Apr 1, 2015
Grassroots community mobilization against the Canada Post cuts
Wendy Goldsmith and David Heap talk about Londoners for Door to Door and the growing grassroots community momentum in London, Ont., against the cuts to Canada Post.
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Mar 25, 2015  Grassroots Dene people defending the land in northern SaskatchewanDon Montgrand and Candyce Paul talk about the Northern Dene Trappers Alliance, highway blockades, defending the land, and cultural resurgence. |
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Mar 18, 2015  Transportation not Deportation: A migrant justice victory in VancouverDaniel Tseghay and Daniel Wexel talk about a recent victory in a campaign to make public transit a space of safety rather than fear for undocumented migrants in Vancouver. |
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Mar 11, 2015  The fight against fracking in the Far NorthLorraine Hewlett, Shannon Moore, and Courtney Howard talk about Fracking Action North and the fight against hydraulic fracturing in the Northwest Territories. |
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Mar 4, 2015  Austerity sparks student mobilization on a quiet Manitoba campusKaitlyn Gibson and Ian McDonald talk about the new Student Action Network at the University of Manitoba, and its fight to stop major budget cuts. |
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Feb 25, 2015  HandyDART Riders' Alliance: Vancouver's paratransit riders get organizedCraig Langston and Tim Louis talk with me about the harsh impacts of declining paratransit service levels, and about organizing riders in response. |
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Feb 18, 2015  UPop Montréal: A free, grassroots 'université populaire'Étienne Lepage talks with me about the work of UPop Montreal to create grassroots community spaces for learning, encounter, and critical dialogue. |
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Feb 11, 2015  The fight for a legal right to housing in CanadaHelen Luu and Ann Fitzpatrick of the Right to Housing Coalition talk about the struggle to win a legal right to housing in Canada. |
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Feb 4, 2015  Love Intersections: Storytelling, queerness, intersectionality, solidarity, and loveJen Sung, Andy Holmes, and David Ng talk about Love Intersections, a community & online project exploring storytelling, intersectionality, and solidarity. |
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Jan 28, 2015  Radical Desi: A monthly grassroots magazine out of VancouverGurpreet Singh talks about the first year of publishing Radical Desi, a monthly magazine that covers alternative politics. |
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Jan 21, 2015  Lynn Gehl: Centring Indigenous knowledgeLynn Gehl talks about her journey of struggle as an Algonquin Anishnabe woman, and the importance of centring Indigenous knowledge. |
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Jan 14, 2015  Unjustly extradited, still fighting: Justice for Hassan DiabDonald Pratt and Peter Gose talk about the struggle to defend wrongfully accused Ottawa academic Hassan Diab. |
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Jan 7, 2015  The world's first union for harm reduction workersZoë Dodd and Peter Leslie talk about the organizing involved in the new Toronto Harm Reduction Workers Union. |
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Dec 31, 2014  Transformation through theatre in British ColumbiaDavid Diamond and David Ng talk about their work as part of Theatre for Living (formerly Headlines Theatre) in Vancouver. |
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Dec 24, 2014  Inside the #BlackLivesMatter organizing in TorontoYolen Bollo-Kamara talks about the organizing happening in Toronto under the banner of "Black Lives Matter." |
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Dec 17, 2014  Building solidarity between migrant and Canadian workersChris Ramsaroop and Melisa LaRue talk about a grassroots effort to build relationships and solidarity between temporary foreign workers and Canadian workers. |
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Dec 10, 2014  The Red Hand Coalition and the fight against austerity in QuebecJoël Pedneault talks about the Red Hand Coalition, one of the main anti-austerity formations in Quebec, and the rising tide of struggle heading into the spring. |
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Dec 3, 2014  Defending land and nationhood after the Mount Polley disasterKanahus Manuel talks about the struggle by the Secwepemc Nation and its allies to defend the land and assert their nationhood after the massive Mount Polley tailings pond spill. |
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Nov 26, 2014  Working against war and militarism in WinnipegGlenn Michalchuk talks about the work of Peace Alliance Winnipeg against war and militarism, and about his own three decades of anti-war organizing. |
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Nov 19, 2014  Beit Zatoun: From Palestine to important multi-movement infrastructure in TorontoRobert Massoud talks about Toronto grassroots space and cultural centre Beit Zatoun. |
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Nov 12, 2014  Health workers radicalizing health strugglesMartha Roberts talks about the Alliance for People's Health, a collective of health workers and organizers committed to radicalizing analyses of health and to the struggle for health for all. |
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Nov 5, 2014  Bringing together Black students, scholars, and communities in MontrealRosalind Hampton talks about Community-University Talks, a group at McGill University supporting dialogue and collaboration among Black students, scholars, and communities in Montreal. |
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Oct 29, 2014  The Occupy-inspired grassroots revitalization of a marginalized neighbourhoodTJ Travis speaks about The Bloomfield House, a grassroots revitalization and community empowerment initiative in the Sandwich Town neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario. |
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Oct 22, 2014  Mining justice: Local work in a global struggleBeth Dollaga speaks about the Vancouver-based work of the Mining Justice Alliance against the global injustices endemic to Canada's mining industry. |