Episode 218

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3rd Feb 2026

Eyes on the Industry: Mining Watch Canada

Guest Jamie Kneen, of Mining Watch Canada gives an overview of the Canadian mining industry, while making the case its a continued colonial enterprise our politicians are more than happy to enable.

How is it that an industry so big, with so many established cases of human rights abuses, continue to operate with such impunity, and under the radar?

Jamie answers this, and talks about the work Mining Watch Canada does to support local efforts to resist resource extraction, share knowledge and in turn, influence policy here in Canada.

What is clear is the impacts of mining are devastating, and Canadian politicians are complicit.

Hosted by: Santiago Helou Quinter and Jessa McLean

Produced by: Santiago Helou Quintero

Related Episodes:

  1. Canadian Mining Imperialism: Guatemala's 13 Brave Giants, Grahame Russell of Rights Action on a landmark legal case that exposed HudBay for horrific human rights abuses;
  2. Canada's Colonial Imagination, Professor and author Tyler Shipley on the ideology used to justify the genocide of Indigenous peoples and shape foreign policy today.

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Blueprints of Disruption
A Podcast for Rabble Rousers
Blueprints of Disruption is dedicated to amplifying the work of activists, organizers and rabble rousers. This weekly podcast, hosted by Jessa McLean and Santiago Helou Quintero, features in-depth discussions that explore different ways to challenge capitalism, decolonize spaces and create movements on the ground. Together we will disrupt the status quo one episode at a time.

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Host, Jessa McLean is a socialist political and community organizer from Ontario.