Tag Archives: anti-racism

Radio: Prisoner justice – from speaking out to organizing on the ground

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Scott

El Jones is a poet, educator, and organizer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is the city’s former poet laureate. She is deeply involved in working for justice for prisoners through a combined prisoner-led radio show and community organization called … Continue reading →

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Radio — Left organizing in South Asian communities in Montreal

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Scott

Shazma Abdulla and Vijay Kolinjivadi are members of Garam Masala Montreal, a collective of South Asian people in Montreal committed to a progressive political vision. Scott Neigh interviews them about the group and about the grassroots political work that they … Continue reading →

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Radio — Working to ban racist logos from Ontario schools

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Lynne Courchene-Allard and Jean-Paul Allard. They are parents in Ottawa, Ontario, who have taken up the fight against racist logos, mascots, and team names, most recently by filing … Continue reading →

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Radio — Anti-racism at the neighbourhood level

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Rabea Murtaza. She is a member of East Enders Against Racism, a neighbourhood-based anti-racism group in Toronto that came together in the wake of a blatant white supremacist … Continue reading →

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Radio — Images of Black protest

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/311353888-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-209-mar-82017-images-of-black-resistance.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Julie Crooks. She is an independent curator, an instructor at the University of Toronto, and a co-founder of Black Artists’ Networks Dialogue (BAND). She speaks about the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Black workers building links, fighting back

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310066061-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-195-dec-142016-black-workers-building-links-fighting-back.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Mark Brown about the work of the Canadian chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). The CBTU brings together Black workers from across the labour … Continue reading →

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Radio — LGBTQ+ organizing against racism and pinkwashing in Nova Scotia

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310062750-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-189-nov-22016-lgbtq-organizing-against-racism-and-pinkwashing-in-nova-scotia.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Ardath Whynacht and Dee Morse. Both are on the board of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project (NSRAP), the only province-wide group fighting for queer and trans … Continue reading →

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