Friday June 3rd 2011 - The Smash the State Report starts this show before a rundown of resistance to canadian mining and extractive industries (Mordor = Tar Sands Hoax), and a look into the strike actions from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). We also discuss new attacks on Abdelrazik, play an interview from @JaggiSingh and celebrate the victory for Alvaro Orozco.
http://peaceculture.org/drupal/radio/aw@lradio-2011-06-03.mp3
Friday April 29th 2011 - Well #HuckFarper got back into power, this time with a majority. WTF? 4 years of a racist, anti-womyn, anti-environment, neoliberal, war mongering #douchebag, and lots of content for AW@L radio. We also look into RBC and tar sands developments, misguided ceasefires from mainstream NGO's, and a bit of END:CIV talk (@ENDCIV).
An update on G20 target Jaggi Singh, who engineered a non-cooperation plea agreement to have his conspiracy charges dropped (in return for "counsel to commit" tearing down an illegitimate 6 million dollar fence.
Friday March 18th 2011 - Today's show starts with the Smash the State Report, before reviewing warnings from the Anishinabe Kweag and several Mohawk communities against the planned shipments of decommissioned nuclear steam generators through the Great Lakes. We also look into resistance to the Keystone XL oil pipeline and other tar sands related news, and talk about resistance to canadian mining companies.
Vandana Shiva is blocked from entering canada as 2000 Indian women are arrested on IWD. We introduce Gary McHlae's assault on Six Nations solidarity activist Tom Keefer at McHale's "truth and reconciliation rally" and introduce Luke Stewart's review of Christie Bltachford's "Helpless" and recent anti-native events in Caledonia.
We also read a review of David Harvey's latest book, warn folks about white supremacist organizing in london and talk about No One is Illegal's recent action against Jason Kenney in Vancouver.
We end with a review of International Day Against Police Brutality, including Toronto and Montreal events, and mark a bunch of upcoming events including the Speak Up Speak Out conference at WLU faculty of social work on March 19th.
http://www.peaceculture.org/drupal/radio/aw@lradio-2011-03-18.mp3