Tag Archives: British Columbia

Radio: British Columbia’s general strike that almost was

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Scott

David Spaner is a long-time writer based in Vancouver and the author of Solidarity: Canada’s Unknown Revolution of 1983 (Ronsdale Press, 2021). Scott Neigh interviews him about the book and about the uprising against a right-wing government in British Columbia … Continue reading →

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Radio: Confronting the overdose crisis, demanding a safe supply

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Scott

Jordan Westfall is co-founder and president of the Canadian Association for Safe Supply (CASS), an organization that aims to reduce the immense harms of the overdose crisis by pushing for an increase in people’s access to a drug supply that … Continue reading →

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Radio: Union members pushing their pension plan to divest from fossil fuels

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Scott

Jillian Maguire and Kim Benson are teachers in British Columbia. As such, they are both members of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), and they have recently been organizing to get their pension plan to divest from fossil fuel industries. … Continue reading →

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Radio: Grassroots Secwépemc resistance to the Trans Mountain pipeline

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Scott

April Thomas is a land defender and member of the Secwépemc Nation, from the Canim Lake Band in the central interior of what is colonially known as British Columbia. Scott Neigh interviews her about the trajectory of her work defending … Continue reading →

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Radio — Direct action in defence of old-growth forest

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Scott

Carole Tootill and Joshua Wright are residents of British Columbia who are heavily involved in forest protection activism. Scott Neigh interviews them about the Fairy Creek blockades, which are protecting some of the last big-tree, old-growth forest on Vancouver Island from clear-cut logging. … Continue reading →

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Radio — Campaigning for $10-a-day public child care

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Scott

Scott Neigh — Talking Radical Radio · Campaigning for $10-a-day child car Sharon Gregson works with the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC and is the provincial spokesperson for British Columbia’s $10aDay daycare campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the importance of high-quality, affordable, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Protecting ecologically sensitive wetlands on Vancouver Island

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Scott

Ezra Morse is a software engineer and an engineering manager. Ray Woroniak has worked as a wilderness guide and an organic vegetable farmer, and currently is a stay-at-home parent. Both live in Qualicum Beach, a town of about 9000 people … Continue reading →

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