This week, I’ve been thinking about how difficult it is for most of us to find out about grassroots things, even those happening in our own communities. So. I’m not as connected to grassroots networks in my own city as I used to be — these days, most of my involvement is focused on non-local …
Jacqueline Lee-Tam is the director of the Climate Justice Organizing Hub and Sara Adams is its anglophone coordinator. Scott Neigh interviews them about the work of the Hub providing supports to grassroots organizers across so-called Canada. The moments of social movement struggle that make mainstream headlines are just a tiny fraction of what movements actually …
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!
Thank-you to Kerri of Social Justice Co-operative NL for the interview just now about multi-issue grassroots social justice and environmental work in St. John’s and in Newfoundland more broadly. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in November!
David Alton and William Turman are founding members of a multi-issue grassroots group in southern Ontario called GroundUp Waterloo Region. Scott Neigh interviews them about their commitment to what they call “messy activism” and about the group’s work supporting other grassroots groups, filling community gaps, building grassroots infrastructure, and holding politicians to account. Alton and …
Thank-you to William and David of GroundUp Waterloo Region for the interview just now about messy activism, filling grassroots gaps, and movement infrastructure in Waterloo. Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
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 …
Peter Gibbs is a co-director of the social movement capacity-building organization Organize BC. Scott Neigh talks with him about Organize BC’s use of training, coaching, and community-building to build the skills of organizers working for social and environmental justice in western Canada. Depending on the details of a given collective struggle, and on the community …
Just finished talking to Peter from Organize BC about the training, coaching, and community building they do to help build the capacity of progressive organizations and movements in western Canada. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a couple of weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.