Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
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Class & Climate: Debunking Degrowth with Matt Huber
Jun 23, 2026
32m 53s
Social Democrats of the North: Frank Calder, Living in Two Worlds
Jun 21, 2026
23m 09s
Social Democrats of the North: M.J. Coldwell, From the Prairies to Parliament
Jun 4, 2026
21m 55s
Class & Climate: Workers' Safety in the Climate Crisis
May 27, 2026
1h 00m 08s
Socialism After Capitalism
May 22, 2026
1h 03m 20s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 |  Class & Climate: Debunking Degrowth with Matt Huber | Author and professor Matt Huber argues that solving the climate crisis doesn’t require economic "degrowth". On this episode of Class & Climate: Perspectives on a Green Economy, Matt Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War, challenges commonly-held assumptions about responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions, debunking the myth of "degrowth" as the sole solution to our planetary climate crisis. Class & Climate is a podcast series from Perspectives Journal and the Green Economy Ne... | 32m 53s | ||||||
| 6/21/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: Frank Calder, Living in Two Worlds | Early Canadian social democrats routinely ignored the issues facing Indigenous communities, despite regularly claiming concern with poverty and social justice. Frank Calder fought to change this when he was elected as an MLA for the British Columbia CCF in 1949. As the first status Indigenous person to be elected at either the federal or provincial level in Canada, Calder used his position to advocate for a modern, comprehensive land claims policy to facilitate the negotiation and clai... | 23m 09s | ||||||
| 6/4/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: M.J. Coldwell, From the Prairies to Parliament✨ | political historysocial democracy+4 | — | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Canada | M.J. ColdwellCCF+5 | — | 21m 55s | |
| 5/27/26 |  Class & Climate: Workers' Safety in the Climate Crisis✨ | workers' safetyclimate crisis+4 | Alex CallahanNati | Green Economy Network | — | workers' safetyclimate crisis+5 | — | 1h 00m 08s | |
| 5/22/26 |  Socialism After Capitalism✨ | socialismcapitalism+3 | Bhaskar Sunkara | Toronto Metropolitan University | — | socialismcapitalism+4 | — | 1h 03m 20s | |
| 5/20/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: Moses Coady, Antigonish Awakening✨ | collectivismco-operation+4 | — | St. Francis Xavier UniversityAntigonish Movement | Nova Scotia | Moses CoadyAntigonish Movement+5 | — | 20m 27s | |
| 5/14/26 |  Shaping Canada’s Economic Future with Barry Sawyer, Bea Bruske, and Magali Picard✨ | labour rightseconomic policy+4 | Barry SawyerBea Bruske+1 | Broadbent Institute | CanadaTrump | economic futurelabour leaders+5 | — | 23m 12s | |
| 5/11/26 |  Class & Climate: The Politics of Electrification with Stephen Thomas✨ | climate changeelectrification+4 | Stephen Thomas | David Suzuki Foundation | — | climate campaignerpolicy analyst+3 | — | 49m 07s | |
| 5/6/26 |  Defending Democracy Across Borders with David Adler✨ | democracyglobal politics+3 | David Adler | Progressive International | — | democracyright-wing network+3 | — | 50m 32s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: George Hara Williams✨ | social democracypolitical history+3 | — | Saskatchewan CCF | — | George Hara WilliamsSaskatchewan CCF+4 | — | 23m 45s | |
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| 4/9/26 |  Class & Climate: The COP Folly with Martin Empson✨ | climate changeactivism+3 | Martin Empson | System Change not Climate ChangeGreen Economy Network | UK | climate activismCOP+3 | — | 37m 52s | |
| 4/7/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: École Sociale Populaire✨ | social democracyQuebec politics+3 | — | École Sociale PopulaireJesuit priests | Quebec | social democracyQuebec+5 | — | 23m 59s | |
| 3/15/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: Ernest Winch and Harold Winch✨ | social democracypolitical history+3 | — | — | British Columbia | social democracyErnest Winch+5 | — | 25m 02s | |
| 2/18/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: League for Social Reconstruction✨ | social democracyCanadian history+3 | — | League for Social ReconstructionCo-operative Commonwealth Federation+1 | — | League for Social ReconstructionGreat Depression+3 | — | 26m 20s | |
