Tag Archives: Halifax

Radio — More than just a building: Friends of the Khyber defend a community resource

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309724675-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-113-apr-292015-friends-of-the-khyber-defend-a-community-resource.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Rebecca Rose and Susan Wolfe of Friends of the Khyber about their efforts to preserve an important community and grassroots space in downtown Halifax, the historic Khyber Building. … Continue reading →

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Radio — Exploring the radical imagination in Halifax

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309688590-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-79-sep-32014-exploring-the-radical-imagination-in-halifax.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Alex Khasnabish and Max Haiven talk about their work in Halifax to understand the role of radical imagination in struggles for social justice, and to use that understanding to support movements … Continue reading →

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Radio — A rad queer and trans resurgence in Halifax

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309586201-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-64-may-212014-a-rad-queer-and-trans-resurgence-in-halifax.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Jude Ashburn talks about several aspects of recent radical queer and trans organizing in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This recent upsurge in radical grassroots organizing work is not so much the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Radical poetry: An interview with Halifax’s El Jones

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309560895-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-33-oct-92013-radical-poetry-an-interview-with-halifaxs-el-jones.mp3]   On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, spoken word activist El Jones speaks about poetry and social change.   Jones is a poet. She is, in fact, the current poet laureate of the Halifax Regional Municipality. However, … Continue reading →

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Radio — Coffeeshop workers in Halifax get organized: Baristas Rise Up

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309557616-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-30-sep-182013-coffeeshop-workers-in-halifax-get-organized.mp3]   On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, coffeeshop workers Charlie Huntley and Shelby Kennedy talk about being worker-organizers with the Baristas Rise Up campaign.   Workers in the service sector often don’t make a lot of money, … Continue reading →

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Talking Radical Radio: Experiments in Solidarity

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, organizer Brian Crouse talks about his work with a new multi-issue, membership-based, democratic, radical organization based in Nova Scotia. The group’s name is Solidarity Halifax. The goal of the group is to … Continue reading →

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Talking Radical Radio — Building warships in Halifax, and the campaign against it

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Tamara Lorincz of Halifax talks about the campaign she has been spearheading in opposition to the $25 billion contract awarded to a shipyard in her city to build warships for the Canadian … Continue reading →

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