Despite the difficult and unsettling state of the world at the moment, I’ve managed to do two interviews this week. On Monday, I talked with Joan Kuyek. She is a long-time activist and organizer, and much of her work has been connected to struggles related to the mining sector. She spoke with me about her …
Mayson Fulk works in manufacturing in London, Ontario, and is a member of the United Steelworkers. Among other roles, he serves as their trans liaison for District 6, which covers all of Canada. Scott Neigh interviews him about what unions can do to stand up for trans workers. An important step in the journey of …
I really like Federici’s work, and was keen to get my hands on this new collection of essays touching in one way or another on the body, particularly the capitalist transformation of the body. I found it to be a bit peculiar – not bad, necessarily, but peculiar. Partly, that’s less about the book than …
Vishan Charamis and Maud Nevoret are part of a collective that organizes a series of social justice-focused hip-hop workshops and shows in Montreal. Scott Neigh interviews them about their experiences with hip-hop and with struggles for social change, and about the Rap Battles for Social Justice. Maud Nevoret grew up in France in a very …
Sci-fi. Late 22nd century. On an earth ravaged by nuclear war and climate change, after the richer and whiter nations have largely left for space-based colonies while retaining a neocolonial role in affairs on earth. Set during war between the newly-independent Igbo people of Biafra and the Nigeria from which they seceded. According to the …
Thank-you to Ryan of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good for the interview just now about the slow patient work of community organizing and alliance-building in Calgary. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in the next few weeks!
Simon Black is an assistant professor of Labour Studies at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, who been active in the anti-poverty and labour movements since he was a teenager. He is also a founder of Labour Agains the Arms Trade. Scott Neigh interviews him about Canada’s involvement in arms production and about his group’s …
Kari Glynes Elliott is a board member of the Ottawa Transit Riders. Scott Neigh interviews her about the city’s transit system, including its troubled light rail (LRT) project, and about her group’s advocacy to make public transit in Ottawa more affordable, accessible, and reliable. Glynes Elliott has lived in Ottawa for about 20 years, and …
Sci-fi. Time travel. Near-future (and near-past, and distant-past, and really-distant-past) almost-Earth. Feminist. Very clever – in world-building, in how it deals with time-travel, in its politics. Quite liked the writing too. But it was a bit disappointing in terms of storytelling. In particular, there were a handful of scenes, mostly early on but a couple …
Just finished my third and final interview of the week. On Tuesday, I talked with Sharon Fortney, Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at the Museum of Vancouver, about a show they have going on called Acts of Resistance. Still a bit uncertain about when and how I’ll use that interview — I will be …