Podcast appearances and mentions of avi lewis

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we introduce the BDS Movement's official boycott app on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, ask what's the NDP's purpose with Avi Lewis on THE ORCHARDCAST, explore where reproductive rights and sex work intersect on ABORSH and reveal the business lobby behind the push to remove Canada's internal trade barriers on REDEYE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 80 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.  This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we introduce the BDS Movement's official boycott app on PALESTINE DEBRIEF, ask what's the NDP's purpose with Avi Lewis on THE ORCHARDCAST, explore where reproductive rights and sex work intersect on ABORSH and reveal the business lobby behind the push to remove Canada's internal trade barriers on REDEYE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 80 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia.  This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

This week on rabble radio, Libby Davies sits down with Avi Lewis to talk about a lifetime of activism and his plans to run in the next federal election. Avi Lewis is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, educator, and activist. Lewis is also the co-founder of The Leap, a grassroots climate organization launched to upend our collective response to the crises of climate, inequality and racism. Lewis engages in transformative change locally and globally. He was a candidate for the NDP in the last federal election and is currently an associate professor in geography at the University of British Columbia. Libby Davies is the author of Outside In: a Political Memoir. She served as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver East from 1997-2015, and is former NDP deputy leader and house leader. Davies is also a recipient of the Order of Canada. She currently co-hosts rabble.ca's monthly political panel, Off the Hill.  If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. 

This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir chats with former MuchMusic host and current UBC Geography professor Avi Lewis about the environmental risks of the newly completed Trans Mountain Pipeline.Recorded: May 6, 2024

BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai had the rug pulled out from under her. This week Mattea Roach is joined with Stuart Thomson, Jaskaran Sandhu, and Arno Kopecky to talk about how and why the BC-NDP ended up disqualifying Appadurai, leaving David Eby to be sworn in as Premier of British Columbia. Also, this week the backbenchers talk about the Federal handgun freeze that is supposedly the strongest action in a generation. We'll see about that…Host: Mattea RoachCredits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)Guests: Stuart Thomson, Jaskaran Sandhu, Arno KopeckyBackground reading: Chronicle of a death foretold by Arno Kopecky in Canada's National ObserverThe desperate disqualification of Anjali Appadurai by Avi Lewis in Canada's National ObserverBC NDP Investigative Report by BC NDP Table OfficerFreeze on handgun sales takes effect as Liberals face criticism they interfered in the probe of Canada's deadliest shooting by Stephanie Levitz in the Toronto StarIf you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on rabble radio, we're bringing you a segment of our latest Off the Hill political panel which took place on Thursday April 14th.  This month, the theme was “Will Budget 2022 build Canada forward?” It featured special guests Avi Lewis, Jim Stanford and MP Leah Gazan. They deconstructed the recently released federal budget. Those guests joined regular hosts, Libby Davies and Robin Browne.  If you missed the last Off the Hill and would have liked to attend, make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to never miss an invite!  Also: rabble is turning 21!  This Monday, April 18, we're celebrating our 21st anniversary! If you're a fan of the show and would like to celebrate with us - we'd love you to consider making a donation. We hope to raise $21,00 in 21 days! Please visit this link to learn how.  If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca. Photo by: Josh Appel via Unsplash 

