Audio and Podcasts

CKMS News - 2021-04-28 – An interview with 1492 LandBackLane spokesperson Skyler Williams

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jun 03, 2021 03:53 AM

This episode features an interview with Skyler Williams, the spokesperson for the 1492 LandBackLane land reclamation camp on Haudenosaunee territory at Six Nations in south-west Ontario.

AW@L Radio - 2020-07-03- Cheyanne Thorpe - Sir JAM Statue Protest in Baden

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jul 19, 2020 01:43 PM

This is a short interview with Cheyanne Thorpe, an Indigenous woman and resident of Waterloo Region, who has been organising protests and public pressure against the placement of the Sir John A MacDonald statue in a public park in Baden Ontario.

AW@L Radio -2019-12-20 - Gentrification, Racism, and The Duke Corner Store

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jan 08, 2020 04:07 PM

The Duke Corner Store in downtown Kitchener has been an important neighbourhood resource for years and is now under pressure from the building's landlord and other forces to close. This episode features an interview with Kitchener based human rights activist Julian Ichim, who has been working with Nadine as she pushes back against eviction, police harassment, and racist institutions.

AW@L Radio - 2019-12-27 - Stacey Gomez - Supporting the Roblero Morales family

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Dec 28, 2019 02:21 PM

Today we speak with Stacey Gomez, a member of No One is Illegal Halifax/K’jipuktuk, and one of the many people working to support the Roblero Morales family as they struggle through the difficult process of seeking asylum and permanent residency from the Canadian state.

AW@L Radio - 2019-10-04 - Continued Violent Attacks on A Kitchener Tent City

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Oct 13, 2019 11:35 AM

This episode features a press release from the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs demanding a CGL stop work in their territory. The remainder of the show is a discussion with Julian Ichim and Jamie on the recent attacks on tent cities in Waterloo Region as well as the opioid poisoning epidemic.

AW@L Radio - 2019 08 16 - Grassy Narrows River Run 2019

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Aug 23, 2019 04:37 PM

On this episode of AW@L Radio you will hear voices from the 2019 Grassy Narrows River Run protest which took place June 20th 2019 in Toronto. Check out freegrassy.net for more information on the struggle against colonial violence and for justice at Grassy Narrows.

AW@L Radio - 2019-08-02 - John Hawke arrested as Awenda Park Blockade is dismantled and the Oshkimaadziig camp cabin razed

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Aug 05, 2019 12:13 AM

In this episode we get an update from John Hawke, an Anishinabek man from the Beausoleil First Nation and long time activist, who was arrested on July 28th 2019, after more than a month of organising a blockade and camp outside the entrance to Awenda provincial park. We also hear from Verna Friday, who is working with John on his legal defense.

AW@L Radio - 2019-06-21 - Oshkimaadziig camp and the National Indigenous Peoples Day blockade of Awenda Park.

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jun 23, 2019 01:03 PM

An interview with John Hawke, an Indigenous man from the Beausoleil First Nation and long time activist, who on June 21st, 2019 - a day the Canadian state has proclaimed to be National Indigenous Peoples day - set up a blockade outside the entrance to Awenda provincial park north of Midland in Ontario.

AW@L Radio - 2019-05-10 - Julian Ichim Arrested as Robin Hood

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified May 17, 2019 03:32 PM

An quick interview with long-time community activist and organiser Julian Ichim in which we get an update about Julian's current legal situation and the ongoing overdose prevention and tent city campaigns.

AW@L Radio - 2019-03-01 - A Toronto winter with unreliable heat, power, and water in Timbercreek owned apartments

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Mar 19, 2019 03:23 PM

An interview with Louisa, a person working to support residents of 103-105 West Lodge Ave in Toronto as they have faced intermittent heat, power, and water service in their apartments from at least February 2019. The two high rise apartment buildings were recently bought by the multinational asset management firm Timbercreek who have focused on evicting residents through the landlord tribunal while letting the buildings fall further into disrepair.