| 2/10/26 |  Activists Make History: Winning for Working People with Rob Ashton✨ | labour movementpolitics+3 | Rob Ashton | NDPBroadbent Institute | — | longshoremantrade unionist+3 | — | 35m 05s | |
| 2/4/26 |  Activists Make History: A New Era for the NDP with Tanille Johnston✨ | politicsIndigenous leadership+3 | Tanille Johnston | NDPWe Wai Kai First Nation+1 | — | NDPTanille Johnston+5 | — | 31m 22s | |
| 2/3/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: Agnes Macphail, Canada's First Female MP✨ | feminismsocial democracy+3 | — | Broadbent Institute | — | Agnes Macphailfemale MP+6 | — | 20m 42s | |
| 1/28/26 |  Extreme Wealth’s Threat to Democracy with Patriotic Millionaires Canada✨ | wealth inequalitydemocracy+3 | — | Patriotic Millionaires CanadaWorld Economic Forum+1 | — | wealth inequalitydemocracy+5 | — | 32m 38s | |
| 1/27/26 |  Activists Make History: Big Tent Organizing with Heather McPherson✨ | politicsleadership+3 | Heather McPherson | NDP | Edmonton StrathconaEdmonton | Heather McPhersonNDP leadership+3 | — | 35m 36s | |
| 1/24/26 |  Activists Make History: From the Ground Up with Tony McQuail✨ | grassroots activismrural issues+3 | Tony McQuail | NDP | Huron County | activismNDP+3 | — | 31m 57s | |
| 1/21/26 |  Activists Make History: Stories that Change the World with Avi Lewis | Peggy Nash is bringing conversations from the campaign trail to Activists Make History, speaking with candidates running to be the next leader of the federal NDP. Avi Lewis is a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and candidate running to be the next leader of the federal NDP. Born in Toronto, he built a career telling stories about movements for economic and social justice, from worker-run enterprises to global climate campaigns. On this episode of Activists Make History, host Peggy Nash talk... | 33m 55s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  Social Democrats of the North: William Irvine, The Power of Persistence | This Scottish-born preacher turned politician helped lay the foundation for early social democratic electoral success in Alberta and across Canada. William Irvine’s life and career reflects the power of persistence in struggles. Born to a working-class familyin the Shetland Islands, Irvine immigrated to Canada to lead a Unitarian church congregation in Alberta. After arriving in Calgary in 1916, he was swept up by the social gospel movement of the time. He ran for political office with the La... | 24m 26s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 |  Social Democrats of the North: E.A. Partridge, The Great Builder | A pioneer of Canadian prairie socialism, E.A. Partridge was a radical farmer who organized Saskatchewan grain growers in the face of rampant price fixing. The founder of the 'Grain Growers' Grain Company' cooperative and publisher of the Grain Growers' Guide, Partridge was a major player in the history of Canadian social democracy. Learn about his "Partridge plan" and the social democratic roots of western Canadian alienation on this episode of Social Democrats of the North. -- Social Democra... | 22m 45s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 |  Social Democrats of the North: J.S. Woodsworth, A Man of Faith | One of the most iconic socialists in Canadian history, most on the Canadian left may likely identify J.S. Woodsworth as Canada's first social democrat. Woodsworth was an organizer of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike and the first leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, founded in 1932. This episode of Social Democrats of the North reflects on the Social Gospel that saw Jesus as a radical socialist, the farmers and labour movements that struggled for power over the Canadian Prairie... | 21m 58s | ||||||
| 11/21/25 |  Activists Make History: Women United — Toronto Book Launch | The new book by Peggy Nash & Julie White tells the untold stories of dozens of women leaders in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Union. In November 2025, Between the Lines books published Women United: Stories of Women’s Struggles for Equality in the Canadian Auto Workers Union by Peggy Nash and Julie White. The co-authors were interviewed by Tricia Wilson, Director of Equity and Racial Justice at Unifor, at their November 13 book launch in Toronto. About Women United: Based on the firstha... | 53m 55s | ||||||
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