Sandy and Nora talk politics

The Green Party, what is it good for? Sandy and Nora ask this question in earnest and conclude that it might be time for Canada's partisan left to get serious about fighting for what they say they believe in.The post Episode 69 – It's time to talk about the Greens appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

July is the perfect month to take some time and reflect on how deeply we all truly are screwed, thanks to the overwhelming power that social media plays in our lives. If governments don't figure out how to regulate this power, we can say goodbye to democracy.The post Episode 68 – will social media be the end of democracy? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Indigenous Peoples' Month in Canada comes to an abrupt end with Canada Day on July 1 – who are the agents working hard to erase Canada's genocidal history and present? And how can we combat the talking points that obscure, hide  or make it dangerous to talk about genocide and colonialism?Please, please read the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing Indigenous Women and Girls https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/The post Episode 67 – Canada's genocide denial complex appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There has been a recent burst of street violence perpetuated by the same individuals, looking to fight with social activists. The response from the police – indifference and violence against the targets of this violent – reminds us that we need to understand the role that police play in society, and they they aren't there to protect us.To read the report back from what happened in Hamilton, please go here (image is from here too) https://itsgoingdown.org/hamilton-pride-2019-reportback/The post Episode 66 – arresting the left, protecting the right: the problem with police appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Toronto Raptors became Canada's team, and the fervor and culture around the team tells us a lot about ourselves. Sandy and Nora talk about pop culture – sport, music, TV and image – and how the left ignores the lessons we can learn from pop culture at its peril.The post Episode 65 – why does the left ignore pop culture's lessons? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(This episode's title was not approved by Sandy)This episode is a difficult one. Nora and Sandy talk about the struggle for access to abortion, how the struggle differs in Canada and the United States, and why so many people are fighting so hard to make abortion illegal.We reference this radio feature from CBC's The Sunday Edition: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-june-3-2018-1.4685998/50-years-ago-the-women-of-canada-s-abortion-caravan-stormed-parliament-for-reproductive-rights-1.4687293 The post Episode 64 – we gotta fight for our rights to abooooortion appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is from the Q&A in Ottawa. The topics covered include: the fall of the post-war, liberal order, student organizing against Doug Ford, financial literacy and why white women dominate not-for-profits.To hear the first part of this live event, please click here: https://sandyandnora.com/episode-62-its-time-for-radical-worker-action/The post Episode 63 – the fall of the liberal order and … financial literacy again?! appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 62 is a live show! Recorded live in Ottawa on May 8, Sandy and Nora talk about organizing across difference and the lessons that we can still learn from the Winnipeg General Strike.Episode 63 will be the audience Q&A and will come out next week.Thanks to the Mayworks festival for organizing this event and to everyone who came out!The post Episode 62 – It's time for radical worker action appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The biggest story from the 2019 budget barely made the news — the Liberals are tightening border security and making it much more difficult for people to seek asylum, including making it illegal to claim asylum from the United States. Sandy and Nora examine these new anti-refugee policies (including Doug Ford's cuts to legal aid) and ask progressives to do what they can to make noise to oppose these new policy measures. The post Episode 61 – Are the Liberals bowing to white nationalists? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When should we engage with an idea, and when is engaging with an idea admitting that the idea isn't racist trash? There's no consensus on where the lines are, and so Sandy and Nora explore this debate, test the boundaries and discuss why debate for debate's sake is boring.The post Episode 60 – debating debates appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.