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On ep36 of Habibti Please Nashwa Khan and Geneviève Nevin host Jeremy Corbyn and Paul Rogers in advance of Selling Death: Why the International Arms Trade Must be Controlled, an upcoming event hosted by Egypt Watch and Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project. Join Jeremy Corbyn, Paul Rogers, and Geneviève at the event on Saturday, July 17th, 2021, at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and 4 p.m. London time here. This episode explores the arms trade and why we must move towards disarmament. The international arms trade fuels forever wars, bloody occupations, and the military-industrial complex. The detritus of war and occupation will linger long after militaries leave the countries they ravage. As this episode highlights, COVID-19 serves as a canary in the coal mine; a warning for how things can only get worse if change does not happen now. A virus cannot be nuked, yet the rush to create and sell arms from the imperial core has continued without challenge even during the pandemic. The Corbyn Peace and Justic

This is a public excerpt from ep32 of Habibti Please. Get access to the full conversation with Vincent Bevins at habibtiplease.substack.com/subscribe The austerity measures that were first implemented during the pandemic will not ease post-pandemic. Global vaccine apartheid continues to exist and it seems that only those in North America with relations outside of North America or to communities. It feels eerily familiar for people who straddle worlds to be aware that “back to normal” means back to normal for people completely detached from the global reality of how COVID continues to ravage people outside of the imperial core. This episode takes a look at how the world we all now came to be. One where vaccine apartheid is normalized for so many. One where extermination programs and coups are staples. In this episode Shaadie and Nashwa interview Vincent Bevins, author of the Jakarta Method. Nashwa and Shaadie approached this episode with the thought and care they approach other work with. They wanted to hon

A new reader-supported digital media outlet is making a major push to bring back progressive, hard-hitting news coverage to the Toronto region. On Harbinger Society Presents ep15 The Hoser co-editors-in-chief Shannon Carranco and Kevin Taghabon join host Andre Goulet to talk about the future of their incredibly exciting new project and explain why it's crucial to support independent alternative media in the GTA. Plus: Progress Report host Duncan Kinney reveals why he's filed papers with Elections Alberta to run in the province’s October 2021 Senate Nominee Election and Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown cancels Canada Day from rural Prince Edward Island on a new Solitary Thoughts. This panel was recorded on June 28th, 2021.

What went into starting the CCF— the precursor to today's NDP? What was the working-class and socialist response to the deep depression and government inaction of the 1930s? How did prior struggles and experiences contribute to the formation of this new party, and how did they envision changing the world? Nashwa Khan of Habibti Please joins Team Advantage to discuss this fascinating historical moment. For more AA episodes and to find out how to support the show go to https://albertaadvantagepod.com/ For more on Nashwa's work with Habibti Please go to https://habibtiplease.substack.com/

“Do your research!” We’re hearing it more and more these days. On S1 of this timely narrative podcast hosts Mathieu Charlebois, Liane Décary-Chen and Colin Boudrias contribute a comedically comprehensive critique of the QAnon conspiracy phenomenon, en francais, fucking with their algorithms so that you don’t have to. On ep1 of 'Faisez vos recherches!': When Hubert Reeves tried to explain QAnon he got a huge migraine, so we've grabbed a bottle of Advil to give it a try. Hear the full season 1 wherever you get your podcasts! ******************************* «Faites vos recherches!», répètent constamment les complotistes. Mathieu Charlebois, Liane Décary-Chen et Colin Boudrias ont suivi le conseil, et ils décortiquent les croyances de la complosphère tendance Qanon. Ils ont fucké leurs algorithmes pour ne pas que vous ayez à le faire. Sur cette episode: Il paraît qu'Hubert Reeves a déjà essayé d'expliquer QAnon, pis il a pogné une solide migraine. On cale une bouteille d'Advil et on s'essaie à notre tour.

