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Fresh from the birthplace of the CCF! Commentary and analysis on local and provincial politics from a left perspective.

Alberta Advantage Podcast Team Advantage

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    • 4.8 • 16 Ratings

Fresh from the birthplace of the CCF! Commentary and analysis on local and provincial politics from a left perspective.

    Zionism Sucks

    Zionism Sucks

    Israel is on a genocidal rampage through Gaza. Team Advantage, joined by intrepid independent journalist Jeremy Appel, examine the historical roots and basic assumptions that underlie Zionism, and discuss a few light topics, like discourse-policing, denouncing Hamas, antisemitism, and settler-colonialism.

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Why does Canada love Ukrainian Nazis?

    Why does Canada love Ukrainian Nazis?

    In late September 2023, Canadian Parliament clapped for "Ukrainian hero" Yaroslav Hunka, who fought with the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), a unit in the Nazi German military. 
    Why did Canada let so many Ukrainian Nazis into the country after WW2, and how did this wave of right-wing Ukrainian nationalist shape Canada's Ukrainian diaspora? Team Advantage digs into the working-class origins of Ukrainians in Canada, Canada's efforts at post-war anticommunism, and the Canadian government's careful management of "multiculturalism."

    • 1 hr 29 min
    Wildfire Season Concludes

    Wildfire Season Concludes

    The area burned by wildfires in Canada this year exceeded 18 million hectares and burned 1,740 megatonnes of CO2, roughly three times Canada's human-made emissions from 2022. As fire season winds down, Team Advantage examines this new, fun, half-year-long weather phenomenon, and considers the role of fossil fuels and the end of "cheap nature." 

    Further reading:
    John Vaillant - Fire Weather
    Edward Struzik - Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future
    Alex Callinicos - The New Age of Catastrophe
    Jason Moore - Capitalism in the Web of Life 

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Notley Loses Again! Alberta's 2023 Election

    Notley Loses Again! Alberta's 2023 Election

    Support this podcast! Rachel Notley led the Alberta NDP to their second major electoral defeat in Alberta's latest general election. What does this election say about Albertans and our political culture? How might we make basic social democratic values popular? How should we organize as we anticipate Premier Danielle Smith? And what's next for the Alberta NDP? 

    • 1 hr
    Clearing the Plains in 2023: Alberta's Drug Poisoning Crisis

    Clearing the Plains in 2023: Alberta's Drug Poisoning Crisis

    Support this podcast! What link is there between pushing Indigenous people off land, into reserves, into residential schools, and into forced treatment? How are conversations about "public safety" and policing being mobilized to harm vulnerable people? How has the politicization of the opioid epidemic obscured what's needed to address increasing drug poisoning deaths? Harm reduction advocate Euan Thomson joins Team Advantage to discuss the realities of Alberta's drug poisoning crisis.

    Follow Euan @elsthomson and subscribe to his Drug Data Decoded newsletter.

    Listen to our 2020 episode on this topic with Garth Mullins and Jeremy Appel.

    Mentioned in this episode is Dustin Godfrey's video essay "Is Vancouver Dying? A definitely non-exhaustive review." Also mentioned is a recent B.C. Federation of Labour resolution to lobby the B.C. government for safe supply.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Can Socialists Like Hockey?

    Can Socialists Like Hockey?

    Culture wars, long-term injury, workplace violence, sexual assaults, nationalistic militarism, and the appropriation of working-class aesthetics... is it possible to like hockey from the left? Can sport unite the working class? Is hockey a serious game for serious men, or a silly game for silly people? Cass Kislenko, Tyler Shipley and Doug Nesbitt join Team Advantage to discuss Canada's game.

    Doug mentions the short film Valery's Ankle by Brett Kashmere.

    Tyler refers to the 2016 film Hello Destroyer.

    Follow Cass Kislenko @redkislenko
    Follow Tyler Shipley @le_shipster
    Definitely don't follow Doug Nesbitt because he's not @standingthegaff

    • 1 hr 16 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

Barry Leavitt ,

So good

I adore this podcast. The histories and insights into Albertan but also Canadian politics in general are fantastic. I’m especially intrigued by the wayward NDP, which you track with both incisive criticism and (some) sympathy. Please do a Bob Rae ep! Bravo from an ex-Pat in NYC!

Samay V ,

Good show

It’s nice

tristen ludlow ,

Great show

I’m in Montana, and I really like your show. First heard you on “seriously wrong” crossover, and I’m glad I did.

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