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DSU Election Round-up Part 1: Senate Reps

March 15, 2010 David Parker 3 comments
Senate Rep candidate Maggie Lovett

Senate Rep candidate Maggie Lovett

Listen: Interview with Maggie Lovett

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Senate Rep candidate Carly Nicholson

Senate Rep candidate Carly Nicholson

Listen: Interview with Carly Nicholson

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Senate Rep candidate Christian Browne

Senate Rep candidate Christian Browne

Listen: Interview with Christian Browne

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Senate Rep candidate Ben Wedge

Senate Rep candidate Ben Wedge

Listen: Interview with Ben Wedge

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Citizens denounce criminalization of black youth

June 17, 2009 Asaf Rashid No comments

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HALIFAX – On Tuesday, June 16, Operation Wake Up host Asaf Rashid interviewed Keslyn Adams and El Jones, both members of the Black Inspiration Network Nova Scotia (BINNS), a citizen’s group that is organizing a march and rally against the criminalization of black youth.

BINNS cites numerous recent examples in the Halifax region of racism, including recent expulsions of black youth from local high schools, as well as an incident at the Dartmouth Sportsplex.In these cases, numerous black youth were rounded up and sent to the police station. The reason for the police actions remain unclear.

Keslyn Adams is a mother of one of the expelled youth, and El Jones is a King’s College professor and poet. They discussed the racist treatment within the justice and the education system towards young black community members.

Jones and Adams also spoke about their hopes for the future, and how we can find inspiration in this situation, as the name of their group suggests.

The march and rally will take place on Saturday, June 20th, at 2 pm. Participants will gather in the Halifax Commons, then march down to Gottingen street, past the police station, and up to the George Dixon Centre, where there will be a community barbecue, including entertainment for the whole family.

To listen to the half hour program, including a poem by El Jones entitled ‘War against Black Women’, Click on the link below.

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Program length 31 minutes. High quality mp3, variable kbps.

Music:

KRS-One – Sound of the Police

Dead Prez – Police State.

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Capitalism and the Economic Crisis of 2008

December 3, 2008 David Parker No comments

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The economic crisis of 2008 has been the worst ever in global history. Is capitalism safe from crises or are they bound to occur? Under the free market model, are they avoidable or are they the product of a free market capitalist system where corporations and speculators are allowed to run rampant?

Featuring an interview with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) by Aaron Lakoff from CKUT in Montreal.  John Clarke looks at the economic crisis, upcoming elections and the effects on the poor. According to OCAP, while the rich get bailed out, the poor get homeless.

In Miami, the ‘Take Back the Land’ collective, a group of 10 volunteers, is helping homeless and recently evicted to get housing by liberating foreclosed and empty homes.  They chose to take illegal direct action in order to meet the immediate and obvious needs of a growing urban homeless population in North America.

To listen to the hour long program, click here.

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