Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Grassroots work in urban Indigenous contexts

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Scott

Patty Krawec is an Anishinaabe woman with roots in Lac Seul First Nation in northern Ontario. Karl Dockstader is an Oneida man of the Bear Clan, and his family is from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Both grew up … Continue reading →

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Radio — Histories of anti-Blackness in Canada and today’s social movements

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Scott

Robyn Maynard is a Black feminist writer and long-time anti-authoritarian organizer who has been active in movements around racial profiling, police violence, migrant justice, sex worker rights, and harm reduction, mostly in Montreal. Since the publication of her book Policing … Continue reading →

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Radio — How to start your own grassroots activist collective

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Scott

Amanda Wilson and Dan Sawyer have both been involved in activism and organizing in the Ottawa area for a long time, and they are members of a small anti-authoritarian group called the Punch Up Collective. In recent years, they have … Continue reading →

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Radio — High school student walkout in Ontario

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Scott

Indygo Arscott is a grade eleven student attending an arts-focused high school in Toronto. They are gender nonbinary. They are Ojibwe, of the Marten Clan. And they are one of the instigators of the We The Students Do Not Consent … Continue reading →

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Radio — Challenging rape culture in the media

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Scott

Farrah Khan and Shannon Giannitsopoulou are Toronto-based feminists and co-founders of the grassroots organization Femifesto. Scott Neigh interviews them about Femifesto’s work to transform rape culture to consent culture, particularly Use the Right Words: Media Reporting on Sexual Violence in … Continue reading →

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Radio — Exploring the radical possibilities of recreational sports

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Scott

Annelies Cooper, Gita Madan, Craig Fortier, and Robyn Letson are all involved, in one way or another, in grassroots activism and organizing. They all also play softball in a league that seeks to bring the values of movements fighting for … Continue reading →

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Radio — A new organization in the fight against far-right hate groups

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Scott

Evan Balgord is the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, a new organization devoted to investigative journalism focused on white supremacist, white nationalist, far right, violently misogynist, anti-Muslim, or otherwise overtly hateful groups. They aim to supply information in … Continue reading →

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