Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Building union power by getting rowdy on the shop floor

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310060968-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-187-oct-192016-building-union-power-by-getting-rowdy-on-the-shop-floor.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Basia Sokal and Arlyn Doran. They are letter carriers and activists in the Winnipeg local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), and they talk about … Continue reading

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Radio — Grassroots Indigenous organizing against the Site C dam

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310060092-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-186-oct-122016-grassroots-indigenous-organizing-against-the-site-c-dam.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Helen Knott. She is a member of Prophet River First Nation, a mother, a writer, and a social worker, and she has been deeply involved at the … Continue reading

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Radio — The past and present of U.S. war resisters in Canada

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310059407-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-185-oct-52016-the-past-and-present-of-us-war-resisters-in-canada.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Sarah Hipworth and Luke Stewart about Let Them Stay, a new book that brings together the voices of U.S. soldiers who have sought sanctuary in Canada in … Continue reading

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Radio — Migrant farmworkers demanding justice from Ottawa

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310058875-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-184-sep-282016-migrant-farmworkers-demanding-justice-from-ottawa.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Gabriel Allahdua, a migrant farmworker and one of the organizers of the month-long Harvesting Freedom caravan. As the caravan approaches Ottawa, where it will present its demands … Continue reading

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Radio — Activism and poetry: Halifax’s first Indigenous poet laureate

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310058238-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-183-sep-212016-activism-and-poetry-halifaxs-first-indigenous-poet-laureate.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Rebecca Thomas. She is a Mi’kmaq woman, an activist, and a poet, and she is also the first Indigenous person to be the poet laureate of the … Continue reading

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Radio — Defending public education in Canada and throughout the Americas

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310057594-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-182-sep-142016-defending-public-education-in-canada-and-throughout-the-americas.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Steve Stewart. He is the technical secretary for the Initiative for Democratic Education in the Americas, also known as the IDEA Network, which brings together organizations from … Continue reading

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Radio — Fighting for free public transit in Canada’s largest city

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Stefan Kipfer and Herman Rosenfeld. They are active with Free Transit Toronto, an activist network focused on a long-term vision of high quality and completely free public transit, … Continue reading

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