Tara Ehrcke of Victoria, BC, was initially politicized as part of the global justice movement in the 1990s. As that movement faded after 9/11, she was peripherally involved in anti-war organizing, but put more of her energies into local political work. In the early 2000s, she became a teacher, and for a decade and a …
Kerri Claire Neil (she/her) is a community organizer based in St. John’s, Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland). She is Co-Chair of the Social Justice Co-operative of Newfoundland and Labrador (SJCNL) and recently took over her family’s business, Downtown Comics. Currently, Kerri is actively involved in Tent City 4 Change, a grassroots collective that is advocating for housing justice …
Dev Ramsawakh is a disabled, transmasculine, and diasporic Indo-Caribbean multidisciplinary storyteller, producer, and educator. Their written, audio, and video work focuses on their intersecting identities, on community, and on deconstructing colonial systems, and it has appeared in a wide range of outlets, venues, and events, both grassroots and mainstream. They are also a co-founder of …
[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Nina Newington is an organizer based in rural Nova Scotia. In recent years, her grassroots work has focused on protecting forests in the province. Newington says that her political consciousness “really emerged from being a queer kid in England in the 1970s” and not knowing that there was anyone …
Stefan Christoff is an organizer, musician, and broadcaster based in Tiohtià:ke, also known as Montreal. Across his decades of activism and organizing, he has been part of supporting lots of different struggles resisting systemic violence and oppression, including colonial systems here on Turtle Island (North America) and around the world. That has involved solidarity work …
Thank-you to Steve, Janet, and Eugene of the Thunder Bay Injured Workers Support Group for the interview just now about their activities around the many systemic issues faced by injured workers in Ontario. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in February!
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!
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!
Thanks to Camila and Peter of the Halifax Cycling Coalition for the interview just now about their advocacy, education, and community-building work. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in 2023!