Free City Radio: Recent Episodes
Free City Radio
Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts.
A program featuring interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change.
Free City Radio also features music from around the world.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Indigenous composer and musician Laura Ortman. Laura is a key voice within the contemporary Indigenous music worlds of Turtle Island today. Laura is a White Mountain Apache, originally from East Fork, Arizona, who grew up outside of St. Louis and currently lives in Brooklyn.Here are some recordings by Laura:https://thedustdiveflash.bandcamp.comStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
A conversation with cultural worker, music selector and writer Atiyyah Khan speaking in Cape Town, South Africa. Atiyyah speaks on the interconnections between struggle in South Africa and Palestine, today and in the past.Listen to a mix by Atiyyah on Stegi radio here:https://stegi.radio/artist/atiyya-khanThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear directly from Alex Nelson, a frontline housing researcher in London, Ontario who is actively working to bridge the social and economic gaps between the many researchers looking at the crisis along with those holding direct frontline experience on the ground. Alex speaks to the active policy decisions by successive Liberal and Conservative governments who have failed not only to address the crisis but have propelled the depths of the crisis in the context of the financialization of housing. Thank you to researcher and educator Jayne Malenfant for making this connection originally. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature a long format conversation with Latin American historian Alexander Aviña. Alex speaks about the current US neo-colonial designs for the region, but how that exists in a historical context. Also Alex critically speaks to a topic that I have been wanting to see expressed more widely which is around the ways that the experiences of thousands of activists and human rights observers from both Canada and the US impacted cultures in those respective countries. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A joint mixtape with the Marionette label for Radio AlHara.Learn more about the label here: https://marionettelabel.bandcamp.com/
On this edition of Free City Radio we will hear a conversation with professor and author focused on Latin America, Miguel Tinker Salas. Miguel speaks specifically in this exchange on the complexities of addressing the current wave of US neo-imperialism in Latin America as occurring not in a vaccum but within a historical context and in many ways a trajectory of US power dating back to the Spanish-American war in the late 19th century. Critically Miguel I think offers some important insights and ideas as to the challenges that the Latin American left faces right now. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear directly from artist and scholar Sam Gould, a community voice in Minnesota who speaks on the realities of the ICE raids under the Trump administration as they impacted Minneapolis and particularly the area of the city, Powderhorn Park. Sam has long been involved in the intersections of the arts and social movements and teaches at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Sam lives in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, just blocks away from where ICE agents killed Renee Good.Thank you to my friend Joseph Sannicandro for making the connection. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine, for July 2026, we hear from Palestinian artist and community organizer Dima Abu Sbeitan who speaks on the Seeds of Hope initiative in Gaza. This project is supported by the Gaza is the moral compass benefit album that is out on Beacon Sound:https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/gaza-is-the-moral-compassThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Ghassan Ghaben, who is Palestinian and was born in Gaza, is the co-founder of Reviving Gaza, a mutual aid group set up to help displaced Palestinian families. He runs the group with his sister Amal and a network of volunteers inside the strip. Reviving Gaza mutual aid is a group supported by the Gaza is the moral compass benefit album released by Beacon Sound, for more information visit:https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/gaza-is-the-moral-compassThe music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the July 2026 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Berlin-based sound artist and musician KMRU. For more information visit: https://kmru.infoStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the third in a series of a three programs that gather and present audio recordings from Montreal at the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry, an event co-convened by the Council of Canadians.The voices featured in this project are: Gabriel Bergevin-Estable is a research fellow in the geography of migration at the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration Dynamics. For the past 20 years, he has worked as an activist, staff member, or administrator for various community organizations, primarily in the areas of immigration and cultural communities, technology, and disability.Abdulla Daoud is the founder of The Refugee Centre, a Montreal-based non-profit supporting refugees and newcomers through legal, employment, housing, and integration services. He teaches refugee policy at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and is the Impact Fund Manager at the Northpine Foundation. He has advised governments, institutions, and civil society organizations on refugee policy, newcomer inclusion, and the ethical use of technology in migration systems.Mostafa Henaway is an author and community organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI) in Montreal, focusing on labour and migrant justice. He is also a researcher on the labour conditions of Amazon logistics workers and the author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class.The panel was moderated by Sophie Toupin, Université Laval.For full information about the gathering visit: https://aicivilsociety.caThe Council of Canadians is supporting this first in a series of three editions of Free City Radio.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the second in a series of a three programs that gather and present audio recordings from Montreal at the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry, an event co-convened by the Council of Canadians. On this edition we hear from Cynthia Khoo, a technology and human rights lawyer, who places a critique of AI within the context of a long series of battles to push back against both technology companies and big business across time. Cynthia presents an intersectional critique of AI that centres an understanding that human labour rests at the centre of any meaningful opposition campaign. Also we hear from Leah Temper from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). Leah speaks to both the human and environmental impacts of AI. Learn more about Cynthia's work here:https://tekhnoslaw.ca/aboutFor full information on the gathering visit: https://aicivilsociety.caThe Council of Canadians is supporting this first in a series of three editions of Free City Radio.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the first in a three part series that draws from a set of recordings done in Montreal at the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry, an event co-convened by the Council of Canadians. Sheldon Sunshine of Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation offers an Indigenous critique of AI industries and particularly the pending impacts of a major AI data centre that is being proposed for the traditional Indigenous territories of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation.Here is the info on the gathering:https://aicivilsociety.ca/Info on Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation court challenge to AI data centre on CBC:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sturgeon-lake-cree-nation-alberta-wonder-valley-9.7228016The Council of Canadians is supporting this first in a series of three editions of Free City Radio.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
In this conversation with community organizer Gaetan Heroux we get a contemporary window into housing justice organizing in Toronto. Gaetan speaks specifically about the 230 Fight Back campaign, but also more generally on the impacts of extreme housing injustice in Toronto as it relates to wealth inequality. Info on 230 Fight Back here: https://230fightback.comThe music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from artist practitioner Christine White who speaks on the PedalBox Gallery project. This is a mobile art gallery that can move around the city as a bike trailer, stopping at various points, including public parks and squares. It is a project of social intervention creating space for alternative culture and also workshops with marginalized communities who are struggling with housing precacity and a host of intersecting points of violence.Learn more about this project here: https://christinewhite.ca/pedalbox-galleryStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Lena El-Malak author of Stolen Nation: The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees. This book is critically important and creatively brings together a constellation of different ideas around articulating the legal right of Palestinians to historic Palestine and directly challenges Israeli state driven attempts to legally dispossess Palestinian people from their land and push for ethnic cleansing. Learn more about Lena's book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/stolen-nation-9780755652822This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
In this conversation with Emile YX? we discuss on hip-hop culture and collective memory in South Africa. Emile goes back into his experience building up the Black Noise project in the context of apartheid and the ongoing challenges across generations in South Africa to continue to struggle for both representation and social justice until today.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Eric Roberts a voice from Bank Block Tenants who speaks about the specifics of tenant organizing within downtown Ottawa, specifically on Bank street. Eric details the organizing that took place between tenants to fight a local eviction within the larger context of rising tenant organizing within Ottawa and across Canada. Info on Centretown Tenant Power here: https://www.instagram.com/centretowntenantpowerLearn more information about Bank Block Tenants here: https://bankblocktenants.caThe music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator, researcher and author Brian Aboud, who teaches at Vanier college in Montreal speaking about the heightening of administrative repression taking place within academic institutions. Brian places this within a context of understanding how this is connected to larger trends of the targeting of anti racist action on campus as well as international solidarity mobilizations by students, particularly about Palestine. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This is an important conversation with cultural worker Brodie Conley who breaks down the ways that financialization in music is taking place and the cultural violence it entails. Brodie speaks about the ways that this fans out through both digital streaming platforms and the ways that it works to shift frameworks of culture around music creation at a grassroots level. Critically Brodie speaks on the importance of organizing against the force of financialization in music.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
