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Daily News - McGill camp stays, Quebec City bridge saved and 8 farm workers killed in Florida
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Daily news for May 16, 2024 - Story 1 - Double-digit profit percentage increases for two REITs making money off Halifax renters, Story 2 - McGill loses second injunction. Students have a right to stay in their encampment. Story 3 - CN will sell the Pont de Québec will be sold to the federal government for a symbolic $1 ending a very long political saga. Story 4 - A barge hits a bridge in Galveston, Texas causing an oil spill. Story 5 - 8 Mexican farm workers killed in bus crash north of Orlando. Story 6 - Drone attacks in Amhara region of Ethiopia kills some number of civilians. Story 7 - Assassintation attempt targets Robert Fico, PM of Slovakia.
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311. Fighting violence with more violence? Three years of Russia's war on Ukraine.
47:35||Ep. 311In this episode, Sandy and Nora take stock of where things are on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They also talk about defunding higher education and how Canada has chosen atrophy in the face of crumbling US hegemony.310. It's white nationalism. Call it white nationalism.
51:54||Ep. 310In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how "anti-woke" politicians are just white nationalists, and how Liberals have so effectively coopted DEI.309. Faux Canada
50:00||Ep. 309In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about nationalism, how this moment needs to be one where radical politics are put front and centre, and what's at stake if we get it wrong.The cold tariff war
45:14|In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about tariffs, free trade, our collective forgetting of 40 years ago and how Canada should stand up to Trump.307. Anti-intellectualism and our fascist slide
49:07||Ep. 307In this episode, Sandy and Nora look at the connection between the anti-intellectualism that has swept Canadian institutions and how this has primed them to accept fascism whether they want to or not.306. Day 1 of the fascist republic of the United States
47:38||Ep. 306In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about how the tech world has so rapidly mobilized around Trump and how with regime change, they have shed the old vestiges of the former people in power.305. Fires in LA and Ottawa
46:44||Ep. 305In this episode Sandy and Nora talk about fires in LA and political turmoil in Ottawa.304. A rear-end look at 2024
57:04||Ep. 304Sandy and Nora look back on the biggest news of the year.303. It's the fall of a regime, not a tennis match: Understanding Syria
43:52||Ep. 303In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, what it means for the broader region and why people shouldn't get too hung up on figuring out which side to cheer for. Plus, they talk about how the murder of a CEO brought the internet together,