Tag Archives: gentrification

Radio — Tenant organizing in a Winnipeg neighbourhood

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Scott

Samantha Smith, Leslie Scott, and Robert Crooks are renters and current or former residents of the West Broadway neighbourhood in Winnipeg. They are also active members of the West Broadway Tenants Committee, a grassroots group of renters. Scott Neigh interviews … Continue reading →

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Radio — Challenging oppressive security measures at Winnipeg’s downtown library

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Scott

Joe Curnow is an assistant professor of education at University of Manitoba. Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land is an assistant professor of criminal justice at University of Winnipeg. Both are actively involved in Millennium For All, a group organizing against the forced bag … Continue reading →

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Radio — Building tenant power in Ottawa’s Herongate neighbourhood

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Scott

Tammy Mast and Kenneth Aliu are residents of the Herongate neighbourhood in Ottawa and active members of the Herongate Tenant Coalition. Scott Neigh interviews them about the coalition’s ongoing work to fight mass evictions, chronic disrepair, rent increases, and gentrification … Continue reading →

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Radio — When your city hates poor and homeless people

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Stephen Harrison and Ashley Mollison of Victoria, British Columbia. Harrison has been documenting the increasing use of physical measures meant to displace poor and homeless people and Mollison … Continue reading →

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Radio — Organizing tenants, building solidarity

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Tammy and Alex about the work of the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network. Over the last year and a half, they have been bringing tenants together to fight for … Continue reading →

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Radio — Black youth opposing gentrification and empowering community

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310150229-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-203-feb-152017-black-youth-opposing-gentrification-and-empowering-community.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Kyturea Jones, Payton Ashe, and Donntayia Jones. They are members of the North End Community Action Committee, a Black youth-led community group in Halifax’s North End that … Continue reading →

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Radio — Connecting and radicalizing struggles across low-income communities

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310136596-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-196-dec-212016-connecting-and-radicalizing-struggles-across-low-income-communities.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Herb Varley and Ivan Drury. They are organizers with the Alliance Against Displacement, a British Columbia group that is bringing together struggles across multiple low-income and Indigenous … Continue reading →

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