Category Archives: Radio

Radio — Fighting racism and settler colonialism in Thunder Bay

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309685455-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-74-jul-302014-fighting-racism-and-settler-colonialism-in-thunder-bay.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jana-Rae Yerxa and Damien Lee talk about the work of the Biskaabiiyang Collective in the face of both longstanding and recently intensified racism and settler colonialism in Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay … Continue reading

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Radio — Activist seniors raising a ruckus in Edmonton

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309684710-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-73-jul-232014-activist-seniors-raising-a-ruckus-in-edmonton.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Carol Wodak and Noel Somerville talk about the Seniors Action and Liason Team, or SALT, a grassroots group of older adults in Edmonton that organizes around seniors’ issues and around social … Continue reading

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Radio — Kicking war off campus: Demilitarize McGill

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309683827-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-72-jul-162014-kicking-war-off-campus.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Arabella Colombier and another member of Demilitarize McGill talk about the past and present of student organizing to get military research off the campus of McGill University in Montreal. The popular … Continue reading

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Radio — Seeking justice for Ottawa’s janitors

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309682926-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-71-jul-92014-seeking-justice-for-ottawas-janitors.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizers Christine Bro and Doug Nesbitt talk about the “Justice for Janitors” campaign in Ottawa. Far too often, the most basic, central kinds of work that enable us to live our … Continue reading

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Radio — Feminist summer camp in Saskatoon

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309682167-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-70-jul-22014-feminist-summer-camp-in-saskatoon.mp3] On this week’s Talking Radical Radio, Tanya Andrusieczko talks about her process of dreaming up the first feminist summer camp in Saskatoon, and then working to make it a reality this year. None of us would evolve politically without … Continue reading

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Radio — The perils of NGOization for Canadian social movements

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309681381-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-69-jun-252014-the-perils-of-ngoization-for-canadian-social-movements.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer and author Dru Oja Jay talks about how the pressures to address important issues via funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be a barrier to the kinds of organizing and collective … Continue reading

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Radio — Fighting a pipeline and toxic colonialism

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Vanessa Gray talks about taking action against toxic colonialism. She is a 21 year-old university student from Aamjiwnaang First Nation in southwestern Ontario, located near the city of Sarnia and what is … Continue reading

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