Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy
The Perspectives Journal Podcast complements the journal and opinions content of Perspectives: A Canadian Journal of Political Economy and Social Democracy, to bring out left-wing ideas and strategy in a new and ever-evolving format. The podcast features interviews with policy experts, to dig deeper into the progressive angles of the issues affecting working-class, ordinary Canadians.
Hosted by editor-in-chief, Clement Nocos, the Perspectives Journal Podcast aims to bring forward timely analysis on issues from the multiple crises of the economy, cost-of-living and the environment, to the labour movement, as well as the state of Canadian democracy. The wide reaching breadth of this show aims to help inform policymakers and the public about approaches to today’s pressing problems that are rooted in Ed Broadbent’s Principles for Canadian Social Democracy.
Perspectives Journal also produces and features shows hosted by the Broadbent Institute’s friends and affiliates, providing a progressive platform for limited and irregular conversations that are still necessary to enliven Canada’s political discourse. The Perspectives Journal Podcast is a proud members of the Harbinger Media Network, Canada’s progressive podcast community.
Activists Make History
Activists Make History with Peggy Nash is a new podcast series from Perspectives Journal that finds the political underdogs and asks how they got started, against the odds, to fight for progressive change. Policymakers, activists and experts from underrepresented communities and backgrounds, that are typically pushed to the margins of Canadian political life, are front and centre in conversation with Peggy Nash, who has been a union activist, a feminist advocate, and a Member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons for nearly a decade.
Reflecting on these experiences as a political outsider, and in conversation with other like-minded outsiders that take our struggles into the halls of power, Activists Make History aims to show how we can win a better world through elected office. Activists Make History is only made possible by the generous contribution of Unifor.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 48
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Activists Make History: Holding the Line with Wesley Lesosky, CUPE Air Canada Component President
Peggy Nash chats with Air Canada flight attendants union leader Wesley Lesosky about the recent strike and the fight for fair pay in the airline industry.
In August 2025, Air Canada flight attendants …
Naomi Klein: The Rise of End-of-the-World Fascism and Resistance from the Global South
At the 2025 Panamerican Congress in Mexico City, held August 1st to 3rd, hosted by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Morena Parliamentary Group, Canadian journalist Naomi Klein gave remarks…
Canada’s Tax Haven Dilemma with Jared Walker
At this time last year in late July 2024, Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad announced that G20 finance leaders were poised to endorse a joint declaration on international tax cooperation tha…
Carney's Cuts with Angella MacEwen
Angella MacEwen explains what is at stake with Carney’s chosen course of “cuts, cuts, and more cuts.”
Mark Carney’s new liberal government is making it loud and clear that they’re switching things up …
Activists Make History: Mobilizing a Movement with Sandy Hudson
Peggy Nash sits down with Sandy Hudson to talk about the roots of Black Lives Matter – Toronto, and her new book Defund.
In this episode of Activists Make History, Peggy Nash sits down with Sandy Huds…
Class & Climate: Colombia’s Just Transition with Lala Peñaranda and Matt Kirkegaard
Colombian oil workers and la Unión Sindical Obrera (USO) are leading the charge for a just transition. Here's what Canada can learn from their worker-led climate plan.
Lala Peñaranda of Trade Unions f…
Class & Climate: Winds of Change with Alex Connolly
The fight for better workplace conditions doesn’t stop at renewable energy. Workers in renewable energy need union representation, collective bargaining and a voice in their workplace for the energy …
Neoliberalism's Failure and What the Left Must Do
2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecturer Grace Blakeley sits down with Luke Savage in Toronto, Canada, for a conversation on the failures of neoliberal capitalism, the age of individualism it has produced, …
Class & Climate: The Sustainability Class with Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan
Does the so-called green consumption of the “sustainability class” really work to help save us from climate catastrophe? Without challenging capitalism, can everyone afford the cost of living, reduce…
Genuine Democracy in an Age of Hyper-Individualism with Grace Blakeley
The 2025 Ellen Meiksins Wood Lecture was delivered by Grace Blakeley, illustrating why neoliberal capitalism has overruled democracy and why we must organize to take back democratic power for the wor…
Public Education at the Tipping Point
Hear from frontline educators at the 2025 Progress Summit on what’s driving the crisis and how we can defend democracy by fighting for strong, inclusive, and well-funded schools.
Canada’s public educa…
Class & Climate: Moving Canada for Climate Action with Blandine Sebileau
Equiterre's Sustainable Mobility Analyst shows how clean mobility can help working class Canadians save money while making our communities cleaner and healthier.
Canada is falling behind its G7 peers.…
Class & Climate: Union Power with Brandon Dyck - IBEW
The energy transition runs on union power. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is one of the labour unions that will generate the electricity needed to seize the potential and …
Class & Climate: Building a Green Workforce with Lindsay Amundsen
Lindsay Amundsen of Canada's Building Trades Unions explains what a just transition really means for workers—and how union-led training programs are preparing the workforce for the green economy.
What…
Class & Climate: Green Industrial Policy with Jim Stanford and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
The climate crisis overlaps with the cost-of-living crisis, amid the US tariff threat. As our fossil fuel dependence exposes us to inflation and trade threats from the US, the labour and climate move…
Activists Make History: Democracy in Action with Josel Angelica Gerardo
Josel Gerardo is a young activist and shares how she is driving democratic engagement in the Filipino-Canadian community.
In this episode of Activists Make History, Peggy Nash sits down with Josel Ang…
A Better Way Forward with Liliana Camacho
Liliana Camacho explains that while rising costs are squeezing businesses, increasing wages and capping rent are not the problem—they’re actually part of the solution.
Even Canadian businesses know th…
Activists Make History: Campaigning for Progress with Alexa Gilmour
The first-time candidate for Parkdale–High Park says progressive campaigning can be the antidote for despair.
In this episode of Activists Make History, Peggy Nash sits down with Alexa Gilmour, Ontari…
Industrial Policy after Neoliberalism with D.T. Cochrane
For decades, social democrats have championed industrial policy, prioritizing the governance of the economy and market regulation as a way to build a more just and democratic society. But as a new er…
Activists Make History: Meeting the Moment with Lana Payne
Unifor president Lana Payne explains what’s at stake for Canadian workers in response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats and how unions are adapting to meet the moment.
In this episode of Activists Make…