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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly show features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. Free City Radio's 30 minute weekly program is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on : CKUT 90.3 ...
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Under The Weather is a monthly lecture series on climate activism and research brought to you by CKUT 90.3 FM, McGill University's Sustainability Projects Fund, and Climate Justice Montreal. For more information on the project, visit http://undertheweather.ckut.ca/ For more information on CKUT, you can visit http://ckut.ca/c/
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LegalEase is broadcast by a collective of law students on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, every second Friday of the month at 11am EST. This monthly radio show explores the law and its institutions with a critical lens. It aims to make the law both accessible and engaging. LegalEase est une émission consacrée au droit qui vise à en rendre le jargon plus accessible tout en évaluant de manière critique ses institutions.
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In the Appalachia region of the U.S., a region once dominated by the coal industry, mines have continued to close one after another. In answer, two tech consultants have established a free coding bootcamp called Mined Minds to retrain out of work coal miners and others for work in tech. What they promise seems like it could improve the socioeconomic status of communities around the world. But some believe they aren’t as beneficial as they come off. Several ex-learners have criticized the boo ...
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The Prison Radio Show has two time slots on CKUT 90.3 fm http://www.ckut.ca.* The first time slot is: On the second Thursday of every month between 5-6 pm the Prison Radio Show is part of CKUT’s Off The Hour. The second time slot is: The fourth Friday of every month between 11am and 12pm. Occasionally the Prison Radio Show will have an additional show during the fifth Friday. All audio on CKUT 90.3 fm is archived for a minimum of two months, so if you miss a show, you can download it at ckut ...
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Yasmeen Abdullah
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For the June 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from New York City based artist Yasmeen Abdullah who speaks on a variety of initiatives in New York and beyond to bring together artists to express solidarity with Palestine.A large part of Yasmeen’s practice related to Palestine revolves around gathering and creating spaces throug…
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268, Filmmakers Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell on Direct Action
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This edition of Free City Radio features a conversation with the filmmakers behind the project "Direct Action." Filmmakers Guillaume Cailleau & Ben Russell speak on a film that has been described this way:"Direct action is a tactical strategy of protest that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most effective means. DIRECT ACTION is a contem…
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A mixtape to celebrate the album Balkan Winds that I worked on with Toni Dimitrov, to broadcast on Radio AlHara, broadcast on Thursday, May 29 at 4pm eastern time, 11pm in Palestine at radioalhara.net. Thank you for listening. - Stefan.Learn more about the album here: https://unfulfillmententertainment.bandcamp.com/album/balkan-winds01. Toni Dimitr…
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Mixtape for Funky Revolutions broadcast at Maktaba by Stefan Christoff
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A mixtape by Stefan Christoff for a special broadcast of Funky Revolutions taking place at Maktaba bookshop on Saturday, May 31, 2-4pm live on CKUT 90.3 FM, ckut.caTrack listing (artist name / track name)1. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga, from Make Fuzz Not War compilation2. Nelly Bassily reading poems by Shahd Alnaami (Gaza) recorded at…
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267, Jordan Arseneault on opposing Conservatives in Canada
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician, community organizer and longtime Queer activist Jordan Arseneault. Jordan has long organized for the rights of people living with HIV and has done a lot of work at the intersections of intersecting grassroots struggles to both lift up and speak to marginalized experiences. Jordan reflects in…
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Ognjen Glavonić + Spirodon joint mix for Radio AlHara, راديو الحارة
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A joint mix with Ognjen Glavonić for Radio AlHara, thank you Ognjen for the collaboration, below the track listing, with the artist name / track name, outlined, thank you.01. Coby - Biseri Iz Blata02. Dragana Mirković i Juzni Vetar - Treba mi neko03. Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic - Licis Na Mog Oca04. Viki Miljković - Hajde vodi me odavde05. Viktorija -…
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266, Bill Van Driel on G20 protests in Toronto and a continuum of repression in Canada
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer Bill Van Driel. Bill speaks about experiences during the major protests against the G20 in Toronto in relation to the police and legal repression that was experienced by the protesters. Bill contextualizes this moment within a continuum of both protest actions taking place during t…
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Brad Rose + Spirodon mix for Radio AlHara, راديو الحارة
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This is a joint mix with Brad Rose who works on the Foxy Digitalis project, created for broadcast on Radio AlHara, live on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (11am eastern time / 6pm in Palestine) at radioalhara.netAccompanying artwork by Valentina Gonzo.This is the track listing (artist name / track name)01. Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo - Gaiaphilia02. Ahme…
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265, Housing justice organizer Fred Burrill on financialization as social violence
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Listen to an interview with long time community organizer for housing justice and researcher Fred Burrill speaking about the ways that the systemic financialization of housing contributes to social violence for working class and low income people. Fred speaks about his research work in the context of having organized for many years with P.O.P.I.R. …
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Artist Shellyne Rodriguez
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we speak with artist Shellyne Rodriguez.Shellyne is a Bronx based artist, educator and community activist. In this conversation we talk about the ways that solidarity can be both expressed and built between internal and external colonies to American imperialism. Shellyne outlines the ways that the B…
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264, Mobilizing for Palestine and migrant justice in Brussels
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with a grassroots organizer involved in Brussels for Palestine, working on the streets in Brussels over the past year and a half to support displaced Palestinian refugees, but also to mobilize financial resources in Brussels and in western Europe to support projects like community soup kitch…
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263, Hannah Mermelstein on standing in solidarity with Palestine in Philadelphia and beyond
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Philadelphia based community organizer, zine maker and international solidarity activist Hannah Mermelstein. Over the past year and a half Hannah has been deeply involved in mobilizing for Palestine at a community based level in Philadelphia around the project Families for Ceasefire Philly. In past ye…
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262, Damon Davis, a cultural worker in St. Louis
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from St. Louis based cultural worker Damon Davis. I have known Damon since 2016 and it is always a pleasure and very meaningful to catch-up."Damon is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist who works and resides in St. Louis, Missouri. His work spans across illustration, painting, printmaking, music, fil…
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261 Poppies, Palestine Action Group in Vilnius, Lithuania
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On this edition of Free City Radio we go to Lithuania and speak with Monica and Noura who work with a project to build the Palestine solidarity movement in the context of Lithuania. The group in Lithuania is called POPPIES, Palestine Action Group, Vilnius. I wanted to highlight this organizing initiative because we often hear about Palestine solida…
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260, Yazan Al-Saadi in Beirut on media bias and the dehumanization of Palestinian people
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Beirut based writer Yazan Al-Saadi, who offers some important critical context on the systemic biases within western media outlets and how that works to criminalize the Palestinian and Lebanese people who face military violence at the hands of Israeli state military action. Learn more about Yazan's wo…
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Beyond All Borderlines, Radio AlHara mix
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A mixtape for Radio AlHara that Stefan worked on to celebrate the release with Nour Sokhon. The track listing below highlights first the track name and then the artist name. The accompanying artwork is by Margarita Barros.01. Circular transmissions - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff02. A shadow signal - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff03. Open channels…
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Listen to a conversation with artist Erik Ruin. In this exchange with the Philadelphia based artist we hear about a number of projects including a series Erik worked on about Palestine titled "10 Plagues of the Occupation." Also we speak about local work that was done with the Coalition to Save the Libraries in Philadelphia. Erik is a member of the…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Author Amy Abdelnoor
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we feature a conversation with author and Palestinian human rights advocate Amy Abdelnoor. Based in Essex, England, Amy is a long time cultural worker and educator and today contributes regularly to The Electronic Intifada. This is an excerpt from Amy's bio:"While studying English and Arabic at Trin…
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This edition of Free City Radio features audio from a Montreal launch for the zine Voices Beyond Lockdown: Collective action and care across borders in a time of crisis, a zine publication of Free City Radio. On the show we hear from community organizers, artists and cultural workers reflecting on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns…
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Off the Hour live from the Housing Justice Convergence, March 7, 2025
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A live panel discussion at the Housing Justice Convergence (housingjustice.now) that took place on Friday, March 7, moderated by Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio. This panel includes:Alessandra RenziAn educator and researcher on housing justicehttps://antievictionmontreal.org/en/mapsJohn ClarkeA long time community organizer in Toronto, currentl…
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Radio AlHara mix راديو الحارة (March 2025)
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This mixtape is a collaboration with two musicians, Dhangsha and Elyze Venne-Deshaies mixtape, I selected the last two tracks. First this is the write-up on the first six tracks. Elyze selected the following five. Dhangsha writes:"Over the past 6 years, I've been working under the moniker of Dhangsha (Bengali for 'destruction'), exploring the conne…
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257, Community organizer Mostafa Henaway on opposing racism and war abroad and at home
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This program explores the ways that opposing policies of war abroad are inherently connected with local struggles against racism at home. Mostafa Henaway, an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, connects the local and the global. This interview addresses the connections between campaigns against war and racism in the months after 9/11 to curr…
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Building solidarity across borders, from Bulgaria to Palestine (Live in Sofia), راديو الحارة
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Изгражадане на солидарност отвъд границитеBuilding solidarity across bordersСреща и разговор със Стефан Христов в автономно читалище коприва.A gathering at коприва (kopriva) space with Stefan Christoff in downtown SofiaRecordings voices from Sofia expressing solidarity with Palestine for broadcast on Radio AlHara, Palestine.This conversation featur…
