Thank-you to abolitionist organizers Ellie and Abby for the interview just now! We talked about *Disarm, Defund, Dismantle*, a new collection about abolitionist organizing in Canad. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Thanks to Rachel and Sakura for the interview just now about World Beyond War’s work in the Canadian context against war and militarism, both in general and in this moment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Listen for it in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to Manuel from the Immigrant Workers Centre for the interview just now about the Temporary Agency Workers Association and the struggles of temp agency workers in Montreal! Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio.
Thank-you to Sarah, Andrea, Rubén, and Casey for the interview just now about https://beyondthetoolkit.com, a project that investigated how community-based grassroots work adapted to the constraints of the pandemic. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Thank-you to Hailey and Emma of the Committee on the Status of Women and Girls (https://cswag.ca) for the interview just now about feminist organizing as students at a Calgary high school. Listen for it soon Talking Radical Radio!
Thank-you to grassroots Secwépemc land defender April Thomas for speaking with me just now about opposition to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project and about the charges she and others are currently fighting. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Had back-to-back interviews earlier this afternoon. Thanks to high school students Brie and Piper of MB Students for COVID Safety for talking with me about COVID-19 in Manitoba and about student organizing for better measures to ensure safe schools. And thank-you to Jesse from Keepers of the Water for speaking with me about Indigenous-led efforts …
Thanks to Frédérique of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights and Martha of Wellness Within for the interview just now about sexual and reproductive health advocacy, prison abolition, and the 2022 SRH Week campaign, “Advocacy in Action”! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon.
Thanks to Hanen of the BAM Collective for the interview just now about doing community- and arts-based work empowering young people from equity-seeking groups around questions of social justice. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
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!