Just finished an interview with Sharon Gregson about the $10 a Day Child Care Campaign from the Coalition of Childcare Advocates of BC. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thank-you to Sidrah and N. of Rivers of Hope Project: Challenging Islamophobia for the interview just now about their work to challenge Islamophobia and racism (in all of their intersections) using education and the arts. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Just finished an interview with Max from Bricks & Glitter, a radical queer community arts festival based in Toronto focused on “celebrating two-spirit, trans and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger, and abundance.” Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
A rare two-interview day today! This morning, I spoke with Brent from Farmers For Climate Solutions – Fermiers pour la transition climatique. We talked about Canadian farmers getting together to push governments to adopt pro-climate agricultural policies. Then this afternoon I talked to Gillian and Tony of BIPOC TV & Film about their education, networking, and advocacy work …
Thank-you to Fazeela of Fernwood Publishing and Dave of Between the Lines for speaking with me about the Radical Publishers Alliance, a new initiative that brings together 30+ lefty publishers from around the world. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Just finished a great interview with Souheil of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project, a joint community/academic project that does education and organizing around prisoner justice and prison abolition. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thank-you to Sarah Jama for the wide ranging interview just now! We talked about disability justice, mutual aid, police brutality, anti-Blackness, and her trajectory as an organizer. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to Adriana and Miigam‘agan for talking with me about being part of Righting Relations: Adult Education for Social Change/Apaji-wla’matulinej, a women-led network of adult/popular educators coming together to strengthen our capacity to work for radical social change. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in June!
Just finished an interview with Ezra and Ray of the Qualicum Nature Preservation Society about a local struggle to preserve ecologically sensitive wetland on Vancouver Island from development. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Thank-you to long-time trade unionist Derek Blackadder for the Talking Radical Radio interview just now! We talked about labour movement use of online tools from the 1980s to today, and about how it’s changing due to COVID-19. Listen for it in the coming weeks!