Tag Archives: Ottawa

Radio: From police-free schools to policing-free schools

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Scott

Hailey Yasmeen Dash and Mae Mason are members of the Asilu Collective, which Dash described as “a grassroots abolitionist collective fighting and organizing for police-free schools, but also policing-free schools, and to eliminate policing culture, infrastructure, and practices in schools … Continue reading →

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Radio: Seeking healing, justice, and change in the wake of the convoy occupation

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Scott

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi are long-time residents of Ottawa who are involved in the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation – Owusu-Akyeeah as a commissioner and Muderi as project coordaintor. The commission is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative to … Continue reading →

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Radio: Older adults and the fight for climate action

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Scott

Betty Plewes is a co-founder and steering committee member of Climate Legacy, a group of retired people working together to engage and mobilize other older adults in climate action. Emma Bider is the organization’s communications coordinator. Scott Neigh interviews them … Continue reading →

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Radio: Ottawa residents against the convoy, and for solidarity and social justice

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Scott

Alex Silas and Angella MacEwen live in Ottawa and are active in their unions and their communities. This includes as members of Community Solidarity Ottawa (CSO), a coalition of unions, community organizations, and residents that came together during the recent … Continue reading →

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Radio — Mobilizing against anti-trans politics

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Scott

Natalie Jackett is a fourth year undergraduate student in Legal Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. They are also the trans event coordinator for Rainbow Ottawa Student Experience (or ROSE), which was known until recently as Rainbow Carleton. Scott Neigh … Continue reading →

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Rebroadcast: “Jail never saved me. And jail never saves anyone.”

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Scott

[The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that originally aired in June 2020.] Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin … Continue reading →

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Radio — Radical organizing in support of prisoners and against policing and prisons

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Scott

Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory (also known as Ottawa). Since his release from prison in 2018, he has been involved in the Criminalization … Continue reading →

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