Dr Simon Bradshaw (pictured) helps us better understand the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the explainer: "Breaking Down the Latest IPCC Report". Also, the "Big Ideas in Action" podcast from the World Resources Institute gives us "A Deeper Dive Into Electric Mobility." And from Mint we hear about the evolving challenges for India being brought on by a changing climate. Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Risks of climate change are ‘unavoidable' and growing deadlier, says UN climate report"; "Sydney Environment Institute"; "How do we force our leaders to lead and ourselves to take action in the face of multiple crises?"; "As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste"; "'Prepare now': Woman dies, as lethal weather heads for Sydney"; "What caused the ‘rain bomb'? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded"; "Climate Change Brings Extreme, Early Impact to South America"; "Aussie farms face 'disruption and decline' due to climate change: IIPC report"; "Dorset police's shiny HQ could pose ‘lethal threat' to birds, says council"; "California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat"; "How one of Florida's most beloved animals may be close to climate extinction"; "Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds"; "How Climate Change Affects Health and How Countries Can Respond"; "‘Fudged': Has the federal government spent $17b on disaster relief?"; "Climate change will cost Australia hundreds of billions of dollars: UN report"; "Europe looks to fossil fuels as Russian invasion sends energy shockwaves"; "Renewable energy drives fall in Australia's carbon pollution"; "Our climate window is closing, this is what needs to happen"; "The climate-change changes the politicians don't want to talk about"; "While Australia fights for coal, the Pacific fights for its survival"; "‘We can't wait to fix this': Why the latest IPCC report should spur action"; "The facts we need to face if Australia's coastal towns are to survive devastation"; "We must adapt how we live in face of floods, fires"; "The IPCC climate report is grim – but there is still room for hope"; "Britain's weather is becoming ever more extreme. Why are we failing to prepare?"; "Supreme Court Considers Limiting E.P.A.'s Ability to Address Climate Change"; "U.S. Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling at Home"; "Time Is Running Out to Avert a Harrowing Future, Climate Panel Warns"; "Athens Is Only Getting Hotter. Its New ‘Chief Heat Officer' Hopes to Cool It Down"; "‘Adapt or Die,' U.K. Environment Agency Warns on Climate Change"; "A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us."; "Sea Ice Around Antarctica Reaches a Record Low"; "These Climate Scientists Are Fed Up and Ready to Go on Strike"; "Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion"; "China Banished Cryptocurrencies. Now, ‘Mining' Is Even Dirtier."; "Extreme heat raises risk for mental health crises in U.S., study finds"; "Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)"; "Natural gas flares were behind dozens of early deaths in 2019"; "IPCC report forecasts impending and unavoidable climate hazards over the next two decades"; "UK Government announces boost for new renewable energy storage technologies"; "Sea-level rise could bring toxic floods to California coast"; "Climate change and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: A nexus?"; "New IPCC report highlights urgency of climate change impacts"; "The Latest U.N. Climate Report Paints Another Grim Picture"; "Reef protection money is useless if we're still refusing to properly cut emissions"; "What does the IPCC climate report mean for the Pacific"; "Huge renewable energy deal for 25 councils in NSW"; "Why scientists are 'weeding' coral reefs"; "NSW's severe weather hits Sydney; fourth death confirmed in Lismore"; "Canadian filmmaker, Avi Lewis"; "Climate Emergency Australia"; "UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide"; "EXCLUSIVE Tax energy firms' windfall profits to raise green cash, EU to tell countries - sources"; "In Lismore, this is more than a flood, it is a catastrophe – and I am still praying we will be saved"; "Want to help people affected by floods? Here's what to do – and what not to"; "IPCC report: Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change. It's where our focus should be as we prepare for inevitable impacts"; "As petrol prices rise, will carbon emissions come down?"; "Flood death toll mounts as Australians brace for more wild weather"; "How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action"; "Summary for Policymakers Headline Statements"; "After the floods comes the disaster of underinsurance: we need a better plan"; "‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history': climate scientists on the floods and our future risk"; "George Monbiot: Regenesis"; "Britain's weather is becoming ever more extreme. Why are we failing to prepare?"; "The High Cost of Ikea Furniture"; "Tasmania endures driest summer in 40 years, fourth driest since 1900"; "Climate change: IPCC report reveals how inequality makes impacts worse – and what to do about it"; "On land and sea, climate change causing 'irreversible' losses: UN": "Addressing global warming". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Atiya Jaffar (pictured), the senior digital specialist for 350.org in Canada, was the host for an event titled, "A Conversation With Climate Leaders: Where do we go next?" 350.org Canada and Council of Canadians held a conversation with community organizers Anjali Appadurai, Avi Lewis and local organizers to discuss the implications of the latest IPCC report on the climate emergency, and how we organize to win critical climate action to transition off fossil fuels fast. The webinar began with a "moment's silence" among attendees to recognize the events presentlyricocheting around the world. Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations

Guest: Jeremy Peters, Olivia Beavers, Avi Lewis, State Sen. Shevrin Jones, Zach CarterTonight: One year since his second impeachment trial, new reporting on White House "burn bags" and document seizure at Mar-A-Lago. And how Donald Trump has maintained his stranglehold of the Republican Party. Then, how America's anti-vaxxers politicians are fanning the flames of protests north of the border. Plus, as personal bankruptcies collapse to a 25 year low, why aren't Democrats taking more credit for the Biden boom?  

A movement of rural communities in El Salvador called La Coordinadora has led the way in community-based disaster preparedness, building a grassroots democracy movement, and influencing national policy. It's featured in the new film and book This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis. Hosted by Mariel Nanasi, Executive Director/President, New Energy Economy. With: Estela Hernández, El Salvadoran Congresswoman; Karolo Aparicio, Executive Director, EcoViva, La Coordinadora's U.S. sister organization; Avi Lewis, filmmaker, director of This Changes Everything. Recorded Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the national Bioneers Summit Conference in San Rafael, California.

The 44th Canadian election is happening Monday. Up for grabs are 14 ridings that are notable for Jewish voters, either because of their large Jewish populations or high-profile Jewish candidates. Sporting some of the highest profiles are Annamie Paul and Avi Lewis, who will try and make their marks by winning difficult seats; elsewhere, traditional battlegrounds in the Toronto area are proving to be tight races that could swing either to the Liberals or Conservatives. On today's special weekend edition of The CJN Daily, longtime CJN reporter Ron Csillag joins to walk us through the 14 ridings to watch for Jewish Canadians. What we talked about: Read "Canada Votes: A forshpeiz..." at thecjn.ca Read "Artist Charlotte Salomon comes to life in this new Canadian animated film" at thecjn.ca Credits The CJN Daily is written and hosted by Ellin Bessner (@ebessner on Twitter). Victoria Redden is the producer. Michael Fraiman is the executive producer. Our theme music is by Dov Beck-Levine. Our title sponsor is Metropia. We're a member of The CJN Podcast Network; find more great Jewish podcasts at thecjn.ca.

