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The Spencer Latu Show is a progressive politics show that speaks truth to power. We provide much needed coverage, and media criticism of stories at the municipal, provincial, national and international level from the perspective of two progressive working class students; Spencer Latu and Ajeetpal Gi…

Spencer Latu


    • Oct 30, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 1h 5m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    #49 Canada's Squad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 30:02


    In today's episode, I discuss Canada's fake left "squad" mimicry of the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez et al.

    #47 Ecofascism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 30:02


    https://twitter.com/elleprovocateur/status/1176508827421892608?s=20https://twitter.com/elleprovocateur/status/1178775543061340161?s=20http://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2019/09/18/the-manufacturing-of-greta-thunberg-for-consent-the-behavioural-change-project-to-change-everything-volume-ii-act-v/https://twitter.com/elleprovocateur/status/1178789346884952065?s=20https://twitter.com/RedKahina/status/1178756086737883136?s=20https://twitter.com/RedKahina/status/1119628391047680000?s=20https://twitter.com/cordeliers/status/1177567837487063041?s=20https://twitter.com/cordeliers/status/1179023073573527557?s=20https://twitter.com/cordeliers/status/1178440939389554689?s=20https://twitter.com/cordeliers/status/1176911065122320384?s=20

    #47 Green Imperialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 29:43


    In today's episode, we discuss green imperialism and its support of regime change in Bolivia.

    #45 Moderate Fascism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 90:01


    In today's episode, we discuss the moderate wing of fascism, social democracy.

    #44 Free Palestine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode, we discuss Israel-Palestine, East Jerusalem, and the Green New Deal.

    #43 Propaganda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2019 90:01


    In today's episode we discuss UBC and Amazon, Propaganda by Edward Bernays, the Squad, and the Green New Deal.

    #42 A High School Student Union

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 79:42


    In today's discussion, we talk about a high school student union with special guests Max and Howie.

    #39 TMX Gon' Give It To Ya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode we discuss the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline and why we have no escape.

    #38 US Imperialism and Big Green

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode, we discuss Sudan, Hong Kong, and Big Green collaborating with Big Oil.

    #37 Canada's Green New Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode, we connect the dots of the global corporate elite and look behind the curtain of the Green New Deal.

    #36 Green New Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 89:43


    In today's episode, we take on the left's sacred cow: the Green New Deal.

    #34 Sammy Smart

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode we discuss the Racist Colonizing Militarized Patriarchs or RCMP, UBC and the AMS doing business with the very problematic corporation Coca-Cola, prayer space for Muslim students at UBC, and propaganda surrounding Venezuela.

    #33 MMIW, Decriminalization, Julian Assange, #GravelGang

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode, I discuss with special guest co-host Nitahi Red Women Rising, decriminalization of possession in BC, Julian Assange, and the next President of the United States Mike Gravel.

    #32 Sterilization, Alberta, Russiagate

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 90:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the ongoing genocide of Indigenous people through the sterilization of Indigenous women, the proto-fascist UCP government winning a majority in Alberta, and saying RIP in peace to Russiagate.

    #31 Reconciliation and Imperialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the vandalizing of UBC's Reconciliation pole and the White Helmets speaking on UBC's campus.

    #30 Wet'suwet'en & Venezuela

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the Wet'suwet'en crisis and Canada's imperial policies towards Venezuela.

    #29 Wet'suwet'en, China, and Venezuela

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the updates of Wet'suwet'en crisis, Canada's diplomatic spat with China, and Canada's support for the Venezuelan coup.

    #28 RCMP: Guard Dogs of Capital

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the new research that shows Canada’s police force assesses the risk Indigenous activists and protesters pose to the nation — not based on factors of criminality — but based on their ability to summon sympathy from the broader populace.

    #27 Wet’suwet’en, Alberta, Fall Reading Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the resistance of the Wet’suwet’en people against big energy, Alberta's expensive propaganda campaign, and UBC's fall reading break, in numbers.

