A rare two-interview day today! This morning, I spoke with Brent from Farmers For Climate Solutions – Fermiers pour la transition climatique. We talked about Canadian farmers getting together to push governments to adopt pro-climate agricultural policies. Then this afternoon I talked to Gillian and Tony of BIPOC TV & Film about their education, networking, and advocacy work …
Adriana Salazar and Miigam’agan are members of the national steering committee of Righting Relations, a pan-Canadian, women-led network of adult educators working for radical social change. Scott Neigh interviews them about their respective grassroots work in their own communities and about the role of Righting Relations in supporting and enhancing that work. Salazar grew up in Colombia, where …
Thank-you to Fazeela of Fernwood Publishing and Dave of Between the Lines for speaking with me about the Radical Publishers Alliance, a new initiative that brings together 30+ lefty publishers from around the world. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Sarah Jama is a young organizer in Hamilton, Ontario who has been involved in a wide range of different kinds of grassroots work – prominently including struggles against anti-Black racism, working for disability justice, and a whole range of other things. Scott Neigh interviews her about the trajectory of her organizing, particularly her work co-founding the Disability Justice Network …
Just finished a great interview with Souheil of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project, a joint community/academic project that does education and organizing around prisoner justice and prison abolition. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Brendan Devlin and Shaden Abusaleh are university students and organizers with Communities Not Cuts Manitoba. Scott Neigh interviews them about the political situation in their province and about what it looks like to fight austerity during the limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic – something that everyone across the country may well have to deal with soon. As …
Thank-you to Sarah Jama for the wide ranging interview just now! We talked about disability justice, mutual aid, police brutality, anti-Blackness, and her trajectory as an organizer. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Derek Blackadder went to his first union meeting in the 1970s, and since the 1980s has been involved in multiple ways in shaping how the labour movement has made use of digital communication techology. Scott Neigh interviews him about that long history of experimentation, debate, and action with online tools, and about what social movements can learn from …
Thank-you to Adriana and Miigam‘agan for talking with me about being part of Righting Relations: Adult Education for Social Change/Apaji-wla’matulinej, a women-led network of adult/popular educators coming together to strengthen our capacity to work for radical social change. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in June!
Ezra Morse is a software engineer and an engineering manager. Ray Woroniak has worked as a wilderness guide and an organic vegetable farmer, and currently is a stay-at-home parent. Both live in Qualicum Beach, a town of about 9000 people on the east coast of Vancouver Island, and they are the president and vice-president, respectively, …