Recently, The Maple spoke with Cheryl Cameron at Dogwood B.C. who said that the time for toeing party lines is over, and that instead voters should be looking for "mavericks" — people who are going to push federal parties to do better on tackling the climate emergency and hold them accountable in the House of Commons.We sat down with filmmaker, educator and climate activist Avi Lewis, who is running for the NDP in the West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country riding.This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.Full interview transcript here. Subscribe to the Maple and get our daily newsletter covering the most important political issues and news for the 99%

Support this podcast Filmmaker, climate activist, educator, and federal NDP candidate Avi Lewis joins Team Advantage to discuss his leap into electoral politics. Was the reaction to his work at the 2016 federal convention what made him decide to toss his hat in the ring? How does he expect to maintain his integrity and his outspoken voice within this new setting? Why does Canada seem to be missing the left-populist moment? And what does he think of his family's legacy within the NDP? Follow Avi on twitter @avilewis and learn more about his campaign at avilewis.ca.

Filmmaker and activist Avi Lewis has just announced he’ll be running to be an NDP MP in the next federal election. He speaks to Jayme about why he’s decided to enter the political ring, and whether the NDP — and Canadians — are ready for his ambitious vision of a Green New Deal.

Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about Avi Lewis, Ontario's reopening and Quebec's unilateral constitutional gambit. What will it mean to federal politics if Quebec just declares itself a nation, constitutionally? Is tying Covid reopening to vaccines a good idea? And when's the last time you saw a "Honk if you're horny" bumper sticker? Zain Velji, as always, picks the questions and keeps everybody in line. But first, the headlines...

There are two very different ways of looking at who is doing best at rolling out the vaccines - the US or Canada.  Bruce Anderson has his take today on Smoke Mirrors and the Truth.  And what to make of Avi Lewis and his entry into federal politics.

Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV News; Karen McCrimmon, Liberal MP; James Bezan Conservative MP; Randall Garrison, NDP MP; Paul Workman, CTV News; Dr. Joss Reimer, Manitoba’s Vaccine Task Force; Paul Merriman, Saskatchewan Health Minister; Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star; Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail; Dr. Abdu Sharkawy, CTV News Infectious Disease Specialist; and Avi Lewis, NDP Candidate.

Today we'll be talking to Anne Kretzschmar. She's a coordinator with the Stay Grounded network which works on a global level to reduce air traffic and build a climate-just transport system. They recently published a paper entitled ‘A Rapid and Just Transition of Aviation: Shifting towards climate-just mobility‘ which was a big part of our conversation. Topics discussed: Social and environmental costs of airport projects The problem behind ‘carbon offsetting' Looking for just alternatives Tackling tax exemption for aviation How flying is already unjust The problem of frequent flyers Implementing actual limits (frequent flyer levee) Europe's lack of international booking for trains Trains can also be a problem (example of Maya Train project in Mexico) Wider question of asking what kind of mobility do we need and wand and how can we distribute it in a just way Taking the topic of jobs and labor seriously Impact of COVID-19 on aviation and what might come next Degrowth Change by Design or by Disaster Green New Deal for Gatwick How ‘bailouts' rarely actually support those most impacted by industry losses Alternative tourisms The importance of internationality and the centrality of environmental justice Supporting critical aviator workers Airport-related Injustice and Resistance map Recommended Books: Vision on Fire: Emma Goldman on the Spanish Revolution Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World by Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning A Message From the Future II: The Years of Repair by Naomi Klein video by Molly Crabapple, Opal Tometi, Avi Lewis

