May 21, 2019
Defending campus radio in Ontario
Jacky Tuinstra Harrison and Barry Rooke talk about #DefendCampusRadio, a campaign responding to changes by Ontario's Conservative government that put the funding of campus radio stations at risk.
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May 14, 2019  Transformative justice as response to sexual and gendered violenceHirut Melaku and Rachel Zellers talk about the work of the Third Eye Collective, a group of Black women in Montreal developing transformative justice responses to sexual and gendered violence. |
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May 7, 2019  Defending the Northumberland Strait and the communities that depend on itJill Graham-Scanlan talks about the Friends of the Northumberland Strait and its work to protect that body of water from pulp mill effluent. |
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Apr 30, 2019  Reducing the harms that prisons do while working to abolish themRowan Moyes talks about Bar None Winnipeg, their prison rideshare project, and their broader prison abolitionist politics. |
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Apr 23, 2019  Indigenous women rising in the face of violence and injusticeCarol Martin and Sophie Merasty talk about Red Women Rising, a new publication in which Indigenous women of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside talk about injustice, survival, leadership, and making change. |
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Apr 15, 2019  Supporting refugees in a small Quebec border townFrances Ravensbergen talks about the migrant justice group Bridges Not Borders, based in a small Quebec town near an irregular border crossing commonly used by refugees entering Canada from the U.S. |
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Apr 9, 2019  Building the skills of social movement organizersPeter Gibbs talks about Organize BC, an group devoted to building the capacities of people fighting for social and environmental justice in western Canada. |
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Apr 2, 2019  A campaign to raise the minimum wage in Newfoundland and LabradorAlyse Stuart and Keith Dunne talk about the Fight for $15 and Fairness -- Newfoundland and Labrador. |
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Mar 26, 2019  A solidarity fund by and for trans women in MontrealEstelle Davis talks about Taking What We Need, a solidarity fund created by and for trans women living in Montreal. |
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Mar 19, 2019  Radical music, graphic history, and the Winnipeg General StrikeDavid Lester talks about his decades of combining radical politics with music -- including as half of a rock duo -- and art, and about 1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike. |
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Mar 12, 2019  Building tenant power in Ottawa's Herongate neighbourhoodTammy Mast and Kenneth Aliu talk about the Herongate Tenant Coalition's fight against mass evictions, chronic disrepair, rent increases, and gentrification. |
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Mar 5, 2019  Defending reproductive rights in AlbertaThe 1988 Supreme Court Decision legalizing abortion in Canada made history, but Alberta Pro-Choice Coalition board member Kathy Dawson says there is still a long way to go 31 years later. |
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Feb 26, 2019  Fighting harassment and discrimination in the workplaceLiane Tessier and Judy Haiven talk about Equity Watch, a Halifax-based grassroots organization devoted to fight bullying, harassment, and discrimination in workplaces. |
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Feb 19, 2019  John Clarke's decades of militant anti-poverty organizing in OntarioJohn Clarke recently retired after almost three decades as an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. In this episode, he looks back on that long involvement. |
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Feb 12, 2019  Sex-positive parenting and social justiceMike Reynolds of Everyday Girl Dad and Frédérique Chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights talk about sex-positive parenting. |
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Feb 5, 2019  A successful campaign against medical colonialismPediatric emergency physician Samir Shaheen-Hussain talks about a recent successful campaign against an aspect of medical colonialism and racism in Quebec. |
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Jan 29, 2019  Anti-Black city-building and Black community resistance in HalifaxCommunity activist LaMeia Reddick and scholar Ted Rutland talk about histories of anti-Black city-building in Halifax and Black community survival, resistance, and thriving. |
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Jan 22, 2019  Cindy Blackstock's long fight for the rights of First Nations childrenLongtime advocate Cindy Blackstock talks about the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and their work to defend the rights of First Nations children. |
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Jan 15, 2019  Defending migrant workers in British ColumbiaNatalie Drolet talks about the work of the Migrant Workers' Centre BC to support migrant workers and to fight for improvements to labour and immigration policy. |
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Jan 8, 2019  Land defence camp in Manitoba opposes the Line 3 tar sands pipelineGeraldine McManus talks about the Spirit of the Buffalo Camp in rural Manitoba and about her opposition to the Line 3 tar sands pipeline. |
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Jan 2, 2019  Support and advocacy with migrant and immigrant sex workersAlison Clancey and Jessi Taylor talk about SWAN Vancouver and its work doing support and advocacy with migrant and immigrant sex workers. |
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Dec 18, 2018  Organizing in small-town Nova Scotia to stop offshore drillingMarilyn Keddy and Peter Puxley talk about the work of the Campaign to Protect Offshore Nova Scotia to defend east coast fisheries and communities from the dangers of offshore oil and gas development. |
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Dec 11, 2018  Tracking government erosion of democracy, participation, and dissent in CanadaVoices-Voix is a non-partisan coalition of Canadians and Canadian organizations that documents the erosion of democracy in Canada. Its founder Tim McSorley talks about the work the group does. |
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Dec 4, 2018  Building solidarity between North American Indigenous peoples and PalestiniansTerri Monture is a Mohawk woman of the Wolf Clan who lives in Toronto. Scott Neigh interviews her about the work of Indigenous Land Defence Across Borders. |