Learning from a tenant and drug user organizer in Vancouver

[Scott Neigh]

Hello supporters of Talking Radical,

In my latest interview about learning in, from, and for social movements, I talk with Vancouver-based organizer Melanie Andita. She talks about organizing in the tenant and drug user movements, and about learning from popular education, revolutionary struggles in the Global South, and the labour movement.

I'd also encourage all of you, but particularly those of you based in Nova Scotia, to check out this post from Fernwood Publishing. Independent publishing in Canada cannot survive without public support, but the NS government's proposed budget will enact major austerity measures that would include eradicating provincial support for publishers based in the province. That includes Fernwood. They offer actions that locals can participate in to oppose the budget, and they also have suggestions for how those of us who live elsewhere in the country can act in support. I've published all three of my books with Fernwood so I'm a bit biased, but I think they are a crucial resource for people who think critically about the world and who want to change it for the better, so I urge all of you to do whatever you can.

In solidarity,

     Scott Neigh

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