In this conversation with Samer Jaber who offers reflections on understanding this global moment of Palestine solidarity organizing as connected to an intergenerational arc of grassroots Palestine organizing for justice in occupied Palestine. Samer is a researcher, activist and columnist for Al Jazeera English, find his columns here: https://www.aljazeera.com/author/samer_jaber_201472911611970485Samer B Jaber is a PhD researcher specialising in political economy at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also a fellow with the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA). He focuses on the Arab world and the Middle East region.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Leandro Lanfredi who speaks on organizing oil workers in Brazil for climate justice. This conversation takes place in the context of the massive mobilization that happened in Belém, Brazil during the UN climate summit in fall 2025.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the May 2026 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from artist Amanda Gutiérrez. Amanda speaks about sound walk collaborations with collectives across the hemisphere, particularly in Latin America. Amanda brings an intersectional critique to the experience and practice of sound walks with a look toward expanding space within that specific cultural practice to include an understanding of other experiences in the city, particularly surrounding how racialized women live and experience urban spaces. Learn more about Amanda's practice here:https://amandagutierrez.netAfter the discussion we hear a caminata in Bolivia with Fuga Radial, listen to the full excerpt and get context here:https://amandagutierrez.net/eng/portfolio/the-steps-of-mama-killa/Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Brazilian bookshop owner and content coordinator Pedro Gama who speaks on climate justice voices and Livraria Travessia in Belém, Brazil. This interview was recorded right after the UN Climate Summit took place in Belém in fall 2025 and it offers an interesting and critical insight into the role that bookshops can play is presenting counter-cultural voices within the context of moments of protest and political debate around the realities of climate justice and the inequities that define who is most impacted. Learn more about the space in Belém here:https://www.instagram.com/travessia.livrariaThe music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Resistance. View the film PARADE through the NFB at the link below. Also to note that I first came across this film project within the context of my work with the Cinema Politica Concordia chapter. https://www.nfb.ca/film/parade/The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Radio más allá de las fronteras coloniales / Radio Beyond Colonial Borderlines / La radio sans frontières colonialesHoy, a las 14:00 (hora de Ciudad de México, 16:00 hora de Montreal), se transmitirá una charla del fundador de @radionopal, Diego Aguirre Fernández @holadiego, que sucedio en la Librairie Résonance de Montréal @librairie.resonance.bookstoreEsta presentación se realizó durante el Festival Flux de Montreal, organizado por Arts in the Margins. La introducción al evento estuvo a cargo del artista sonoro Martín Rodríguez @rdzmartin.El otoño pasado, durante este evento, se lanzó una revista independiente diseñada por Diego. La revista incluye una conversación entre Stefan Christoff y Diego sobre movimientos sociales y radio. La revista ya está disponible a través de la cooperativa de artistas Justseeds. Las fotografías que compartimos hoy son de @amrusalahuddien.—Today a talk by Radio Nopal founder Diego Aguirre Fernández that took place in Montreal at Librairie Résonance airing 2pm Mexico City time, 4pm Mtl. time.This presentation took place during the Flux Festival in Montreal, hosted by Arts in the Margins. The introduction to the event is by sound artist Martín Rodríguez.A zine publication that Diego designed was launched at this event last fall. The zine features a conversation between Stefan Christoff and Diego about social movements and radio. The zine is now available through the @justseeds (link in bio). The accompanying photos that we are sharing today are by Amru Salahuddien.—Aujourd'hui, une conférence de Diego Aguirre Fernández, fondateur de Radio Nopal, donnée à la Librairie Résonance de Montréal, sera diffusée à 14 h (heureCette présentation a eu lieu dans le cadre du festival Flux de Montréal, organisé par Arts in the Margins. L'introduction est signée par l'artiste sonore Martín Rodríguez. Un fanzine conçu par Diego a été lancé lors de cet événement l'automne dernier. Ce fanzine présente une conversation entre Stefan Christoff et Diego sur les mouvements sociaux et la radio. Il est désormais disponible auprès de la coopérative d'artistes Justseeds. Les photos qui accompagnent ce texte sont d'Amru Salahuddien.
Learn more about the project here:www.thelostpaintings.com/about-1This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
Clément speaks on the challenges that AI presents to independent artists, the voice of a band that also has criticized publicly the corporate control of music distribution through corporations like Spotify, a company that Clément describes as parasitic. Listen to the album here:https://bruitofficial.bandcamp.comStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with filmmaker Michael T. Workman who speaks about the documentary film The Encampments. This film explores and addresses the wide range of Gaza solidarity encampments across cities in North America (Turtle Island) particularly in New York City. Learn more about the project here:https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films/the-encampmentsThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a window into the Palestine solidarity movement in Montreal. Recorded at the launch of a zine publication that highlighted the voices of participants in the ongoing protests in Montreal, reflected also in cities around the world, of the Palestine solidarity movement. This is the zine: https://justseeds.org/solidarity-zine/In this program Norma Rantisi who works on the Academics and Staff for Palestine project, also we hear from Michelle Hartman, a professor at McGill who tirelessly supported the Gaza solidarity encampment, also we hear from Vijay Kolinjivadi, Assistant Professor in Sustainable and Equitable Economies at the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia, as well as Nael an active member of the Palestinian community in Montreal.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
In this conversation with scholar Rachel Rosen, who works at the University College London, we hear about the process and ideas surrounding the organizing of an exhibit of Gazan children artwork in London. This interview is interesting particularly because it outlines the process of organizing such an event across borders that can highlight the work of children in Gaza. It is a meaningful reference point that can inspire other such projects that refuse silence in the face of genocide in Gaza being carried out by the Israeli state project. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This is a conversation with Elias Anastas, Yazan Khalili and Saeed Abu-Jaber, three Palestinian artists who are co-founders of the vibrant and critically important Radio AlHara project in occupied Palestine. This initiative is both local and global, based in Palestine but airing internationally with hundreds of contributors around the world. This conversation particualrly looks at the intersection of online radio culture today and graphic design. The station has become an important global beacon for artists and activists internationally. This interview will appear in print form in SIGNAL JOURNAL which is distributed by PM PRESS, look it up here: https://pmpress.orgLearn more about Radio AlHara at radioalhara.net This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
In this discussion educator and researcher Bengı Akbulut, based at Concordia University in Montreal, shares reflection on building alternatives institutions in a time of fascism. This conversation revolves around the fact that liberal institutions within western contexts are also under attack at a time of rising authoritarianism. This question is about not thinking only about a simplistic defence of liberal frameworks but going deeper into questions around how radical grassroots networks and activists can face the challenge around building alternative infrastructures. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Ante Zvonimir Stamać speaking on alternative music today in Croatia. Ante works with local artists in Croatia, building independent music cultural landscapes in the Balkan country and also works on the SHIP festival annually. https://ship.hrThe music on this broadcast, airing after the interview, are two contemporary bands from Croatia that Ante speaks on in the interview. They are linked below:Nemečekhttps://nemecek44.bandcamp.comMimika Orchestrahttps://mimikaorchestra.bandcamp.comStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition we speak with author and researcher Aaron Vansintjan who speaks on why Canada needs public grocery stores. This interview was recorded in the context of discussion surrounding an important report on the political debate around having a public grocery option in Canada, link below to the piece that Aaron worked on. Importantly in this conversation Aaron locates the context surrounding this public policy proposal in relation to other public options for grocery stores in different parts of the world. https://breachmedia.ca/why-canada-needs-public-grocery-stores/This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from composer and musician Clarissa Bitar. Clarissa is a Palestinian oud musician and composer born, raised, and based in Los Angeles. In this conversation we visit the dynamics of Arabic music as an improvisational universe, also looking at the tonality of Arabic scales. Clarissa speaks about the sustaining role that culture and music plays in the Palestinian cultural diaspora. Info : http://clarissabita.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/revenge-capitalismThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear reflections and contemporary ideas from Emma Feltes, who articulates a legal framing for understanding Canada as unceded territories. This perspective is particularly important in the context of understanding the territorial realities of lands and waterways that today are at the heart of the major national development projects that the current Liberal government of PM Mark Carney is pushing. This is a critical voice of context on the territorial realities on this point. Learn more about Emma's work here:https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/news/crimsl-welcomes-new-faculty-member-dr-emma-feltesThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Feb. 2026 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Eleni Mustaklem of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music speaking about their ongoing projects in Gaza.Learn more about the conservatory projects here:https://ncm.birzeit.edu/enThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from filmmaker Margarita Jimeno speaking on gentrification and cities as cinematic characters. Margarita speaks particularly about experiences working on films in Berlin, but also reflects on time in NYC. In this exchange we develop a sense of Margarita's understanding of the city landscape and character of the city as a character in a film that plays a key role in depicting the ideas and storyline of a film. Margarita also speaks about the ways that gentrification today is impacting artists and many communities today. In this interview Margarita speaks specifically about two film projects, Atalanta and Grind Reset Shine. Learn more about Margarita's work here:http://www.majimafia.com/projectsThis interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Feb. 2026 edition of Art in Action São Paulo based artist Ding Musa speaks about his practice working at the intersections of personal creative practice and urban based social struggles. Ding particularly speaks about working with the gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho, a major squatted building downtown that is organized by Movimento dos Sem Teto do Centro (MSTC). This is a movement of unhoused people and communities who squat unused buildings, turning them into public housing and also social spaces. Ding with a group of artists worked together to create a gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho.Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Washington State based visual artist Saiyare Refaei on visualizing solidarity with the people of Gaza. Saiyare is a member of the Justseeds artists' cooperative (www.justseeds.org). Over the last years Saiyare has been creating moving and meaningful work expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and has created a couple of particular pieces that express support for Palestine as a member of the Iranian Diaspora, aiming to intervene into Iranian conversations that can hold many divergent political and cultural positions in relation to Palestine. Learn more about Saiyare Refaei's work here:https://justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaeiIn the interview Saiyare highlights the following artists: Ashtli Tavera, Thea Gahr (www.theagahr.com) and Tala Khanmalek (www.talakhanmalek.com) who worked on the key pomegranate graphic in solidarity with Palestine that is discussed in this interview.This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician William Ryan Fritch on creating music for documentary film in an era of major political change. William has scored many, many films both fiction and documentary. This interview addresses both the importance of the intersection of reporting and storytelling that you can find in documentary film at this time of immense political change. Also William speaks as a progressive artist about the heightening importance of such media practices in the world today, particularly in places under attack, like Palestine. Finally it is moving to hear William reflecting on his role as a musician contributing to the process of documentary cinema today. Learn more about William's work here:https://www.williamryanfritch.comThis interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Istanbul based photographer Larissa Araz speaking on contested identities as expressed in Istanbul's artistic archives. Larissa focuses on the work of some particular artists, including those who were expelled to Greece in the context of Greek / Turkish population exchanges in the 20th century. Overall the particular stories that Larissa highlights can be viewed as little windows into understanding a more complex and diverse reality that makes up both the past and present of Istanbul, a diversity expressed by artists like Larissa in both their work and identities. Learn more about Larissa's work here:https://www.larissaaraz.comThis interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Radio Granizo (CL), Radio Flouka (FR), Radio Nopal, Radio Tropiezo, Ojalá (MX), Montez Press Radio (NY), Radio alHara (PS), Radio Monteaudio (UY) and Lumpen radio (US)
A 1 hour radio broadcast for the album Tonality in Motion, out on Élan Vital label in North Macedonia, airing on Radio AlHara, on Jan. 15 at 8am eastern time, 2pm in Macedonia and 3pm in Palestine, streaming at radioalhara.netLearn more about the album here:https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/tonality-in-motionRecorded by René Pierre Allain at Scholes Street Studio, August, 2023Mixed by Pietro Amato, March 2024Mastering by Ryan Morey, March 2025Cover artwork by Stefan MladenovskiDesign and inlay photo by Toni Dimitrov
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from photographer André Penteado on the textures of Brazilian life today and in the past. André's projects have focused on both the personal and the social, visiting unaddressed points of Brazilian history, like uprisings of Indigenous and formally enslaved Black communities in the North of the country, to taboo topics like the impacts of contemporary suicide rates on families, a point that André has experienced directly when his father took his own life. André is also an educator and has worked hard to create collective spaces of learning surrounding contemporary photographic practices in Brazil today. Learn more about André Penteado's work here:https://andrepenteado.comThis interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Black Thought - I'm Still Somehow04. Chicago Underground Quartet - Strange Wing05. New Future City Radio (Damon Locks and Rob Mazure) - New Future06. Broadcast - Follow the Light07. Sijya (Leather And Brass) - do i know08. melondruie - It's Raining Again (via Cruel Nature Recordings)09. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Eclipse (via Pyramid Blood)10. spalarnia - Taka (via Präsens Editionen)11. Esse Ran - System Failure12. Dissociative Identity Quartet - A spark of hope (via Mahorka)13. Rinnovare - Fall Away (via Pyramid Blood)14. Selective Hearing - Dreams of Milk (via Mahorka)15 .Herbaceous Borders - H.B. - Part 3
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine I feature different content from the usual broadcast, focusing on the mobilizations for Palestine that took place in Belém, Brazil during the COP30 UN summit on climate that took place in Belém, Brazil. As there is a stunning amount of creativity that goes into the thinking, organizing and actions within such institutional spaces which are often cold, or openly hostile to addressing the voices of peoples and struggles that are marginalized. Badra speaks about the on-the-ground alliances between Palestinian activists and Indigenous people in Brazil, both involved in critical struggles for land rights. Also Badra speaks about the ways that the climate justice struggle and the Palestinian struggle are critically interwoven at this time. Badra works with the Palestinian Institute of Public Diplomacy.https://www.thepipd.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
This project visits both this transmission history that addresses colonial dynamics and the scandal in Cyprus surrounding the presence of an Israeli government connected intelligence gathering operation discovered not far from the international airport in Cyprus. Learn more about the project and publication here:https://emiddiovasquez.infohttps://foreverinformed.com/artists-bio-1This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to artist Julia E. Dyck for making the connection surrounding this broadcast. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Jan. 2026 edition of Art in Action we hear from Dan Taulapapa McMullin an American Samoan multidisciplinary artist. Info on Dan's awesome work here: https://www.taulapapa.comThank you to the filmmaker Mary-Ellen Davis for helping to set-up this interview.Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Brazilian educator and author Henrique Parra in Sao Paulo. Henrique raises a key and important critique surrounding the urgency of understanding and engaging with the demand for digital sovereignty. In the context of Brazil this is important, as US based tech giants want to impose and influence politics in Brazil, this equals repression. Recently Henrique supported the publication of an important paper: THE DIGITAL AND THE SOUTH: QUESTIONINGSThank you to Mariana Marcassa for your support in making this connection.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Learn more about Mahmoud's work here:https://mahmoudkhatab.com/BooksThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network. This interview highlights the wide geographical scope where meaningful Palestine solidarity work is happening in the face of genocide in Gaza. This interview also meaningfully addresses the critical importance of understanding both the interconnections and need for solidarity across borders between anti colonial struggles in the context of both Australia and Palestine. In this example, where Indigenous communities face sustained political forces that push for erasure, making such connections is important. This focus has been key to work that the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network has been doing.Learn more about their work here: https://tpan.infoThank you to artist Marguerite Carson for suggesting this organization to feature.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Sin Maldita Remix)Remo Helfenstein - 333Remo Helfenstein - Tremor (via Präsens Editionen)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artist and activist Nicolas Montgermont. Nicolas shares reflections on the ways that projects he has worked on aim to challenge the frameworks of hegemony that are expressed through technological infrastructures. Also Nicolas speaks about the dynamics of contemporary art networks and political activism in France, offering a critique on a lack of connection that is in fact needed in the contemporary context of political crisis. Learn more about Nicolas's work here:https://nimon.org/enThere is an excerpt at the end of the program from a work released on Long Waves Scan an album by Nicolas Montgermont out on Dinzu Artefacts, info:https://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/long-waves-scanThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Learn more about Postmortem here:https://www.instagram.com/postmortemissueStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 5:30pm in Bethlehem and 10:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from the band KAZDOURA كزدورة.This interview speaks to the complexities of the ways that diaspora communities impact the music scene in western cities like Toronto, where diasporas are reshaping contemporary music. Also we speak about the ways that Arabic language music projects have started to reshaped contemporary discussion about Palestine within music communities. This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and researcher Michael Ekers who speaks on The Great Land Grab research project and colonialism in Canada today. This is a look at the ways that finance capital and contemporary investment market mechanisms are directly involved in undercutting Indigenous land rights today in British Columbia. More info on a project that Michael works on, The Great Land Grab, can be found here: https://www.greatlandgrab.comThank you to researcher and writer Kevin Skerrett for suggesting this feature interview.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pmCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
In this discussion recorded in Belém, Brazil, we hear the perspective of Tyrone Scott, campaigner at War on Want, who was involved in the push for the Belém Action Mechanism for Just Transition that was established at the COP summit in Brazil in Nov. 2025. This was an important focus point for climate justice campaigners at the COP summit who were involved in actions and interventions around the event. Learn more about the context around this and the Belém Action Mechanism for Just Transition, here:https://climatenetwork.org/resource/discussion-paper-belem-action-mechanism-october-2025/Learn more about War on Want here:https://waronwant.org
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician Richard Skelton who shares reflections on both the creative process surrounding a four part soundscape and music project called Imperial Valley. The project is connected to a set of photos taken in California during the Great Depression, one of the largest periods of internal economic migration in the United States. This is a meaningful and important reference point because it points to the historical conditions of migration that informed the family history of many Americans at a time when the Trump administration is pushing to criminalize migration as a process and specifically migrant peoples. Learn more about Richard's beautiful project here:https://www.richardskelton.net/land-music/imperial-valley-i-ivThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Enregistrée dans le cadre de la série radiophonique « Voix pour la justice climatique », à Belém, cette interview donne la parole à Pierre Mary Louis, Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Haïti). Pierre représente les paysans haïtiens et était présent lors du Sommet des peuples qui s'est tenu à Belém en novembre 2025.La Via Campesina:viacampesina.org
