An odd little book. My reason for reading it was not terribly well aligned with its own purpose, so my relative indifference to it should not be taken too seriously. The author is an experimental composer, seemingly fairly well known in her particular niche, who has spent a lifetime thinking about listening. I heard about …
I’ve done two interviews for Talking Radical Radio in the last few days. On Thursday, I interviewed Kyle and Andrea from the ODSP Action Coalition about fighting for improvements in Ontario’s social assistance program for disabled people. Today, I spoke with Natalia and Hector of Dignidad Migrante about organizing by seasonal agricultural workers in Canada and their struggles for dignity and …
Ryan Andersen is the lead organizer of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, a coalition that brings together around 30 faith groups, union locals, and community organizations representing about 35,000 people to organize, advocate, and mobilize for a more just and compassionate vision for their city. Scott Neigh interviews him about the organization, about …
Thank-you to Robyn of the Decent Work and Health Network for the interview just now about how Ontario health care providers have been advocating for better working conditions for precarious and low-wage workers. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a couple of weeks!
Storytelling about a life spent at the heart of many of the major social movements in the US in the last 35 years combined with very practical lessons about how to organize. I had never heard of Lisa Fithian before, but as an organizer, a facilitator, a trainer, and an activist, she has done a …
I don’t normally post reviews or do anything beyond silently note it on Goodreads when I re-read something, but for some reason a week ago I was seized with the impulse to re-read this specific Iain M. Banks novel set in his “Culture” universe — which I originally read somewhere between 10 and 20 years …
Thank-you to nicole marie burton of Ad Astra Comix for the interview just now about *Enemy Alien*, a graphic history about internment in Canada during the First World War. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio later in April!
Justin Kong is the executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter, and the lead organizer in their Chinese Grocery Store Worker Project. Scott Neigh interviews him about organizing with workers in Chinese grocery stores, restaurants, and other businesses in the community. In particular, given the upsurge in anti-Chinese racism and the importance …
The much-anticipated first book by journalist and activist Desmond Cole. He uses his experience of 2017 as a frame to talk about Black life and Black struggles in Canada. If you are someone who is glued to grassroots activist social media in the Canadian context, many of the incidents and struggles that Cole speaks about …
Sharon Fortney is the Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at the Museum of Vancouver. Scott Neigh interviews her about the complicated colonial history of museums and about the Acts of Resistance exhibit. It features the massive banners designed by Indigenous artists and used in an aerial blockade of tanker traffic in the Burrard Inlet …