A virtual teach-in featuring movements leaders who came together to launch the short film, Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair. Watch the film here: https://theintercept.com/2020/10/01/naomi-klein-message-from-future-covid/ ---------------------------------------------------- What if 2020 was an historic turning point, where the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drove us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential? This virtual teach-in used the animated short film Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair to help envision this kind of a transition, and will features representatives from incredible organizations engaged in the kind of work that could make it a reality. Join Haymarket Books, The Leap, writer & producer Avi Lewis, and others for a conversation on the role of radical utopianism in a time of crisis Speakers: David Boys is PSI Deputy General Secretary and coordinates PSI's work on privatisation, climate and emergency workers and water, waste and energy utilities. David joined the PSI team in 1999. Public Services International is a Global Union Federation of more than 700 trade unions representing 30 million workers in 154 countries. It brings their voices to the UN, ILO, WHO and other regional and global organisations. It defends trade union and workers' rights and fight for universal access to quality public services. Cathy Kennedy is President of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), and Vice President of National Nurses United (NNU), the largest U.S. union and professional association of registered nurses. NNU is a founding affiliate of Global Nurses United. Annie Leonard is the Executive Director of Greenpeace US, the US office of the global Greenpeace network which is includes more than 50 countries. Greenpeace uses research, creative communication, people power and non violent direct action to create a green and peaceful future for all. Prior to Greenpeace, Annie created the Story of Stuff internet film and book. Avi Lewis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, journalist, and lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. In 2017, he co-founded and is now Strategic Director of The Leap – an organization launched to upend our collective response to the crises of climate, inequality and racism. He produced, and co-wrote with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Emmy nominated short film, Message from the Future and is producer and co-writer with Opal Tometi of the new short film, Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair Leila Salazar-López has served as the Executive Director of Amazon Watch since 2015. She is a mother, proud Chicana-Latina woman, and passionate defender of Mother Earth, the Amazon, Indigenous rights and climate justice. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/UjIcTHioAVU Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Peter Findlay, Jerry Dias and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Company Town, collective strength and the labour movement, false expectations, betrayal, raw capital without a conscience and resilience and resistance.TrailerWatch it on CBC GEM.Synopsis:In 2018, workers at General Motors plant in Oshawa were rocked by a bombshell just weeks before the Christmas holidays. After 100 years of production, GM announced it would be shutting down operations at the end of 2019 - despite receiving a multi-billion-dollar government bailout as recently as 2009. What was once known as ‘The City That Moto-vates Canada’ was shaken to its core.Unifor - the powerful national union representing the autoworkers - immediately went on a war footing.Launching a massive anti-GM media campaign, and calling for a boycott of GM vehicles, Unifor soon found an unlikely ally in rock superstar Sting, who – while in Toronto to perform in The Last Ship, his play about union struggles in England in the 1980s – stepped up to perform a solidarity concert for the GM workers. Firebrand Unifor leader Jerry Dias was adamant there would be no plant closure.Only two months later, in the late spring of 2019, GM came to the table with a new offer of enhanced settlement packages for its departing workers - and an agreement to retro-fit the plant to make automotive parts, but with the promise of only 300 jobs. While keeping any production at the plant was a partial victory for the union, the reality was that 2,300 GM workers would still be walking out of the plant for the last time at the end of the year.Equally devastating, the shutdown of the plant would also wipe out another 2,500 union jobs through a network of supplier companies whose existence was tied directly to GM assembling vehicles.Told through the wrenching personal stories of rank-and-file members of Unifor Local 222 in Oshawa, Company Town takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions as the clock ticks down to the closure of the plant. With exclusive access to Unifor President Jerry Dias and his senior negotiators, it’s the dramatic fight to the finish, with the fate of 5,000 workers and their families hanging in the balance.About Peter and Jerry:Peter D. Findlay is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has appeared on the CBC, CTV, Discovery Canada, TVO, ZDF-ARTE, History Canada, the National Geographic Channel and PBS, among others.A proponent of immersive, character-driven storytelling, Findlay is also a former staff producer at CBC’s The Fifth Estate and The National Magazine, as well as an alumnus of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.Since leaving the CBC in 2000, where he produced and directed a range of award-winning social issue and current affairs documentaries, Findlay has written and directed documentaries for virtually every major Canadian broadcaster, including Justin, a 1-hour profile of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (W Five, CTV); The Life & Times of Maude Barlow, a biography of anti-globalization leader Maude Barlow (CBC); Who Do You Think You Are – Avi Lewis?, an investigative documentary on Avi Lewis and his family’s radical roots back in the Eastern Europe of the 1880s (CBC); and Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits, a feature documentary on the failure of the war on drugs, shot in Vancouver, Washington, India, Tajikistan, and Portugal (TVO/ZDF-ARTE).Findlay has also directed a variety of documentaries in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Antarctica, and Scandinavia for Mighty Ships (Discovery Channel), traced the path of the Norsemen across Europe for The Real Vikings (History TV), and embedded in Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace to tell the story of the Ottoman Empire for Museum Secrets (Smithsonian Channel/History TV).A Gemini Award-winner for best sport documentary, the winner of three Remi Awards at Worldfest Houston, a Canadian Science Writers Award, and a finalist for best political/social documentary at HotDocs for The Paper King: The World of Conrad Black, Findlay’s film Raw Opium was also shown at the DOXO Documentary Film Festival and excerpted for broadcast on the PBS News Hour as part of the Economist Film Project.Jerry Dias is the Unifor National President, and is at the forefront of the fight for workers’ rights, equality and social justice.Jerry has been active in the labour movement since he started his work life at de Havilland Aircraft (now Bombardier Aerospace) where he served as President of Local 112. He went on to join the union’s national staff as aerospace sector coordinator and then became Assistant to the CAW National President. In 2013, he was elected as Unifor’s first National President at the union’s founding convention. Since then Unifor has grown to represent more than 315,000 workers in every sector of the Canadian economy. An effective negotiator, Jerry has taken on corporate giants to secure good jobs for members and create the economic basis for increased living standards and shared prosperity.Jerry assumed an active role in the USMCA as a consultant to the Canadian government and negotiating team where he consistently pushed to raise labour standards, maintain Canadian sovereignty and protect key domestic industries.A committed trade unionist, he has been vocal on emerging labour issues including precarious work, youth unemployment and underemployment, growing income inequality and lack of work-life balance while strongly advocating for LGBTQ rights, gender equality and the elimination of violence against women. Under his leadership, Unifor’s ground-breaking Woman’s Advocate Program has expanded into more than 350 workplaces.When he is not at the bargaining table, you can find him walking in a “Hope in High Heels” fundraiser for the Halton Women’s Place shelter or supporting a variety of local charities across the country.Called one of the most fearsome people in the country by Sun News, one of the most powerful by Maclean’s and Canada’s most influential union leader by Ottawa Life, Jerry has been named the Toronto Star Wheels’ 2016 Newsmaker of the Year and an Automotive News All Star for the past three years.Jerry’s mission is to strive to create progressive change for a better future.Image Copyright and Credit: Nomad Films and the CBC.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. 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The National Farmers Union celebrated its 50th annioversary in Winnipeg, Manitoba at their annual convention from November 24-27, 2019. Stuart Oke, the Youth President of the National Farmers Union, and Avi Lewis, Co-Founder and Strategic Director of the Leap, discuss climate change and what a Green New Deal could mean for the future of farming. www.nfu.ca www.theleap.org

Donald Trump's brand of populism seems to have brought out the worst in many people. But does it have to be that way? Reform Party founder Preston Manning thinks the right can channel populism for the greater good. Progressive activist and author Avi Lewis goes one step further and thinks the left can use the power of populism to "save the world." Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath hear from both and consider the potential for a populist wave in Canada. Erin Kelly, CEO of Advanced Symbolics, joins to give insight.

