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In collaboration with Jamhoor, Oats for Breakfast hosts a discussion on the ongoing public health catastrophe in India.

Those interested in supporting relief efforts in India can find a list of organizations and people looking for donations here: https://mutualaidindia.com/

Oats chats with post-doctoral fellow Adam King about the failed attempt to organize an Amazon fulfillment centre in Bessemer, Alabama. You can read the piece that our discussion is based on here: https://readpassage.com/p/what-the-failed-amazon-union-drive-means-for-labour-everywhere/
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We chat with Professor Navyug Gill about the ongoing farmers' protest in India. The discussion touches on:


the intent of the Indian government to further neoliberalize and corporatize the farming sector
the scale of the protest and the farmers' demands
the nature of the BJP and its broader agenda
reforms that would actually benefit farmers and agriculture in India
and lots more.

This episode of Oats for Breakfast was produced in collaboration with Jamhoor (https://www.jamhoor.org/), a Toronto-based media organization that amplifies marginalized and progressive voices from South Asia.

Access the episode transcript here: https://oatspodcast.com/podcast/episode-64-the-indian-farmers-protest/

Oats chats with Julian von Bargen about a book he recently co-edited, 'Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left: Recasting Leftist Imagination.' We dig into the book's treatment of the environmental crisis, political parties and movements, as well as about the history of civil liberties and the free speech debate.

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Oats chats about housing injustice in Toronto with Brendan Jowett, a tenant lawyer who has fought to prevent the clearance of homeless encampments in city parks during the pandemic. We discuss Toronto's deepening housing crisis, the rent strike movement, and what people can do to get involved in fighting against housing injustice.

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We chat with author and activist Charlie Demers about Primary Obsessions, a novel about a psychologist who helps people overcome mental health problems by day and tries to solve a murder mystery by night. You can grab a copy of Primary Obsessions from wherever you get your books.

Subscribe to Charlie's latest essays and podcast here: https://charliedemers.substack.com/

Charlie will be giving a talk on March 3 about Comedy, Free Expression, & Social Justice. Check it out here: https://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/comedy-free-expression-social-justice

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