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Hosted by Bilal Rafiq · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 36 episodes
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A politics, news-oriented, and political organizing podcast based in Windsor, ON, Canada hosted by Bilal Rafiq, Kam Francis & Travis Laver.
Bilal Rafiq hosts The River and The Land, a news show with 36 episodes published.
Ali, Bilal, and Travis discuss the CUPE Air Canada Component's badass defiance of the Canadian government's back-to-work order and how effective worker power is at getting the things we all need. We also tal about elite
Ali, Bilal, and Travis attempt to decifer the neoliberal corporate-language-nightmare that is "sustainable development." Links to the things we reference: Perfect Victims - Mohammed El-Kurd Elite Capture & Reconsidering
Bilal, Kam, and Travis were joined by Ali, a local man of science, nature, and revolution to talk about Canada's recognizing "Palestinian statehood," Canada's lies about providing Israel with weapons, and Windsor's polic
We're back! This time for real! (maybe) This is a catch-up episode, bordering on doomerism. Trump, tariffs, organizing. You know the thing. Travis is going to be on Sandy and Nora Talk Politics! This Sunday, July 27th at
Bilal sits down with Emily, a harm reduction activist and law student, to talk about how homelessness is made illegal and why.
Bilal and Travis discuss the (re)election of Donald Trump, the "failure" of the Democrats, and how it relates to Canadian politics. Then they discuss Drew Dilkens' plan to use the long dick of the law to make sure homele
Bilal, Kam, and Travis congregate at the new studio space! (Travis' dining room) and talk about Brampton mayor Patrick Brown's fascist new idea to deal with drug addicts and how Windsor's mayor thinks it's a swell idea!
Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about the killing of Jason West, an Indigenous man shot and killed by police outside of The Beer Store in downtown Windsor last week. They also remember the killing of Matthew Mahoney less tha
Bilal and Travis break down the victory at the Palestine encampment by the students at the University of Windsor. What was in the deal? What did we learn? And what of the backlash?
Bilal, Kam, and Travis discuss the student protests in the U.S. and Canada and how they expose the prime contradiction in Western liberal democracies. Then they delve into the news that H4 and The Downtown Mission, the t
Travis is joined by local agent of chaos AJ to discuss Modern Monetary Theory, its proponents, critics, and potential.
Bilal, Kam, and Travis start off with some housekeeping before re-contexualizing our thoughts on the Palestinian Genocide. Then we discuss the hot water Windsor mayor Drew Dilkens finds himself in as he gets sued by a fo
//We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Ricardo Tranjan, author of the National Bestseller The Tenant Class to talk about the state of housing in Canada and what is to be done. Between The Lines Books Ricardo's Instagram
Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about the role of art in revolutionary movements before delving into the potential decision to move H4, a service for unhoused folks, out of the downtown core in the name of neighbourhood revi
Bilal, Kam, and Travis talk about council's decision to turn down $70-million in a federal housing accelerator grant and why both sides of the debate are wrong and missing the point.
We're very pleased to bring Maram Alshurafa, a survivor of the current genocide against Gaza, into the studio for what is an intense, heartbreaking, beautiful, and immensely important conversation about what Gaza was, is
We had a plan and didn't stick to it. Instead we responded to a common criticism of communism/socialism: 'It's great in theory, but we need to be pragmatic'
Bilal, Kam, and Travis discuss Windsor's Italian of the Year Award and question why only Italians win it...WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS?? Then we dig into whether electric vehicles are really the catch-all climate so
Bilal, Kam, and Travis discuss the potential Amalgamated Transit Union/Transit Windsor work stoppage and why supporting unions is integral for true working class democracy. Find us on Instagram @TheRiverandTheLand, on X
Bilal and Travis welcome Brian Shuchuk a musician and activist based in Haarlem, Netherlands. Brian recently facilitated a drone/noise compilation in support of direct action for the Palestinian cause called Drone>Drones
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The River and The Land is hosted by Bilal Rafiq. The show is categorised under news (politics) and has published 36 episodes.
The River and The Land has published 36 episodes.
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