Redeye is a 3-hour radio program broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 102.7FM. It is produced by an independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
The show has been on the air for over 30 years, providing high-quality public affairs and arts programming to listeners looking for a progressive take on current events.
Recent interviews
Adil Charkaoui: In his own words
Adil Charkaoui was arrested under a Canadian security certificate in May 2003. In June 2009. he was finally allowed to leave Montreal and went on a speaking tour across Canada.
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How the U.S. is helping the coup makers in Honduras
Conn Hallinan details the organizations, companies and individuals lending their support to the military regime in Honduras.
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Missing: Eight million fish
Fisheries and Oceans Canada estimated that more than ten million sockeye salmon were going to return to the Fraser River this year. Now they say there'll only be two million.
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A Woman Among Warlords
Malalai Joya's autobiography will be published in Canada in October. Rabble editor Derrick O'Keefe worked with Joya on the book, recently released in Britain under the title Raising My Voice.
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Why Canadians should care about healthcare reform in the U.S.
Health policy researcher Colleen Fuller says the debate about reform has huge significance for Canadians in our efforts to strenthen Medicare.
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Obama lacks new vision for Africa
Obama's first official visit to Africa was the chance to propose a radically different vision for U.S.-Africa relations. Gerald Lemelle says he didn't take it.
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Agent Orange in Canada
Author Chris Arsenault says Canada was used as a testing ground for Agent Orange and other more toxic compounds.
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How Twitter can help us organize
Code Pink Women for Peace is all over social networking. Online organizer Paris Marron tells us how Facebook and Twitter can help us organize better.
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Why we need comedians in Canada
Stand-up comic Charlie Demers tells us why he thinks Canadians need satire more than ever these days.
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Economic stimulus projects designed for men
When government talks about shovel-ready projects to help workers get through the economic crisis, the hands wielding the shovels belong overwhelmingly to men.
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Canadian citizen denied entry to Canada
Abousifian Abdelrazik is a Canadian citizen who was detained in Sudan and interrogated at the behest of the Canadian government. Now he's not being allowed to come home.
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2010 Olympics and civil liberties
The games are months away but the clampdown on civil liberties has already started, according to David Eby of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.
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Workers and slum-dwellers organizing in the Philippines
A delegation of Vancouver union activists went to the Philippines on a solidarity and human rights fact-finding tour three months ago. Bill Saunders brings this report.
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Canadian Arab Federation loses funding for language classes
Executive Director Mohamed Boudjenane talks about why his organization has lost government support for its settlement services for immigrants.
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Prison suicide of Ashley Smith
In 2007, a disturbed teenager strangled herself to death as prison officials watched. The report of the resulting investigation was released last week.
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Judge recommends civilian body to investigate police-involved deaths
The Davies Commission Inquiry into the Death of Frank Paul says that police are in a conflict of interest when they investigate themselves.
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Ivan E. Coyote live at Rhizome Cafe
One of Canada's best-known storytellers performs for a sold-out crowd in Vancouver.
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