Blueprints of Disruption Podcast
1) Canadian Mining Imperialism: Guatemala's 13 Brave Giants
The Canadian Mining Industry is notorious for its patterns of aiding in regime change, displacing Indigenous peoples from their lands, and the horrific human rights abuses that go with all of that.Act...Show More
2) Agree to Disagree? Desmond Cole and Jessa McLean on Vetting, Yves' Campaign and the NDP
Desmond Cole, acclaimed author and journalist at The Breach, sits down with host Jessa McLean to clear the air and contrast their positions around Yves Engler's campaign and the NDP's decision to bloc...Show More
3) Twice Betrayed: The NDP, the YMCA and Rana Zaman
Halifax based community activist Rana Zaman has found herself in the midst of another smear campaign launched by Zionist lobbyists, and betrayed by the very institutions that once celebrated her.Back ...Show More
4) Flooding the Zone: Police Raids on Peace Activists
World Beyond War Canada organizer Rachel Small's home was recently raided by Police - at 6 a.m., while the entire family was asleep. They seized all of her electronic devices, including those of her c...Show More
5) Blocking Dissent: Updates from Yves Engler's Trial and Campaign
NDP Leadership hopeful Yves Engler gives an update on his campaign, and discusses the implications of his recent criminal trial in Montreal.The arguments laid out by the Crown in his case, if successf...Show More
6) War and Austerity: Unpacking Carney's 2025 Budget
With the 2025 Federal Budget vote looming, Ashwin from the International Solidarity Podcast joins Blueprints host Jessa McLean to breakdown some of the $141 Billion in new spending and the cuts that w...Show More
7) Elected Socialists: In Hostile Territory with Sean Orr
Vancouver City Councillor Sean Orr, an avowed socialist elected in April 2025, dishes on what its been like navigating a system hostile to him and his ideas. Sean is very candid on the limitations and...Show More
8) Tenant Class Warfare
Tenants across Ontario were already mobilizing against Bill 60 when a bombshell dropped...Premier Ford floated an idea that would have stripped renters of almost all their rights.The good news: organi...Show More
9) Doctors' Duty: Travelling to Gaza
After answering a call for general surgeons, Dr. Monica Chaudhuri, an Ontario doctor and activist, recently returned from Gaza. Dr. Chaudhuri shares what it was like working alongside the brave Pales...Show More
10) Holding Institutions Accountable: TMU Lawsuit with Dimitri Lascaris
Students from Toronto Metropolitan University have launched a $10 million lawsuit being launched against the school for falsely, and very publicly, labelling them antisemitic.Human rights lawyer Dimit...Show More