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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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. |
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Nov 27, 2018  A digital archive of feminist struggle in CanadaAlana Cattapan talks about Rise Up!, a digital archive of feminist activism in Canada from the 1970s through the 1990s. |
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Nov 13, 2018  Quebec doctors defending public health careDr. Isabelle Leblanc talks about the work of Médecins québécois pour le régime public, which translates as Quebec Doctors for Medicare. |
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Nov 6, 2018  Sex ed through social action theatreShira Taylor and Lauren Chang talk about the work of the group Sex Education by Theatre. |
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Oct 30, 2018  Hockey and social justiceAaron Lakoff talks about Changing On The Fly, his new podcast about hockey and social justice. |
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Oct 23, 2018  Suing the police: The ongoing legacy of 2010 G20 summit in TorontoLuke Stewart talks about his ongoing lawsuit to hold the police accountable for some of their infamously bad behaviour during the G20 summit in Toronto in 2010. |
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Oct 16, 2018  Building a network of social justice educators in AlbertaSocial justice education goes beyond what's in the curriculum - Renee Vaugeois and Dan Scratch talk about the new RAD Educator Network in Alberta. |
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Oct 9, 2018  Grassroots work in urban Indigenous contextsPatty Krawec and Karl Dockstader talk about the many forms that grassroots involvement in urban Indigenous community can take. |
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Oct 2, 2018  Histories of anti-Blackness in Canada and today's social movementsRobyn Maynard talks about her book "Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present" and about what she has learned while touring the country last year speaking about it. |
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Sep 25, 2018  How to start your own grassroots activist collectiveAmanda Wilson and Dan Sawyer talk about the work of the Punch Up Collective to help other people form collectives of their own. |