Areej Riaz is one of the key organizers behind Our Climate, Our Stories, a new book that collects essays, stories, and poems related to the climate crisis written by Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth from across Canada. Faith Edem and LJ Prabaharan are both contributors to the volume. Scott Neigh interviews them about the climate …
Thanks to John from the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance for the interview just now about the alliance’s years of work doing education, research, capacity building, and advocacy among Two-Spirit people in Atlantic Canada. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Stephanie Fung is the communications organizer for UNITE HERE Local 40, which represents workers in the hospitality industry in British Columbia. Rajani Tadaka is a hotel worker in Vancouver and a member of Local 40. In the wake of the extensive pandemic-related layoffs in hotels in BC, many employers chose to fire laid off workers …
Matias de Dovitiis is a long-time activist and one of the co-founders of the Canadian Latin America Alliance. Scott Neigh interviews him about Canada’s orientation towards Latin America and about the work of the alliance to, according to their website, support “the development of a relationship between Canada and Latin America that is based on …
Vanessa Hartley is 21 years old and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED). And she is a resident of Shelburne, a town of about 1200 people on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia. Scott Neigh interviews her about the town, about environmental racism, …
Thanks to Areej, Faith, and LJ for the interview about the *Our Climate, Our Stories* project, which has produced a book of essays, stories, poetry and more by Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth re. the climate crisis. Listen for it soon 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 …
Russell Lavis lives in Toronto and is an ultramarathon runner who uses his abilities to act in solidarity with the Palestinian people, most recently by raising money for the Help Gaza Breathe campaign. Michael Bueckart is based in Montreal and he is a scholar, an activist, and the vice-president of Canadians for Justice and Peace …
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!