This week has included two Talking Radical Radio interviews, both of which will likely be aired in August. On Monday, I talked with Mac Scott of the Movement Defence Committee – Toronto, a radical collective of lawyers and legal workers who have been supporting movements in Toronto and beyond for over a decade. And just now, I talked …
Just finished the second of two Talking Radical Radio interviews for the week. Yesterday, I spoke to Kate of End Dress Codes about their work in Toronto against discriminatory dress codes in public schools — part of a recent victory that resulted in a major policy change by Canada’s largest school board. And today I talked with Marty and …
Just finished an interview with Marisa of the Global Catholic Climate Movement and Agnes of the GCCM’s new Canadian chapter. We talked climate change, faith, and social change. Listen for it on Talking RadicalRadio later in the summer! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Just finished speaking with Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe Lynn Gehl about the long history of sex discrimination in the Indian Act and the current “6(1) All the Way” campaign to get the feds to eliminate it. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a couple of weeks! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Did two Talking Radical interviews this week. Yesterday, I talked with Jill of the Friends of Northumberland Strait about the struggle to protect the ecosystem and fishery that lies between Nova Scotia and PEI from pulp mill effluent. And just now, I had a really powerful and generous interview with Rachel and Hirut of the Third Eye …
This afternoon’s interview, which should have been my third of the week, has been postponed, but I’m still very excited about the two I did on Monday and Tuesday. I talked with Rowan of Bar None Winnipeg about their prison rideshare project and about prison abolition politics more generally. And I talked with Carol and …
I’ve done two interviews for Talking Radical Radio this week. On Wednesday, I talked to Alyse and Keith of the Fight for $15 and Fairness minimum wage campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador. And just now I talked to Estelle, who is part of a group called Taking What We Need, a solidarity fund by and for trans …
Just finished an interview with Judy and Liane of the Halifax-based group Equity Watch, about their work against inequities and harassment in workplaces. Listen for it in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio! Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.
Recently, long-time anti-poverty organizer John Clarke stepped down from his position as a paid organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. He will remain an active member of OCAP as well as taking on new movement-related challenges. I just interviewed him about his long involvement in radical grassroots movements for Talking Radical Radio. Listen for it later …
Originally posted to Scott’s page on Facebook.