Tag Archives: poverty

Radio — A union for panhandlers, buskers, and other folks on the street

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Scott

[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 →

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Radio — The fight for a legal right to housing in Canada

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309707943-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-102-feb-112015-the-fight-for-a-legal-right-to-housing-in-canada.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Helen Luu and Ann Fitzpatrick about the Right to Housing Coalition and its combined legal and community strategy to win a positive right to housing in the Canadian … Continue reading →

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Radio — Against gentrification in Vancouver

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309586892-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-65-may-282014-against-gentrification-in-vancouver.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Jean Swanson and Phoenix talk about their work against the gentrification of the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in Vancouver. Gentrification is the process in which neighbourhoods get remade, rebuilt, reshaped in ways … Continue reading →

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Radio — Defending affordable housing in co-operatives

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309582354-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-57-apr-22014-defending-affordable-housing-in-co-operatives.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Donald Altman talks about the work that he and other members of the grassroots Alliance for Affordable Co-operative Housing (AACH) have done to defend the ability of non-profit housing co-operatives (and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Building a common front against poverty in New Brunswick

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309563035-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-37-nov-62013-building-a-common-front-against-poverty-in-new-brunswick.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, provincial co-ordinator Jean-Claude Basque of the New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice talks about their efforts to raise the minimum wage, increase social assistance, restore Employment Insurance, and support struggles … Continue reading →

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