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Never stop acting for Palestine - كواليس (CKUT 90.3 FM broadcast)
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Never stop acting for Palestine - CKUT 90.3 FM broadcastSaturday March 1, 2025Darren Ell, PhotographerEhab Lotayef, Poet and community organizerRickie Leach, Musician and photographerEmma, community organizer and activistHosted by Stefan ChristoffKawalees (كواليس)5175A Park AveMontreal, Quebec H2V 4G3This broadcast will be live on CKUT 90.3FM durin…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Ana Quiroga
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For the March 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine I am sharing a conversation with Ana Quiroga, a London based sound artist and musician. Ana's experimental work explores different sonic landscapes and cultural identities as expressed in sound. Ana speaks, in this interview, about experiences joining protest movements in both Spain and L…
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256, A critique on militaristic Canadian foreign policy
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a critique of the role that respective NDP and Liberal governments have played in boosting military exports and spending. Tamara Lorincz is a PhD candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School for International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University. Tamara is involved in the Canadian Foreign Policy…
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Quarter Tones + Stefan Christoff mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
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A joint mix that I worked on with Quarter Tones, "a forward-thinking collaboration between German artist Henrik Raabe and Lebanese-Canadian artist Sary Sehnaoui (performing as HEAR)." Below is the track listing, airing on Radio AlHara at 5pm Palestine time on Feb. 23, 2025. Accompanying photo by Amanda Ruiz Méndez.Track listing (artist name / track…
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Community voices speak out against the Conservatives in Canada
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A special program for broadcast on Free City Radio weekly spot on CKUT 90.3 FM, this program focuses on hearing community voices involved in organizing against the Conservatives in Canada. Specifically the voices you hear detail why directly listening to community organizing spaces when building opposition to the extreme right and Conservative Part…
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255, Activism for prisoner justice from Chicago to Montreal
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A round table discussion between community organizers and artists who are involved in prisoner justice work in both the Chicago and Montreal areas. Olivia Dumas who works with formally incarcerated folks in the Montreal area doing physiological and social support, Aaron Hughes and Damon Locks who both do arts based community projects with prisoners…
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254, Istanbul activist Şeyma Altundal speaks on Palestine solidarity actions
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Şeyma Altundal, an Istanbul based activist who works with the group Filistin icin Bin Genc. Şeyma speaks about the organizing of youth activists in Turkey to challenge the economic ties and relationships between Turkish corporations with the Israeli government. In the interview we particularly address…
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Art in Action interview - Sonoscopia space in Porto, Portugal
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In this interview we hear from collective members of Sonoscopia space in Porto, Portugal. This space is a community focused centre that provides a non-commercial orientation for artistic creation and performance. An important space for local alternative culture in Porto but also for the many folks from all over the world who both perform and partic…
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Art in Action interview - Hajer Khader El Bizri speaks on Bairro Árabe walks in Lisbon, Portugal
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In this interview we hear from Hajer Khader El Bizri speaking on Bairro Árabe walks in Lisbon, Portugal, which is a contemporary gathering and educational space in the city. Hajer invites people to walk in the city to learn about the contested and complex cultural history in a city that is also shaped by Islamic cultural heritage, a reality that i…
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253, The persisting importance of Guantánamo Bay with the Center for Constitutional Rights
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Shayana Kadidal, a Senior Managing Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. In this interview we hear about the plea deal that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, detained by the U.S. since 2003, largely at Guantánamo Bay, which was shut down in the last period of the Democratic Biden admini…
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252, Tania Islas Weinstein speaks on Beyond Mestizaje - Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and educator Tania Islas Weinstein speaking on the recently published collective work "Beyond Mestizaje: Contemporary Debates on Race in Mexico." The book is described this way:"Racism has historically been a taboo topic in Mexico. This is largely due to the nationalist project of mestizaje whi…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Use Knife
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Belgian musicians Kwinten Mordijck and Stef Heeren speaking about their collaboration with Iraqi vocalist/percussionist Saif Al-Qaissy, as Use Knife. This interview goes into the sound of the project but also the cultural landscape in western Europe within which the project was shaped. …
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A mixtape drawing together contributions from friends around the world, including folks running independent record labels, record producers, poets, community radio producers, musicians and others. All these tracks were recorded directly, drawn from community radio producers and collected directly from the artists, or through direct communication wi…
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Spirodon 01/2025 mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
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A mixtape for Radio AlHara airing Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.The first mixtape of 2025 for the station.The photo was taken at an exhibition at The Interference Archive about community activism against the expanding prison industrial complex in NY, info: https://interferencearchive.orgTrack listing (artist name / track name)01. Laura Agnusdei - The Drown…
