(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Norman Nawrocki got his start in grassroots political work as a Vancouver high school student protesting the Vietnam War in the 1970s. From there, he got involved in a broad spectrum of issues as a university student, and then in community publishing and community organizing in the working-class neighbourhood …
Thank-you to Shawn Tse for the interview just now about the CanAsian Arts Network, a new network of Asian Canadian artists and organizations working to improve visibility, connection, representation, and impact in the arts sector. Listen to it on Talking Radical Radio in the new year!
Thank-you to Shawna Dempsey of https://mawa.ca for the interview just now about the organization’s three and a half decades of feminist work in Winnipeg’s arts scene and beyond. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the coming weeks!
Terry McDowell has been working as a graphic designer in Winnipeg for the last ten years. He is a member of Strike Poster, a 14-member closed collective of graphic designers and artists of all sorts committed to a range of radical left politics. Scott Neigh interviews him about the intersection of politics and design, and …
Burcu Emeç is a performance artist and the outreach and communications coordinator at articule, an artist-run centre in Montreal. Scott Neigh interviews her about articule’s efforts to challenge oppressive systemic disparities through organizational change work within the centre and interventions into the larger arts scene. Articule is an artist-run centre in the Mile End neighbourhood …