Don Kossick is the long-time producer of makingthelinksradio.ca and has contributed to Briarpatch many times over the years.
Articles by Don Kossick
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Stepping up for future generations
An interview with northern Saskatchewan residents resisting a nuclear waste dump on their land
In summer 2011, several people from communities in northern Saskatchewan walked 820 kilometres from Pinehouse to Regina to raise awareness about the storage and transportation of nuclear waste in the province, and to oppose a proposed nuclear waste dump near Pinehouse. This is an excerpt from their radio interview with Don Kossick following the walk.
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Voices from the front lines
Three sites of struggle against precarious labour in Canada
As part of an ongoing project, Making the Links Radio is conducting interviews and producing radio shows focused on immigrant communities in Canada. From these conversations, we bring you glimpses of three important sites of struggle against the exploitation and marginalization of (im)migrant groups in Canada: the Philippine Women Centres, the Workers’ Action Centre, and Justicia for Migrant Workers.
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Intellectual property and the AIDS pandemic
When will Canada come through on its antiretroviral drug commitment to Africa?
Intellectual property rights and free trade agreements have undercut the ability of countries to provide generic antiretroviral drugs to save people with HIV/AIDS.