A discussion with Pramesh Pokharel, All Nepal Peasants' Federation, a member association of the La Via Campesina global. In this exchange Pramesh speaks about the realities in Nepal and the ways that small scale farmers and agricultural communities are being actively displaced by corporate farming infrastructure which in many cases is shaped by the interests of big agricultural corporations. Also Pramesh identifies key points of context that can allow us to better understand the recent waves of protests in Nepal and how that relates to rural to urban displacement realities that many communities are facing. Pramesh was a participant in the People's Summit in Belém which took place in the context of and on the sidelines of the official COP meetings.Learn more about La Via Campesina here:https://viacampesina.orgLearn more about the All Nepal Peasants' Federation here:https://anpfanepal.org
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artists Ludwig Berger and Pablo Diserens speaking on the Crying Glacier sound album and climate change. This work documents the complex and surprising sounds of glaciers beyond stereotypical images of glaciers deconstructing that are common in the media. This project is a meaningful window into accessing a fuller understanding of both the sonic character of glaciers while it also creates space to reflect in profound ways on how artists can take action in the crisis of climate change today. Learn more about this project here:https://f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/crying-glacierThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition we hear from migrant labour organizer Gabriel Allahdua who speaks on the book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada. Gabriel has direct first hand experience of doing migrant agricultural work in Canada and has published a book both on the conditions of that work and also offers a broader political critique on the systemic lack of labour rights for certain groups of racialized workers in Canada. Learn more about this book title here:https://btlbooks.com/book/harvesting-freedomThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Nov. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from poet Fortner Anderson speaking on a series of recent projects that experiment with poetics in the contemporary moment. Fortner has been an important contributor to the experimental spoken-word scene in Montreal over decades and is also a longterm contributor to CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
On the Nov. edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear reflections from Palestinian American poet and physician Fady Joudah. In this conversation Fady offers some extremely insightful reflections on the ways that the Palestinian experience remains solidly outside of the western framework of hegemony. Also Fady shares critical reflections on the ways that sympathy for the Palestinian experience today most often does not extend into a real space of resistance to the structures of western neo-colonial power that are both enabling and playing a role in the genocide of the Palestinian people of Gaza today. Learn more about Fady's work here:https://milkweed.org/author/fady-joudahThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
This project examines the connections between contemporary Iraqi identity and culture to ancient times, particularly exploring the depth of Mesopotamian wisdom. Learn more about this project here: https://www.halaalsalman.com/the-rod-and-the-ringThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
Chimora - Rico Dance DubKyoko Koizumi - Kyujitsu No Sugoshikata (Remix Instrumental)Ruby May Moon - Thirty-ThreeBlindboy - I DreamDiet Music – Por El (Correspondance Mix)Efay - ElevationManasseh meets the Equalizer - Surface Tension Dub
Zoe Alexandra works on the People's Dispatch media project and is based in NY. Zoe reflects on this moment of unprecedented grassroots mobilization to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom from the vantage point of someone who has been reporting on and participating in grassroots events to support Palestine and to stand against genocide in Gaza. Learn more about the project that Zoe works on here:https://peoplesdispatch.orgThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator, writer and author Nalini Mohabir speaking on the collective book The Fire That Time which Nalini co-edited. This work focuses on the anti racist student uprising at Concordia University in Montreal in 1969 which is known as the Sir George Williams affair. Nalini connects the anti racist struggles of students from this era to the current struggles by students against sustained racist backlashes on the part of the US government and many university administrations toward the Palestine solidarity movement. Learn more about The Fire That Time project here:https://blackrosebooks.com/products/cummings_mohabir-the-fire-that-timeThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights who connects the structural racism of post 9/11 policies in the US, under Republican President George HW Bush to the wide ranging systemic racist violence that the Trump administration is pushing forward today. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Rights here : https://ccrjustice.orgThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This program features 4 voices of cultural workers, organizers and international solidarity activists who are involved directly in initiatives in Montreal that focus on lifting up the Palestinian struggle for freedom. The voices that you hear are outlined below:Feroz Mehdi, a longtime international solidarity worker at Alternatives in Montreal speaking about their ongoing support and collaboration with the Teachers Creativity Centre in occupied Palestine, a project which is currently involved in frontline educational initiatives in Gaza. http://alternatives.caAylin Gökmen, a filmmaker, graduate student and organizer with Cinema Politica in Montreal at Concordia University. http://cinemapolitica.orgMalcolm Guy, a filmmaker and international solidarity activist. Malcolm co-founded Productions Multi-Monde (https://multi-monde.ca) and works with the International League of Peoples Struggles (ILPS) https://peoplesstruggle.org.Nashwa Lina Khan, a media maker and community activist, Nashwa works on the Habibiti Please project and works on the Artists for Palestine project in Montreal.The accompanying music on this piece is by Anarchist Mountains, To Sophia (Redux) and an excerpt of One Oud performed by Sam Shalabi.
On the Oct. 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Palestinian poet Ahmad Almallah. Ahmad speaks on the Palestinian resistance to cultural erasure and genocide. Also Ahmad speaks about the critical importance of direct frontline activism as a tool to fight the colonization of Palestine. Learn more about Ahmad's work here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ahmad-almallahThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio author and educator Pasha Malla shares reflections on this global political moment of crisis in the context o Canada. Pasha speaks on the importance of challenging of political complacency in Canada at this time of rising extreme right politics. Learn more about Pasha's work here:https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/pmallahttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/125849/pasha-mallaThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Art in Action, for the October 2025 edition, we hear from cultural curator Miguel Ribeiro who works at the Casa do Comum do Bairro Alto in Lisbon, Portugal, speaks on the role that alternative nightlife spaces and cultural venues plays in developing both critical thinking and the social context for the emergence of progressive social movements. Miguel also speaks on the role that a space like Casa do Comum plays in lifting up alternative cultural voices and marginalized experiences within a key European city, Lisbon. Finally Miguel offers some reflections on the ways that gentrification and the housing crisis in Lisbon impacts the cultural sphere. Thank you to cultural curator Jule Kurbjeweit for helping to facilitate this connection. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
A joint mix with author Jean-Guy Forget for Radio AlHara, airing Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11am eastern, 6pm Palestine time at radioalhara.netLearn more about Jean-Guy Forget here:https://groupecourteechelle.com/la-courte-echelle/auteurs/jean-guy-forget/Track listing:01. Mos Def - Supermagic02. Big Hands - Fuoco Lento (with Bint Mbareh & Ottomani Parker)03. Cedric Brooks - Silent Force04. melondruie - Non-Entity05. GAIKA - 'DRIFT ON'06. Big Hands - Rinascita (with Yusuf Ahmed & Buster Woodruff-Bryant)07. Nadja - Omenformation (excerpt)08. Little Simz - Introvert09. Backwash - History Of Violence10. Blue Sky Black Death - A Private Death11. melondruie - Long Nights12. melondruie - Disappearing (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Indigenous filmmaker Nicolas Renaud critiques Quebec government push to expand corporate clearcutting in Quebec. This discussion focuses specifically on the proposed Bill 97 that will move approximately 1/3 of Quebec's actual territory into what has been described by the right wing government as a 'special economic zone,' which will remove all regulations around both Indigenous land rights and environmental regulations. Indigenous communities have been on the frontlines protesting this bill and the broader colonialist approach to Quebec's remaining forested lands. View a detailed presentation by Nicolas about this bill that was presented at Concordia University here: https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/offices/provost/fourth-space/2025/07/18/forestry-plan.htmlThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from historian Aviva Guttmann who discusses her research work surrounding the recently released book "Operation Wrath of God: The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign." The book is described this way : "In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War, Aviva Guttmann uncovers the key role of European intelligence agencies in facilitating Mossad's Operation Wrath of God. She reveals how, in the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorism were hunted and killed by Mossad with active European cooperation."This book is important to consider in the current context of ongoing intelligence agency sharing between western agencies and the Israeli state that has been taking place 2023-2025.https://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/history/diplomatic-and-international-history/operation-wrath-god-secret-history-european-intelligence-and-mossads-assassination-campaignThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian writer and long time progressive voice on Syria speaking from the ground in Damascus. Razan speaks on the key challenges that progressive activists face today in Syria, looking at the importance of voices which are addressing the politics of Sunni victimization that the current government, lead by Ahmed al-Sharaa, has legitimized in some points of political discourse. Particularly Razan speaks about the importance of speaking to realities like the March 2025 massacres that targeted Alawite majority areas along the western coastal regions of the country. Also the lack of systemic action to address wild fires in the hot season of 2025 is addressed by Razan. Critically Razan speaks about new contemporary political autonomous efforts of social justice activists working today in Syria. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist Isabeau Doucet who speaks about reporting on the limbo Palestinians face in the US asylum process. Isabeau worked on a feature article in the Guardian addressing the legal quagmire that Palestinian refugees face when running up against discriminatory frameworks at play that work to exclude many stateless Palestinians from accessing asylum in the country.Read Isabeau's piece here:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/palestinians-gaza-immigration-systemThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
