Tag Archives: austerity

Radio: Pushing Ontario to fix its massive school repair backlog

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Scott

Krista Wylie is a mother of one current and one former student in public schools in Toronto, and she is a co-founder of the Fix Our Schools campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the $16.8 billion repair backlog in Ontario … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending campus radio in Ontario

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Scott

Jacky Tuinstra Harrison is the general manager of CJRU 1280 AM, also called The Scope, a relatively new campus radio station affiliated with Ryerson University in Toronto. Barry Rooke is the executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio … Continue reading →

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Radio — Nurses standing up for patient care

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Scott

Sandi Mowat has been a registered nurse for thirty-five years, and she is the president of the Manitoba Nurses Union (MNU). The current government in the province is committed to transforming the delivery of healthcare, but the experiences of MNU … Continue reading →

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Radio — A broad coalition against austerity in Newfoundland

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Mary Shortall, Jim Dinn, and Sara Langer. They are all members of Common Front NL, a broad coalition that has formed to oppose the drastic austerity measures being … Continue reading →

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Radio — Solidarity Winnipeg: Grassroots renewal against austerity in Manitoba

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Scott

[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 — Grassroots community mobilization against the Canada Post cuts

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309721523-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-109-apr-12015-grassroots-community-mobilization-against-the-canada-post-cuts.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Wendy Goldsmith and David Heap of Londoners for Door to Door — a group of residents of London, Ontario, who have been mounting an impressive grassroots, community-based campaign … Continue reading →

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Radio — Austerity sparks student mobilization on a quiet Manitoba campus

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309709736-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-105-mar-42015-austerity-sparks-student-mobilization-on-a-quiet-manitoba-campus.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Kaitlyn Gibson and Ian McDonald. Both are undergraduate students at the University of Manitoba, as well as organizers in the campus’ new Student Action Network, an organization that … Continue reading →

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