Thanks to Heather, Kate, and Hannah of Ontario School Safety for the interview about their grassroots effort to use the legal system to push the Ontario government to implement adequate, science-based COVID protections in schools. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio soon!
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi are long-time residents of Ottawa who are involved in the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation – Owusu-Akyeeah as a commissioner and Muderi as project coordaintor. The commission is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative to listen to the voices of Ottawa residents in order to chronicle what happened in the …
Kate Turner is a climate justice organizer living on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. Chantal Pelletier is a retired speech and language pathologist living on unceded Anishnaabe land in Gatineau, Quebec. Both are active with the Decolonial Solidarity Campaign, a network of affinity groups across so-called Canada acting in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en …
Thank-you to Kerri of Social Justice Co-operative NL for the interview just now about multi-issue grassroots social justice and environmental work in St. John’s and in Newfoundland more broadly. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in November!
Jennifer Wickham is a Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) member in the Gidimt’en Clan of the Wet’suwet’en people, and the media co-ordinator for the Gidimt’en Checkpoint. Scott Neigh interviews her about her people’s ongoing fight against the Coastal Gas Link (CGL) pipeline. Wet’suwet’en territory encompasses 22,000 sq km in the north of what is colonially …
Thanks to Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi of the Ottawa People’s Commission for the interview just now about the ongoing grassroots community-based inquiry into last winter’s convoy occupation of Ottawa. Listen for it soon on Talking Radical Radio!
Saleh Waziruddin is an anti-racist activist in St. Catharines, Ontario, and an executive committee member of the Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association (NRARA). Scott Neigh interviews him about doing locally-focused grassroots anti-racism work in a place like Niagara – comprised of smaller cities, towns, and rural areas – and how it differs from anti-racism in larger …
Thank-you to Montreal-based activist and musician Stefan Christoff for the interview just now about the international Musicians for Palestine campaign and his involvement in coordinating it. Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
Stacey Gomez lives in Halifax (aka Kjipuktuk) in Nova Scotia, within Mi’kmaqi, and she is a migrant justice organizer with No One Is Illegal – Halifax/Kjipuktuk. Scott Neigh interviews her about the group’s origins and about its work as the first grassroots effort in Atlantic Canada focused on organizing with migrant agricultural workers. No One …
And thanks to Kate and Chantal of the Decolonial Solidarity Campaign for the interview just now about their work in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land defenders that is targeting RBC and its funding of the Coastal Gas Link pipeline. It will be on Talking Radical Radio the week following the interview that I did earlier …