Historical scholarship. A sweeping history of the long sixteenth century, from the first voyage of Columbus in 1492 to the establishment of the first permanent English-speaking settlement in North America in 1607. Though it was really in the seventeenth century that it became clear that all of these interlinked phenomena would become the defining features …
Month: October 2021
Thank-you to Tonye and Chantelle of the Defund 604 Network for the great interview just now about abolitionist organizing in Vancouver. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led not-for-profit with a mission to empower fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to build and …
Historical fiction. About slavery and Scotland. Built around the actual historical case that led in 1777 to the establishment of the principle that Scots law did not uphold slavery, at least domestically. Joseph Knight is the enslaved man at the centre of this case, originally kidnapped from west Africa and brought to Jamaica, and then …
Perhaps the most famous essay by one of the twentieth century’s great essayists. About racism and the US of A, but also Baldwin’s early life and faith and pain and rage and change and freedom. Raw and lyrical. A classic for a reason. And a compelling mix of of-its-time – it was written in the …
Thank-you to Laurel of the group Trainsparence for talking with me just now about the unsuccessful struggle to oppose a public-private partnership building rail infrastructure in west Montreal and the current fight against the same in the east of the city. Listen in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Serena Mah is a media relations consultant and a former television journalist who lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Scott Neigh talks with her about anti-Asian racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Act2EndRacism coalition. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mah got a call from former Alberta MLA Theresa Woo-Paw, based in Calgary, about the …
Thank-you to Brandon of the Coalition for Dentalcare for the interview just now! He is a dentist and he talks about the coalition’s fight to make dental care a part of the public health care system in Canada. Listen for the interview in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Nonfiction. Aimed at a general audience. An engagement with the ways we see the world around us. In each chapter, the author goes on a walk with someone different. Most of these someones are experts who, because of their expertise, perceive the places through which they are walking differently than most of us would, and …