The Art in Action interview for Sept. 2025 features a conversation with poet, photographer and health care worker “Zibz” Neil Guilding. Zibz has played an important role in creating space for Black spoken-word scenes in the city through participating in the launching and sustaining of the Kalmunity Vibe Collective and beyond. This interveiw focuses on Zibz as an artist but also as a community advocate. Zibz speaks about the killing of Nicous D'Andre Spring, a Black youth who died after being illegally detained in a youth detention facility while being forced into a "spit-mask" and being pepper sprayed. Also Zibz speaks about working in healthcare in a major public hospital in downtown Montreal. This interview was recorded at La Sotterenea cultural venue in Montreal in winter 2024/25 just before launching into a duet set to support a community benefit to support Palestinian youth in Lebanon who are living with disabilities, within the community of Burj Al Barajneh. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland who speaks on his frontline reporting on the local politics of disinformation in the US. Oliver particularly speaks about the piece that examines the ways that the Trump family has been profiting off the Trump Presidency. Also we hear about the realities of the mass deportation policies taking place particularly around the dangerous Florida detention camps where thousands of people are being detained, often without access to due legal process. Read Oliver's reporting here:https://www.theguardian.com/profile/laughland-oliverThis is a recent report by Oliver:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx99Sg6SnlY&t=699sThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Sept. 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Palestinian artist Malak Mattar. Malak speaks about Palestinian cultural creation as a part of resistance to the genocidal policies of the Israeli state targeting the Palestinian people of Gaza and beyond. Malak also speaks on recent works and painting in the face of genocide. Learn more about Malak's work here: https://www.malak-mattar.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of of Free City Radio we hear from Rabab Abdulhadi an educator and long term Palestinian activist in the diaspora. Rabab speaks about the repression that has targeted Palestinian voices within academic institutions in the US during both the Trump and Biden administrations. Rabab speaks on the importance of internationalism and building a collective analysis that links struggles against colonization past and present, from Palestine to Indigenous struggles for decolonizing the Americans that persist today.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A joint mixtape with artist Joyce Joumaa for Radio AlHara. Learn more about the work of Joyce here:https://joycejoumaa.comAccompanying photo taken in Beirut is by Joyce Joumaa.1. Fairuz, Wahdon - وحدن2. MF DOOM, Gazzillion Ear (Acapella), remixed by Poltergeist3. Cyrus Bayandor, Part 1, Approach4. Muslimgauze, Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip5. Vijay Iyer + Wadada Leo Smith, Kite (for Refaat Alareer)6. Mansour Rahbani, غسان صليبا - صرخ الدّيب البحري – لمعت أبواق الثّورة (مسرحية صيف ٨٤٠)7. yourfriendkas, Qan - Qanat 8. Leyya Mona Tawil and John King, Love Songs for a Free Palestine (excerpt)9. Jake Muir, Erzklang (excerpt)10. SITES, Internet Explorers
A live discussion at the Suoni per il Popolo festival in Montreal in June 2025 that was streamed live on Radio AlHara in Palestine. This discussion focuses on various projects, actions and campaign initiatives in Montreal to lift up and support the Palestinian struggle for liberation. There is a particular focus on the role and importance of cultural workers engaging in the struggle here. Thank you to Joseph Sannicandro for the technical support in Montreal and to Ibrahim Owais for the technical support in Palestine. This panel includes the participation of the following voices:Tara Alami, writer and organizer with the Palestinian Feminist CollectiveRazan AlSalah, filmmaker, educator and member of collectif Regards PalestiniensSonya Ben Yahmed, activist, writer and researcherJasmin Ghorbani, academic and organizer with Cinema Politica Concordia Ehab Lotayef, community activist and poetSanaz Sohrabi, artist and researcher of visual cultureKiva Stimac, artistic director of the Suoni per il Popolo festival Zoë Thomas, doctor and musician who will play a live set on violin Yasmine, an organizer from the Gaza solidarity encampment at McGill University Dominic Marion, of the Make Fuzz Not War project via Tall House RecordingsAymen from Bikers for Palestine
On this edition of Free City Radio author, musician and community organizer Hubert Gendron-Blais reflects on 2012 student strike and current importance. This conversation looks at the contemporary political landscape in Quebec and the importance of looking to collective action to challenge some of the neoliberal oriented policies that are working to break any remaining environmental protection frameworks and undercut the sustainability of public institutions. Hubert also reflects on the role that grassroots collective action on the streets plays in creating political change in Quebec and beyond.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This edition of Free City Radio features the second in a set of programs focused on hearing community voices from Montreal who engaged with the Voices beyond lockdown zine project of Free City Radio. The zine was launched in the fall of 2024 and focuses on the ways that community activists and artists responded to the pandemic lockdowns of 2020, particularly people directly from, or directly working with, communities that were already experiencing systemic persecution or discrimination before the pandemic began. This interview set is an opportunity to hear reflections in the current context, in 2025, on the sustaining relevance and importance of understanding how this period impacts the present. Also the ways that focusing on activist and artist voices in regards to how to both conceptualize and frame the sustaining relevance of this period, is important.On this edition Jordan Arseneault, researcher, performer, musician and community activist shares their reflections on the zine. Jordan underlines the ways that the realities of the pandemic lockdowns in the winter 2020 were driven by neoliberal policies. Jordan also underlines that the pandemic can be considered a topic that was is over discussed while still certain realities were excluded from those discussions, like those faced by undocumented workers. Jordan references historian Mary Beard's work as interesting because this period of lockdowns, again pushed us toward the local, while different from past periods where only the local context mattered, in 2020 it was a local that was globalized. Jordan references Joyce Wieland's work as an interesting way to understand the layers involved in this presentation, with both the obvious political conclusions being present while there also existing multiple layers of meaning when we take the time to reflect and discuss.Learn more about the zine and / or download a PDF via Justseeds:https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zineThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This is an interview with author, anthropologist and activist Philippe Blouin speaking on the importance of the Mohawk Mother demands of McGill University and the ways that these local Indigenous demands of justice are connected to a perspective of international solidarity. Phil outlines the ways that McGill University in Montreal has blocked many attempts to halt the construction taking place on old medical grounds at McGill which are widely known and discussed, particularly in Indigenous communities, as having unmarked graves for Indigenous children. These children were lost in the system of forced adoption in Canada known as the 60s scoop where Indigenous family were stripped of their kids by force by the government, this took place at times in collaboration with psychiatric institutions who would experiment on Indigenous children in the context of programs like the CIA backed MK Ultra. Learn more about the Mohawk Mothers here:https://www.mohawkmothers.caLearn more about the book that Phil co-authored on Mohawk Indigenous art and resistance here:https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1266This interview was recorded in Montreal and aired on Radio AlHara in Palestine on Thursday, July 31 at 6am eastern time, 1pm Palestine time at radioalhara.netThis piece includes a short excerpt from the piece Cloud Formation by Jarrett Martineau and Stefan Christoff from the album A Turbulent Sky:https://pyramidblood.bandcamp.com/album/a-turbulent-sky
This edition of Free City Radio is the first in a two editions that are focused on reflecting on the Voices beyond lockdown zine project, an initiative of Free City Radio that highlights the voices of community activists and artists responding to the pandemic lockdown. For these two editions I invited people who attended the launch of the zine in Montreal in the fall of 2024 to share their reflections on the publication and the sustaining importance of the political, social and cultural lessons of the pandemic lockdown period. As the zine held a particular focus on the experiences of communities already experiencing marginalization (economic and political) before the pandemic began, the voices featured look to collective action and community organizing that took place to address power imbalances and injustices during the pandemic. In this conversation community activist and artist Damaris Baker shares their reflections on the zine project. Learn more about the zine and download a free PDF via the Justseeds artists cooperative here: https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zineThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the August 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we speak with Bristol based artist Dali de Saint Paul who speaks about grassroots cultural work in Bristol and the importance of speaking up against silencing and the complicity of mainstream cultural institutions in the west with genocide in Palestine. Learn more about Dali's work here:https://dalidesaintpaul.bandcamp.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On the August edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Berlin based musician and producer David August. In this interview David speaks about recent musical projects such as VĪS Reinterpretations. Also David speaks on more collective initiatives like the 99CHANTS project, which releases David's music, but also supports community oriented benefit projects, like IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES which raised funds to restore mangroves in India. In this conversation David offers reflections on the role of artists in being a progressive voice in a time of rising populist right wing movements and the importance of standing with Palestine and particularly Palestinian artistic projects like Radio AlHara.Learn more about David's work here:https://www.99chants.comStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, PalestineOn the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
