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Radio: Preserving and popularizing the history of working-class Toronto

Craig Heron, Holly Kirkconnell, and David Kidd are active with the Toronto Workers’ History Project (TWHP), an initiative devoted to preserving and promoting the history of working people in Toronto. Scott Neigh interviews them about the enthusiasm they have found … Continue reading

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Radio — Histories of struggle by workers in Alberta

Alvin Finkel is a history professor at Athabasca University and the author of thirteen books, most recently Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy (Red Globe Press, 2019). He is also the president of the Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI), … Continue reading

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Radio: Learning for today from working-class history

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309981362-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-172-jul-62016-learning-for-today-from-working-class-history.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with York University labour historian Craig Heron about his multiple award-winning book Lunch-Bucket Lives: Remaking the Workers’ City (Between the Lines, 2015), and about what movements today can gain … Continue reading

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Radio — Histories of women in the labour movement

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309726337-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-115-may-132015-histories-of-women-in-the-labour-movement.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Joey Hartman, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. She talks about the history of women in the labour movement and about the importance of people … Continue reading

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