Resistance to Petro Development in Peru

On 19 December 2007, the Federation of Indigenous Cacataibo Communities (FENACOCA), the Peruvian NGO Instituto del Bien Común, and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL); with the support of the Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP), have requested precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to protect the lives, health and physical integrity of Cacataibo indigenous peoples living in isolation in the Peruvian Amazon. The Cacataibo peoples in isolation are threatened by oil and gas exploration in their traditionally occupied territories.

The Cacataibo Indigenous peoples in isolation live in the areas superimposed by the Block 107 oil and gas exploration concession in the Cordillera Azul region in the central Peruvian Amazon. There is overwhelming historical evidence that shows that forced contact with indigenous peoples in isolation results in serious illnesses and numerous deaths. Yet, despite the high risk of forced contact and life-threatening diseases, the Peruvian government approved oil and gas exploration in the traditional territories of the indigenous Cacataibo peoples in August 2007. The Canadian company, Petrolífera Petroleum Del Peru S.A.C., has recently begun laying down lines of explosives to conduct seismic testing, as part of its exploration for oil and gas in Block 107.

We spoke with Marcos, a member of the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) about the efforts to resist Petrolífera Petroleum's incursions into Cacataibo territories.

The audio is available HERE.

The Dominion - Own Your Media Tour

The Dominion is an excellent grassroots news service. They are undertaking a cross-country tour to discuss their 5 year plan, decision making structure and, in general, a vision for independent media. We spoke with Hillary, one of the Dominion's organisers.

For more info, visit www.dominionpaper.ca

The interview is available HERE.

Angela Davis Lecture

Here's the full audio from the Angela Davis lecture. The lecture took place Feb. 1st, in Southem Hall at Carleton University. Please enjoy!

AUDIO HERE.

Not In Our Name (NION-Ottawa)

Organized by Not In Our Name – Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars are one of the groups that helped organise Israel Apartheid Week in Ottawa.

Not In Our Name (NION) network that began in Toronto, Ontario, during the summer of 2006, in solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine against Israel’s wars and in opposition to the complicity of the Canadian government with Israel’s criminal actions.

We spoke with Corey, a member of NION's Ottawa chapter. The interview is available here:
http://www.opirg-carleton.org/riseup/audio/080207NION.MP3

The War on Drugs

In an attempt to stave off the emerging Canadiana version of the U.S. War on Drugs, activists from
the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) brought their message to Garrison Hill. We spoke with Tara, Kila, and Max.

The interview can be heard here:
http://www.opirg-carleton.org/riseup/audio/080204harmreduction.mp3

You can check out a detailed report from Tara on Rabble, here.

Beyond Bullets: Suppression of Dissent

An interview with Jules Boykoff, author of Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the U.S published by AK Press. Boykoff discusses his book and the various modes of suppression used by the U.S. government over the past 100 years. He discusses the neutralisation and/or destruction of various movements including but not limited to: civil rights, BPP, early labour/anarcho, and current earth lib/animal lib. He also discusses the role of the corporate media in suppressing social justice campaigns.

The book, Beyond Bullets, is available at the infoshop!

The interview is downloadable from A-Infos:
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=26409

Anarchists Against the Wall

A conversation with Sahar, from the Israel/Palestine-based Anarchists Against the Wall. AATW describe themselves as a direct action group that was established in 2003 in response to the construction of the wall Israel is building on Palestinian land in the Occupied West Bank. The group works in cooperation with Palestinians in a joint non violent struggle against the occupation.

Check out their website:
www.awalls.org

Download the interview:
www.opirg-carleton.org/riseup/audio/080114sahar.mp3

No Nukes!

An interview w/ David from the Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium (OCAMU). OCAMU are the folks behind the Jim Harding tour, so we spoke about the group, it's organising and the perils of uranium for the ottawa environment/watershed.

The interview is available for download here:
http://www.opirg-carleton.org/riseup/audio/080121ocamu.mp3

You can also listen to an interview with author/activist Jim Harding about his new book, Canada's Deadly Secret, on the A-Info's website.

You can also check out the OCAMU websites, http://ocamu.org/drupal/, or know-uranium.org.

Project Censored 2007 List

In what is becoming an annual tradition, the rise-up took a bite into this year's list of the 25 top stories from Project Censored. Steve co-hosts this show as we go through what we feel are the particularly relevant stories for a can-con audience.
You can check out all the info from the Project Censored website (it's probably more interesting than listening to us two jerks):
http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2008/index.htm

If you'd prefer to listen to our rendition of the list, you can download the broadcast here:
http://www.opirg-carleton.org/riseup/audio/steve.mp3