One very obvious component of the writing practice that I’ve taken up in these “Creating Through the Crisis” posts is the need to come up with something to write about each week. My basic approach to doing that is to think about what has been on my mind lately, and then choose one of those …
Saima Desai, Dave Gray-Donald, and Sharmeen Khan have all been active in grassroots media for a long time – mostly in projects towards the more activist and movement-grounded end of the sector. Scott Neigh interviews them about their work, about the current state of grassroots media in so-called Canada, and about their vision for what …
Thank-you to Sharmeen Khan, Saima Desai, and Dave Gray-Donald for the interview just now about the state and future of grassroots media in so-called Canada. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Gladys Rowe, Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, and Liz Carlson-Manathara are part of Stories of Decolonization, a film project that is working to give people in Canada a chance to reflect on how colonization shapes our lives, on what decolonization might mean, and on how we might act to get there. Scott Neigh interviews them about the role …
Kieran Hart, Sharmeen Khan, and Temóc Thania Vega are activists and organizers in Toronto. They are also on the editorial collective of Upping the Anti, a print publication that describes itself as “a journal of theory and action.” Scott Neigh interviews them about the importance of ideas and radical theory to struggles for justice and …
Thanks to Sharmeen, Thania, and Kieran for the interview just now about Upping the Anti! We talked about the journal, the relevance of theory to radical struggles, and the challenges of grassroots media. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Sheila Sampath is the editorial and art director of Shameless Magazine, a feminist magazine for teen girls and trans youth. Sampath is also an artist, activist, writer, and co-founder of a social justice art and design space called The Public Studio. Scott Neigh interviews her about feminist media, Shameless, and the Talking Back Feminist Media …
Jacky Tuinstra Harrison is the general manager of CJRU 1280 AM, also called The Scope, a relatively new campus radio station affiliated with Ryerson University in Toronto. Barry Rooke is the executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA), which represents about 110 not-for-profit radio stations of various sorts across the country, …