Sandy and Nora talk politics

Sandy Hudson & Nora Loreto
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Jul 8, 2024 • 6min

DN - looming strike for BC longshoremen, +186K Gazans estimated dead, the left wins in France

Story 1 - ILWU Local 514 set to strike, but the employer is set to lock them out. Story 2 - New report details horrors of residential school to push back against residential school denialism. Story 3 - The Lancet estimates that the death toll in Gaza could be higher than 186,000. Story 4 - Environmental activists jailed in Cambodia.  Story 5 - France's leftwing coalition beats back the fascists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 5, 2024 • 7min

DN - 150 markers found at fmr residential school, LCBO workers strike and Jeremy Corban wins (ok, labour too)

Story 1 - 150 anomalies have been found at the site of the former residential school at Pimicikmamak.Story 2 - Strike at the LCBO for the first time in the Crown's history. Story 3 - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Western refuse to leave. Story 4 - Israel moves to make the biggest land grab in the West Bank since the Oslo Accords. Story 5 - With a small percentage of the popular vote, Labour careens to victory in the UK.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 4, 2024 • 8min

DN - PEI jails release men into homelessness, 47 people killed by cops in Canada in 2024, Israel continues its genocide

Story 1 - Brian Nadler's first degree murder charges tossed out on Day 1 of his trial.  Story 2 - The John Howard Society of PEI warns that there are a high number of people being released from jail into homelessness. Story 3 - Legal Aid Alberta is about to cease operations over fight with the province about funding and control. Story 4 - 47 people killed in police-involved incidents so far this year in Canada. Story 5 - Nearly 20 dead in Khan Younes, Israeli settlers burn fields south of Hebron and attack fire services so they can't put the fires out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 3, 2024 • 7min

DN - UofT wins injunction, sex assault lawsuit against EMSB, secret trials to deport Iranians from Cda,

Daily news for July 3, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 2, 2024 • 44min

Canadian decay

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what Canadians can learn about the current political crisis in the United States, and how Canada is hurtling towards the same demise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 2, 2024 • 8min

DN - WestJet mechanics win, Israel may invade Khan Younes, fascists win round 1 of French election

Story 1 - Winnipeggers rally for more international students to be able to stay in Canada. Story 2 - WestJet mechanics make gains after strike.  Story 3 - Israel tells people to clear out of Khan Younes sparking fears of a new ground invasion there. Story 4 - Fascists win 33% of the vote in France and Macron's party will make the difference in trying to get the leftwing regroupment ahead in next rounds of voting.  Story 5 - A UN working group calls for Imran Khan to be released from prison. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 28, 2024 • 11min

DN - OPP kill man, safe injection site closes in Timmins, deaths at Northvolt in SWE and inside Iran's election

Story 1 - OPP shoot and kill man in part that hosted armed resistance against the Department of Indian Affairs 50 years ago. Story 2 - Safe injection site in Timmins to close due to a lack of provincial funding. Users warn that this will murder people.  Story 3 - Karima Manji will serve three years in prison over fraudently getting her daughters enrolled as Inuit. Story 4 - An inside look into lobbyists for TC Energy and the NDP government of BC. Story 5 - 3 workers die mysteriously at a Sweedish Northvolt plant. Story 6 - a look at the Iranian presidential elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 27, 2024 • 9min

DN - Cop facing charges is promoted, Frank Stronach charged again, massive asset dump in oil & gas

Story 1 - Mountie was promoted and is back on duty even though he is facing charages for shooting someone.  Story 2 - Bus driver at fault in crash that killed 17 people will not face charges. Story 3 - Frank Stronach is facing more sexual assault charges.  Story 4 - Massive asset dump in global oil and gas industry. Story 5 - Bolivia's attempted 4-hour coup.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 26, 2024 • 8min

DN - Ottawa cop charged in sex assault, Libs trounced in Toronto, Kenyan cops arrive in Haiti

Story 1 - Uday Jaswal, former deputy chief of the Ottawa Police has been charged in the sex assault of a woman. Story 2 - The University of Waterloo issues a tresspass notice to the pro-Palestinian encampment there, something that the students call "absolutely nonsensical." Story 3 - The Liberals shit the bead in Toronto-St. Paul's. Story 4 - Julian Assange is free! Story 5 - Kenyan police arrive for their mission in Haiti, just as Kenyan police kill protesters in Nairobi over anti-austerity protests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jun 25, 2024 • 46min

Modern day slavery expands in Canada

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the temporary foreign worker program and how the number of workers who are in Canada through the program has doubled since 2018. Plus: what are the pitfalls to calling a foreign military a terrorist entity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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