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What kind of challenges come with organizing in the midst of a public health crisis? On a new episode of the Unpacking the News summer series ‘The Intersect’, Free Transit Edmonton‘s Juan Felipe Vargas Alba and Free Transit Ottawa‘s Julia Szwarc join host Andre Goulet to explore the rapid growth of the Free Transit movement and how it intersects with police violence, labour, class and race.
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