Avi Lewis, co-founder and strategic director of the Leap, shares the untold story of the Leap Manifesto, labour and the 2016 Federal NDP convention in Edmonton, Alberta. We’ll also talk about the pressing need to bridge the labour and climate justice movements, and what we can do to get there. The Leap is a coalition member of the Pact for a Green New Deal, alongside other groups such as the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, CUPE Ontario, Fight for $15 and Fairness, and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The Green New Deal envisions a just transition away from fossil fuels, implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and a massive expansion of low carbon, green jobs. I talked to Avi Lewis on Saturday, June 22 in Winnipeg, on the last stop of the Leap’s seven city tour across Canada to promote the Pact for a Green New Deal. www.greennewdealcanada.ca www.fridaysforfuture.ca https://www.mbenergyjustice.org/ -Bill 9- https://albertapolitics.ca/2019/06/the-strategy-behind-the-ucps-public-sector-arbitration-deferral-act-explained/ -Saskatoon Co-op AGM- www.co-opmembersforfairness.com https://briarpatchmagazine.com/saskdispatch/view/what-happened-to-the-saskatoon-co-op

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer; Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh; The Toronto Star's Tonda MacCharles, CTV News' Joyce Napier, CTV News Chief Political Commentator Craig Oliver, 'Leap Manifesto' co-author Avi Lewis and Nanos Research's Nik Nanos.

The Mueller Report drops and, yes, it’s pretty damning for the Trump administration. The biggest challenge for Democratic party leadership now seems to be how to continue to fan the flames of Russian outrage while not pulling the impeachment trigger. But will calls for impeachment growing sharper by the day, you’ve gotta wonder what kind of political gymnastics they will perform now that they have everything they said they needed to call for impeachment hearings. Still, Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer prefers to punt, instead of exercising the House’s Constitutional oversight authority. Bernie Sanders puts Fox on its heels at a town hall in Bethlehem. Later in the week, he said he’ll ban fracking and all new fossil fuel projects. Elizabeth Warren calls for a ban on all new fossil fuel leases offshore and on public lands. And, I’ve gotta agree with Doug Henwood on this one. Writing in Jacobin, Henwood’s article title says it all, “I Can’t Believe Elizabeth Warren Is Losing to These Guys.” Kirsten Gillibrand uses Ilhan Omar to stake out her “both-siderism” creds. But when it comes down to it, Gillibrand is right in line with the official party line as Democratic party leadership is failing horribly when it comes to responding to attacks on Ilhan Omar. It seems only the most progressive legislators have got Omar’s back. Stockton, California begins an 18 month pilot of a University Basic Income for 130 residents. On the brink of the first strike in Rutgers history, the faculty win a huge contract, proving once again that organizing for power pays off. NextGen is doing some serious organizing on the ground in Pennsylvania. Activists are getting students at Penn State registered to vote ahead of a special election in the PA 12. While a win for Democrat Marc Friedenberg will be an uphill battle, NextGen already has its sights set on 2020. On Wednesday of this week, NextGen held a town hall on West Chester’s campus with U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan. It was the season finale of Star Trek Discovery last night and launch of the final season of Game of Thrones last Sunday night. It’s been quite a week. I began watching Netflix’s new series, “Our Planet,” featuring the iconic narration of David Attenborough. It is a beautiful and devastating nature show that places climate change front and center. The BBC also aired David Attenborough’s special, “Climate Change - The Facts” on Thursday. Naomi Klein, and Avi Lewis team up with The Intercept to release “A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” a beautifully animated letter from an imagined future in which the Green New Deal passed and has been put into practice. Free Will releases a brand new fruited IPA for you this Saturday, 4/20. Sleight is a fruited Double IPA with passionfruit, coconut, and a touch of vanilla. 9.1% ABV. On draft and 4-pack cans available this Saturday in both Perkasie and Peddler’s Village taprooms.

Why do personal emergencies feel more urgent than collective ones? How can we activate our collective emergency response systems to address the crises of climate, racism and inequality we face? For inspiration, we talk to Varshini Prakash (@VarshPrakash), co-founder and executive director of the Sunrise Movement about the bold idea known as the Green New Deal.  The GND is a vision for radically transforming the country’s systems — from energy to infrastructure, housing, food and transportation — in order to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, avoid catastrophic global warming, and create millions of good jobs in the process. And if insurgent Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) and the Sunrise Movement have their way, it’s going to be a major campaign issue leading up to the U.S. election in 2020. But is there anything intrinsically American about a Green New Deal? As Canada heads into a federal election year, we explore the opportunities and challenges of bringing the GND frame here.   Special thanks to Aluma Sound  for our theme music. To find out more, or to support this podcast, check out our page at The Leap.

It’s election year in Canada, and The Leap is launching a brand new podcast hosted by Avi Lewis and Maya Menezes. Change Everything is a podcast for everyone who is freaking out about climate, racism and inequality, and wants solutions as big as the crises we face. In our first episode we’ll talk about the bold idea known as the Green New Deal with Varshini Prakash, one of the co-founders of the Sunrise Movement in the United States. And we’ll explore the opportunities and challenges of bringing the Green New Deal frame to Canada. The first episode drops February 12. Get ready.

Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe; Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; Former CSIS director Dick Fadden and former foreign affairs minister John Manley; Leap Manifesto’s Avi Lewis, The Globe and Mail's Robert Fife, The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles, CTV News Chief Political Commentator Craig Oliver and former immigration minister Chris Alexander.

From May 8 to 12, delegates from across the country gathered in Toronto, Ontario for the Canadian Labour Congress convention; Canada's largest labour convention. This year's theme was Together for a Fair Future. rabble.ca reported from the convention floor where we set up a booth, and gathered video, photographs and stories. On this rabble radio, a selection of highlights of the weekend's proceedings. Here is what you'll hear: 1. Meagan Gillmore has been rabble's labour beat reporter since March of this year. The Canadian Labour Congress was her first chance to experience the field and meet many people from the labour movement in one place. Sophia Reuss spoke with Gillmore about her job and the labour movement. The labour beat reporter position happens through a partnership between Unifor, the Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) and rabble.ca.  2. Angela Davis has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. She emerged as a prominent activist in the 1960s, especially for her involvement in the American Civil Rights movement. Her work as an educator — both at the university level and in the larger public sphere — has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice. Listen to an excerpt from her address on Sunday May 7 as part of the CLC Human Rights Forum: Disruption is Power.   3. Avi Lewis spoke on Tuesday, May 10 with a panel discussing The Leap Manifesto. In this excerpt, he discussed some of the conceptions and misconceptions that have prevented the manifesto from receiving unanimous support in the labour movement.  Thanks to Sophia Reuss and Braden Alexander for helping put this show together, and to Emily Parr for making the Angela Davis recording available to us. rabble radio is hosted this month by Victoria Fenner, who is also the rabble podcast network's executive producer.  Image:  Frank Saptel, one of rabble's loyal supporters who dropped by the rabble booth to say hello. Photo by Maya Bhullar, rabble.ca Like this podcast? rabble is reader/listener supported journalism.

Community elders, youth musicians and activist/journalist Avi Lewis call upon the Ontario government to clean up mercury contamination in Northwestern Ontario affecting Indigenous communities.

Author and professor Peter Linebaugh discusses his new book, The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day. Later in the show filmmaker Avi Lewis discusses worker-owned factories in Argentina, and Laura focuses on the intersectional feminism of 19th Century Anarchist Lucy Parsons. Peter Linebaugh is professor emeritus at the University of Toledo, and the author of many books, including the Magna Carta Manifesto; Stop Thief, The Commons, Enclosures and Resistance, and his newest, The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day. Avi Lewis is a filmmaker known for The Take, co-directed by Naomi Klein, and This Changes Everything, a documentary on climate change and resistance, released in 2015.

The NDP tossed Tom Mulcair because they "lost" the last elections? Really? He is one of the only reasons they came close to winning. Brian explains why Mulcair is getting a raw deal. Darrell Bricker from Ipsos Public Affairs join Brian to explain the reality of the NDP based on polling. David Akin joins the show to explain why Bill Morneau's numbers don't add up. Ezra Levant on the Halifax school story and the media freak-out. Plus Brian on Liberal shenanigans with fundraising, tax shelters and why Avi Lewis is wrong on socialism.

Moyers & Company's Michael Winship writes: A week and a half ago, just as a blizzard was barreling up the East Coast, I traveled to my hometown, Canandaigua, NY, and before a standing-room-only audience of more than 400 at Finger Lakes Community College, had a conversation with author and climate activist Naomi Klein. Our talk was part of the George M. Ewing Forum, named in honor of the late editor and publisher of our local newspaper. He was a worldly and informed man, dedicated to good talk and a lively exchange of ideas. The forum brings to town a variety of speakers each year, some of them from the area, others not. The Finger Lakes region is a beautiful part of the country. As has often been said, it runs on water, and as I grew up, there was an increasing realization that what we have is an invaluable natural resource we could be in danger of losing. Over the years, the threats have grown ever more complex with greater hazards revealed as pollution and development have encroached on the landscape. As a result, much of our audience was composed of environmentalists and concerned citizens, including a contingent from We Are Seneca Lake, the grass roots campaign fighting against the use of crumbling salt mines under the hillsides to store fracked natural gas and liquefied petroleum gases. (One of its leaders is biologist, mother and Moyers & Company guest Sandra Steingraber.) The conversation with Naomi Klein was billed as “Capitalism vs. The Climate: Reflections on the 2015 UN Climate Conference,” and while we certainly spoke a great deal about that recent climate agreement in Paris, our talk ranged more widely as we discussed her life and work, politics, the continuing right-wing denial of global warming, and the climate justice movement. Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. She’s a member of the board of directors for 350.org, the global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Among many other honors, in 2015 she received The Izzy Award – named after the great writer and editor IF Stone -- celebrating outstanding achievement in independent journalism and media. Klein's most recent book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, was shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards in the nonfiction category. A documentary based on the book, directed by Avi Lewis, was released last fall. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

The climate crisis is our best chance to build a better world - and the people most affected by the destruction are in the forefront of coming up with alternatives. We'd better listen to them. That's the message of a new film from this week's guest, Avi Lewis, director of the new film This Changes Everything, inspired by the bestselling book by his wife Naomi Klein. Avi Lewis co-created and hosted the award-winning Al Jazeera documentary series Fault Lines, and The Big Picture on CBC Television. His first documentary, The Take, followed Argentina's legendary movement of worker-run businesses. Also: Laura discusses women leading the charge for change around the world.

