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!
Sarah Switzer, Andrea Vela Alarcón, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez, and Casey Burkholder all have long histories of involvement in a range of grassroots, community-based work, and they are also researchers in academic and professional settings. Scott Neigh interviews them about Beyond the Toolkit, a research project in which they worked with people involved in community facilitation, community …
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!
Jesse Cardinal is a Métis woman who lives in Treaty 6 territory and is the executive director of Keepers of the Water, an Indigenous organization with a mission of protecting the water in the Arctic drainage basin. Scott Neigh interviews her about the threat posed by the Alberta tar sands and other resource extraction, and …
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.
Emma Clark and Hayley Bryant are grade 12 students at Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta. Scott Neigh interviews them about the feminist organizing they do as members of a group at their school called the Committee on the Status of Women and Girls (CSWAG). The experiences of high school among young women and …
April Thomas is a land defender and member of the Secwépemc Nation, from the Canim Lake Band in the central interior of what is colonially known as British Columbia. Scott Neigh interviews her about the trajectory of her work defending the land, about grassroots opposition to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project, and …
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!
Hanen Nanaa works in research and policy development in the federal political context and as an outreach coordinator for the Syrian Canadian Foundation, but today Scott Neigh interviews her in her role as director of the BAM Collective. The acronym “BAM” stands for “Books Art Music,” and the group is a youth-led collective based in …
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!