Manuel Salamanca Cardona is an activist with the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC), which organizes with immigrant and migrant workers in a wide range of contexts in Montreal. Scott Neigh interviews him specifically about the struggles of workers employed by temp agencies, and about the work of the IWC-affiliated Temporary Agency Workers Association, which fights for …
Ellie Ade Kur and Abby Stadnyk are grassroots organizers with abolitionist politics. They are also both involved in Disarm, Defund, Dismantle: Police Abolition in Canada (Between the Lines, 2022), a new book collection bringing together pieces by organizers and scholars writing in the context of the constellation of efforts to defund and abolish the police …
Thanks to British Columbia teachers Kim and Jillian of BCTF Divest Now for the interview just now about the campaign to push the BC Teachers Federation pension plan to divest from fossil fuel industries! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks.
Sakura Saunders and Rachel Small are long-time organizers with experience in a range of movements. Both are active with World Beyond War, a decentralized global network with the goal not just of opposing the war of the day but of abolishing the institution of war. Scott Neigh interviews them about the organization’s work globally and …
Thanks to Angella and Alex of Community Solidarity Ottawa, a new coalition of labour & community groups in Ottawa that formed in opposition to the recent far-right-driven occupation of the city’s downtown. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to abolitionist organizers Ellie and Abby for the interview just now! We talked about *Disarm, Defund, Dismantle*, a new collection about abolitionist organizing in Canad. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Sarah Switzer, Andrea Vela Alarcón, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez, and Casey Burkholder all have long histories of involvement in a range of grassroots, community-based work, and they are also researchers in academic and professional settings. Scott Neigh interviews them about Beyond the Toolkit, a research project in which they worked with people involved in community facilitation, community …
Thanks to Rachel and Sakura for the interview just now about World Beyond War’s work in the Canadian context against war and militarism, both in general and in this moment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Listen for it in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Jesse Cardinal is a Métis woman who lives in Treaty 6 territory and is the executive director of Keepers of the Water, an Indigenous organization with a mission of protecting the water in the Arctic drainage basin. Scott Neigh interviews her about the threat posed by the Alberta tar sands and other resource extraction, and …
Thank-you to Manuel from the Immigrant Workers Centre for the interview just now about the Temporary Agency Workers Association and the struggles of temp agency workers in Montreal! Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio.