In this episode, Ryan and Nashwa sit down with Meryam Haddad to discuss left politics in the Green Party and beyond. *Please note that this episode was recorded before Annamie Paul was declared party leader.* The duo ask Meryam about campaigning during a pandemic, her own politics, and the thirst young people have for left politics in Canada. Additional topics explored in this episode include Indigenous Sovereignty, defunding the police, and socialism in the larger Canadian landscape.
Guest Information:
Guest of the week: Meryam Haddad
Meryam Haddad was a candidate in the recent election for the leadership position of the Green Party of Canada. She ran on an eco-socialist platform, highlighting an inextricable link between social justice and climate change.
Meryam became an immigration lawyer in 2013 and regularly takes on pro-bono work to help new-arrivals in difficult situations. Since beginning her practice, she has helped hundreds of families, many of them refugees, to make Canada their new home.
She is fluent in Arabic and has represented many new Canadians, including asylum seekers from the Middle East and North Africa. Meryam is most noted for representing many Yemeni, Syrian and Palestinian refugees. She has also helped a number of 2LGBTQI+ refugees escape persecution.
Merym is also on the board of AGIR, an organisation that helps new LGBTQI+ arrivals. She is a proud member of Quebec Solidaire and Projet Montréal.
You can find Meryam on Twitter @MeryamHd2020
Additional Resources:
Meryam, Nashwa and Ryan discuss Land Back and the Yellowhead Institute’s Red Paper on Land Back. You can find the paper here: https://redpaper.yellowheadinstitute.org/.
Production Credits:
Hosted by Nashwa Lina Khan and Ryan Deshpande
Music by Johnny Zapras and postXamerica
Art for Habibti Please by postXamerica
Production by Nashwa Lina Khan and Johnny Zapras
Production Assistance by Raymond Khanano
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Episode 6 with Meryam Haddad