On a new Big Shiny Takes hosts Eric Wickham, Marino Greco and Jeremy Appel sit down with Palestine House board member and psychotherapist Hammam Farah (@HumHum83) and Israeli-Canadian pal and OffCourt and Drum Circle Jerk co-host Eytan Tobin (@RabbiDieHardman) to explore how Israel, like Canada, is a fake ass genocidal settler state. For those who haven’t been paying attention, Israel recently attacked Gaza killing about 250 people, including dozens of children, after provoking violence at al-Aqsa Mosque. And this time something feels different. People are actually taking Palestinian perspectives seriously. But over at Postmedia, of course, it’s business as usual. On this episode the panel talk about two Sun columns that regurgitate the usual Hasbara talking points about how Israel is never wrong and you’re all a bunch of anti-Semites. Support the Big Shiny Takes Institute at https://www.patreon.com/bigshinytakes Find out more about #JusticeForJavier at https://tdsbremoteteachersupportgroup.wpcomstaging.c

On an auspicious episode 20 host Charlie Demers welcomes BC’s Attorney General & Minister for Housing for a conversation on political culture, pandemic, & complicated inheritances. Plus: a special surprise appearance by Charlie's daughter, adorably interrupting a conversation about the housing market! Find out more about David's work as the MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey at https://davidebymla.ca/ Get early access to the show by stepping in the chit-chat and subscribing to Charlie's excellent Substack at https://charliedemers.substack.com/people/14775259-charlie-demers or find new episodes one week after release wherever you get your podcasts!

On the inaugural Harbinger Society Presents live recording it's an evening of history and hard questions on Canadian exceptionalism as Nashwa Khan and Shaadie Ali of Habibti Please and Deathnography's Henry Lee join host Andre Goulet for a conversation on Vincent Bevins' excellent 2020 book 'The Jakarta Method', Ottawa's Victims of Communism Memorial, how to fight for justice for Palestine and more. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown makes a bold proposal for another kind of monument in our nation's capital. Special thanks to Zaid Siddiqui for research on this episode. Hear the Q&A by supporting the community with a small monthly contribution at https://harbingermedianetwork.com/ Support Habibti Please and check out episode 30 featuring conversations with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the framers of the 2021 NDP convention resolution at https://habibtiplease.substack.com/p/episode-30-with-palestine-youth-movement Hear Henry Lee's conversation with Bevins on a recent episode of Deathnograph

On this episode Press Progress investigative reporters Emily Leedham and Stephen Magusiak join host Andre Goulet for a Winnipeg/Calgary/Montreal power panel exploring the provincial purgatory of pandemic Alberta. Plus: journalist and 'The Forgotten Corner' co-host Scott Schmidt describes Medicine Hat's recent super-spreader event, Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown reports on bad bosses from rural PEI and the panel does a deep dive into Emily's expose on how the federal government's CEWS is helping to sustain and support scab labour. You can read the report at https://pressprogress.ca/companies-providing-scab-labour-to-saskatchewan-refinery-wont-say-if-they-spent-emergency-wage-subsidies-on-scabs/ Follow Stephen and Emily's reporting at https://pressprogress.ca/ Find more of Scott's work at https://medicinehatnews.com/author/scottschmidt/ and https://www.forgottencornerpod.com/ Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) and 'Dwarf Planet' (Gurdonark) is courtesy of Creative Commons

On episode 12 housing rights advocate David DesBaillet presents Housing Party, a recurring interview-length Harbinger Society segment exploring the crisis of housing in Canada, for a conversation with organizer and social housing policy scholar Josh Hawley on the recent victory for tenants in Ottawa’s Sandy Hill neighbourhood, the disturbingly cozy relationship between Doug Ford’s Conservatives and Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Tribunal and how Josh's tweet about about Ottawa mayor Jim Watson made him a target of academic cancel culture. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown re-lives some truly creepy landlord trauma on a new installment of ‘Solitary Thoughts’. Find David and Josh on Twitter @DDesBaillets and @SqwashHawley Find Josh’s book ‘Villages in Cities’ at http://blackrosebooks.net/products/view/Villages+in+Cities%3A+Community+Land+Ownership%2C+Cooperative+Housing%2C+and+the+Milton+Parc+Story/83754 Find more of Paul Cargnello’s music at https://paulcargnello.bandcamp.com/ Introduction music cou

