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Jan 17, 2021

The boys from The Alberta Advantage—Clinton, Rory, Tyler—visit Sweater Weather to gab about the boys from the trailer park—Ricky, Julian and Bubbles. That’s right, we’re talking Trailer Park Boys!

It's one of the best Canadian television shows ever, and one of the few to find an international audience. And...


Jan 16, 2021

Will the next federal election spell doom for the NDP, out maneuvered by the Conservatives for working-class voters?

I talk to Steven C. High, professor of history at Concordia University and author of the recent article for Canadian Dimension, "Right-wing populism and the realignment of working-class politics in...


Jan 13, 2021

How has deindustrialization impacted the working class in Canada and around the world? In what ways is deindustrialization, a side effect of global capital constantly seeking cheaper labour, shaping the politics of our time? Will the next federal election spell doom for the NDP, out maneuvered by the Conservatives for...


Jan 1, 2021

I’m delighted to talk to Sam Gindin, co-author of The Making of Global Capitalism (2012) a modern classic, as well as the more recent but no less essential The Socialist Challenge Today  (2020) both co-written with his long-time friend and colleague Leo Panitch. From 1974-2000, Sam was the director of research at...