Tag Archives: gentrification

Radio — Organizing very low-income tenants in the Downtown Eastside

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309979051-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-168-jun-82016-organizing-very-low-income-tenants-in-the-downtown-eastside.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Wendy Pederson. She is an organizer with the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative, a group that is organizing tenants in single-room occupancy (or SRO) hotels in Vancouver. The Downtown … Continue reading →

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Radio — Queers against gentrification

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309861897-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-151-feb-32016-queers-against-gentrification.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Helen Lenskyj and Liisa Schofield. They are members of Queer Trans Community Defence, a group of queer and trans people in Toronto’s Downtown East neighbourhood organizing against a … Continue reading →

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Radio — More than just a building: Friends of the Khyber defend a community resource

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309724675-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-113-apr-292015-friends-of-the-khyber-defend-a-community-resource.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Rebecca Rose and Susan Wolfe of Friends of the Khyber about their efforts to preserve an important community and grassroots space in downtown Halifax, the historic Khyber Building. … Continue reading →

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Radio — Against gentrification in Vancouver

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309586892-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-65-may-282014-against-gentrification-in-vancouver.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jean Swanson and Phoenix talk about their work against the gentrification of the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in Vancouver. Gentrification is the process in which neighbourhoods get remade, rebuilt, reshaped in ways … Continue reading →

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