ep84: Rent Control is Good, Actually + 1971 New Brunswick NDP Trotskyists

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On this episode we discuss reveal why rent control is good, actually, on SRSLY WRONG, discuss ways the climate movement can be more inclusive on PULLBACK, explain why solution-focused energy reporting has become more important than ever on the Sierra Club’s THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA and unpack the story of how a small group of Waffle-aligned activists managed to briefly take over the 1971 New Brunswick NDP on THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.
This episode is brought to you by the new Between the Lines Books release ‘Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters', by Canada’s coalition of 31 progressive publishers at unrigged.ca and by your friends at The Alberta Advantage.
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