Towards the end of the new movie, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein, author of the book that inspired the film, notices something about who's leading the charge for change. They come from sacrifice zones, the very same places the powers that be have written off for environmental or ecological devastation. There's another thing about those leaders too. From Beijing to Montana to the Alberta Tar Sands, those in the front lines of resistance are women. In one stirring scene, Indian grandmothers plant themselves in front of the filmmaker's car, refusing to let it pass until they're sure its bound for the village not the nearby coal mine. In another, a Chinese filmmaker asks her daughter if she's ever seen blue sky and the film of the encounter attracts millions of viewers in a week. There's Naomi, too, of course. In her book, she touches on her struggle to get pregnant and her suspicions about pollution. My point though, isn't that female biology explains female behavior. I don't believe it. But women's experiences are relevant. I think women are in the forefront of the struggle against sacrifice zones because women and those seen as female, know a thing or two about being sacrificed. Take right now. Every armed force from ISIS to the UN seems to agree that women's bodies can be sacrificed for the purposes and pleasure of soldiers.So too, women's work. A new McKinsey study reports that women are still doing 75 percent of the unpaid work around the world. In the U.S. alone, that adds up to $1.5 trillion in value each year - sacrificed. All too often our lives and life-chances are just too inconvenient to mention. When Pope Francis on his trip to the US, met for a moment with an opponent of marriage equality - it caused a firestorm. The fact that he was surrounded the entire time by men and an institution that opposes female equality - was met with a respectful hush. "Women," as Barbara Kruger so famously said, "your body is a battleground." So It's no surprise we know a thing or two about sacrifice zones -- and for that matter, about resistance. You can watch my interview with Avi Lewis, Director of This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs. the Climate, this week on The Laura Flanders Show on KCET/LINKtv and TeleSUR and find all my interviews and reports at LauraFlanders.com. To tell me what you think, write to Laura@LauraFlanders.com. http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/growth/how_advancing_womens_equality_can_add_12_trillion_to_global_growth

This conversation was a real pleasure for me. Listen to Avi chat about neo-liberalism, why movements are essential, a future of radical change, why he has hope and why his film this film is really about finding meaning through story, relationships and validating others.Film SynopsisDirected by Avi Lewis and produced in conjunction with Naomi Klein’s best-selling book of the same name, This Changes Everything is an urgent dispatch on climate change that explores how our violent disregard for our planet has endangered both it and ourselves, and how resisting this abuse and opposing the forces that propagate it can have a profound — even revolutionary — impact upon the makeup of our society.With Klein serving as narrator and guide, the film examines several individual cases worldwide — from ranchers in Montana dealing with floods and an oil spill to grandmothers in Greece protesting the arrival of a Canadian gold-processing complex, from fishermen in India rejecting a coal-fired power plant to migrant workers in Fort McMurray drowning their sorrows — to show both the ravages of unchecked capitalist “development” and some of the grassroots initiatives that have begun to combat them.Filmed on several continents over a period of three years, This Changes Everything argues that the greatest crisis we have ever faced also offers us the opportunity to address and chere orrect the inhumane systems that have created it.BiographyAvi Lewis is a filmmaker and TV host with a 25 year history of pushing the boundaries of mainstream media. He is the director of the feature documentary This Changes Everything, inspired by the bestselling book by Naomi Klein.His first documentary, The Take (2004), followed Argentina’s legendary movement of worker- run businesses. It premiered at the Venice Biennale and was released theatrically around the world.He co-created and hosted both Al Jazeera English Television’s acclaimed documentary series Fault Lines, and the ground-breaking The Big Picture on CBC Television.Watch the trailer hereVisit the website for more info.And get Naomi’s book here that inspired the film. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the fall of 2013, Alberta's Finance Minister Doug Horner announced major changes to the pension plans Alberta's frontline workers in health care, education, emergency services, cities, towns, colleges, and universities pay into. The Labour Coalition on Pensions represents 200,000 frontline workers who pay into Alberta's public sector pension plans and approximately 90,000 retirees. The Coalition argues that Horner's proposed changes will slash pension values by more than 25% after 2016 and front-line workers in physically demanding jobs can no longer retire at 60. Are the workplace pensions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s a thing of the past? Will future retirees have any chance at the income security today's retired people currently enjoy? Are public sector pension plans actually unsustainable, as the Alberta government says they are? The speaker will argue that the battle over pensions chips away at income security for Alberta's middle class and presents the possibility of significant inter-generational strife when today's young people are likely to be more retirement-insecure than any generation since the end of WWII. Speaker: Shannon Phillips Shannon Phillips holds an Honours BA in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. She was Jack Layton's first Alberta organizer for the federal NDP in 2003. After the 2004 federal election, she moved on to work as the Alberta NDP Director of Communications at the Legislature. Shannon moved to Lethbridge in 2006 when she started a successful consulting practice to NGOs and labour unions and began writing for magazines. She also worked as a TV producer on a CBC Newsworld international affairs show, On the Map with Avi Lewis. Shannon has been nominated for several magazine awards for her publications in AlbertaViews. Shannon has worked for the Alberta Federation of Labour since 2009, where she is a senior policy analyst, focusing on energy economics, Alberta's labour market, and health care. She is one of the staff behind the Labour Coalition on Pensions campaign, truthaboutalbertapensions.ca Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch)