A second 30 minute soundscape shaped by the voices of people who gathered for a speak out and radio recording at métro Laurier in July 2025. The photo was taken of one of the book that was brought to the action, photo by Youssef.In this 30 minute piece you hear from folks in this order:Damarice from Bike for Palestine (Montreal)Deanna Radford, poet, reading June Jordan, Damaris Baker, artist, reading Mohammed el-KurdAymen Benbouzid, Bike for Palestine (Montreal)Sonya Ben Yahmed, activist, writer and researcherSami Basbous, poet, reading original materialJordan Arseneault, artist expressing solidarity
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from historian and educator Lloyd Tomlinson speaking on the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia, a critically important labour strike and movement of coal miners taking action for collective work place justice. Lloyd works with the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum which has been a central player in the region to lift up the under-told stories of coal miners striking for justice in the early 20th century. Info: https://wvminewars.orgThank you to Dwight at Crash Symbols records for the pointer on exploring this important topic of labour history.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mariana Martínez Balvanera speaking on the Cocina Colaboratorio project working in Mexico City and beyond, described as a project that "a mobile and on-site project that brings farmers, scientists, creatives and chefs together around the kitchen." This project is active in Mexico City but also has organized spaces beyond. It focuses on lifting up alternative readings of food justice struggles as connected to legacies of Indigenous identities and also the role of social movements, today and in the past.More information on the project here: https://colaboratorykitchen.comThank you to artist and curator Beatriz Paz Jiménez for suggesting this interview focus point.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A joint mix between O₩LS + Stefan Christoff for Radio AlHara in Palestine. Below is the playlist some of the tracks included are shared in excerpts as a way to highlight different contributions and musical voices who want to share their work on Radio AlHara, thank you for listening.Accompanying artwork via Justseeds artists' cooperative and is by Graeson Rosa (https://www.graesonrosa.com).01. Masking Tapeworm - Palestine Dances02. Glacis - The World Is All Mine03. O₩LS - Give Me Your Stare04. Low Flung - Energy05. THE SOFT MOON - Dead Love 06. Ariadne Randall - [h1.3] dark way bird path open hand07. Lebanon Hanover - The Last Thing08. Ploho - Город устал09. Ariadne Randall - [h2.3] on that last shore10. Martina Lussi - Soundwalk Weiertal 11. Katie McBride - Remember, Surrender12. Low Flung - Understanding13. Saito Koji - a
A 30 minute mix featuring the voices of poets, community activists and folks in Montreal who joined a Palestine solidarity action outside of métro Laurier in July 2025. The photo was taken of poet Deanna Radford reading at the action by Abdelali Essaouis.In this 30 minute piece you hear from folks in this order:Marie, who participants in Bikers for Palestine, MontrealAymen Benbouzid, who also participants in Bikers for Palestine, MontrealNael, a Palestinian in the diaspora of Montreal reading Mahmoud Darwish.Rachel Cheng, a writer and food justice advocate reading George Abraham.Myriam Cloutier, a housing justice organizer with P.O.P.I.R. - Comité Logement.Peter Burton, from Arts in the Margins.Nashwa Lina Khan, of habibti please podcast reading Mohammed el-Kurd.Mireya Bayancela, poet, reading Fadwa Tuqan.Music clip at the end is Sun Through the Clouds by Jordan Christoff.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from political researcher and analyst Guillaume Hébert on populist right wing exploitation of economic inequality in Quebec and beyond.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of the Cultural workers for Palestine program, for July 2025, we hear from Palestinian American artist Sam Sundos. In this interview Sam speaks about different artistic projects and practices, including work in traditional Palestinian cross stitch, embroidery, called Tatreez. Also Sam speaks about building relationships between Palestinian artists in Brooklyn and those living under occupation in the West Bank and the conversations that emerge from that process. Learn more about Sam's work here: https://www.samsundos.com/This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.netMusic on the program is an excerpt of Passage by Anarchist Mountains
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from celebrated Indigenous photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft. Martin speaks about a series of recent projects, including a street photography series, also print making workshops focused on Indigenous community members. Martin also speaks about Indigenous cultural legacies and how they continue to influence and shape a city like Montreal. Finally we learn about language revitalization projects taking place in Indigenous communities today, particularly in Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawake.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this program we hear from long time community activist Helen Hudson speaking about migrant justice organizing post 9/11 in Montreal and more broadly in North America. This interview is focused on understanding the lineages of organizing between this period and contemporary social movement work taking place to challenge repressive actions against migrant communities taking place today. Helen is a long term community organizer who has a lot to share about grassroots organizing networks and community initiatives in Montreal. This interview particularly focuses on understanding the context around self-organized migrant communities who were struggling against deportations post 9/11 including the Non-Status Refugees Action Committee (CASS) of Algerian refugees, the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees and the Action Committee of Pakistani Refugees which formed to fight the detention and deportation of members of their communities post 9/11. These forces were central to the formation of Solidarity Across Borders in the city.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we speak with filmmaker Franklin López who talks about documenting Nehirowisiw Indigenous land defenders who have been resisting corporate driven clear cutting on their traditional territories. The Nehirowisiw, more commonly known as the Nation Atikamekw, have been battling Québec companies like Produits Forestiers Arbec Inc. who are operating on traditional unceded Indigenous lands with a green light from the Québec government. In response the Nehirowisiw has launched a number of road blockades to protest the clearcutting on their lands. The closest settler cities to this frontline Indigenous land defence action are Parent and the larger town of La Tuque.View Frank's recent films on Nehirowisiw here:https://amplifierfilms.ca/guardians-of-the-land-the-nehirowisiw-askis-fight-against-deforestationhttps://amplifierfilms.ca/a-monday-of-resistance-the-nehirowisiw-blockade-at-wemotaciThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A joint mixtape with the Alfonso with the Mexico City based cassette label SilencioEPI. Airing on Radio AlHara in Palestine on Sunday, June 22, below is the track listing, artist name / track name. Thanks for listening!Artwork is by Saiyare Refaei, from a portfolio via Justseeds.org01. thruoutin - The Two Cypress Trees -《两棵柏树》(SilencioEPI)02. DIAN - effluvia (Anterior Insula)03. Scott Alexander Howard and Stefan Christoff - Equatorial Radius (Moon Villain)04. Alfonso Lievano (A L) - St.05. DUNCAN PINHAS - No Country for Old Sounds (Requiem) (SilencioEPI)06. Coeden - Ayleids (Entangled Visions)07. Alfonso Lievano (AL) - 50 millones de años (SilencioEPI)08. DIAN - vein09. Disgleirio - todas las noches todas las cosas (SilencioEPI)10. espect - XLQ (Entangled Visions)11. JOHANNES MALFATTI - Fragments I-III (LINE)12. Lush Worker - I (Cruel Nature Recordings)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mohammed Khizr who speaks on The Palestine Collective working in the UK context. Mohammd speaks about creating space in organizational spaces in design and architecture to lift up Palestinian life. Learn more about the Palestine collective here: https://www.instagram.com/palestine.collectiveThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to Hazem Jamjoum for helping to arrange this program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pmCHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
This mixtape was made to celebrate a joint release with Jarrett Martineau released on Pyramid Blood recordings. It was a pleasure to work on the project with Jarrett and also to highlight some other artists for this mix. The mix was created for broadcast on Radio AlHara - راديو الحارة in Palestine.Thank you for listening - Stefan.This is the link to the album with Jarrett:https://pyramidblood.bandcamp.com/album/a-turbulent-skyTrack listing (artist name / track name)01. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Lightening02. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Prism03. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Ghazal04. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Atavistic Rites05. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Eclipse06. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Cloud Formation07. shaun weadick - neil gow's lament for his second wife08. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Theme from Verdun II09. shaun weadick - yé ou le char-10. WZRDRYAV - Resource 2.011. thisquietarmy - Respirer l'instabilité (excerpt)
A Voices for Palestine mix for Radio AlHara for June 15, 2025, thank you for listening, please pay attention to the track details below. The accompanying graphic is by Christeen Francis from the Justseeds artists' cooperative. Thank you for listening, below is the track listing.01. Naseem Alatrash live cello excerpt, recorded at the People's Conference for Palestine02. Atmosphere at Palestine solidarity action, recorded by Stefan Christoff03. An interview with Palestinian activist Samar Alkhdour, recorded by Stefan Christoff in April 202504. William Ryan Fritch - Substrata05. A Palestine solidarity protest at Concordia University winter 2025, recorded by Leon Louder06. William Ryan Fritch - Cling to One Another07. Interviews recorded at kite protest for Gaza by Sandra Hercegová 08. William Ryan Fritch - Adhesion09. Cyrus Bayandor - Part 210. Amir ElSaffar - The People of Gaza Will Be Free (No Silence)11. daniela solís introducing Ruido por Palestina Libre mixtape12. Puzz Amatizta - con la mano en la tierra13. Lucía R. - higos y espuma14. Albania Juárez - algarabía de las especies15. daniela solís - paloma regresa16. Astrid Runa - Saladgima17. Fritanny - ORAR18. Prisma - k-rma19. (CiYi) - System Memory Failure20. Ehab Lotayef - Burning Hills (poetry reading)21. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga22. Sloan Lucas - Le Feat avec Niyagi23. Pangea De Futura - Little Black Eyes (excerpt)
A mixtape shaped by tracks from the Make Fuzz Not War compilation benefit for Palestine, info on the project here:01. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga02. anthéne - illuminated03. D. Marion - Ey Iran, blown-out04. Jakob Rehlinger - Baṭṭīkh Threnody05. Hazy Montagne Mystique x Melina Spiga - Quand les voix se rejoignent au crépuscule06. Stefan Christoff - Appel à la manif07. M. Mucci - Defuse the bombs, destroy the guns, and clip the wings of all the drones08. Joël Lavoie x Érick d'Orion - Gambit09. Pierre-Yves Martel - Mayday (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we go to Amsterdam and speak with author / activist Jarmo Berkhout who has been deeply involved in a series of high profile squatting actions. Also Jarmo has worked on editing and publishing a key book focused on the intersecting experiences of those working in the squatting movement over the recent years in Amsterdam. Learn more about the collected works that Jarmo worked on editing here via Spookstad publishing:https://spookstad.booThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
