Democracy North
| Headquarters | Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside |
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| Website | http://w2radio.wordpress.com/ |
Democracy North, (formerly This Week on Media Mornings) is a daily morning radio show featuring grassroots headlines. It broadcasts live from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, on unceded Coast Salish territory.
The Democracy North project is inspired by, but not affiliated with, the US-based syndicated radio show Democracy Now!
Participation
Democracy North brings together progressive news W2 Media Arts Society, Vancouver Co-op Radio, and the Rabble Podcast Network, hosted on rabble.ca, one of Canada’s leading online news service for the progressive left.
W2 Community Media Arts Society is mostly run by volunteers and gives a voice to the community Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO, 100.5FM is a non-commercial, cooperative-owned, community radio station also located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Its mission is to provide a space for under-represented and marginalized communities in British Columbia, Canada.
Programs
Democracy North features interviews with a wide range of several influential guests like David Suzuki, Pamela Palmater, Kinnie Starr, Michael Parenti, Maude Barlow, Elizabeth May and Judy Rebick.
During September 2013, as the City of Vancouver marked Reconciliation Week, and the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission was hearing testimony from survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system, it broadcast a series of exclusive interviews with survivors of the residential schools, Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Producers
Derrick O'Keefe - Editor of rabble.ca. He is the author of the book Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?[1][2][3] and the co-writer of Afghan MP Malalai Joya’s memoir A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice.[4]
Jane Bouey - former Trustee and Vice Chair on the Vancouver School Board for the Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE).
David P. Ball - An award-winning Vancouver freelance reporter and photojournalist. He has written for the National Post, This Magazine, The Tyee, Indian Country Today Media Network, Xtra!, Windspeaker, Briarpatch Magazine and rabble.ca.
Jahanzeb Hussain - Editor of Collateral Damage Magazine
Irwin Oostindie - W2 Community Media Arts Society
Awards
In 2012, Media Mornings was the recipient of The Georgia Straight, Best of Vancouver award.[5]
See also
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
- The Council of Canadians
- Democracy Watch (Canada)
References
- ^ O'Keefe, Derrick (2011). Michael Ignatieff: The Lesser Evil?. Verso Books. ISBN 9781844676156.
- ^ "Michael Ignatieff and the War on Terror". rabble.ca. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ [1] The Lesser Evil? by Derrick O'Keefe
- ^ Joya, Malalai (2009-10-22). "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Hardcover)". Amazon. ISBN 143910946X.
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