Category Archives: Episode

Radio: Next steps for sexual and reproductive rights activism in Canada

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Scott

Martha Paynter and Frédérique Chabot have each spent a lot of years doing a lot of different kinds of grassroots political work related to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Scott Neigh interviews them about why such work is important, … Continue reading →

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Radio: Messy activism, filling community gaps, and grassroots infrastructure

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Scott

David Alton and William Turman are founding members of a multi-issue grassroots group in southern Ontario called GroundUp Waterloo Region. Scott Neigh interviews them about their commitment to what they call “messy activism” and about the group’s work supporting other … Continue reading →

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Radio: Opposing the arms industry in one Canadian community

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Scott

Anna Badillo and David Heap are members of People for Peace, a local grassroots peace group in the city of London in southwestern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the group’s two decades of action on a wide range of … Continue reading →

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Radio: Public sector workers building power in tough times

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Scott

Joe Curnow is a professor in the faculty of education at the University of Manitoba, a long-time community organizer, and a member of the organizing and communications team for the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). Scott Neigh interviews her … Continue reading →

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Radio: Working in Canada for a just peace in Kashmir

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Scott

Today’s guest on Talking Radical Radio is a Kashmiri-Canadian and a member of Canadians for Peace and Justice in Kashmir, a group of Canadians – some of whom have ties to the region, some of whom do not – committed … Continue reading →

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Radio: A new look at one of Ontario’s most notorious grassroots groups

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Scott

For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). Recently, Withers released a new book telling stories of and drawing lessons from four of OCAP’s key … Continue reading →

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Radio — REBROADCAST: Fighting environmental racism in small-town Nova Scotia

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Scott

This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio originally broadcast in July 2021. Vanessa Hartley is 21 years old and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society … Continue reading →

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