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Radio — Supporting prisoners, working towards abolition

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Scott

James Ruston is a member of the Toronto Prisoners’ Rights Project (TPRP), a prisoner justice group with a long-term vision of prison abolition. He is currently living on day parole, as part of serving a life sentence. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio: Fifty years of faith-based anti-poverty work in Saskatchewan

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Scott

Peter Gilmer is a minister and an anti-poverty advocate. He is one of two staff at the Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry, a social justice ministry of the United Church of Canada in Saskatchewan. Scott Neigh interviews Gilmer about the ministry’s work … Continue reading →

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Radio: Grassroots education workers organizing for a #SafeReturn and a #JustRecovery

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Scott

Laura McCoy and Leela Acharya are teachers in Toronto and members of Ontario Education Workers United, a grassroots group of education workers from across Ontario committed to fighting for a strong, equitable, public, safe K-to-12 education system. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio: A voice for Two-Spirit people in Atlantic Canada

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Scott

John Sylliboy is Mi’kmaq and he grew up as part of Esaksoni and Millbrook First Nations in Nova Scotia. He is also the acting executive director of the Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance, an organization of Two-Spirit people on the east … Continue reading →

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REBROADCAST: The past and present of medical colonialism in Canada

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Scott

The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that was originally broadcast in the first week of March 2021. Samir Shaheen-Hussain is a pediatric emergency physician who practices in Montreal and an assistant professor in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — A campaign to bring long-term care into the public health care system

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Scott

Kevin Skerrett and Nancy Parker are active in Make Revera Public, a campaign pushing the federal government to transform Revera, which is a major provider of long-term care in Canada, from a for-profit corporation into a public sector entity and … Continue reading →

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Radio — BIPOC youth stories about the climate crisis

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Scott

Areej Riaz is one of the key organizers behind Our Climate, Our Stories, a new book that collects essays, stories, and poems related to the climate crisis written by Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth from across Canada. Faith Edem and … Continue reading →

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