Learning from abolitionist organizing in Winnipeg
October 6th, 2023
Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo, which is an hour southwest of Toronto in southern Ontario. Scott Neigh interviews them about the impact of poverty on their lives … Continue reading
Kym Hines, Hugh Lampkin, and Cynthia Travers are social justice activists who have lived experience of homelessness. Hines is an anti-poverty activist involved in a number of groups in Victoria, British Columbia. Lampkin is the vice-president of the Vancouver Area … Continue reading
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
[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
[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/310064471-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-192-nov-232016-fighting-poverty-and-more-in-northwest-toronto.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh speaks with Dwight Gordon. He is a member of Jane Finch Action Against Poverty, a group based in northwest Toronto that is active on anti-poverty issues and much more. … Continue reading
[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309979051-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-168-jun-82016-organizing-very-low-income-tenants-in-the-downtown-eastside.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Wendy Pederson. She is an organizer with the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative, a group that is organizing tenants in single-room occupancy (or SRO) hotels in Vancouver. The Downtown … Continue reading
[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309852360-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-147-jan-62015-a-union-for-panhandlers-buskers-and-other-folks-on-the-street.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Andrew Nellis. He is involved in the Street Labourers of Windsor (SLOW), a union for panhandlers, buskers, scrappers, security guards, and anyone else who makes all or part … Continue reading