ep79: CAF's Facebook Extremists + Vancouver Grassroots Politics w/ Sean Orr

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode: every century or so the Canadian left gathers at the Royal Canadian Legion #1 in downtown Calgary to inaugurate a new era of progress. In 1932 it was J.S. Woodworth and the gang at the founding of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (which would become the NDP), and on June 13th, 2025 it was The Alberta Advantage, Shama Rangwala, André Goulet, Roberta Lexier and Rob Rousseau saying goodbye to the NDP with a brief history of the Party and discussing the possibilities of a socialist project to come.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca, by the Alberta Advantage podcast and by Between the Lines Books: find your copy of the independent progressive publisher's new release 'The Art of Solidarity: Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada' from editors Rob Kristofferson and Stephanie Ross at btlbooks.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we unpack August’s tense stand-off between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, speak with Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran about how she and others in the Senate are calling on the government to implement punitive measures against Israel on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, break down how to understand the Hockey Canada trial and its implications on THE END OF SPORT and explain why Prime Minister Carney’s historic military spending hike will only benefit the weapons lobby on THE BREACH SHOW.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we find non-market solutions to the housing crisis with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative’s Ricardo Tranjan and Le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain’s Francois Saillant on HOUSING PARTY, unpack how housing access effects reproductive rights with the Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network and the National Right to Housing Network on ABORSH and trace a history of Canadian nationalist sentiment to understand the contemporary moment of rising nationalism on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.caand by the ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we talk with Vancouver socialist city councillor Sean Orr about the complexities of balancing grassroots movements with electoral politics on HABIBTI PLEASE, unpack the story of the Canadian Armed Forces members in an extremist Facebook group on THE NORTH STATE, reveal the history of oil pipeline development on Sierra Club’s THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA and explore populist right wing exploitation of economic inequality in Quebec on FREE CITY RADIO.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we look at how Doug Ford is dismantling Ontario on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, make the case for a digital detox on TECH WON’T SAVE US, explain why, actually, drinking urine isn’t the true universal remedy for all diseases and disorders on SRSLY WRONG and unpack the Alberta UCP government’s pursuit of an abstinence-only drug use model that rejects harm-reduction approaches on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, at CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode break down what Canadian progressives can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s win on THE BREACH SHOW, speak with Dr. Tarek Loubani in Gaza about being a healthcare worker under siege on HABIBTI PLEASE, explore how Canada’s mainstream newsrooms cover Iran and Gaza on Rachel Gilmore's BUBBLE POP and talk about Edmonton's upcoming municipal election with city councilor Michael Janz on THE PROGRESS REPORT.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we ask if the NDP establishment wants a short, rigged leadership race  on THE BREACH SHOW, explore how to organize towards an anti-war world on HABIBTI PLEASE, reveal who’s driving talk about a referendum on Alberta independence on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES and explain why economic development in the face of Trump’s tariff's needs local focus on REDEYE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we explore the absence of the role of international law in the context of Israel and Palestine on GREEN PLANET MONITOR, unpack the effect of the Online News Act on pushing Canadian news habits to the right on THE NORTH STATE, make the case for fare-free transit on PULLBACK and look at the working-class and socialist response to the deep depression and government inaction of the 1930s that led to the founding of the CCF on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we explain why we thought it was so over when we were actually almost so back on SRSLY WRONG, talk about what Canadians need to know about Germany’s AfD and the far-right’s threat to democracy on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES and unpack the federal election results from a provincial perspective on UNMAKING SASKATCHEWAN.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we explain why we think Mark Carney will adapt a Conservative agenda on THE BREACH SHOW, talk about the Prime Minister's first press conference on BUBBLE POP, hear about a new documentary investigating the groundbreaking legal proceeding against the Canadian government and Rio Tinto Alcan on REDEYE and sit down with Bryan D. Palmer to discuss his new book Capitalism and Colonialism: The Making of Modern Canada 1890–1960 on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM and CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at CJTM in Toronto and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This episode is brought to you by the national independent journalism community unrigged.ca. and by The Alberta Advantage - find out more at albertadvantagepod.com, and by Between The Lines Books - find their new release Banging on the Walls of the Tank: Dispatches from Gaza at btlbooks.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com..