A coalition of international NGOs is calling on states to halt arms transfers to Israel. @Amnesty's Budour Hassan discusses the group's latest report on how U.S. weapons are being used in violation of international law, the plight of Palestinian prisoners and more.

Saturday | 11:10 PT An episode from Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast: The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war. Vinita Srivastava's guests are journalism profs Sonya Fatah and Asmaa Malik from Toronto Metropolitan University
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Saturday | 10:05 Ben Parfitt on a Ministry of Forests map that radically departs from recommendations of panel appointed by the B.C. government to advise it on how to protect B.C.’s old growth forests. The CCPA–BC Ben Parfitt Torrance Coste Wilderness Committee Sierra Club BC #bcpoli

Saturday | 10:30 PT We talk Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee, co-directors of Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, playing May 11 closing night at DOXA 2024 in Vancouver.
Lucah Rosenberg-Lee Banger Films Katja De Bock Elliot Page National Film Board of Canada
DOXA Festival #anyotherway

On our podcast: Sachin Maharaj on Ontario school board lawsuits over harms to youth caused by social media apps BC Teachers’ Federation The Conversation Canada
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Podcast up! Tiffany Prete and Deanna Starr, two of the authors of a report addressing the urgent need for safe, affordable transportation for Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people.
Action Canada APTN News Apooyak'ii/Tiffany Prete The Conversation Canada UBCIC
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Podcast: Dr. Neil Tangri tells us plastic is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gasses. What’s at stake & what will it take to get an international treaty on plastics GAIA #LessPlasticMoreLife #BreakFreeFromPlastic California Environmental Justice Alliance Sierra Club BC 350 dot org 350 dot orgCanada EnvironmentalDefence
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BC Arts Council Punjabi Market
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As our resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt wrote about forestry, fracking & more, he remembers flagging concerns with government actions, making issues part of the public conversation & bringing together individuals and organizations in common cause.
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Saturday | 10:10 PT Dr. Neil Tangri tell us plastic is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gasses. What’s at stake and what will it take to get an international treaty on plastics
GAIA #LessPlasticMoreLife #BreakFreeFromPlastic California Environmental Justice Alliance Sierra Club BC 350 dot org 350 dot orgCanada EnvironmentalDefence

Saturday | 11:20 PT Tiffany Prete and Deanna Starr, two of the authors of a report addressing the urgent need for safe, affordable transportation for Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit people.
Action Canada APTN News Apooyak'ii/Tiffany Prete The Conversation Canada UBCIC Women Transforming Cities

Saturday | 10:25 PT An interview with Maya Wind, Jewish Israeli scholar and author of the groundbreaking book, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom.
Maya Wind PACBI - BDS movement Verso Books Independent Jewish Voices National Students for Justice in Palestine Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

Saturday | 10:55 PT May 23 is Komagata Maru Remembrance Day. We speak with Punjabi artist Jag Nagra about her art at Komagata Maru Place (also Canada Place) commemorating the tragedy of the Komagata Maru in 1914.
Rungh.Means.Colour
City of Vancouver
Museum of Anthropology at UBC Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

Listen on the pod: City Beat’s Ian Mass keeps us up-to-date with his regular report on municipal affairs. This week: Vancouver Police Board, housing, parks, and more.
#CityBeat #vanpoli
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PODCAST: Amid continuing attacks on Palestine, Parents and teachers call for including the Nakba of 1947-49 in B.C. School curriculum. Friends of Palestine Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East BC Teachers’ Federation
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Podcast now up! On to Ottawa Peace Caravan leaves Vancouver on Mother’s Day. Demilitarize.Decarbonize. Decolonize. Ellen Woodsworth on grassroots organizing. Peace Brigades International - Canada WILPF WILPF Canada Tamara Lorincz Toronto (GTA) World Beyond War Global Peace Alliance BC Society Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East 350 Canada
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Tomorrow on Coop Radio: The Wetland Project slow radio broadcast is your 24-hour soundtrack for Earth Day. Monday, April 22, 2024. #wetlandproject Wetland Project

Saturday | 11:25 PT Sachin Maharaj on Ontario school board lawsuits over harms to youth caused by social media apps BC Teachers’ Federation The Conversation Canada

On May 6, join BC Climate Emergency Campaign & UBC Centre for Climate Justice for a free public panel on Confronting Wildfires in an Era of Climate Emergency. Join in person at UBC Robson Square or online. Register for either here: bit.ly/49trXXS

Saturday | 11:00 PT Amid continuing attacks on Palestine, parents and teachers in B.C. call for including the Nakba of 1947-49, in the education curriculum. nakbaeducationbc.ca Friends of Palestine Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East BC Teachers’ Federation