Poesía y sonidos del pueblo - Radio Nopal x Radio AlHaraThis mix started with a recording in the rain that I did with Montréal based Ecuadorian poet Mireya Bayancela. I have known Mireya for many years now and often we cross paths at both Palestine solidarity actions but also gatherings to support the Immigrant Workers Centre, a grassroots community group in Côte-des-Neiges. This mix has been created for both Radio Nopal in Mexico City and Radio AlHara in Palestine. Below is the track listing for a mix that starts with Mireya reading two poems on a rainy afternoon in Montréal, I was there with my daughter doing the recording live. I have included some additional tracks by artists that I felt good about highlighting who have musician practices that consider and express emotional landscapes around the intersections between sound, justice and our world today.Accompanying photo:Mireya Bayancela by Juan Manuel Lobaton, "Le vol des oiseaux"Thank you for listening. – Stefan ChristoffTrack listing (artist name / track name)Mireya Bayancela - Live poetry reading in MontréalStefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Cloud FormationJeremy Young - Whirld, Pt. IEzra Teboul - FrosinNicholas Maloney + Demetrio Cecchitelli - ae 2 (excerpt)
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 through which a creative voice can be expressed and centred within the context of the larger Palestine solidarity movement. Yasmeen has been involved in the Fiber Friends for Falestine project at The Interference Archive and has been involved in curating numerous events that bring together artists for Palestine.Learn more about Yasmeen’s work here:https://yasmeenabdallah.comAbout the Interference Archive at http://interferencearchive.orgAlso the Fiber Friends of Falastinhttps://interferencearchive.org/event/fiber-friends-of-falestin/This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.netMusic on the program is an excerpt of Passage by Anarchist Mountains
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 contemporary portrait of one of the most high-profile militant activist communities in France: a 150-person strong rural collective that successfully resisted an international airport expansion project in 2018, created an autonomous zone between 2012 and 2018, survived multiple violent eviction attempts by the French state and spawned a new ecological movement in 2021.Using a collaborative and immersive observational approach, the film documents the everyday lives of a diverse ecosystem of activists, squatters, anarchists, farmers and those labelled by the government as “eco-terrorists”. Can the success of a radical protest movement offer a path through the climate crisis?"This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. Also thank you to Cinema Politica through which in my work with the organization I originally encountered the film DIRECT ACTION.The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying image is : Direct Action directors at St Soline, by Geoffrey Rodriguez.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forever02. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forest03. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Balkan Winds04. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Taste Becomes Force05 David Parker & Graham Beverley - Left Standing06. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Arc Softly Over Dream (excerpt)
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 a community benefit for Sudan on April 27, 20253. anthéne - illuminated (excerpt)4. A poet reading from Where the Hibiscus Still Blooms zine project5. Hazy Montagne Mystique x Melina Spiga - Quand les voix se rejoignent au crépuscule (excerpt) from Make Fuzz Not War compilation 6. Nadia Hawa Baldé performance with Rémi-Jean LeBlanc (excerpt)7. Reading by Amber Rose Johnson8. Ben Bertrand and Adriaan de Roover - Bright Attic from NO SILENCE benefit compilation 9. Amir ElSaffar - The People of Gaza Will Be Free from NO SILENCE benefit Compilation for Radio alHara
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 this interview on the organizing efforts that took place under the Conservative government in Canada of Stephen Harper to oppose the omnibus crime bill in 2012. Jordan speaks about the ways that this corner stone of Conservative legislation in Canada, that included mandatory minimum sentencing, continues to have impacts. This interview took place in the context of thinking about how community organizers can and should be dealing with the rising threat of the Conservative Party in Canada which won the most votes since 1988 in the 2025 federal election. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 - Daj Ne Pitaj06. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forever07. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Ghazal08. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Floralia Finale09. shaun weadick - new moon in pisces (we were ours, we are ours, we will be ours, as we've always been)10. Debeli Precjednik - Puška ne ubija ljude11. Pasi - Odavno12. WZRDRYAV - Resource 6.013. JOHANNES MALFATTI - Fragments IX (excerpt)Graphic: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA , SARAJEVO , OLD POSTCARD
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 this period against closed door international summits around the world, largely demonstrations focused on opposing the inherent inequality of capitalism. Also Bill places the repression that protest movements experienced within a realistic framework of understanding these moments of heightened police repression as reflected by media coverage that doesn't focus on the larger systemic mechanisms of social control and repression. Today Bill works with Solidarity Across Borders and has played a meaningful role in bridging anti-capitalist and migrant justice organizing spaces. This interview took place within the context of building discussions on the threat posed by a rising political support for the Conservative Party of Canada and what that means for social movements as well as vulnerable communities. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Drawing is about the fence in Toronto during the G20 summit in 2010.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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. Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie - Mani Mani03. Präsens Editionen - Unglued04. Abdullah Miniawy - Jayhano Al Kawahi جيهن الكوهِ05. Jako Maron - Paré po saviré06. Charlatan - Parallel Orbits07. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Cloud Formation08. Raphaël Foisy - Internal Organ - Orgue Interne (excerpt)09. JOHANNES MALFATTI - Fragments IV-VI10. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Played by Water11. WZRDRYAV - Resource 8.0
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. in the southwest of Montreal, particularly in St. Henri. Fred talks about the arc of municipal policies that have driven housing financialization in the city and how that reflects broader global questions around the commodification of housing.Learn more about P.O.P.I.R. – Comité Logement here:https://popir.orgArtwork by Seth Tobocman, info: https://www.sethtobocman.comThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 Bronx, due to historical marginalization and patterns of racialized migration, is a key example of what the dynamics of internal colonialism are in the United States context. Shellyne outlines this point in relation to why expressions of understanding and also action in solidarity with Palestine, as both an artist and cultural worker is important. Info on Shellyne here: https://www.shellynerodriguez.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.netMusic on the program is an excerpt of Passage by Anarchist Mountains
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 kitchens in Gaza and also grassroots humanitarian projects in Lebanon. Learn more about Brussels for Palestine here: https://www.instagram.com/brussels4palestineThank you to Hala El Mohor for helping to set-up this interview and for The Kitchen for hosting.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 years Hannah has played a meaningful role in stitching together Palestine solidarity initiatives around the world, including through participating in human rights delegations in Occupied Palestine around projects like Librarians for Palestine. Learn more about Hannah's work here: https://www.hannahmermelstein.comThe accompanying image is from a zine that Hannah worked on that highlights the collection of Palestinian books from homes seized by the Israeli state in 1948, the zine is called "Overdue Books: Returning Palestine’s “Abandoned Property” of 1948." Read the excellent zine here:https://librarianswithpalestine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Overdue-Books-AP-zine.pdfThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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, film, and public art."The accompanying drawing is by Damon.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 work and comics here:https://www.newarab.com/author/74089/yazan-al-saadi-and-ghadi-ghosnThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 solidarity organizing within centres of power, protests in Paris, or New York City, but not as much in cities on the edges, in this case on the edge of the EU, in the Baltic context of Lithuania. This conversation was originally recorded in Nov. 2024.This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The graphic is from the Poppies group.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11amCJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8amCKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8amCFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30amCFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7amMet Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30amCKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pmCJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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 - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff04. Another time is now - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff05. Where are you from - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff06. Harmonics at sea - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff07. No silence - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff08. Ships on the horizon - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff09. Narrative flipsides - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff10. Every moment - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff11. Cascading effects - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff12. Moieties - William Ryan Fritch13. Resisting Rupture - William Ryan Fritch14. slow burn - Thanya Iyer15. Early Spring - Luke Loseth and Stefan Christoff16. Palestine Sunday, The Ring - Rickie Leach (field recording excerpt)17. Qaher III - Badawi18. sending, receiving - ben grossman (excerpt)
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 Justseeds Artists' Cooperative learn more here:https://justseeds.org/artist/erikruinAlso visit Erik's website here:https://www.erikruin.infoThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, on Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays, on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm and on Thursdays at 4:30pm on CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver.