    #26 UBC, Climate Catastrophe, & Unist’ot’en Blockade

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss UBC's middle management, the looming specter of climate catastrophe, and the Unist’ot’en Blockade in central BC.

    #25 Sixties Scoop, Five Eyes, Sikhs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 59:22


    In today's episode, we discuss the sixties scoop, the Five Eyes spy agencies, and justice for Sikh people in India.

    #24 NFL, Huawei, Yellow Vests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the horrible ownership of an NFL franchise that has a racial slur as its mascot, Vancouver's very own political prisoners, and understanding the Yellow Vests in France.

    #23 Sterilization, Cop Watch, CPUW

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the ongoing forced sterilization of indigenous women, a pig shot a black man... again, and Canada Post workers are forced back to work by the state.

    #22 #TDOR, Scamazon, Harper vs. Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the Transgender Day of Remembrance for the hundreds of people murdered by reactionaries over their gender identities, Amazon's scam to major cities begging for their second headquarters, and Stephen Harper is bringing sexy conservatism back.

    #21 Police, BDS, Wildfires

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the police's inability to protect and serve, why Trudeau is wrong about assessing BDS's fault for the Nazi shooting in a synagogue, and California is suffering from the same wildfires BC had this summer.

    #20 Midterms

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the 2018 US midterm elections and the failures of the Democratic Party.

    #19 Fascism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss what fascism is and its rise not only in Brazil but the United States as well.

    #18 NFL & Migrant Caravan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the NFL's social justice warriors Eric Reid and Malcolm Jenkins butting heads and the migrant caravan and its roots in Canadian imperialism.

    #17 Harper, Saudi Arabia, Catholic Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss Stephen Harper's ghost pepper level spiciness take on Trump and Bernie, Saudi Arabia SHOCKINGLY is caught up in a human rights scandal, and a Catholic Church scandal hits too close to home.

    #16 Climate Catastrophe or Climate Disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss colonialism, climate disasters, and UBC's mistreatment of disabled and pregnant employees.

    #15 the War on Drugs & USMCA

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss Trudeau's commitment to the failed American drug war, and how NAFTA by the new name USMCA disadvantages workers.

    #14 A Mixed Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss a mixed bag of issues starting with Trump getting laughed out of the UN, NDP MP Romeo Saganash says what everyone has been thinking, and Canada's plan to invade Venezuela.

    #13 Travis Lupick

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 59:03


    In today's episode, we speak to journalist and author Travis Lupick about his book Fighting for Space: How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction, and the opioid crisis.

    #12 Racism in Canadian Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the rise of racial bull horns coming from the Canadian right wing of political discourse.

    #11 University Underground

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we talk with Kyle Michaluk of University Underground and discuss how this campus has been captured by business interests.

    #10 Obits & Omits of John McCain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode we ask the question why are obituaries misrepresenting the life and times of war hawk John McCain?

    #9 BC Forest Fires & Neoliberalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we pick up where we left off last week and discuss how neoliberalism has exacerbated the climate crisis facing humanity.

    #8 Sir JAM's statue & BC's State of Emergency

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode, we discuss the controversy surrounding Sir John A. Macdonald's legacy and statue in Victoria, as well as the state of emergency declared by British Columbia due to the over 500 forest fires burning across the province.

    #7 - the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode we discuss the most repressive regimes on planet Earth, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and why they're upset with Canada.

    #6 Killer Whales & Wealth Inequality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2018 60:02


    In today's episode we discuss how Kinder Morgan and the Transmountain Expansion Pipeline are killing killer whale pups and how Canada ended up with 87 families owning as much wealth as three provinces combined.

    #5 BC NDP + Unions vs. Postmedia & Housing Unaffordability

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 60:01


    In today's episode we try and figure out why Postmedia hates unions and discuss how Vancouver has become the most unaffordable city in North America.

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