Ep. 18 - Constructing a Left-Feminist Foreign Policy with Kaliene Jackson

07/29/22 • 68 min

This week we're taking another look at Canada's foreign policy, through the framing of Ed Burmila's "Naught by NATO" -- an article we've referenced before.
Since the last time we tried to talk about this was frankly a bit embarrassing, we brought in a ringer to help us stumble through. Kaliene Jackson has studied the rhetoric and impacts (and the gap between them) of Canada's Feminist Foreign Aid program and helps us envision what a truly leftist foreign policy would look like.

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Ep 17 - Demand the Impossible

We've been taking a little summer break and this week we're bringing you an episode we recorded in the midst of the Ontario election. As a bulwark against the ongoing trudge into barbarism and cynicism, we've dreamt up some grounded, realistic "demands" to immediately make worker's lives materially better.
Steve takes a quick look at improvements that could immediately improve housing affordability, desirability and walkability. And continues to gind his axe about landlords.
Tim (of course) wanted to talk about trains.
H-hey guys? We really should fix that enviornment, eh?
And: Is $15 "Fair"? Is $20 "Plenty?" We're well overdue a raise -- and a union.
Some stuff we mentioned:
The Trains that Subsidize Suburbia - GO Transit Commuter Rail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWjtpzCIfA
"How Are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics" by Ryan Cooper
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250272348/howareyougoingtopayforthat
IPCC Sixth's Assessment
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-ii/
Fifteen and Fairness
https://www.15andfairness.org/
Francis Bourgeois, TikTokker Loves Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfM6DFn_h58