The new mayor could push for a cut in the police budget to make up for a big budget gap, but it’s unlikely that she will. In the spirit of Toronto’s long history of communities resisting the harms of policing, however, grassroots groups are campaigning for her to make that choice. In December, the Toronto …
It’s pretty clear that a lot of people don’t understand the way that more extreme elements on the right try to build support for their agenda of harm and violence and a base to pursue it by organizing things like the anti-queer/anti-trans actions across the country last week and the convoy occupation last year. Not …
Thanks to Bronwen Tucker and Emily Eaton for the interview just now about The End of this World (published by Between the Lines), a new book about the urgent struggle for a decolonial just transition. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Thank-you to Jacqueline and Sara of the Climate Justice Organizing Hub for the interview just now about their work providing infrastructure and support for movements across so-called Canada. Listen for it on Talking Radical in the next few weeks!
The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio originally broadcast in July 2022. Simran Kaur Dhunna and Bikram Singh are members of the Naujawan Support Network, a group of international students and immigrant workers primarily based in Brampton, Ontario, who are challenging the exploitation and mistreatment that their members face using …
Stefan Christoff is a musician and a long-time activist based in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. He is also the co-ordinator of Musicians for Palestine, a network of musicians from around the world committed to speaking up in support of Palestinian human rights. Scott Neigh interviews him about the work involved in building a global initiative of …
Thanks to Mark of the Workers’ Action Network NL for the interview just now about building a network of low-wage, precarious workers in Newfoundland and Labrador, to act in solidarity and fight for decent work for all! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks.
Sean Holman is the Wayne Crookes professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism at the University of Victoria, in Lekwungen territory on Vancouver Island. Scott Neigh interviews him about the shifts in journalism’s social role in our current political moment, about the news media’s response to the climate crisis so far, and about the new model …
Thank-you to Beatriz and Aabir of SeedChange for the interview just now about their work supporting ecological farming, farmers’ rights, and seed sovereignty & diversity in Canada and around the world. Listen for it Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thanks to AJ Withers for the interview just now about their new book, *Fight to Win: Inside Poor People’s Organizing*, on the radical anti-poverty organizing of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Listen for it in the new year on Talking Radical Radio!