Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Radical publishers take on the world

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Scott

Fazeela Jiwa is an acquisitions editor at Fernwood Publishing, which is based in both Halifax and Winnipeg. David Bush is the publicity and promotions manager at Between the Lines, an independent publishing collective in Toronto. Fernwood and Between the Lines are among … Continue reading →

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Radio — Radical organizing in support of prisoners and against policing and prisons

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Scott

Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory (also known as Ottawa). Since his release from prison in 2018, he has been involved in the Criminalization … Continue reading →

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Radio — Women-led adult education for radical social change

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Scott

Adriana Salazar and Miigam’agan are members of the national steering committee of Righting Relations, a pan-Canadian, women-led network of adult educators working for radical social change. Scott Neigh interviews them about their respective grassroots work in their own communities and about the role … Continue reading →

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Radio — Disability justice, pandemic mutual aid, and fighting to defund the police

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Scott

Sarah Jama is a young organizer in Hamilton, Ontario who has been involved in a wide range of different kinds of grassroots work – prominently including struggles against anti-Black racism, working for disability justice, and a whole range of other things. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting austerity in Manitoba in the middle of a pandemic

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Scott

Brendan Devlin and Shaden Abusaleh are university students and organizers with Communities Not Cuts Manitoba. Scott Neigh interviews them about the political situation in their province and about what it looks like to fight austerity during the limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic … Continue reading →

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Radio — Unions and online technology from the 1980s to COVID-19

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Scott

Derek Blackadder went to his first union meeting in the 1970s, and since the 1980s has been involved in multiple ways in shaping how the labour movement has made use of digital communication techology. Scott Neigh interviews him about that long history of … Continue reading →

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Radio — Protecting ecologically sensitive wetlands on Vancouver Island

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Scott

Ezra Morse is a software engineer and an engineering manager. Ray Woroniak has worked as a wilderness guide and an organic vegetable farmer, and currently is a stay-at-home parent. Both live in Qualicum Beach, a town of about 9000 people … Continue reading →

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