Tonye Aganaba and Chantelle Spicer live in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people, in what is colonially known as Vancouver. They are active in the Defund 604 Network, a collective that organizes around police and prison abolition. Scott Neigh interviews them about that work. As most listeners will no doubt recall, …
Thanks to Natalie for the interview just now about the troubling rise in anti-trans politics in Canada, about Rainbow Ottawa Student Experience (which until recently was Rainbow Carleton), and about the group’s recent organizing against transphobia. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Thanks to Jen and Molly for the interview just now about the work of Research for the Front Lines to mobilize research time and labour in the service of front line struggles for social and environmental justice! Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in December.
Laurel Thompson is a retired teacher based in Montreal and an environmental activist with a particular interest in sustainable transportation. She is also a member of the group Trainsparence. Scott Neigh interviews her about the REM, a major new addition to Montreal’s transit system, and the group’s opposition to it. The transit system in Montreal …
Brandon Doucet is a dentist in Nova Scotia and a founding member of the Coalition for Dentalcare, an organization that brings together dentists, hygienists, dental students, other health care professionals, and members of the public to advocate for universal dental care in Canada. Scott Neigh interviews him about how dental care currently works in this …
Thank-you to Robert Janes of Museums for Climate Justice for the interview just now. We talked about the organization’s work to get museums in Canada to take up their responsibilities when it comes to responding to the climate crisis. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Vicky Levack is a human rights advocate based in Halifax whose work focuses on disability and on gender, with a particular interest in housing issues. These days, she is active with the PADS Community Network, a new grassroots formation in Halifax fighting – as their acronym summarizes – for permanent, accessible, dignified, and safer housing …
Thank-you to Tonye and Chantelle of the Defund 604 Network for the great interview just now about abolitionist organizing in Vancouver. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led not-for-profit with a mission to empower fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to build and …
Thank-you to Laurel of the group Trainsparence for talking with me just now about the unsuccessful struggle to oppose a public-private partnership building rail infrastructure in west Montreal and the current fight against the same in the east of the city. Listen in a few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!