Three-term Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi joins hosts Scott Schmidt and Jeremy Appel just days after announcing he will not be running for another term in office this fall for an intimate and refreshingly candid conversation reflecting on the journey that led him to become one of the most well-known municipal leaders in the world and the first Muslim mayor in Canadian history. For more episodes of the show go to https://www.forgottencornerpod.com/ Support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/forgottencornerpod

Work It is a sketch comedy podcast about jobs, working & capitalism, written and performed by Janet Mowat and Sam Allemang. This week’s episode includes a Quarantine Novel, the Highs & Furloughs game show, Socially Distanced Fatalities and more. Get more of the best in anti-capitalist Canadian comedy at https://widgetmag.com/ and subscribe to the show at https://widgetmag.com/workit/ or wherever you get your podcasts!

On a super stoked pre-convention panel housing activist and Etobicoke NDP organizer Bri Gardner and co-president of the Jeunes Néodémocrates du Québec Gabriel Masi join host Andre Goulet to discuss policy priorities, shifting the party to the left, Jagmeet's vibes and the mixed legacy of Thomas Mulcair. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown suffers Mulcair nostalgia and places a pensive personal ad, community and political organizer Jessa McLean explains why she's campaigning to bring the NDP back to its roots as a socialist alternative to the mainstream and we pull out a warm welcome for anti-capitalist sketch comedy podcast Work It as new Harbinger community members Janet Mowat and Sam Allemang pitch a variety of questionable new show ideas at the HMN corporate head office in episode opener 'The Big Deal'. Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) and 'Dwarf Planet' (Gurdonark) is courtesy of Creative Commons. Opening track 'Not Epic Just Light' was composed by Henry Lee. Find Henry's narra

On an UNLOCKED endless election spectacular Drew Brown, Alicia Morry and Paris Marx in St. John's join host Andre Goulet to discuss Newfoundland and Labrador's unique political culture and reveal the most surprising billionaire of all. Plus: the panel reviews 2019 federal election campaign songs in the lead-up to what could be a nation-wide Spring 2021 vote. And: comedian James Brown embraces controversy with a critical take on the character and values of Newfoundlanders and left video satirist PropaGanada performs a 'Ballad for Billionaires'. Follow the infinite campaign with all of the excellent coverage at theindependent.ca including The Indy podcast and a recent piece from Alicia at https://theindependent.ca/2021/02/26/is-hindsight-20-20-breaking-down-the-2021-nl-election-saga/ Hear the globally popular 'Tech Won't Save Us' and find out more about Paris' work at https://techwontsave.us/ Watch 'Ballad for Billionaires' at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgN7r293MU See Progressive Conservative lea

It's the one-year anniversary of the pandemic and there's a whole lot to feel disillusioned by! Fortunately on a new 49th Parahell, none other than renowned author & activist Naomi Klein joins the show to speak with host Rob Rousseau as she expresses maybe the most radical idea of all: that, maybe, just maybe, things might be starting to get a bit better. www.patreon.com/robrousseau

In 2001, a campaign to reconstitute the NDP into a new party emerged, calling itself the New Politics Initiative. It proposed a party with stronger links with social movements and the anti-globalization campaigns that had been growing over the previous years, and had some high-profile spokespeople. What happened with this initiative? What was the response from within the NDP? Can anything be learned from this effort to reshape the NDP towards a more explicitly left-wing vision? Listeners may also be interested in this 2018 episode, The Waffle, the NDP, and Full Breakfast Socialism.

