May Day memories

For the last five years, No One Is Illegal has held a demonstration for immigration reform on May Day. This year, one item up for discussion was on the difference between what immigrants are told to expect in Canada and the reality faced by the people who migrate to this country. The rabble podcast network's John Bonnar joined in on the march and recorded an interview while he was there. Here is part of his conversation with Nanky Rai. The chants of workers reverberated across the world this weekend, so what better time to check in with the Reverb Syndicate? The band guest-hosted the rabble podcast network's music program The Ruckus this month bringing us their top picks. Here is one of those songs. This is The Havocs with It's Gotta Have Soul. Coming together to fight for rights. Shared concerns about multinational corporations have led workers, democratic unions and NGO campaigners across the Asia Pacific Region to publicly shame corporations like NIKE over their labour practices. Now a new project called the Asian Transnational Company Monitoring Network is moving beyond media campaigning. They're mobilizing workers across borders to fight company exploitation. Doris Lea is a coordinator with the organization, and she spoke to the rabble podcast network's Asia Pacific Currents podcast about the challenges of trying to work across borders. The International Workers of the World formed in 1904 with the goal of creating one big union across borders and boundaries. The rabble podcast network's Red Eye podcast checked in for some history of the IWW, otherwise known as the wobblies with Michel S. Beaulieu, who is an assistant professor at Lakehead University and the author of Socialism and the Politics of Labour at the Canadian Lakehead. Here's part of that conversation. South Korean labour activists face strong opposition from corporate and government interests in that country. Nonetheless, their battle continues. Pier Moro has been checking in with labor activists in South Korea. Here's his report to the rabble podcast network's Asia Pacific Currents.