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Talking podcasts

rey-2010-03-16c.mp3The rpn's Meagan Perry explains what podcasts are, how you can use them and what she's looking to include in the rabble podcast network.To find out more about Redeye, check out our...

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#102 - Olympics and epic struggles

rr102.mp3In this podcast: talking election violence in Manila, a little more Olympic activism, fish farming on vacant city land in Toronto. We also bring you the music of Caracol and Alejandra Ribera,...

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Paralympics - the last 'bastion' of pure sports and international competition

While the Olympics are more about marketing athletes as products to a televised audience, the Paralympics are about the love of sports.Paralympics - the last 'bastion' of pure sports and international...

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Migrant workers demand unpaid wages

rey-2010-03-25d.mp3Much of the construction that went on in Vancouver prior to the 2010 Olympics was done by foreign temporary workers. Some of the workers have now ended up being owed large sums of...

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Diversity of Tactics, February 13 and the Black Bloc

Monday, April 5, 2010 I am not a fan of the Black Bloc action on February 13th during the march in downtown Vancouver, or of what I see as anti-democratic and unproductively hostile responses. On the...

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VANOC Vans to Fight AIDS? Vancouver Street Nurses Petition for an Olympic Legacy

The street nurses featured in the film Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing are calling on the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games to dedicate former Olympic...

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Whistler homeowners rally against asphalt plant

Whistler homeowners took to the streets on July 24 to stop the Cheakamus asphalt plant. (Photo: Pina Belperio)Whistler municipality gaining more opponents as asphalt plant controversy escalates

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One year later, Vancouver plans another Olympic circus

It is a likely truism that there's a sucker born every minute, but only in Vancouver would those so defined revel in their "sucker-dom." Or worse, even pay to re-brand themselves as such all over...

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Killing of sled dogs stun 'dog-crazed' Whistler residents

Whistler is used to being in the limelight for skiing and lifestyles of the rich and famous, so allegations of a dog massacre are a hard pill to swallow.Whistler local reflects on sled dog killings

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Patriotism on parade in advance of Vancouver's Olympic anniversary

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel," as Samuel Johnson aptly noted over two hundred years ago. American writer Ambrose Bierce later added, "... I beg to submit that it is the first." H. L....

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Will Russia's 2014 Winter Games be moved to Whistler?

Whispers abound that Whistler and Vancouver may get the Winter Games in 2014 because of Sochi's problems.Will Olympics return to Whistler in 2014?

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Tent city challenges Olympic Village housing

rey-2011-03-19a.mp3Redeye speaks with one of the people involved in setting up a tent city in the former Athletes Village on the anniversary of the tent city set up during the 2010 Olympics. Activists...

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Indie Inside: The Rebel Spell

Is this show currently playing? March 31, 2011 Vancouver band The Rebel Spell are bringing together the fractured punk community, creating an inclusive and positive scene. YouTubeRebelSpell.jpgThe...

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Canada, still colonial

Hayden King.mp3On this week's episode of Progressive Voices, we speak with Dr. Hayden King, professor in the Indigenous Studies program at McMaster University, on Stephen Harper being named honourary...

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Sochi vs. Vancouver: Does either Olympic city really win?

You can change the conversation. Chip in to rabble's donation drive today!As the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi approaches, it is natural to compare the coming Olympics Games to those...

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