Apr 2, 2014
Defending affordable housing in co-operatives
Donald Altman talks about the work of the Alliance for Affordable Co-operative Housing in the face of a looming threat to social housing in Canada.
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Mar 26, 2014  Bringing money to the grassroots: The Groundswell FundAnna Willats and Sean Lee-Popham talk about The Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund, a new experiment in funding grassroots organizing in Ontario. |
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Mar 19, 2014  Bringing red and green together: The Vancouver Ecosocialist GroupRoger Annis talks about a Vancouver group that is experimenting with new ways to bring together thought and action that are both pro-worker and pro-environment. |
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Mar 12, 2014  An unusual local and an unusual lockout?Saira Chhibber talks about her local, CUPE 1281, and about a recently ended lockout of some of its members. |
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Mar 5, 2014  A victory for migrant justice: Hamilton as 'sanctuary city'Caitlin Craven and Josee Oliphant talk about organizing to make Hamilton, Ontario, into Canada's second 'sanctuary city.' |
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Feb 26, 2014  Hungry for climate justice: ClimatefastLyn Adamson, Dewan Afzal and Rita Bijons talk about Climatefast and its strategic use of fasting as a way to contribute to the broader process of building a mass movement against climate change. |
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Feb 12, 2014  Resistance at Elsipogtog Part 2: A case study in grassroots journalismMiles Howe reflects on the role and meaning of grassroots journalism, based on his experience in covering Indigenous-led resistance to fracking and to colonization in New Brunswick in the last year. |
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Feb 5, 2014  Resistance at Elsipogtog Part 1: Context and StruggleGrassroots journalist Miles Howe talks about the Indigenous-lead resistance to fracking and to colonization in New Brunswick over the last year. |
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Jan 29, 2014  Anti-ableism in the city: Accessibilize MontrealPaul Tsuma and Aimee Louw talk about a new group that is challenging both physical barriers and the broader barriers of ableism in Montreal. |
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Jan 22, 2014  Resources for youth liberation in Vancouver: The Purple Thistle CentreSylvia McFadden and Carla Bergman talk about The Purple Thistle Centre, a youth-run arts and activism space in Vancouver. |
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Jan 15, 2014  NOFRAC: A coalition against fracking in Nova ScotiaJennifer West and Catherine Abreu talk about their work with NOFRAC, the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition. |
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Jan 8, 2014  Oral histories, labour and feminism in ManitobaScott Price talks about the history of the labour movement and feminist struggle within the labour movement in Manitoba, and about the importance of oral history for social movements. |
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Jan 2, 2014  Naming, understanding, challenging violence against indigenous womenAudrey Huntley and Krysta Williams talk about a new community-based database project that is part of working against the violence experienced by indigenous women and towards decolonization. |
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Dec 26, 2013  Changing times, changing labour: IAMAW District 78Lead organizer Scott Jackson talks about how IAMAW District 78 -- historically a manufacturing union -- has refocused its organizing on smaller, non-traditional workplaces. |
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Dec 18, 2013  Mining, environmentalism and social justice in the Far NorthKevin O'Reilly talks about his work on mining and resource issues with multi-issue, Yellowknife-based coalition Alternatives North. |
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Dec 11, 2013  Fighting sexual assault on campus: 'A Safer Concordia'Julie Michaud talks about a student campaign against sexual and gender violence at Concordia University and the important victory it recently won. |
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Dec 4, 2013  Two-spirit indigenous women getting organized in EdmontonJacqueline Fayant talks about her recent efforts bringing together two-spirit women in Edmonton, Alberta. |
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Nov 27, 2013  Activism grounded in faith: Canadian Unitarians for Social JusticeRev. Frances Deverell talks about the multi-faceted, progressive, faith-based activism of the Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice. |
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Nov 20, 2013  Indigenous news for a new moment of resurgence: Two Row TimesJonathan Garlow talks about Two Row Times, a new newspaper and website being produced out of the Haudenosaunee territory at Six Nations. |
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Nov 13, 2013  Supporting queer and trans prisoners: The Prisoner Correspondence ProjectMelannie Gayle talks about the work of the Toronto chapter of the Prisoner Correspondence Project to support queer and trans inmates from a prison abolitionist perspective. |
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Nov 6, 2013  Building a common front against poverty in New BrunswickJean-Claude Basque talks about the New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice and its multiple campaigns against poverty. |
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Oct 30, 2013  Local organizing against local development: Against Port Expansion in Delta, B.C.Roger Emsley talks about the work of the group Against Port Expansion to oppose Port Metro Vancouver's plans to significantly expand their container port in Delta, B.C. |
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Oct 23, 2013  End immigration detention: Supporting unjustly detained migrantsMina Ramos and Macdonald Scott talk about organizing on the outside in support of the largest collective resistance by detained migrants in Canadian history, going on right now. |
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Oct 16, 2013  Men working with men against violence against womenIan Ford talks about the work of the I Can MANifest Change project with men and boys to end violence against women, and towards rethinking masculinity. |