Canadian Social Movement Series - Episode 18 with TTCriders and Scarborough Transit Action

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In this episode, Nashwa sits down with two transit organizers to discuss the TTC. Austin Jafri of TTCriders and Jamaal Myers of Scarborough Transit Action share present issues with the TTC as well as some small victories; they also shed light on the ways they have organized to push back and ongoing issues with how transit is made and built in Toronto. This episode highlights the need for ongoing advocacy around transit in Toronto and why it is an integral struggle for working class people. The pandemic brings the fault lines to the foreground as we witness the disproportionate impacts of an overcrowded system with limited routes for specific neighborhoods and people. 

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