dr. Brendan Martin who had been fasting as a protest against Canada's purchase of new fighter jets.

Rabbi David Mivasair provides some background on the events of the NDP convention concerning a resolution calling for an end to the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. [Resolution 4-10-20]. He also discusses the growing threat to public discussion posed by the IHRA, including in Hamilton, and why it needs to be opposed.

Brendan describes the upcoming event, "Genocide in Xinjiang? A Discovery Zoom Panel."

You can learn more, here:

http://hamiltoncoalitiontostopthewar.ca/2021/03/15/xinjiang-event/

[This promotion originally broadcast on March 17.]

Activist and scholar of East Asian affairs K J Noh discusses the U.S. encirclement of China as a continuation of the 'War on Terror,' and the attempts to maintain U.S. hegemony in the face of increased economic integration in Asia.

Noh examines the views and decisions of U.S. policy-makers concerning China, and how things unfolded into the aggressive attempt to 'contain' China. The U.S. desire to maintain unipolar global hegemony increases the risk of catastrophic warfare.