Sally Lane is the mother of Jack Letts, a Canadian citizen who has been detained for more than five years in northeastern Syria in conditions akin to torture. Matthew Behrens is a long-time activist and a member of Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture. Scott Neigh interviews them about Jack’s case and about the campaign to …
Darlene Okemaysim-Sicotte is part of a grassroots group called Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik, or Women Walking Together, that has been working for many years in Saskatoon on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Scott Neigh interviews her about what that work has involved. Okemaysim-Sicotte grew up in Beardy’s and Okemasis’ Cree Nation in …
Thanks to Krista of Fix Our Schools for the interview just now about the campaign to push the Ontario government to address the $16.8 billion infrastructure deficit in the province’s schools, and their take on the current provincial election. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio!
Nina Newington is a long-time activist and an organizer of the Last Hope Camp, whose participants have been living in tents on the land since December to block the logging of an ecologically important forest in southwest Nova Scotia. Scott Neigh interviews her about the practicalities of taking this kind of direct action, about the …
Just did an interview about a campaign to push the Canadian government to bring Jack Letts home from detention under terrible conditions in Syria. Thanks to Matthew Behrens and to Jack’s mother Sally Lane for speaking with me! Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio.
Jillian Maguire and Kim Benson are teachers in British Columbia. As such, they are both members of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), and they have recently been organizing to get their pension plan to divest from fossil fuel industries. Scott Neigh interview them about the BCTF Divest Now campaign and about their success in …
Thank-you to Craig, Holly, and David for the interview just now about the Toronto Workers’ History Project. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Alex Silas and Angella MacEwen live in Ottawa and are active in their unions and their communities. This includes as members of Community Solidarity Ottawa (CSO), a coalition of unions, community organizations, and residents that came together during the recent convoy occupation of downtown Ottawa to give voice to grassroots opposition to the convoy, its …
Thank-you to Darlene Sicotte of Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik for speaking with me just now about the group’s 17 years of work in Saskatoon on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thanks to Nina Newington for the interview just now. We talked about the Last Hope Camp, a forest defence camp in southwest Nova Scotia that is currently in its fifth month. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!