BupuJan 30, 2024

A great, balanced, and clarifying episode about South Africa's ICJ case against Israel, how the ICJ works, the definition of Genocide, and is Canada complicit?

They ask important questions and answer objectively.

#TheBackBench #CANADALAND #Genocide #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #CDNpoli

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/82-could-canada-be-complicit-in-a-plausible-genocide/

#82 Could Canada Be Complicit in a ‘Plausible Genocide’?

The ICJ court ruled that Palestinians in Gaza face a “real and imminent risk” of genocide, and laid out the provisional measures Israel must take in order to prevent it.

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BupuNov 28, 2023

#CANADALAND does it again with a great episode explaining the root of Islamophobia and anti-semitism in Canada right now.

Hint: it has to do with Canada's attachment to settler-colonialism and lobby groups that conflate criticism of the state with anti-semitism.

#AntiSemitism #Islamophobia #TheBackbench #MatteaRoach #Canada

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/78-roots-of-tension-in-canadas-israel-palestine-discourse/

#78 Roots of Tension in Canada’s Israel-Palestine Discourse

In Canada, the political discourse on the news coming out of Israel and Palestine has given Backbench host, Mattea Roach, some “serious whiplash.”

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BupuOct 31, 2023

A great episode of #TheBackbench by #CANADALAND on Canada's abstention in the UN vote for a #Ceasfire and the dangerous polarization happening by conflating #Hamas with #Palestine, as well as Netanyahu's #Israel with Judaism.

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/israel-palestine-and-canadian-foreign-policy/

#76 Israel, Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy

Why did Canada abstain on an emergency resolution at the UN General Assembly calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities” in Gaza?

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Tim MillsOct 26, 2023

"Touch grass": an absolutely positive linguistic contribution to English from a younger generation!

Sentiment expressed in The Backbench: GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse #theBackbench
https://podcastaddict.com/the-backbench/episode/163186687 via @PodcastAddict

The Backbench • GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse • Podcast Addict

The tale generally goes like this: Gen Z is disconnected, disinterested, and buried so deep into their screens that they don't care about the politics going on around them.But it's also clear that some young people are ready to ignite change if they have to. From the climate marches to the BLM protests to the Maple Spring, young people have been at the forefront of protests and dis

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KostynSep 13, 2023

Listening to Canadaland's Backbench episode on Zoomer apathy and am so frustrated (that they aren't on the Fedi) by the way that popular political imagination seems to limit potential futures to either (1 restoration of represenitive, liberal democracy or (2 collapse into unmitigated climate chaos and fascism!

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/72-genzs-political-apathy-ocalypse/

#Canadaland #CanPoli #TheBackbench #OvertonWindow #PoliticalImagination #Liberalism #LiberalDemocracy #Democracy #Canada #VoterApathy #Elections #Zoomers

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#72 GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse

The tale generally goes like this: Gen Z is disconnected, disinterested, and buried so deep into their screens that they don't care about the politics going on around them.

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