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Radio — REBROADCAST: Fighting environmental racism in small-town Nova Scotia

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Scott

This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio originally broadcast in July 2021. Vanessa Hartley is 21 years old and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society … Continue reading →

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Radio — Organizing workers in Chinese grocery stores in Toronto

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Scott

Justin Kong is the executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter, and the lead organizer in their Chinese Grocery Store Worker Project. Scott Neigh interviews him about organizing with workers in Chinese grocery stores, restaurants, and other … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting racism and xenophobia during the federal election

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Scott

Karen Cocq is a long-time grassroots organizer who has recently been doing popular education and communications work with the Migrant Rights Network, a cross-Canada alliance of migrant worker, refugee, and immigrant organizations devoted to fighting against racism and for migrant … Continue reading →

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Radio — Demanding justice for Black cleaning workers in Halifax

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Scott

Taylor MacLean is a cleaning worker who lives in Halifax. Darius Mirshahi is an organizer with SEIU Local 2 in the same city, in particular with their Justice for Janitors campaign. Scott Neigh interviews them about anti-Black racism in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting the school-to-prison pipeline in Toronto

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Scott

Alison Fisher is a teacher in the Toronto District School Board. Melanie Carrington is a social worker and the mother of a son who is currently in elementary school in Toronto. Both are also graduate students, as well as members … Continue reading →

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Radio — A community challenging racial profiling in stores

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309905256-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-162-apr-202016-a-community-challenging-racial-profiling-in-stores.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with Ann Divine and Pastor Lennett Anderson about the racial profiling that Black people and other racialized people often experience in stores — both in general, and about the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Seeking justice for Jermaine Carby, a Black man killed by Ontario police

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309722220-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-110-apr-82015-seeking-justice-for-jermaine-carby-a-black-man-killed-by-ontario-police.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, I speak with La Tanya Grant. She is the chair of Justice for Jermaine Carby, a committee that came together in the aftermath of the killing of her cousin by police … Continue reading →

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