Carleton U police arrests of pro-life students lawsuit

On November 10, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed student-plaintiff Ruth (Lobo) Shaw (by phone, Vancouver) and her counsel Albertos Polizogopoulos (in-studio) about their lawsuit against Carleton University.

Ruth Lobo is a former Lifeline President. Carleton Lifeline is the pro-life club at Carleton University. Her major was Human Rights. Albertos Polizogopoulus is with Vincent-Dagenais-Gibson law firm.

The pro-life students were arrested hand-cuffed and hauled-off for their public expression on campus. Echos of the Berkeley free speech movement... Stunningly, as was the case in the Berkeley movement of the 1960s, the student union sided with the administration. History repeats itself.

Dr. Benoit Awazi on the African Crisis

On November 3, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Dr. Benoit Awazi, President of the "Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Black African Communities and Diaspora" (translated from French) about the re-emergent colonialism in Africa, the Africa Crisis, Muammar Caddafi's murder, elite intellectual dishonesty, the recent Ivory Cost war crime of France, the collapse of intelligence, the intimidation of Greece, and much more.

Dr. Awazi is the author of several critical books about the Africa Crisis. We contrasted Dr. Awazi's criticisms with the criminal sham that is the "R2P" doctrine shamelessly promoted by U of O president Allan Rock, among others. History will expose these false-justifications for global colonialist interventionism.

Dr. Steven E. Noble on queer theory and education

On October 27, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Dr. Steven E. Noble, Educator, Researcher, Councellor, and former professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa.

This is what applied critical pedagogy, inspired by queer theory and critical disability theory, looks like in Dr. Noble's class room -- until he was fired in reprisal for filing a grievance to contest breaches of his contract. And that's what the University of Ottawa looks like.

Dr. Noble is also informed by his community work with addicted youth in the Downtown East Side, Vancouver, by his work with "mental illness" patients, and by his experience with government and public institutions.

Hazel Gashoka on Ottawa police brutality and racism in U of O student politics

On October 20, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed student activist, 4th-year psychology major and U of O Senate member Hazel Gashoka, live in-studio.

Unfortunately, the sound track was lost due to technical problems.

Ms. Gashoka described her 2003 violent and racist encounter with the Ottawa Police, from her first days as a 1st-year student on the U of O campus. Ms. Gashoka reported that she was pushed to the ground for no apparent reason by one of Ottawa's finest. When she protested, she was hauled off in cuffs into a dark holding truck, told to urinate on herself, and then dumped into a cold holding cell on a steel plate to spend the night, without ever being charged. Her recommended music for the theme was "Fuck the Police" by N.W.A.

Ms. Gashoka went on to describe:

• the inherent racism of the white U of O student union (SFUO) in its paternalistic management of Black History Month campus organizing,
• the SFUO's absurd stance in eliminating the Student Arbitration Committee - its constitutional independent judiciary arm - under the pretext of increasing "democratic representation", and
• the zoo that is the Senate of the University of Ottawa, chaired by president Allan Rock.

We apologize for not being able to provide this sound track for this interview.

"Mise en Demeure" Quebec radical anarchist alternative urban Montreal scene music

On October 13, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt went solo:

• to comment on the recent RIM Blackberry blackout media coverage,
• to read the latest press release from the Bradley Manning Support Network, and
• to feature the French text and music of "Mise en Demeure" ("Notice Served", roughly translated).

Host Rancourt tried to "translate" some of the titles and lyrics... and described the dumster-diving and police-violence-abused scene that has given rise to the penetrating expression of Mise en Demeure.

October 6th show cancelled

The October 6th (2011) production of The Train was CANCELED due to unforeseen circumstances.

Teacher Mike Kaulbars and student Jess Menard on pacifism and diversity of tactics

On September 29, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Mike Kaulbars (long-time activist, producer of the "Politics of Resistance" course) and Jess Menard (local activist, Carleton U student) about non-violent resistance, activist tactics, and criticisms of the End Civ film by Frank Lopez and black bloc tactics...

Duff Conacher on the problem with "democracy"

On September 22, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Duff Conacher, Founder and Board Member of Democracy Watch, by phone from Toronto.

The interview was a broad-based discussion about the main systemic and structural problems with Canadian "democracy", with some focus on the upcoming Ontario election.

The macro-level and most damaging problem is the lap-dog culture of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are dependent on party leaders for their jobs (and pensions) and who agree to be servile to the leaders rather than independent thinkers who work for their constituents without compromise.

But there are way more problems than that... We need our establishment/government watch dogs to be like Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin...

Professor Maximilian Forte on Eurocentric geopolitics and NATO crimes

On September 15, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Dr. Maximilian Forte, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, about his criticisms of the UN Security Council, NATO, "R2P" doctrine, war crimes in Lybia, and more.

Adbusters Senior Editor Micah White on riots and revolution

On September 8, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Adbusters magazine Senior Editor Micah White about his work, riots and revolution.

White cites Foucault in a piece entitled "Is rioting revolutionary?" How would Foucault react to today's gutless left?

MD psychotherapist and author Susan Rosenthal on health in a dominance hierarchy

On September 1, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed MD psychotherapist and author Susan Rosenthal by phone from the Greater Toronto Area about health in our capitalist system.

Class struggle, medicalization of human emotional reactions, class struggle, sense of threat reaction, anger as natural reaction, class struggle, professional poison, anger as the emotion of justice, class struggle, "Be the change" as sick slogan, rat race, hurtful language, and much more...


Crazy clip played during the show:

Conversation with Peter Laux on global warming

On August 25, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa, Canada) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed Peter Laux in Melbourne, Australia, by phone.

Peter Laux is a train driver (engineer) who has contributed to The Train previously, here. He is the author of the "$10k climate challenge", here: He has signed a legal undertaking that he will pay $10 thousand Australian dollars to anyone who can provide

"a conclusive argument based on empirical facts that increasing atmospheric CO2 from fossil fuel burning drives global climate warming."

The radio discussion started with physicist Rancourt explaining basic climate physics to discern the crap from a clear picture of the relevant planetary radiation balance and moved into a societal and class analysis of global warming preoccupations.

The climate physics paper cited is THIS ONE.
The Guardian article about Martians is HERE.

Lia Tarachansky on the on-going mass civil protests in Israel

How can the North American mainstream media not cover this?!

On August 18, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed The Real News video-journalist Lia Tarachansky by phone in Israel about her investigative reports on the on-going massive civil unrest and tent cities in Israel.

Fascinating and needed current affairs overview about Israel.

M.A. student Joshua Blakeney on 911 research and Israel

On August 11, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt interviewed University of Lethbridge (Canada) graduate student Joshua Blakeney on his M.A. thesis research about 911 scholarship.

Joshua Blakeney is a well known "truther", a student of the oppression of Palestine by Israel, and a staff writer with Veterans Today.

Main underlying 911-related themes were the war on terror as an instrument of political manipulation and the strategic goals of Israel in the Middle East.

Music clip selected by Joshua: Uprising

Racism and John Akpata on Ottawa police misbehaviour

On August 4, 2011, CHUO 89.1 FM (Ottawa) The Train's Denis Rancourt read an introductory essay about the theory and practice of racism in society before interviewing spoken word artist and politician (Marijuana Party of Canada) John Akpata on the topic of police misbehaviour in Ottawa, Canada's capital.

John explained how citizens can participate to make police accountable. He also described his recent conflict with police (reported by the national media) over his constitutional right to not let a cop take his cell phone using the sole pretext that it contains witness evidence.


John mentioned these two key resources:

OIPRD - Office of the Independent Police Review Director
Police Services Act - Ontario