Tag Archives: Vancouver

Radio — Mining justice: Local work in a global struggle

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309695567-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-84-oct-222014-mining-justice-local-work-in-a-global-struggle.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Beth Dollaga talks about the work of the Mining Justice Alliance, a Vancouver-based coalition with a global analysis that works to oppose the harms caused by Canadian extractive industries. When it … Continue reading →

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Radio — Drug users mobilizing for social justice and harm reduction in Vancouver

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309689216-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-79-sep-102014-drug-users-mobilizing-for-social-justice-and-harm-reduction-in-vancouver.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Hugh Lampkin talks about efforts in Vancouver among users of illicit drugs to mobilize in the service of social justice and harm reduction. People who use drugs that have been designated … 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 — Bringing red and green together: The Vancouver Ecosocialist Group

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309581093-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-55-mar-192014-bringing-red-and-green-together-the-vancouver-ecosocialist-group.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, Roger Annis talks about the Vancouver Ecosocialist Group and their commitment to the idea that thinking deeply about how capitalism works must be central to challenging the harm it does to … Continue reading →

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Radio — Local organizing against local development: Against Port Expansion in Delta, B.C.

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309562562-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-36-oct-302013-local-organizing-against-local-development.mp3] On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, executive director Roger Emsley of the community group Against Port Expansion talks about their past and present work to protect ecosystems and their community in the face of efforts by Port … Continue reading →

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Radio — Remembering a radical experiment: The Vancouver Mental Patients Association of the 1970s

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Scott

[audio:http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/309553549-scott-neigh-talking-radical-trr-ep-28-sep-42013-remembering-a-radical-experiment.mp3]   On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, activist Jackie Hooper and historian Megan Davies talk about the radical early years of the Vancouver Mental Patients Association in the 1970s.   In the early 1970s, the so-called mental … Continue reading →

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Radio — Women Transforming Cities

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Scott

On this week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio, long-time activist and former Vancouver city councillor Ellen Woodsworth talks about the work of the organization she co-founded, Women Transforming Cities. For all the victories that movements have won over the years, … Continue reading →

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