Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Sharing grassroots histories and radical ideas through comics

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Scott

nicole marie burton is a comics illustrator and the founder of the Ottawa-based independent publisher Ad Astra Comix. Her most recent project is a collaboration with University of Toronto historian Kassandra Luciuk, called Enemy Alien: A True Story of Life behind Barbed Wire, published … Continue reading →

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Radio — Taking action to improve disability benefits in Ontario

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Scott

Kyle Vose works for a social service agency in Toronto and is the agency co-chair of the ODSP Action Coalition. In earlier years, he was also an ODSP (or Ontario Disability Support Program) recipient and served as the recipient co-chair of … Continue reading →

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Radio — Grassroots Indigenous resistance to the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Scott

Will George is a member of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Their territory, located in and around what is now called “Vancouver,” will be directly impacted by the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion project. Scott Neigh interviews George about the project and about … Continue reading →

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Radio — Migrant agricultural workers demanding dignity

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Scott

Scott Neigh — Talking Radical Radio · Migrant agricultural workers demanding dignity Hector Balderos Campos is from Mexico and he has been coming to Canada as a migrant agricultural worker for 15 years. He is also a member of the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Employment, health, and COVID-19

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Scott

Robyn Beckett is a public health professional and part of the Decent Work and Health Network, a group of health care workers, public health workers, and community members advocating for better employment standards in Ontario using a health lens. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — How to protect your community from the mining industry

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Scott

Joan Kuyek has been involved for decades in struggles related to mining, including serving as the first national co-ordinator of MiningWatch Canada from 1999 to 2008. Scott Neigh interviews her about her lifetime of activism and organizing, and about her … Continue reading →

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Radio — Building a broad coalition in Calgary to defend the common good

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Scott

Ryan Andersen is the lead organizer of the Calgary Alliance for the Common Good, a coalition that brings together around 30 faith groups, union locals, and community organizations representing about 35,000 people to organize, advocate, and mobilize for a more … Continue reading →

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