Aug 17, 2016
Prison abolitionism in Canada's prison capital
Rachel and Eric talk about the work of End the Prison Industrial Complex, or EPIC, in Kingston, Ontario.
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Aug 17, 2016 Prison abolitionism in Canada's prison capitalRachel and Eric talk about the work of End the Prison Industrial Complex, or EPIC, in Kingston, Ontario. |
Aug 10, 2016 Fighting marginalization in the community radio and television sectorsLaith Marouf and Kristiana Clemens talk about the work of the Community Media Advocacy Centre. |
Aug 3, 2016 Settler solidarity against colonial urban developmentWilliam Felepchuk and Brian McDougall talk about settler organizing in solidarity with Algonquin opposition to a condo development on a sacred site in Ottawa. |
Jul 27, 2016 Oilsands workers supporting renewable energyAdam Cormier and Lliam Hildebrand talk about Iron and Earth, an organization of oilsands workers pushing for support of renewable energy alternatives. |
Jul 20, 2016 Radicalizing body positivity politicsTameera Mohamed talks about the radical, intersectional, body positivity of Our Resilient Bodies. |
Jul 13, 2016 Challenging the marginalization of African refugeesKimbra Yohannes and Daniel Tseghay talk about the work of We Welcome African Refugees. |
Jul 6, 2016 Learning for today from working-class historyCraig Heron talks about his book "Lunch-Bucket Lives: Remaking the Workers' City" and about the relevance of history to movements today. |
Jun 29, 2016 Smashing the patriarchy in NewfoundlandJessica Barry and Nicole Collins talk about the work that Smash Patriarchy: An Action Team is doing in St. John's. |
Jun 22, 2016 Defending public health care in court and in the streetsJen Kuhl and Edith Machattie talk about the work of the B.C. Health Coalition and about a grave legal threat to public health care. |
Jun 15, 2016 Solidarity Winnipeg: Grassroots renewal against austerity in ManitobaSofia Soriano and David Camfield talk about the work of a new multi-issue, grassroots group called Solidarity Winnipeg. |
Jun 8, 2016 Organizing very low-income tenants in the Downtown EastsideWendy Pederson talks about the tenant organizing of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative. |
Jun 1, 2016 Organizing to put the Leap Manifesto to workBianca Mugyenyi and Martin Lukacs talk about the hard work of turning the Leap Manifesto from words on a page into action in the world. |
May 25, 2016 Colonialism No MoreSu Deranger and Robyn Pitawanakwat talk about Colonialism No More, an action in solidarity with Attawapiskat First Nation and #OccupyINAC that is ongoing in Regina, Saskatchewan. |
May 18, 2016 The Urban Worker Project: A new organization for new forms of workFormer MP Andrew Cash talks about a new organization for contract, freelance and micro-self-employed workers. |
May 11, 2016 Solidarity from Atlantic Canada to Latin and Central AmericaJackie McVicar talks about the work of the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network. |
May 4, 2016 #WeBelieveSurvivors: Challenging rape culture after the Ghomeshi caseErin Crickett talks about supporting survivors of sexual violence and challenging rape culture, beyond legal system reform. |
Apr 27, 2016 Migrant agricultural workers dreaming a better futureMin Sook Lee and Evelyn Encalada talk about organizing among migrant farm workers in Canada and about the new documentary film Migrant Dreams. |
Apr 20, 2016 A community challenging racial profiling in storesPastor Lennett Anderson and Ann Divine talk about one community's challenge to both a specific case and the broader issue of consumer racial profiling. |
Apr 13, 2016 The World Social Forum is coming to MontrealSarah Sultani and Katia Stuart-Gagnon talk about bringing the World Social Forum to Montreal from August 9 to 14, 2016. |
Apr 6, 2016 Towards a feminist re-imagining of motherhoodCandida Hadley, Susanne Marshall, and Andrea Smith talk about the work of the Halifax Motherhood Collective. |
Mar 30, 2016 Supreme Court challenge to Line 9 pipeline by First NationMyeengun Henry talks about the Supreme Court challenge to the Line 9 tar sands pipeline by Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. |
Mar 23, 2016 Building a broad community coalition in VancouverDeb Cameron Fawkes and Deborah Littman talk about the work of the Metro Vancouver Alliance. |
Mar 16, 2016 Trans people supporting each other and pushing for change in New BrunswickReid Lodge and Mable Wheeler talk about the work of Fredericton Gender Minorities and TransAction NB. |
Mar 8, 2016 Women in solidarity with Palestine: The Women's Boat to GazaZohar Chamberlain Regev, Shabnam Mayet, and Wendy Goldsmith talk about the Women's Boat to Gaza campaign. |