Rebecca Keetch has been an autoworker at the General Motors (GM) assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario since 2006. GM has said they will close the plant by the end of the year. Tiffany Balducci is the president of the Durham Region Labour Council. Both are involved in Green Jobs Oshawa, a joint labour-community campaign involving …
Thank you to Lisa and Sakura of the Halifax Workers’ Action Centre for the interview just now! Listen to us talk about the centre’s work to support marginalized workers and to organize for change later in October on Talking Radical Radio. Originally posted to Scott’s author page on Facebook.
Karen Cocq is a long-time grassroots organizer who has recently been doing popular education and communications work with the Migrant Rights Network, a cross-Canada alliance of migrant worker, refugee, and immigrant organizations devoted to fighting against racism and for migrant justice. Scott Neigh interviews her about racism and xenophobia in Canada, both in general and …
Maia Wikler lives in Vancouver and works as the Digital Communications Coordinator for Raven Trust, an organization whose mission is to fundraise to support First Nations in legal battles. Scott Neigh interviews her about the Pull Together campaign, a collaboration between Raven and the Sierra Club BC to raise money for the litigation by First …
Thank-you to Karen from the Migrant Rights Network for the interview just now for Talking Radical Radio! In a couple of weeks, you can tune in to hear us talk about the network’s efforts to fight racism and xenophobia in general and in the context of the federal election. Originally posted to Scott’s author page on Facebook.
Alvin Finkel is a history professor at Athabasca University and the author of thirteen books, most recently Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy (Red Globe Press, 2019). He is also the president of the Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI), a grassroots organization devoted to preserving and sharing the stories of Alberta’s working people and …
Ramona Neckoway is a professor at the University College of the North in Thompson Manitoba. She is also a member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, a hydro-impacted community. Stephane McLachlan is a professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Both do research studying the impacts and implications of hydroelectricity projects on the environment and on …
Just closed out the week with an interview for Talking Radical Radio with Maia from Pull Together, a campaign raising funds to support the legal challenges by First Nations to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. Listen for it in a couple of weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s author page on Facebook.
Tiffany Joseph‘s ancestry is of the Saanich people on her mother’s side and the Squamish people on her father’s side, and she currently lives in Tsartlip First Nation, a bit north of Victoria on Vancouver Island. Scott Neigh interviews her about her peoples’ history and about her work revitalizing her language and culture, and restoring …
Macdonald Scott is a legal worker at the firm Carranza LLP, where he speicalizes in immigration law. He is also an active member of the Toronto-based Movement Defence Committee, a collective of lawyers and legal workers affiliated with the Law Union of Ontario focused on providing legal support for protestors targeted by the police. Scott …