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The River and The Land

The River and The Land

By: Bilal Rafiq Kam Francis and Travis Laver
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 A politics, news-oriented, and political organizing podcast based in Windsor, ON, Canada hosted by Bilal Rafiq, Kam Francis & Travis Laver.Bilal Rafiq, Kam Francis, and Travis Laver Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Power to the Component

    Power to the Component
    Aug 24 2025

    Ali, Bilal, and Travis discuss the CUPE Air Canada Component's badass defiance of the Canadian government's back-to-work order and how effective worker power is at getting the things we all need. We also tal about elite capture in unions, the Rand Formula, and the lockout of Windsor's Titan Tool & Die workers.
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    1 hr
  • Quote Unquote Sustainable Development

    Quote Unquote Sustainable Development
    Aug 10 2025

    Ali, Bilal, and Travis attempt to decifer the neoliberal corporate-language-nightmare that is "sustainable development."


    Links to the things we reference:

    Perfect Victims - Mohammed El-Kurd

    Elite Capture & Reconsidering Reparations - Olufemi O. Taiwo

    The People's Republic of Walmart - Leigh Phillips & Michal Rozworski

    UN 17 Goals for Sustainable Development

    David Suzuki interview with iPolitics
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Paragliders! The debut of Ali

    Paragliders! The debut of Ali
    Aug 2 2025

    Bilal, Kam, and Travis were joined by Ali, a local man of science, nature, and revolution to talk about Canada's recognizing "Palestinian statehood," Canada's lies about providing Israel with weapons, and Windsor's police deficit, which--shocker!--is apparently because of the Palestinians too!
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    1 hr and 17 mins
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