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Archive of October, 2006
The CS podcast is now 25 episodes old! Here’s the most recent instalment:
CITIZENShift Podcast 25 - Non-violent Resistance in Israel and Palestine
Rose Marie Whalley explores non-violent resistance in the Middle East. In this podcast, she talks to Paul Pierce, who is helping to encourage young Israelis to opt for conscientious objection rather than serve in the military, and Kathy Kamphoefer, who does non-violence training with villagers in Palestine. This episode was produced by audio producer and journalist, Karen Loeb.
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Rose Marie Whalley is a retired teacher from Montreal who volunteers as an elections observer and records interviews with Palestinians, Israelis and internationals who are using non-violent resistance to oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Freedom marchers demand to pass through a checkpoint in Palestine. (Photo: ISM-NC)
The music featured in the podcast is the title song from the recently released album Masì Cho by Neema and the track ‘No Compromises’ by Invincible, which is featured on Free The P, a compilation in support of an upcoming documentary about Palestinian hip-hop.
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This podcast was produced for CitizenShift by Karen Loeb, a freelance audio journalist, translator and writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Karen and Rose Marie collaborate on various projects, including the monthly radio program Older Women Live, which airs on in Montreal on the second Wednesday of every month from 6 - 7 p.m. (you can also listen to archived shows anytime on the web at ckut.ca).

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Humanity’s capacity to generate new ideas and knowledge is its greatest asset. It is the source of art, science, innovation and economic development. Without it, individuals and societies stagnate. - The Adelphi Charter on creativity, innovation and intellectual property.

Marcus Bornfreund, Co-Director of Creative Commons Canada, talks about copyright and intellectual property issues in the digital age. This a photo-enhanced podcast, best-viewed in iTunes or similar.
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Doug Kay, from ITConversations.com, reads the first chapter of Lawrence Lessig’s book, Free Culture: How Big Media uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity.
Free Culture has become a seminal text in the movement to re-interpret out-dated intellectual property laws in an age where digital innovation outpaces its own legal guidelines.
Both, the book and the audio, are freely available for personal use and non-commercial distribution under a Creative Commons License.
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