nicole marie burton is a comics illustrator and the founder of the Ottawa-based independent publisher Ad Astra Comix. Her most recent project is a collaboration with University of Toronto historian Kassandra Luciuk, called Enemy Alien: A True Story of Life behind Barbed Wire, published by Between the Lines. Scott Neigh interviews burton about radical comics, about Ad Astra, and about Enemy Alien. …
By Toronto-based writer and performer Kai Cheng Thom. Essays interspersed with poems. Smart. Thoughtful. Challenging. Names not just the violence of the mainstream but its more insidious correlates within communities that style themselves as being of marginalized belonging and/or of resistance. Less ornate in its writing than I for some reason (perhaps because the author …
Kyle Vose works for a social service agency in Toronto and is the agency co-chair of the ODSP Action Coalition. In earlier years, he was also an ODSP (or Ontario Disability Support Program) recipient and served as the recipient co-chair of the coalition. And Andrea Hatala is its current recipient co-chair. Scott Neigh interviews them about ODSP, the …
Just finished an interview with Ezra and Ray of the Qualicum Nature Preservation Society about a local struggle to preserve ecologically sensitive wetland on Vancouver Island from development. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thank-you to long-time trade unionist Derek Blackadder for the Talking Radical Radio interview just now! We talked about labour movement use of online tools from the 1980s to today, and about how it’s changing due to COVID-19. Listen for it in the coming weeks!
Will George is a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Their territory, located in and around what is now called “Vancouver,” will be directly impacted by the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. Scott Neigh interviews George about the project and about his ongoing grassroots work to oppose it. The fight against Trans Mountain has been one …
Scott Neigh — Talking Radical Radio · Migrant agricultural workers demanding dignity Hector Balderos Campos is from Mexico and he has been coming to Canada as a migrant agricultural worker for 15 years. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Dignidad Migrante Society. Natalia Sudeyko lives in Vancouver and she …
Robyn Beckett is a public health professional and part of the Decent Work and Health Network, a group of health care workers, public health workers, and community members advocating for better employment standards in Ontario using a health lens. Scott Neigh interviews her about the relationship between work and health, about the network, and about …
Thank-you to Will George, a grassroots member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, for the interview just now about his work to oppose the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Joan Kuyek has been involved for decades in struggles related to mining, including serving as the first national co-ordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999 to 2008. Scott Neigh interviews her about her lifetime of activism and organizing, and about her new book, Unearthing Justice: How to Protect Your Community from the Mining Industry. Mining is …