Talking Radical Radio brings you grassroots voices from across Canada. Each week, we hear from an active participant in one of this country's many grassroots groups, organizations, movements, and communities-in-struggle to learn about what they do, how they do it, and why they do it. Learn more at http://TalkingRadical.ca/radio/!
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Dec 15, 2020  Pushing for a fundamental reassessment of Canada's foreign policyBianca Mugyenyi and Yves Engler talk about myths and perceptions of the role of Canadian on the international stage, and why they founded the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute earlier this year. |
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Dec 8, 2020  A radical design collective in WinnipegTerry McDowell talks about the work of Strike Poster, a collective of radical artists and graphic designers in Winnipeg. |
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Dec 1, 2020  Bringing questions of justice to the heart of struggles for climate actionLaura Hamilton talks about her trajectory in the climate movement, from an initial focus on divestment to her current radical commitment to climate justice. |
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Nov 24, 2020  Fighting to get police out of Winnipeg schoolsCam Scott, Irene Bindi, and Daniel Friesen talk about the work of Police-Free Schools Winnipeg. |
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Nov 17, 2020  Building grassroots, decolonial, intersectional feminismAngela Marie MacDougall, Rhiannon Bennett and Jennifer Johnstone talk about the work of Feminists Deliver. |
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Nov 10, 2020  A grassroots freedom school for African Nova Scotian youthWendie Wilson and Rachel Zellars talk about the African Nova Scotian Freedom School. |
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Nov 3, 2020  Fighting racism at an Alberta universityRenae Watchman, Michael Truscello and Leah Hamilton talk about the work of the Mount Royal Anti-Racism Coalition. |
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Oct 27, 2020  Supporting gay and bi men's healthMichael Kwag talks about the work of the Community-Based Research Centre and how it promotes the health of gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer men. |
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Oct 20, 2020  Standing up for students and public education in AlbertaMedeana Moussa and Wing Li talk about the work of Support Our Students Alberta defending the public education system. |
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Oct 13, 2020  Grassroots abortion support in Atlantic CanadaShannon Hardy and Bridget Graham talk about the work of Abortion Support Services Atlantic. |
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Oct 6, 2020  Social justice in the wake of the pandemicSusan Campbell and Angie Lynch talk about Just Recovery Ontario, a campaign pushing for a strengthened post-pandemic social safety net. |
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Sep 29, 2020  Direct action in defence of old-growth forestCarole Tootill and Joshua Wright talk about the Fairy Creek blockades, which are defending some of the last big-tree, old-growth forest on Vancouver Island from clear-cut logging. |
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Sep 22, 2020  Stopping Canada from spending $19 billion on new fighter jetsTamara Lorincz and Brent Patterson talk about the campaign to stop the Trudeau Liberals from spending $19 billion on new fighter jets. |
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Sep 15, 2020  Pushing Canada's arts system in anti-racist and decolonial directionsFrance Trépanier and Chris Creighton-Kelly talk about the work of Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires to make anti-racist and decolonial change in Canada's arts system. |
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Sep 8, 2020  Unionizing during the pandemicChristine Bro and Quentin Rowe-Codner talk about the Unions Are Essential campaign and about a recent successful organizing drive. |
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Sep 1, 2020  Campaigning for affordable child-care spaces in B.C.Sharon Gregson talks about the $10aDay campaign for affordable child care in British Columbia. |
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Aug 25, 2020  Literature, art and the remembrance of state violenceShahrzad Mojab talks about "Lives Lost: In Search of a New Tomorrow," a translation of a poem by Saeed Yousef that remembers the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s. |
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Aug 11, 2020  The growing movement for free public transitLabour and community organizer Cole Rockarts talks about the work of Free Transit Edmonton. |
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Aug 4, 2020  Opposing Islamophobia in all of its intersectionsSidrah Ahmad-Chan and Niya Abdullahi talk about Rivers of Hope, a project that aims to use education to dismantle Islamophobia, racism and all related forms of oppression. |
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Jul 28, 2020  'Bricks and Glitter' -- radical queer music, arts and politicsMusician Max ZB talks about Bricks and Glitter, a community arts festival in Toronto that "celebrates Two-Spirit, trans, and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger and abundance." |
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Jul 21, 2020  Anti-racism in Canada's TV and film industryGillian Müller and Tony Tran talk about the work of BIPOC TV and Film to increase the representation of Black, Indigenous and people of colour in Canada's TV and film industry. |
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Jul 14, 2020  Farmers fighting climate changeOrganic vegetable farmer Brent Preston talks about the work of a new national coalition called Farmers for Climate Solutions. |
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Jul 7, 2020  Radical publishers take on the worldFazeela Jiwa of Fernwood Publishing and David Bush of Between the Lines talk about the new Radical Publishers Alliance. |
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Jun 30, 2020  'Jail never saved me. And jail never saves anyone'Souheil Benslimane talks about the work of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project to support prisoners and to work against the injustices of policing and prisons. |