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The Breach Show

A bi-weekly podcast from The Breach featuring sharp commentary on politics and movements in Canada.

  1. JAN 10

    The sun sets on Justin Trudeau’s progressive neoliberalism

    Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs reflect on Justin Trudeau’s almost decade in power, from the initial psychic relief of Conservative Stephen Harper’s ousting to the grim accumulation of symbolic Liberal postures and assists to Canada’s corporate elite. Plus, what Justin deserves real credit for.

    55 min

  2. 2024-12-19

    Who’s afraid of Chrystia Freeland?

    In the wake of Chrystia Freeland’s explosive departure from the Liberal cabinet, Martin Lukacs and El Jones discuss the establishment media’s infatuation with Ottawa’s palace intrigue and what the future for a hobbled Trudeau government might look like. Plus, we answer listener questions just in time for the holidays.

    37 min

  3. 2024-12-12

    Why this Canadian mayor is criticizing her city’s spiralling police budget

    Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish recently generated headlines when she stepped down from her local police services board, calling the city’s escalating police budget “out of control.” Desmond Cole visits her office to discuss her resignation and the alternatives to policing.

    18 min

  4. 2024-11-28

    A weekend at the Davos of warmongering

    It was a big week for the military-industrial complex in Canada, with the west’s war-making establishment convening in Halifax for the annual International Security Forum (then hopping over to Montreal for a NATO summit).  El Jones fills Martin Lukacs in on her attempts to report on the Security Forum, where the hand towels were plush, the security uptight, and the drumbeat for increased Canadian military spending strong.

    28 min

  5. 2024-11-24

    Little Nazi-sympathizing surveillance state on the prairie

    Independent journalist Duncan Kinney of Progress Report was charged with mischief for allegedly spraypainting two monuments dedicated to Nazis and their collaborators—a charge he says the Edmonton Police have used to surveil and silence him. Kinney sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss his case.  To donate to Kinney's legal fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/duncan-kinney-legal-defense-fund

    25 min

  6. 2024-11-14

    UN expert on how Canada helps shield Israel from accountability

    Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s ‘crystal clear’ complicity in the Israeli destruction of Gaza and the ‘hope that remains in this darkness.’

    20 min

  7. 2024-10-31

    Trump vs Harris, the view from Canada

    As Americans hit the polls next Tuesday, El Jones and Martin Lukacs hash out the U.S. election campaign, the folly of pandering to the right, neoliberal identity politics, the implications for Palestine, the threat of Trump, and their respective halloween costumes.

    28 min

  8. 2024-10-24

    How movements can organize to defeat Pierre Poilievre

    With a potential Pierre Poilievre Conservative government on the horizon, Martin Lukacs, Anjali Appadurai, Syed Hussan, Judy Rebick, and Laura Walton discuss how to organize in the face of a surging right.

    1h 12m
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A bi-weekly podcast from The Breach featuring sharp commentary on politics and movements in Canada.

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  • Creator
    The Breach
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © The Breach
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