AW@L Radio - 2019-03-01 - Pop-Up Overdose Prevention In KW

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Mar 05, 2019 10:40 AM

Focusing on the ongoing war on drugs and the resultant public health emergency, this episode opens with the trailer for the new podcast "Crackdown" which features "Drug user activists covering the drug war as war correspondents", and continues with an interview with organisers of a "Pop-Up Overdose Prevention Site" in Kitchener-Waterloo.

AW@L Radio - 2018-11-23 - Support CUPW, Support the Workers, Reject Neoliberalism!

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Dec 12, 2018 11:16 AM

Practicing their neoliberal ideology, the federal liberal government of Justin Trudeau introduced legislation to end the postal worker strike, as Doug Ford's conservatives also attacked workers rights with bill 47 in Ontario. Also, who will stop police budgets?

AW@L Radio - 2018-09-21 - Callout to counter PEGIDA on Oct13 and Know Your Fashy Symbols!

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Oct 03, 2018 11:52 PM

A callout to counter the PEGIDA demo in London on October 13th, a mention of an article "regarding lindsay shepherd", and a new visual guide to alt-right and fascist symbols.

AW@L Radio - 2018-09-07 - Undercover Outed in Hamilton, #PrisonStrike2018, and Why environmental justice activists should fight fascists.

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Sep 14, 2018 11:37 PM

An infiltrator is outed in the Hamilton activist scene and environmental justice organisers are urged to join and expand the fight against fascists forces at home and abroad. Also some #PrisonStrike and #PrisonRadio audio.

AW@L Radio - 2018-06-29 - Animal Cruelty Whistleblower Malcolm Klimowicz

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jul 02, 2018 01:51 AM

On this episode of AW@L Radio we are joined by animal-cruelty and fur-farm whistleblower Malcolm Klimowicz to discuss his arrest and censoring, his work with the endfurmfarming.com campaign, and the first day of the #minktrial, which is scheduled for July 5th 2018.

AW@L Radio - 2018-06-15 - The political persecution and medical torture of activist Julian Ichim

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jun 16, 2018 12:19 AM

On this episode of AW@L Radio radio we hear from Kitchener ontario based human rights activist Julian Ichim who recently had 2 crowdfunding campaigns, aimed to pay for their prescription medication, shut down at the request of the US government.

AW@L Radio 2018-06-01 - Conservative Corruption, and Harm Reduction Voting (for the NDP)

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified Jun 04, 2018 03:24 PM

with a provincial election in ontario on june 7th, this AW@L Radio highlights the corruption, bigotry, ignorance, and malice represented in the candidates for the conservative party. AW@L Radio host , dan kellar, also advocates for voting for the NDP as a harm reduction measure, to keep the dangerous policies of the conservatives and liberals out of power, and make life a little easier for everyone (but the rich).

AW@L Radio - 2018-05-18 - Welcome Refugees, Resist Racists

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified May 28, 2018 02:20 AM

for this AW@L Radio, we have a few updates about confronting racists and fighting for justice for all migrants, and an article along with audio on the outing of alt-right nazis. #EndImmigrationDetention #PunchNazis

AW@L Radio - 2018-05-11 - Resisting Racists and Free Speech Warriors (again...)

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified May 19, 2018 03:43 PM

as anti-racists plan to counter a far-right march in Quebec, anti-racists in Ontario challenge racist academic francis widdowson as she was hosted by the "laurier society for open inquiry". also the canadian anti-hate network (CAN) has launched and will work to track far-right movements.

AW@L Radio - 2018-05-04

— by Grand River Media Collective — last modified May 08, 2018 10:35 PM

this quick edit of an episode of AW@L Radio has an update of the ongoing issue of the students organising under the group name "laurier society of open inquiry" (LSOI), who keep trying to host and platform speakers who support/are racist, white nationalist, and/or anti-Indigenous rights under the shield of "free speech". also an update on the shameful canadian government efforts to block more asylum seekers from entering canada.