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 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Jul 20, 2016  Radicalizing body positivity politicsTameera Mohamed talks about the radical, intersectional, body positivity of Our Resilient Bodies. |
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Jul 13, 2016  Challenging the marginalization of African refugeesKimbra Yohannes and Daniel Tseghay talk about the work of We Welcome African Refugees. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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May 11, 2016  Solidarity from Atlantic Canada to Latin and Central AmericaJackie McVicar talks about the work of the Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Mar 23, 2016  Building a broad community coalition in VancouverDeb Cameron Fawkes and Deborah Littman talk about the work of the Metro Vancouver Alliance. |
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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. |
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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. |