In episode #414 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Stephanie Fung and Rajani Tadaka. Fung is the communications organizer for UNITE HERE Local 40, which represents workers in the hospitality industry in British Columbia. Tadaka is a hotel worker and member of Local 40. In the wake of mass layoffs due to the pandemic, many hotels in BC have chosen to fire many of their laid off workers rather than recall them as needed, as a cost-saving measure. Fung and Tadaka talk about the BC's Unequal Women campaign, which is demanding the mostly-women who have been fired be allowed to return to their jobs. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/07/27/radio-standing-up-against-mass-firings-in-bcs-hotel-industry/

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Standing up against mass firings in BC's hotel industry

In episode #413 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Matias de Dovitiis. He is a long time activist and one of the co-founders of the Canadian Latin America Alliance. They talk about Canada's orientation towards Latin America and about the work of the alliance to, according to their website, support "the development of a relationship between Canada and Latin America that is based on principles of democracy, self-determination and the defense of human rights." For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/07/20/radio-challenging-canadas-predatory-role-in-latin-america/

Challenging Canada's predatory role in Latin America

In episode #412 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Vanessa Hartley. She is 21 years old, a resident of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is also the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED). She talks about the town, about environmental racism, and about the work of SEED. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/07/13/radio-fighting-environmental-racism-in-small-town-nova-scotia/

Fighting environmental racism in small-town Nova Scotia

In episode #411 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Cihan Erdal and Ömer Ongun. Erdal is a scholar at Carleton University in Ottawa. In September 2020, while on a visit to Turkey, he was arrested and jailed. His husband, Ömer Ongun, was immediately plunged into a whirlwind of activities organizing the Free Cihan Erdal support campaign. After nine long months in prison, Erdal was released in mid-June, though he may not yet leave Turkey and is still at risk of re-arrest. This is the couple’s first interview together since his release. They talk about their lives, about Erdal’s detention, and about the campaign to free him. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/07/06/radio-the-campaign-to-free-an-ottawa-academic-detained-in-turkey/

The campaign to free an Ottawa academic detained in Turkey

In episode #410 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Russell Lavis and Michael Bueckert. Lavis is an ultramarathon runner who most recently used his skills to raise funds for Help Gaza Breathe, a campaign to ensure hospitals in Gaza have necessary equipment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bueckert is a scholar and grassroots activist who does Palestinian solidarity work in other ways, and he is vice-president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. They talk about the broad context and recent events in Palestine, and about the range of forms that solidarity with the Palestinian people can take. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/29/radio-the-many-forms-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people/

The many forms of solidarity with the Palestinian people

In episode #409 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Colleen Lynas and Victor Lachance. They are residents of Kemptville, Ontario, and members of the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison (CAPP) Kemptville. They talk about their town, about the Ontario government's unilateral decision to build a provincial jail there, and about what residents are doing in response. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/22/radio-fighting-a-proposed-provincial-jail-in-eastern-ontario/

Fighting a proposed provincial jail in eastern Ontario

In episode #408 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Barbara Byers, Lori Johb, and Donna Smith. They are long-time feminists and trade unionists in Saskatchewan, and they are organizers of the Prairie School for Union Women. They talk about the 25-year history of the school, and about its current incarnation in the context of COVID-19 as an online event happening from June 22 to 25, 2021. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/15/radio-twenty-five-years-of-feminist-labour-education/

Twenty-five years of feminist labour education

In episode #407 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Jon McPhedran Waitzer and Andy Wei. They are members of an organization called Resource Movement. With chapters in Montreal and Toronto, Resource Movement brings together young people from across Canada who have wealth and/or class privilege to work towards the redistribution of wealth, land, and power. They talk about the politics of organizing wealthy people in support of social justice, and about the work of Resource Movement. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/08/radio-mobilizing-class-privileged-youth-to-work-for-social-justice/

Mobilizing class-privileged youth to work for social justice

In episode #406 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Andrew Winchur. He is the director of the Parkdale Free School, a grassroots educational initiative for residents of the Parkdale neighbourhood in Toronto to share their knowledge and lived experience in a safe, inclusive, and anti-oppressive setting. They talk about popular education, radical pedagogy, and the Parkdale Free School. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/06/01/radio-grassroots-popular-education-in-a-toronto-neighbourhood/

Grassroots popular education in a Toronto neighbourhood

In episode #405 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Tara Ehrcke. She is a teacher in Victoria, BC, and throughout her career has been active in her union, the British Columbia Teachers Federation. Since 2018, her energies have been largely focused on the climate crisis. She talks about the climate crisis, the role that the labour movement can play in addressing it, and the Labour Climate Forum, a recent event that brought together more than 100 trade unionists concerned about climate issues from more than 15 labour organizations in BC. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/05/25/radio-climate-justice-organizing-within-the-labour-movement/

Climate justice organizing within the labour movement

In episode #404 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Catherine Frazee and Quin Lawrence. They were part of the upswell of opposition by disability activists to Bill C-7, which expanded the eligibility for medical assistance in dying in Canada. Frazee, Lawrence, and many other disabled people characterized Bill C-7 as not just ableist but also as a form of eugenics. In the week before the legislation passed, that opposition culminated in an action called the Disability Filibuster. They talk about the ableism of the bill, their opposition to it, and their vision for continuing the struggle now. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/05/18/radio-a-new-wave-of-anti-ableist-and-anti-eugenics-organizing-in-canada/

A new wave of anti-ableist and anti-eugenics organizing in Canada

In episode #403 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Kieran Hart, Sharmeen Khan, and Temóc Thania Vega. They are activists and organizers based in Toronto, as well as members of the editorial collective of Upping the Anti, a print publication that describes itself as "a journal of theory and action." They talk about the importance of ideas and radical theory to struggles for justice and liberation, about the challenges of grassroots media-making, and about Upping the Anti. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/05/11/radio-a-rare-space-for-social-movements-to-reflect-and-theorize/

A rare space for social movements to reflect and theorize

In episode #402 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Pierre Cloutier de Repentigny and Tai Jacob. Cloutier de Repentigny is a lawyer and will soon be an assistant professor of law and legal studies at Carleton University. He is also the co-chair of the board of JusticeTrans, an organization dedicated to ensuring access to justice for trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and Two Spirit people in the Canadian context. Tai Jacob is a scholar, a community organizer, and a public educator, as well as the project manager and head of research at JusticeTrans. They talk about trans people's experiences of the legal system, about access to justice, and about the work of JusticeTrans. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/05/04/radio-building-access-to-justice-for-trans-people-in-canada/

Building access to justice for trans people in Canada

In episode #401 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Susie Goulding. She is a founder of the COVID Long Haulers Support Group Canada, a group for people with long COVID to support each other, advocate for themselves, and collaborate with researchers. She talks about long COVID and about the group's work, particularly its advocacy for recognition, research, and rehabilitation. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/04/27/radio-long-covid-growing-advocacy-for-recognition-research-and-rehab/

Long COVID: Growing advocacy for recognition, research, and rehab

In episode #400 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Irina Ceric. Along with being an instructor in criminology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, BC, Ceric has for decades been a social movement lawyer and has devoted much of her energy to radical legal support organizing. In recent years, her attention has also turned to research about such organizing. She talks about her own movement lawyering, about radical legal support organizing, and about what her research has found that is useful to movements today. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2021/04/20/radio-social-movements-and-radical-legal-support-organizing/

Social movements and radical legal support organizing

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