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Best podcasts about herman rosenfeld

Latest podcast episodes about herman rosenfeld

Ricochet's Unpacking the News
The Intersect: Fighting for a Free Transit Future

Ricochet's Unpacking the News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 44:42


What kind of challenges come with organizing in the midst of a public health crisis? On a new episode of UtN's summer series 'The Intersect', Free Transit Edmonton's Juan Felipe Vargas Alba and Free Transit Ottawa's Julia Szwarc join host Andre Goulet to explore the rapid growth of the Free Transit movement and how it intersects with police violence, labour, class and race. Audio on this episode features Herman Rosenfeld, author of ‘Toronto: Challenging the Impossible' on CityNews Toronto. Find out more or get involved at https://freetransitedmonton.ca/ and https://freetransitottawa.ca/ This conversation was recorded on June 8th, 2020 Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/unpackingthenews

Labour News With A Steel Edge
John Humphrey and Herman Rosenfeld TTC Riders

Labour News With A Steel Edge

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 60:00


John Humphrey sits with Herman Rosenfeld of TTC Riders to talk about the issues faced by TTC today and the road blocks Doug Ford is putting up to having those issues fixed.

Working People
GM Layoffs - Solidarity

Working People

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2018 179:00


2018: On the Monday after Thanksgiving, General Motors workers in the U.S. and Canada learned of the company's announcement that it would be idling five plants and cutting around 14,000 jobs. In this urgent, multi-episode series, we will be talking to workers at plants in Ohio, Michigan, and Canada. In the fourth and final part of this series, we speak with activists, workers, scholars, and writers to get a range of perspectives on the GM layoffs, the plight of workers in the U.S. and beyond, and what we need to do--all of us--to collectively fight back against exploitation and to build a better world.  Guests: Will Bunch, Sherry Linkon, Dnitra Landon, Abdul El-Sayed, Herman Rosenfeld, Cynthia Thornton  We are sending a huge, heartfelt thanks to all the workers, organizers, and activists who helped us put this series together. Special thanks to: Steve Maher, Cheryl J, and Kyle Minton.   Additional links/info below... Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, "G.M. to Idle Plants and Cut Thousands of Jobs as Sales Slow"  CBS News, "GM Layoff Announcement Sparks Outrage - and Stock Increase" Leyland Cecco & Mike Elk, The Guardian, "'No Jobs on the Horizon': Workers Respond to General Motors' Decision to Close Plant" Ron Jacobs, CounterPunch, "The Legacy of Lordstown"  Will Bunch, The Inquirer, "In 1970s, Workers at this GM Plant Tried to Reinvent the American Dream. Instead, They Watched It Fade Away"  Sherry Linkon & John Russo, CityLab, "With GM Job Cuts, Youngstown Faces a New 'Black Monday'"  Sam Gindin, The Bullet, "The Auto Crisis: Placing Our Own Alternative on the Table"  Kim Scipes (ed), Building Global Labor Solidarity in a Time of Accelerating Globalization   Leslie Barrett, WFMJ, "'Drive It Home' Campaign Continuing to Help Save GM Lordstown Plant"  Good Jobs Nation website  #Shame Campaign website  Southpaw Michigan website    Featured Music (all songs sourced from the Free Music Archive: freemusicarchive.org) Lobo Loco, "Malte Junior - Hall" Menhirs of Er Grah, "Some Days" Marissa Anderson, "Cloud Corner" Cletus Got Shot, "Work These Hands"  Tan Low, "Road Song" Rachel Mason, "Rebel Angels"  Scott Holmes, "Together We Stand"

Oats for Breakfast
Episode 06: Free Public Transit w/ Herman Rosenfeld

Oats for Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 26:46


Canadians consider healthcare to be a right — we don't think the amount of money people have should determine whether they can see a doctor. Is it possible to think of public transit as a public good? We talk to Herman Rosenfeld, a member of Free Transit Toronto, to explore the idea of free public transit.

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Talking Radical Radio
TRR ep. 184 (Sep. 7/2016): Fighting for free public transit in Canada's largest city

Talking Radical Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 28:16


In episode #184 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Stefan Kipfer and Herman Rosenfeld. They are active with Free Transit Toronto, an activist network focused on a long-term vision of high quality and completely free public transit, as well as on supporting short-term organizing that seeks winnable immediate reforms that move in that direction. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/09/07/trr-free_transit_toronto/

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Alert! Radio
Alert! Radio - Episode 203

Alert! Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2012


Who will make the best leader of the NDP and does it matter? Some surprising answers from Murray Dobbin, Corvin Russell, Simon Tremblay Pepin, Josh Brandon, Herman Rosenfeld, Stefan Christoff.

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Alert! Radio
Alert! Radio - Episode 202

Alert! Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2012


Micheal Vonn, Policy Director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association discusses soon-to-be introduced “lawful access” bills to expand police surveillance powers. The federal government has announced that it will soon be introducing legislation to increase the ability of police to intercept private communications and access more personal information stored electronically. Steven Staples, President of the Rideau Institute takes on pro-war lobbyists at the Conference of Defence Associations, part of an increasingly powerful National Security Establishment in Ottawa. Canadian Dimension labour columnist Herman Rosenfeld analyses the anti-union campaign shaping up in Canada and laments about the weak state of the labour movement’s opposition.

Alert! Radio
Alert! Radio - Episode 188

Alert! Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2011


With another economic downturn threatening, York University Professor and author David McNally returns to explain how the decision to bail out banks at the expense of the public sector has lead to the current predicament and what social and labour movements can and should be doing to protect the interests of the working class Labour studies professors, David Camfield of the University of Manitoba and Herman Rosenfeld of McMaster University put into context the elections in Manitoba and Ontario respectively.

Alert! Radio
Alert! Radio - Episode 129

Alert! Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2009


David Jacks of the Canadian Federation of Students discusses the importance of public water campaigns and the developments to manage Winnipeg’s water department. Herman Rosenfeld reviews a recent ‘Workers Assembly’ in Toronto, held to develop partnerships in the labour activist community. DAM (Da Arabian MCs), a Palestinian rap group fresh off a recent Canadian tour, discuss their influences and their politics. Mitch Podolak uses ‘Music is the Weapon’ to explore the music of floods and hurricanes (trust us, it works).

Alert! Radio
Alert! Radio - Episode 118

Alert! Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2009


Richard Fidler talks about Bill C-19 and Mohammad Momin Khawaja, the first person to be sentenced under Canada’s post-9/11 terrorism laws. Herman Rosenfeld looks at the efforts to save the North American auto industry and in particular the concessions agreed to by the CAW. Bryan Evans describes the devastating impact of the economic crisis on Ontario. Music is the Weapon features The Mothers.