We heard Gein Wong, a collective member performing a spoken word piece at the Diaspora Dialogues Festival. It can be found here
We also talked with Wendy and Tania about the recent struggle of their union (SEIU) to obtain decent wages and fair working conditions. They talked about what turned out to be the longest strike in Canadian history, its outcomes and the support they received from their clients, the community and other unions.
We also spoke with Linda Eales and Lynn Sky, both organizers with Toronto’s Mad Pride week. They talked about the political underpinnings of Mad Pride, its origins, differences from anti-Psychiatry and the activities and events that took place during the week.
We spoke with Manjula from the Canadian Tamil Congress about Black July. Read more at www.blackjuly83.com. Manjula, herself a survivor of Black July, talked about the differences and similarities between Black July and the present state of militarization, displacement and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.
We finally, talked with a member of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty about the July 21, 2010 rally to challenge the cuts to the special diet and the subsequent arrests of 11 activists who had occupied the headquarters of the liberal party.
We played the following clip from No One Is Illegal Radio (in Montreal):
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