Tag Archives: solidarity

Learning from Organizers – Nina Newington

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Scott

[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Nina Newington is an organizer based in rural Nova Scotia. In recent years, her grassroots work has focused on protecting forests in the province.  Newington says that her political consciousness “really emerged from being … Continue reading →

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Radio: Infrastructure and support for climate justice organizing across Canada

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Scott

Jacqueline Lee-Tam is the director of the Climate Justice Organizing Hub and Sara Adams is its anglophone coordinator. Scott Neigh interviews them about the work of the Hub providing supports to grassroots organizers across so-called Canada. The moments of social … Continue reading →

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Radio: Mobilizing musicians around the world in support of Palestine

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Scott

Stefan Christoff is a musician and a long-time activist based in Tiohti:áke, or Montreal. He is also the co-ordinator of Musicians for Palestine, a network of musicians from around the world committed to speaking up in support of Palestinian human … Continue reading →

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Radio: British Columbia’s general strike that almost was

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Scott

David Spaner is a long-time writer based in Vancouver and the author of Solidarity: Canada’s Unknown Revolution of 1983 (Ronsdale Press, 2021). Scott Neigh interviews him about the book and about the uprising against a right-wing government in British Columbia … 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: Messy activism, filling community gaps, and grassroots infrastructure

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Scott

David Alton and William Turman are founding members of a multi-issue grassroots group in southern Ontario called GroundUp Waterloo Region. Scott Neigh interviews them about their commitment to what they call “messy activism” and about the group’s work supporting other … Continue reading →

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Radio — The campaign to free an Ottawa academic detained in Turkey

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Scott

Cihan Erdal is a scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa. In September 2020, while on a visit to Turkey, he was arrested and jailed. His husband, Ömer Ongun, was immediately plunged into a whirlwind of activities organizing the Free Cihan … Continue reading →

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