Thank-you to Steve September of the Anti-Racism Coalition – Vancouver for the interview just now about opposing racism in Vancouver, the importance of building unity and taking offline action, and lessons from the struggle against South African apartheid. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
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, …
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!
Jonny Sopotiuk is a visual artist, a curator, and a community and labour organizer. Zandi Dandizette is a new media installation artist and an arts and culture worker. Both are founding members of the Vancouver Artists Labour Union Co-operative (VALU CO-OP), a workplace owned and run democratically by its workers, and of the Arts and …
Will George is a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Their territory, located in and around what is now called “Vancouver,” will be directly impacted by the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. Scott Neigh interviews George about the project and about his ongoing grassroots work to oppose it. The fight against Trans Mountain has been one …
Imtiaz Popat is a therapeutic counsellor in Vancouver. He is also the coordinator of the local chapter of Salaam: Queer Muslim Community, and he has played a central role in the Two-Spirit and LGBT People of Colour Alliance and the Coalition Against Bigotry – Pacific. Scott Neigh interviews him about his extensive work against oppression …
Just finished a wide-ranging interview with Imtiaz Popat from the Vancouver chapter of Salaam: Queer Muslim Community, the 2sqtilgbipoc Alliance, and the Coalition Against Bigotry – Pacific about the multifaceted intersectional anti-oppression and anti-bigotry work of these organizations. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon, likely early in January!
Carol Martin is a Nisga’a woman who has been part the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood of Vancouver for almost 30 years and she works at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. Sophie Merasty is a Denesuline and Woodland Cree woman who has been part of the DTES for close to 30 years as well, and she …
Alison Clancey is the executive director of SWAN Vancouver – that’s short for Supporting Women’s Alternatives Network – which is a sex worker support organization based among migrant and immigrant women who do indoor sex work. Jessi Taylor is the orgaization’s research programs manager. Scott Neigh interviews them about SWAN Vancouver’s advocacy work around everything …