Thanks to David Spaner the interview just now about Solidarity, his book about the massive 1983 social uprising in British Columbia against a regressive right-wing government. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in September!
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!
Cihan Erdal is a scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa. In September 2020, while on a visit to Turkey, he was arrested and jailed. His husband, Ömer Ongun, was immediately plunged into a whirlwind of activities organizing the Free Cihan Erdal support campaign. After nine long months in prison, Erdal was released in mid-June, though …
Just finished interviewing Cihan Erdal, an Ottawa academic imprisoned in Turkey until 10 days ago, and his spouse Ömer Ongun, about the detention and the @freecihanerdal campaign that has been working for his release. Listen for it on @TalkingRadical Radio soon!
Thanks to Matias of Canadian Latin America Alliance for the interview just now about their work to push Canada to adopt a democratic, just, and progressive orientation towards Latin America. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in July!
Jon McPhedran Waitzer and Andy Wei are members of an organization called Resource Movement. With chapters in Montreal and Toronto, Resource Movement brings together young people from across Canada who have wealth and/or class privilege to work towards the redistribution of wealth, land, and power. Scott Neigh interviews them about the politics of organizing wealthy …
Maya Adachi and Kota Kimura are members of the Toronto-based Japanese Canadians for Social Justice. Scott Neigh interviews them about the group’s origins, its expansive vision of solidarity, and its involvement in struggles on the ground. In 2018, famous Japanese-Canadian poet and novelist Joy Kogawa brought together a number of people that she knew in …
Rachel Huot is a mom of three kids and a parent organizer in the west end of Toronto. She is part of a group called West End Parents for Public Education, which has been central to the emergence of the province-wide Ontario Parent Action Network. Scott Neigh interviews her about the cuts that the province’s …