direct action

Reportback from Occupation of Minister Garneau's Office over Trans Mountain Pipeline

Jon Milton — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 21:56:07 +0000

Youth Want More From Liberals Than Selfies

MONTREAL, QC – Early on Friday Nov.

enbridge valve site sabotaged - again

snaveg — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 07:45:08 +0000

line 9 shut off & line 7 valve tampered with in hamilton, on

our hearts were bursting with love and cheer after hearing of the many times our friends have courageously shut down pipelines in recent months. so in the early hours of january 25,2016 we found our own courage and took action against enbridge and their line 9.

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Why Activists Must Continue to Block Flow of Tar Sands Bitumen Through Line 9B

widge — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

Recent blockings have had great results and needs to be repeated on a rotating affinity-based

Last Monday, December 7, 2015 three protesters locked themselves to a valve they closed along Enbridge's Line 9B pipeline as it enters Québec from Ontario. The valve controlling flow of tar sands bitumen was turned off by one of the protestors prior to the lockdown, effectively cutting the flow of up to 100,000 barrels of the world's dirtiest oil for 10 hours.

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Lockdown on Line 9 Infrastructure at Quebec-Ontario Border - Monday Dec 7

David Gray-Donald — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 15:23:47 +0000

Pipeline beginning to flow amid concerns over lack of emergency plan and First Nations consent

Several people have locked themselves to infrastructure of Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline this morning, Dec 7, near where it crosses the Ontario - Qubec border in the municipality of St-Justine-de-Newton. This action has caused Enbridge to stop the flow of oil as of now.

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Gord Hill on Warrior Culture

Candice Pauline — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:19:41 +0000

Interview on decolonization, warrior culture, and indigenous resistance with Gord Hill, a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation and author of The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book.

He writes under the name Zig Zag at warriorpublications.wordpress.com.

Cooper Union and the fight to free education

Stefan Christoff — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:14:56 +0000

Interview with student Victoria Sobel from Free Cooper Union

Students at Cooper Union school in New York City are currently occupying the office of the president’s office, protesting a recent decision to end more than a century of free tuition for undergraduates.

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CKUT Radio: Understanding the Crash co-author Eric Laursen

Stefan Christoff — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:44:49 +0000

listen to interview with writer/activist Eric Laursen

Listen to an interview with writer/activist Eric Laursen co-author of Understanding the Crash, a graphic book on the financial crisis in the US. This interview details stories of community organizing and popular resistance to the fallout of the US financial crisis in recent years, stories that are detailed in the recently published book Understanding the Crash illustrated by Seth Tobocman.

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CKUT Radio: Protesting police brutality at McGill

CKUT News — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:32:02 +0000

professor Michelle Hartman speaks on significance of police repression at McGill.

Listen to an interview with professor Michelle Hartman recorded at McGill University on 11/11. This interview highlights a solidarity protest for students and McGill community members who faced police brutality on McGill campus during the #nov10 Quebec-wide student strike.

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CKUT Radio: Montreal protest against G20

CKUT News — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:47:23 +0000

report on Montreal street demonstration against the G20

Listen to a report on the Montreal protest against the 2011 G20 summit in France. Hundreds gathered in downtown Montreal to voice opposition to the G20 as an unaccountable financial institution rooted in neo-liberal economics that have lead to the current financial crisis internationally.

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Werking For Ourselves

glamarchy — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:18:05 +0000

Queers Take Pride off the Market

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The Algonquin Resurgence

Martin Lukacs — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:14:14 +0000

Quebec minister’s visit to First Nations takes me down memory lane from 50 years ago

Some news has come across my e-mail that the Wolf Lake Algonquin community in Quebec has been given a grant of some $200,000 by the Quebec government to rebuild a camp located on the shore of Lake Kipawa, which will be developed into a centre for ecotourism.

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Protestors Bring Taste of Senegal's People-Power to Ottawa

Martin Lukacs — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:25:50 +0000

Senegalese-Canadians rally at embassy to denounce President Wade and demand fair elections

OTTAWA--“Nadem, nadem, nadem!”

Chants of “He must go!” in Wolof – the indigenous Senegalese language – resounded through the usually quiet residential neighbourhood of Ottawa’s Sandy Hill, the home of the Senegalese embassy.

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A Mohawk perspective on the Eska Water boycott

Stefan Christoff — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:30:00 +0000

interview with journalist Clifton Nicholas via Kanesatake

Listen to an interview with journalist and social activist Clifton Nicholas, from the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, on the recently launched AD campaign by Eska water corporation across Canada and the corresponding grassroots boycott campaign in response.

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Fifth radio segment of the Montreal Media Co-op/Cinquième segment radiophonique de la Coop média de Montréal

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:55:40 +0000

Tuesday, June 14 on CKUT's Off the Hour

News Briefs: a week in protest

Montrealers cry police brutality in face of recent shootings
Saint-Henri residents protest the growing gentrification of their neighborhood
Formula 1 is denounced for supporting a car-dependent society

Feature
La marche pour une moratoire d'une génération arrives in Montreal

Dispatches from Dakar I

Stefan Christoff — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:25:41 +0000

Patrick Bond on mobilizations against UN climate summit Durban 2011

Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

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