David Alton and William Turman are founding members of a multi-issue grassroots group in southern Ontario called GroundUp Waterloo Region. Scott Neigh interviews them about their commitment to what they call “messy activism” and about the group’s work supporting other grassroots groups, filling community gaps, building grassroots infrastructure, and holding politicians to account. Alton and …
Anna Badillo and David Heap are members of People for Peace, a local grassroots peace group in the city of London in southwestern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the group’s two decades of action on a wide range of issues, and in particular about their work opposing the manufacture in a London plant of …
Thanks to Frédérique of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights and Martha of Wellness Within for the interview just now about sexual and reproductive health advocacy, prison abolition, and the 2022 SRH Week campaign, “Advocacy in Action”! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon.
Joe Curnow is a professor in the faculty of education at the University of Manitoba, a long-time community organizer, and a member of the organizing and communications team for the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). Scott Neigh interviews her about UMFA’s recent strike, in which an organizing orientation allowed the union to accomplish quite …
Thanks to Hanen of the BAM Collective for the interview just now about doing community- and arts-based work empowering young people from equity-seeking groups around questions of social justice. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Today’s guest on Talking Radical Radio is a Kashmiri-Canadian and a member of Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, a group of Canadians – some of whom have ties to the region, some of whom do not – committed to working in this country towards a just peace in Kashmir. Scott Neigh interviews him …
Thank-you to William and David of GroundUp Waterloo Region for the interview just now about messy activism, filling grassroots gaps, and movement infrastructure in Waterloo. Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Thanks to Joe Curnow for the interview just now about the University of Manitoba Faculty Association strike late last year, what it managed to accomplish despite tough circumstances, and what other public sector unions can learn from it. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks!
For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Recently, Withers released a new book telling stories of and drawing lessons from four of OCAP’s key campaigns over the years related to homelessness. Scott Neigh interviews them about OCAP and about …
Thanks to Anna and David of People for Peace, London, Ontario for speaking to me just now about their group’s two decades of multi-faceted peace activism, including opposition to the manufacture of light armoured vehicles in their community. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!