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Activism in Traditional Taumako Culture

Source: Media for Social Change - CITIZENShift ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅

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This week’s podcast comes from the Outer Voices Project, a multi-media series documenting the stories of women peace activists from the traditional cultures of the Pacific Islands and the Asian Pacific Rim.
The Story of Lata looks at how nga Taumako, the people of a remote part of Solomon Islands, strive to sustain their ancestral practices [...]

Black Flags, Books and a Burgeoning Movement

Source: Media for Social Change - CITIZENShift ⋅ June 17, 2008 ⋅

The Montreal Anarchist Book Fair, the largest such event anywhere in North America, rolled out the red (and black) carpet this May bringing in hundreds of participants from across the continent to take part in a two-day exchange of books, films, zines, workshops, and stories.
Group discussions centered around some of today’s most timely topics [...]

Aggro-Fuels: The Mean, (Un)Green, Monoculture Machine

Source: Media for Social Change - CITIZENShift ⋅ May 28, 2008 ⋅

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This week’s podcast examines the complex issue of agrofuels, otherwise known as ‘biofuels’, which, in the midst of a global energy crisis and climate change frenzy, are being touted as the savior to our fossil-fuel based economy.
Unfortunately, the perils of these fuels are seldom brought up in the media, or within public discourse. Land [...]

Architecture of the Occupation

Source: Media for Social Change - CITIZENShift ⋅ May 15, 2008 ⋅

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Today is the 60th anniversary of Al-Naqba –otherwise known as ‘The Catastrophe’ when over 700,000 Palestinians became refugees almost overnight. To mark this very important date, CitizenSHIFT brings you a fresh new two-part podcast examining one facet of the many obstacles the Palestinian people struggle against in their everyday life: that of the physical and [...]

On the Matter of Tar Sands & Indigenous Lands

Source: Media for Social Change - CITIZENShift ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅

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This week’s podcast examines the impact of the Alberta Tar Sands on First Nations communities in the region featuring an interview with Clayton Thomas-Mueller. Thomas-Mueller, of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation (Pukatawagan) in Northern Manitoba, is an activist for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice.
With his roots in the inner city of Winnipeg, Thomas-Mueller’s humble beginnings [...]