Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Challenging the marginalization of African refugees

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309986837-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-173-jul-132016-challenging-the-marginalization-of-african-refugees.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Kimbra Yohannes and Daniel Tseghay. They are members of We Welcome African Refugees, a new organization working to challenge the marginalization of refugees from African countries in public … Continue reading

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Radio: Learning for today from working-class history

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309981362-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-172-jul-62016-learning-for-today-from-working-class-history.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with York University labour historian Craig Heron about his multiple award-winning book Lunch-Bucket Lives: Remaking the Workers’ City (Between the Lines, 2015), and about what movements today can gain … Continue reading

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Radio — Smashing the patriarchy in Newfoundland

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309980631-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-171-jun-292016-smashing-the-patriarchy-in-newfoundland.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Jessica Barry and Nicole Collins. They are members of Smash Patriarchy: An Action Team (or SPAAT), a feminist group that has been part of a broader resurgence in … Continue reading

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Radio — Defending public healthcare in court and in the streets

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309980031-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-170-jun-222016-defending-public-healthcare-in-court-and-in-the-streets.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Edith Machattie and Jen Kuhl of the BC Health Coalition. They talk with me about the coalition’s work to defend and improve public healthcare, including their intervention in … Continue reading

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Radio — Solidarity Winnipeg: Grassroots renewal against austerity in Manitoba

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309979580-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-169-jun-152016-solidarity-winnipeg-grassroots-renewal-against-austerity-in-manitoba.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Sofia Soriano and David Camfield. They are members of a new group called Solidarity Winnipeg, which aims to build grassroots momentum in the face of the newly intensified … Continue reading

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Radio — Organizing very low-income tenants in the Downtown Eastside

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309979051-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-168-jun-82016-organizing-very-low-income-tenants-in-the-downtown-eastside.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Wendy Pederson. She is an organizer with the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative, a group that is organizing tenants in single-room occupancy (or SRO) hotels in Vancouver. The Downtown … Continue reading

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Radio — Organizing to put the Leap Manifesto to work

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309978338-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-167-jun-12016-organizing-to-put-the-leap-manifesto-to-work.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Bianca Mugyenyi and Martin Lukacs about being part of the team of people who has been working hard to turn the inspiring words of the Leap Manifesto into … Continue reading

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