On an unlocked new episode of Harbinger Society Presents the panel buries Federalism as writer Nora Loreto (Sandy and Nora Talk Politics), chemist Ada McVean and podcaster extraordinaire Aliya Pabani (We Are Not the Virus) join host Andre Goulet to discuss what the colliding crises in long-term care, homelessness and academia tell us about the limitations of government in an increasingly fake country after almost a year of pandemic trauma. Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown gets something off of his 'chess' and Forgotten Corner hosts Jeremy Appel, Scott Schmidt and Dr. Roberta Lexier weigh in on the insane possibility of a spring federal election. Music on this episode 'Algorithm' (Chad Crouch) and 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) is courtesy of Creative Commons. Opening track 'Not Epic Just Light' was composed by Henry Lee. Find Henry's narrative ethnography show ‘Deathnography’ wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Nora, Ada, Aliya, James, Henry, Jeremy, Scott & Roberta on Twitter at @NoLore, @

On a new episode Work It's Sam Allemagne and Janet Mowat join host Andre Goulet for a Game Stop struggle session, then Lana Polansky, Hugh Stewart and Andrew Neville convene to lament Jon Kay's hair care regime, praise the rising tide of the Democratic Socialists of America of Canada's new political initiative and play an exciting round of ‘Hit or Miss’ with Sandra Coupland's new erotic thriller ‘Xi’s the One'. Plus: Harbinger Atlantic correspondent James Brown weighs in with a controversial choice to replace Julie Payette as Governor General, a call for gamer representation at Rideau Hall and Hugh comes down hard against the enduring legacy of Stan Rogers. Follow Andrew, Hugh, Lana, Janet, Sam and James on Twitter at @andrewneville, @hghstwrt, @mechapoetic, @supernanify, @scallemang and @atjamesbrown Hear Andrew and Hugh's maritime Marxist legacy show 'Dog Island' and the left comedy of Sam and Janet's 'Work It' wherever you get your podcasts and check out Canada's new home for left satire and humour at w

On an unlocked S2, E2 of the Harbinger Society Presents host Andre Goulet welcomes Roberta Lexier, Jeremy Appel, Scott Schmidt and Mo Cranker of The Forgotten Corner podcast as we celebrate FC's addition to the network with a wide-ranging and astutely analytical conversation on being wary of Jason Kenney's decline and why progressive Albertans need to push the provincial NDP to the left. Also: Danielle Smith's long history of cancellation and some casual cursing and coarse prairie humour! And: Andre laments Keanu Bexte's banal border drama as he unpacks Rebel Media's incredible capacity for grifting rubes on a flight to Hawaii with Katelyn Miitri and Jody Tomchishen from the Imperial News podcast. Plus: PEI/Montreal comedian James Brown on cat economics and making lifetime subscriptions to the media we trust. This conversation comes courtesy of our pals at Passage. Find the best in online Left Canadian thought and opinion at https://readpassage.com/ and find out more about the Harbinger community of Left

On an extra-length Season 2 launch Abdul Malik and Eytan Tobin introduce their new Harbinger-exclusive sports, history and politics podcast Offcourt and preview upcoming episodes including Cricket as Decolonial Praxis, How the ‘Miracle on Ice’ was a Cold War Turning Point and Why Amar’e Stoudemire Became a Zionist. Plus: a PEI 2020 news round-up with comedian James Brown, a special presentation of the SOCIALYMPICS from the Toronto/Hamilton Left sketch comedy show Work It and an excerpt from a conversation with General Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions Tapan Sen on the November 26th mobilization of 250 million workers in an unprecedentedly massive General Strike, courtesy of Mostafa Heneway and Stephan Doucet at CKUT 90.3FM's Labour Radio. Harbinger Society Presents is hosted and produced by Andre Goulet in Montreal. This conversation comes courtesy of our pals at Passage. Find the best in online Left Canadian thought and opinion at https://readpassage.com/ and find out more about the Harbinge