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250, Journalist Ermilo Mendoza in Mexico City speaking on La Coperacha
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist Ermilo Mendoza who speaks about work on a project called La Coperacha in Mexico. This is an alternative media project that is focused on highlighting the role that cooperatives play in Mexican economic and political life. La Coperacha is also a cooperative journalistic project. Learn more a…
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Art in Action interview - Artist Nicola Di Croce
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On the Feb. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from sound artist Nicola Di Croce speaking about the ways that city spaces and their cultural and class identities can be understood and critiqued through sound. Learn more about Nicola's beautiful work here: https://nicoladicroce.cargo.siteThe accompanying image is of Nicola Di…
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251, AirGo reflects on social movement and artistic voices from Chicago
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This discussion focuses on the AirGo community media project in Chicago. It is with Damon A. Williams and Daniel Kisslinger who coordinate the project. This initiative speaks to alternative histories of cultural narratives, poetry and activism in Chicago and beyond. The project has a particular connection to Black community organizing and culture b…
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Art in Action interview - Photographer and painter Renato Custodio in São Paulo
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On the March 2025 edition of Art in Action we hear from Brazilian painter and photographer Renato Custodio in São Paulo. Renato speaks about interventions in public space using painting in the context of public skateboard parks and on this Renato speaks about the ways that class layers can be challenged in the context of skateboarding spaces in th…
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No Fest 2024 (Montreal experimental music) for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة
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A mixtape to air on Radio AlHara on Sun Jan 19, 2025 1pm - 2pm (EST), in Palestine at 8pm, that is based on the No Fest 2024 compilation of experimental Montreal music released by Cuchabata Records. Below you can find the link to the compilation:https://cuchabatarecords.bandcamp.com/album/cuch-232-cuch-2024-2024This is the track listing for the 1 h…
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249, Housing justice organizing on Prince Edward Island with Ryan MacRae
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer and researcher Ryan MacRae who works with the Cooper Institute in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Ryan speaks about housing justice organizing in PEI and the specific context within a wider framing of housing justice organizing in Canada. Ryan organizes with the PEI Fight for …
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Art in Action interview - Artist Dudu Tsuda
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On this edition of Art in Action we hear perspectives from contemporary Brazilian artist Dudu Tsuda. Dudu speaks about recent projects that are influenced by intersecting layers of reflection, reading and cultural practice. Specifically this interview highlights reflections on relationship to land, sparked by a series of recent industrial and water…
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248, Alessandra Renzi speaks on AI industries as driving gentrification in Parc Ex, Montreal
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and researcher Alessandra Renzi speaking on the ways that the AI technology boom in Quebec is impacting gentrification in Parc Ex. Alessandra specifically speaks about efforts to both document and organize around the impacts of the AI industry in the Montreal neighbourhood of Parc Ex. A proce…
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Art and scholarship in action for Palestine (Live in Brussels), راديو الحارة
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"Art and scholarship in action for Palestine"A live broadcast that took place in Brussels, Belgium, an opportunity to share ideas, experiences and reflections on many layers of mobilization and action in Belgium to stand up for Palestinian liberation in 2023. All the groups and individuals included here continue to find ways to speak out and take a…
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247, Dru Oja Jay on Conservative party in Canada exploting the housing crisis
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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author, researcher and community organizer Dru Oja Jay speaking about work on a recently published report on housing justice movements in Canada. The report is called "From Crisis to Consensus: A survey of 60 housing groups from across Canada," which you can read here:https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/…
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Cultural workers for Palestine - Squirrel Flower
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On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Squirrel Flower, the celebrated American musician. Squirrel Flower canceled her performance at South by Southwest festival last year to protest the involvement of military industrial complex companies in sponsoring the festival. Squirrel Flower's cancellation inspired many others to can…
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Palestine solidarity movements in Montreal and beyond, live on CKUT 90.3 FM
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Live from Casa del Popolo: Palestine solidarity movements in Montreal and beyondThis panel discussion was hosted by Stefan Christoff in collaboration with Kai Szablowski and Sequoia Kim from the Community News Collective at CKUT 90.3 FM. For background on the broadcast and the original post on the CKUT website visit :https://ckut.ca/playlists/shows…
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246, Poet Fenton Benjamin on living homeless in Montreal today
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This is the first in a series of 4 interviews that will air here on Free City Radio that address the crisis of homelessness in Montreal, Quebec and Canada. This interview series takes place in the build up to a gathering on housing justice taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia University, for more information on that gathering visit http:/…
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