Alyse Stuart is an organizer with the Canadian Federation of Students. Keith Dunne is the campaigns and communication coordinator with the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees. Both are active with the Fight for $15 and Fairness – Newfoundland and Labrador, and they speak with Scott Neigh about how that campaign is …
Just finished talking to Peter from Organize BC about the training, coaching, and community building they do to help build the capacity of progressive organizations and movements in western Canada. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a couple of weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Estelle Davis is one of the co-founders of Taking What We Need, a grassroots solidarity fund created by and for trans women in Montreal. It provides material support to trans women in the face of the many exclusions, barriers, and costs that they experience. Scott Neigh interviews Davis about the limits of the politics of …
David Lester is a Vancouver-based musician and graphic artist whose work has been woven through with radical politics since he started out in the 1970s. Musically, he is best known as half of the rock duo Mecca Normal, while graphically he has been involved for decades in the creation of everything from pamphlets to posters …
I’ve done two interviews for Talking Radical Radio this week. On Wednesday, I talked to Alyse and Keith of the Fight for $15 and Fairness minimum wage campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador. And just now I talked to Estelle, who is part of a group called Taking What We Need, a solidarity fund by and for trans …
Tammy Mast and Kenneth Aliu are residents of the Herongate neighbourhood in Ottawa and active members of the Herongate Tenant Coalition. Scott Neigh interviews them about the coalition’s ongoing work to fight mass evictions, chronic disrepair, rent increases, and gentrification in a neighbourhood containing one of the largest clusters in the country of rental housing …
Kathy Dawson is a board member of the Alberta Pro-Choice Coalition (APCC), which brings together groups from across the province to “protect and support sexual health and reproductive rights in Alberta.” As a provincial election looms that may well bring the United Conservative Party (UCP) under Jason Kenney to power, Scott Neigh interviews Dawson about …
Liane Tessier is a former firefighter who fought a landmark human rights case related to workplace harassment and gender discrimination in Halifax. Judy Haiven is a retired professor from the business school at Saint Mary’s University who taught industrial relations. They are co-founders of Equity Watch, a grassroot group that aims to fight bullying, harassment, …
Thanks to Tammy and Kenneth of the Herongate Tenant Coalition for the great interview just now about the tenant organizing they’re involved with in the multi-racial working-class Ottawa neighbourhood that is their home. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Just finished interviewing Vancouver musician and artist David Lester about his punk duo Mecca Normal, graphic history, and the Winnipeg General Strike. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the next few weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.