In the fall of 2013, Alberta's Finance Minister Doug Horner announced major changes to the pension plans Alberta's frontline workers in health care, education, emergency services, cities, towns, colleges, and universities pay into. The Labour Coalition on Pensions represents 200,000 frontline workers who pay into Alberta's public sector pension plans and approximately 90,000 retirees. The Coalition argues that Horner's proposed changes will slash pension values by more than 25% after 2016 and front-line workers in physically demanding jobs can no longer retire at 60. Are the workplace pensions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s a thing of the past? Will future retirees have any chance at the income security today's retired people currently enjoy? Are public sector pension plans actually unsustainable, as the Alberta government says they are? The speaker will argue that the battle over pensions chips away at income security for Alberta's middle class and presents the possibility of significant inter-generational strife when today's young people are likely to be more retirement-insecure than any generation since the end of WWII. Speaker: Shannon Phillips Shannon Phillips holds an Honours BA in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. She was Jack Layton's first Alberta organizer for the federal NDP in 2003. After the 2004 federal election, she moved on to work as the Alberta NDP Director of Communications at the Legislature. Shannon moved to Lethbridge in 2006 when she started a successful consulting practice to NGOs and labour unions and began writing for magazines. She also worked as a TV producer on a CBC Newsworld international affairs show, On the Map with Avi Lewis. Shannon has been nominated for several magazine awards for her publications in AlbertaViews. Shannon has worked for the Alberta Federation of Labour since 2009, where she is a senior policy analyst, focusing on energy economics, Alberta's labour market, and health care. She is one of the staff behind the Labour Coalition on Pensions campaign, truthaboutalbertapensions.ca Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch)

In the fall of 2013, Alberta's Finance Minister Doug Horner announced major changes to the pension plans Alberta's frontline workers in health care, education, emergency services, cities, towns, colleges, and universities pay into. The Labour Coalition on Pensions represents 200,000 frontline workers who pay into Alberta's public sector pension plans and approximately 90,000 retirees. The Coalition argues that Horner's proposed changes will slash pension values by more than 25% after 2016 and front-line workers in physically demanding jobs can no longer retire at 60. Are the workplace pensions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s a thing of the past? Will future retirees have any chance at the income security today's retired people currently enjoy? Are public sector pension plans actually unsustainable, as the Alberta government says they are? The speaker will argue that the battle over pensions chips away at income security for Alberta's middle class and presents the possibility of significant inter-generational strife when today's young people are likely to be more retirement-insecure than any generation since the end of WWII. Speaker: Shannon Phillips Shannon Phillips holds an Honours BA in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. She was Jack Layton's first Alberta organizer for the federal NDP in 2003. After the 2004 federal election, she moved on to work as the Alberta NDP Director of Communications at the Legislature. Shannon moved to Lethbridge in 2006 when she started a successful consulting practice to NGOs and labour unions and began writing for magazines. She also worked as a TV producer on a CBC Newsworld international affairs show, On the Map with Avi Lewis. Shannon has been nominated for several magazine awards for her publications in AlbertaViews. Shannon has worked for the Alberta Federation of Labour since 2009, where she is a senior policy analyst, focusing on energy economics, Alberta's labour market, and health care. She is one of the staff behind the Labour Coalition on Pensions campaign, truthaboutalbertapensions.ca Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch)

In the fall of 2013, Alberta's Finance Minister Doug Horner announced major changes to the pension plans Alberta's frontline workers in health care, education, emergency services, cities, towns, colleges, and universities pay into. The Labour Coalition on Pensions represents 200,000 frontline workers who pay into Alberta's public sector pension plans and approximately 90,000 retirees. The Coalition argues that Horner's proposed changes will slash pension values by more than 25% after 2016 and front-line workers in physically demanding jobs can no longer retire at 60. Are the workplace pensions of the 70s, 80s, and 90s a thing of the past? Will future retirees have any chance at the income security today's retired people currently enjoy? Are public sector pension plans actually unsustainable, as the Alberta government says they are? The speaker will argue that the battle over pensions chips away at income security for Alberta's middle class and presents the possibility of significant inter-generational strife when today's young people are likely to be more retirement-insecure than any generation since the end of WWII. Speaker: Shannon Phillips Shannon Phillips holds an Honours BA in Political Science and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of Alberta. She was Jack Layton's first Alberta organizer for the federal NDP in 2003. After the 2004 federal election, she moved on to work as the Alberta NDP Director of Communications at the Legislature. Shannon moved to Lethbridge in 2006 when she started a successful consulting practice to NGOs and labour unions and began writing for magazines. She also worked as a TV producer on a CBC Newsworld international affairs show, On the Map with Avi Lewis. Shannon has been nominated for several magazine awards for her publications in AlbertaViews. Shannon has worked for the Alberta Federation of Labour since 2009, where she is a senior policy analyst, focusing on energy economics, Alberta's labour market, and health care. She is one of the staff behind the Labour Coalition on Pensions campaign, truthaboutalbertapensions.ca Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr S Cost: $11.00 (includes lunch)

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