Live in-studio, the South Asian Community News Collective interviews Harjap Grewal and Harsha Walia, activists and organizers based in Vancouver, active with groups like No One Is Illegal and the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD).

During this wide-ranging interview, Harjap and Harsha share their perspectives organizing within the South Asian community in Vancouver, anti-poverty work in Vancouver's downtown Eastside, confronting the "model minority" syndrome, the role of Canadian aid agencies and NGOs in India, organizing in solidarity with indigenous sovereignty struggles, and much more.

South Asian Community News #004 -- Monday, November 6, 2006
In-studio discussion with members of No One Is Illegal-Vancouver

Live in-studio, the South Asian Community News Collective interviews Harjap Grewal and Harsha Walia, activists and organizers based in Vancouver, active with groups like No One Is Illegal and the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD).

During this wide-ranging interview, Harjap and Harsha share their perspectives organizing within the South Asian community in Vancouver, anti-poverty work in Vancouver's downtown Eastside, confronting the "model minority" syndrome, the role of Canadian aid agencies and NGOs in India, organizing in solidarity with indigenous sovereignty struggles, and much more.

HARJAP GREWAL works as an anti-poverty advocate at the Downtown Eastside Residents Association and has been active in Vancouver with groups like South Asian Youth Alliance, No One is Illegal-Vancouver, Stopwar.ca, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, and various other anti-war and anti-capitalist movements.

HARSHA WALIA is an activist and writer, currently active with groups including No One is Illegal Vancouver, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Vancouver Status of Women, and Coalition for Justice in the Middle East. Her writing has appeared in the Georgia Straight, Zmag, Leftturn and others.

Produced and hosted by Liz, Manusha and Jaggi of the South Asian Community News Collective at CKUT. Music by Asian Dub Foundation, Azam Ali and Bombay Dub Orchestra.

SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY NEWS is a bi-monthly 1 hour radio program produced by members of the desi community in Montreal for community radio CKUT 90.3FM. It is a forum about local and global issues affecting South Asians. We are supporters of social justice and will strive to bring you voices from the community.

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Archives:
#001: Conflict in Sri Lanka - Part I
[http://www.archive.org/details/SouthAsianCommunityNews_CKUT_180906]

#002: Conflict in Sri Lanka - Part II
[http://www.archive.org/details/SouthAsianCommunityNews_CKUT_021006]

#003: Gujarat Genocide: 4 years later
[http://www.archive.org/details/SouthAsianCommunityNews_CKUT_161006]