The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:01
Talking Radical Radio

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 and their community, and about the group’s campaigns around public transit, housing and homelessness, and other issues.

Preserving trans histories

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 10:13
Talking Radical Radio

Aaron Devor is the Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria (UVic), in the territories of the Lkwungen-speaking peoples on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Scott Neigh interviews him about the Transgender Archives at UVic, the largest archive in the world of material related to trans people, research on trans issues, and struggles by trans communities.

Forcing Canadian companies to respect human rights

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 12/06/2022 - 10:14
Talking Radical Radio

Emily Dwyer is the policy director at the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA), and Aidan Gilchirst-Blackwood is its network coordinator. The CNCA is a broad network of Canadian civil society organizations that are working to ensure that Canadian companies respect human rights and the environment when working abroad.

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in November 2022

Submitted by JShantz on Thu, 12/01/2022 - 02:08
Police killings in November 2022.
RCMP vehicle.

Through the end of November, at least 107 people have been killed by police or died through police actions in Canada in 2022. This means that with a month left in the year, more people have been killed through police actions in 2022 than in all of 2021, when the total was 104. In November alone, police actions left at least six people dead. This is after an October in which at least a dozen people had their lives taken through police actions.

A legal challenge to keep Ontario students safe from COVID-19

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 11/29/2022 - 10:13
Talking Radical Radio

Heather Hanwell, Kate Laing, and “Hannah” are members of Ontario School Safety, a group of Ontario residents, most of them parents, committed to ensuring that the province’s schools are safe enough for students, teachers, and other education workers, in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Working for a multi-issue "revolution of care" in Newfoundland

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 11/22/2022 - 10:08
Talking Radical Radio

Kerri Claire Neil lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and she is the co-chair of the Social Justice Co-operative NL, an activist organization whose members work on a wide range of social, political, and environmental issues. Scott Neigh interviews her about their choice to be a co-operative, the many struggles they are involved in, and their “Revolution of Care Manifesto.”

Mobilizing musicians around the world in support of Palestine

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 11/15/2022 - 10:38
Talking Radical Radio

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 rights.

Vancouverites urged to oppose adoption of controversial antisemitism definition

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 11/15/2022 - 08:39
Campaign organizers are asking residents to make their voices heard during Nov. 15 City Council meeting
Vancouver skyline

Palestinian rights activists are calling on the public to speak against a Vancouver City Councillor's motion to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which they say is meant to stifle pro-Palestine movements.

Seeking healing, justice, and change in the wake of the convoy occupation

Submitted by scott.neigh on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 10:58
Talking Radical Radio

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah and Gaëlle Muderi are long-time residents of Ottawa who are involved in the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation – Owusu-Akyeeah as a commissioner and Muderi as project coordaintor. The commission is a grassroots, nonpartisan initiative to listen to the voices of Ottawa residents in order to chronicle what happened in the city during and after February’s convoy protest, and to document its impacts on the people who live there.

Canadian Police-Involved Deaths in October 2022

Submitted by JShantz on Thu, 11/03/2022 - 23:19
Police killings in October 2022.
York Regional Police in an intersection with police dog and police SUV.

By the end of October 2022, at least 101 people have been killed by police or died through police actions in Canada. This after a month of October in which at least a dozen people had their lives taken through police actions. This means that almost as many people have been killed through police actions as in all of 2021, when 104 people were killed by police or died in police interventions.

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