Carole Tootill and Joshua Wright are residents of British Columbia who are heavily involved in forest protection activism. Scott Neigh interviews them about the Fairy Creek blockades, which are protecting some of the last big-tree, old-growth forest on Vancouver Island from clear-cut logging. Tootill grew up in B.C., and first got involved in environmental and forest protection issues …
Thanks to Susan & Angie of Just Recovery Ontario for the interview about their campaign for a just & equitable recovery from COVID-19. They are pressuring governments to fix the major gaps in our social safety net revealed by the pandemic. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in October!
Tamara Lorincz is a long-time peace and justice activist and a member of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Brent Patterson has also been involved in peace and social justice issues for many years, and he is the executive director of Peace Brigades International – Canada. Scott Neigh interviews them about a campaign to oppose the federal government’s plan to spend …
France Trépanier is an artist and curator of Kanien’kehá:ka and French ancestry. Chris Creighton-Kelly is also an artist, and is of Anglo-Indian descent. They are the directors of Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires, a project that has been working to bring Indigenous art to the centre of the Canadian arts system, and to support work by artists of …
Thank-you to Carole and Joshua for the interview just now about the Fairy Creek Blockade, a direct action that is protecting some of the last big-tree old-growth forest in B.C. from clearcut logging. Listen for it in the next few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Christine Bro is the lead organizer with Local 2 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and she is based in Vancouver. Quentin Rowe-Codner is a sales associated at a private liquor store in Maple Ridge, BC. Scott Neigh interviews them about SEIU Local 2’s Unions Are Essential campaign, launched to support the unionization of essential and frontline workers during the …
Sharon Gregson works with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and is the provincial spokesperson for British Columbia’s $10aDay daycare campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the importance of high-quality, affordable, accessible, public child care, and about both the gains the campaign in BC has made so far and what it has left to win. The crucial role …
Just finished the second of two interviews for the week. Yesterday, I spoke with France and Chris of Primary Colours / Couleurs primaires about their work to challenge racism and colonialism in Canada’s arts system. Today, it was to Tamara of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Brent of Peace Brigades International – Canada on the campaign against …
Thank-you to Christine and Quentin for the interview just now about the Unions Are Essential campaign from SEIU Local 2 that is supporting workers during COVID, and about a recent successful organizing drive. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that was originally broadcast in March 2020. Sharon Fortney is the Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at the Museum of Vancouver. Scott Neigh interviews her about the complicated colonial history of museums and about the Acts of Resistance exhibit. It features the massive banners designed by Indigenous artists …