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 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, she reconnected with her Arab family roots, living in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and later under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank during the second intifada.Her debut novel, Ever Land, grew out of these experiences. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize and has been acquired by Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House, to be published in 2026.She now lives in Essex with her husband and three children. Alongside writing and teaching secondary English, she is a member of Critical Collective, a woman’s group advocating against racism and crimes against humanity."This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.netMusic on the program is an excerpt of Passage by Anarchist Mountains
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 in Montreal before any vaccines were available.The zine is a transcribed set of interviews with a set of voices and the launch includes the voices of: Indigenous photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft; a Guinean community organizer in Montreal, Mohamed Barry; longtime community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mostafa Henaway; poet and educator Shanice Nicole; artist and author Sundus Abdul Hadi; and educator/researcher Brian Aboud. Read the full zine in PDF format via Justseeds here:https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zineThe launch of the project was recorded at Casa del Popolo in Montreal.Cover of the zine featured here as the visual for the program is designed by Léon Lo: https://leonlo.caThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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, currently working on the 230 FightBack projecthttp://230fightback.comFenton BenjaminA poet and community radio volunteer facing struggles of precarious housingDru Oja JayA member of the organizing team of the housing justice gatheringLisa FreemanCanadian Labour Congress housing researcherHubert Gendron-BlaisRéverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréalhttps://www.reverberationscriselogement.org/
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 connections between bass culture and experimental noise and sound art. A significant part of my research has been to listen to other experimental artists of colour - some of whom are represented here - and to note the often political implications of their sound."This mix is broadcasting on Radio AlHara on March 23, 2025 at 12 noon eastern, 6pm in Brussels and 7pm in occupied Palestine, streaming at radioalhara.netThis is the track listing in order of appearance, thank you for listening.Artwork by Valentina Gonzo.01. Saint Abdullah - Battlefield Culture (ft. Travis Laplante)02. Dhangsha - Every Accusation is a Confession03. Sayf - Brutale Wave04. Bantu - Excavating The Future05. evicshen - Fever Pitch06. Shersh - High Exposure07. Oiro Pena - Kaiju Kaiju08. Selvhenter - Rundhyl09. Yussef Dayes - The Light feat. Bahia Dayes10. jaimie branch - take over the world11. Elisapie - Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free)12. Nour Sokhon & Stefan Christoff - A shadow signal13. Marion-Mucci - Rinnovato con la prossima primavera I (excerpt)
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 features:Maxim Mokdad, musician and architect based in Sofia who also supported the broadcast technically.Оgnian Kassabov, writer and professor of philosophy at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.Irina Borova, a Bulgarian community activist supporting Palestinian human rights. Rima Dogmush, a Palestinian-Bulgarian community organizer living in Sofia.Pepel, from коприва space.Andrea Cirio, Radio AlHara resident.Originally broadcast on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 at коприва. Thank you to Eero Turka for participating in the broadcast also.
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 current events. This interview provides urgent and necessary analysis. Info on Mostafa's book "Essential Work, Disposable WorkersMigration, Capitalism and Class" here:https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/essential-work-disposable-workersGraphic is by Andrea Marcos via Justseeds, info:https://justseeds.org/graphic/freedom-of-movement-for-all/This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 during the Funky Revolutions program 2-4pm across Montreal, at ckut.ca as well as for broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine.Music in the broadcast, in order of appearance:Fadi Tabbal - All those nightsFadi Tabbal - I am all that is leftMichel Banabila - Where Old Meets NewWilliam Ryan Fritch - Phototropickoeosaeme - VI (excerpt)This broadcast is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University and the accompanying graphic is by Josh MacPhee.A community event series about grassroots mobilization and action in the face of genocide in Palestine. This series aims to create space for people to hear from community members who have moved from talk into action, have engaged in collective work toward creating space to both express solidarity with the Palestinian people and also to call out the complicity of the Canadian state with the extremist right-wing government carrying out genocidal actions in Gaza.This event series aims to lift up grassroots voices of people working on diverse initiatives and projects to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, voices who have both refused silence and who have found pathways for action in the community. Info on participating groups and speakersRickie Leach helped make the community zine ‘No Silence’ with Stefan Christoff and Rapaël Foisy-Couture and she also helps the group Papineau pour Palestine. This group has a meeting the following day that is open to the public, Sunday March 2nd, at William Kingston Centre at 2pm.Ehab Lotayef is an Egyptian-Canadian poet, writer and justice activist who moved to Canada in 1989. He is deeply involved in social and community work, including campaigns against the sanctions and war on Iraq, opposing the blockade of Gaza and advocating for Indigenous rights. Over the years he has worked with the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy, the Muslim Council of Montreal, the Muslim Schools of Montreal, the Canadian Arab Federation, Fair Vote Canada, and Montreal City Mission. He is also a founder of Non a la loi 21 (#NL21) campaignand and Kalemat, a freethinkers' forum aiming to advocate open dialogue among Arabic-speakers.Emma is a Lebanese-Palestinian-Canadian community organizer and activist. Since the early 2000s, she's been involved in different forms of pro BIPOC activism, lately, mainly for Palestine. Most forms of her activism involve fundraising for families and projects on the ground in Palestine and Lebanon via bake and merch sales with organizations such as Families 4 Palestine MTL, which is a family-friendly, warm and versatile group full of talented parents and children. She's also involved in community organizing, political organizing, creative content creation, as well as organizing demonstrations and protests in Montreal and surroundings with many individuals and groups such as Action Mtl.Darren Ell is a documentary photographer and a recently retired teacher and union representative. His work on Palestine dates back to the 1990’s when he was writing for independent media in Saskatchewan. In 2001, he began publishing photo essays with Electronic Intifada about Palestine solidarity in Montreal. He travelled throughout the West Bank and Gaza during the Second Intifada, publishing photo essays with Electronic Intifada, conducting interviews and making portraits for Defence for Children International Palestine, and fundraising for a family that lost its home through demolition by the IDF.
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 London, going back to the mass protests against the U.S. driven invasion of Iraq in 2003, to the M8 protests for gender equality in Spain and the recent wave of solidarity actions for Palestine. Learn more about Ana's work here: https://www.anaquiroga.netThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
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 Institute, info: https://www.foreignpolicy.caGraphic is Expedition Press in Seattlehttps://expedition.press/en-ca/products/no-to-warThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 name)1. Quarter Tones - Space Concierto2. Jordan Christoff - Glitch Love3. Quarter Tones - Day 1 in Bingen4. Julia E. Dyck - Induction5. Quarter Tones - Fountain Of Youth6.Quarter Tones - Habibi Beirut (Homage to Lev Knipper & Fairuz)
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 in Illinois and Sheena Hoszko who has been involved in Prisoners' Justice Day and does artwork related to the realities of prisons today in Canada. This discussion is a window into both the organizing work and activism that these voices are involved in and also is really just a capsule, there could easily be a full program about the work of each respective guest. Links and information on the voices you hear on this program:Aaron Hugheshttps://justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughesDamon Lockshttps://damonlocks.blackSheena Hoszkohttps://www.sheenahoszko.comThe Prisoner Correspondence Projecthttps://prisonercorrespondenceproject.comThe Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP)https://p-nap.org/ Choosing Real Safetyhttps://www.choosingrealsafety.comThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.The accompanying image is by Damon Locks.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 Party of Canada is important. These voices were recorded on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Alternatives space in Montreal. Nikolas Barry-Shaw, from the Council of Canadians, speaks about campaigning for a national public Pharmacare program, Gaurav Sharma from the Immigrant Workers Centre speaking on the persisting importance of the #StatusForAll movement for migrant justice and Jordan Arseneault from SéroSyndicat speaks about community organizing efforts during the last Conservative gov. under Harper to oppose the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentencing bill aiming to criminalize many communities, including Queers and that pushed extend the prison population and by extension the prison industrial complex in Canada. All these voices speak on what the challenges we will face under the Conservatives are, also on ways to block the Liberals and NDP from exploiting the rising opposition to the extreme right / Conservatives in Canada for their own electoral gains. These voices were recorded in the build up to a protest in Montreal against the Conservatives that is taking place on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30pm, info: https://stoppoilievre.couragecoalition.caThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Graphic is by Mobile Print Power https://www.mobileprintpower.comFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and this is a special edition specifically produced for broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM.
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 Turkish companies like the Zorlu Energy Group which plays a major role in supplying power to, through contracts, to Israeli army bases via Dorad Energy.Learn more about Filistin icin Bin Genc here:https://www.instagram.com/filistinicin1000gencThis interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.The accompanying image is by Josh MacPhee of the Justseeds artists' cooperative http://justseeds.orgFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 participate in residencies at the space. For more information on Sonoscopia visit:https://sonoscopia.pt/enThank you to my friend Diana Duta in Brussels for making the original connection.Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
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 in the contemporary context of systemic racism in the European context is important to consider. Hajer also makes the connection between the histories of othering Muslims in Portugal and Spain, the displacement of communities in centuries past through colonial conquest and how it is connected to the present. Learn more about this project here: https://bairroarabe.comThank you to my friend Nour El-Tibi in Lisbon for helping to arrange for this interview to take place.Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
An interview with visual artist and designer Roger Peet, a member of the Justseeds artists' cooperative. Roger speaks about the ways that visual communication can play a role in both conveying and pushing forward the message of social movement forces and collective demands. Roger speaks about working on a design to express solidarity with the student strike movement in Québec in 2012 as a moment of collective power and also work more recently that Roger has worked on to express in visual language solidarity with the Palestinian people. Roger, like many Justseeds artists, are very active in the visualization of critical collective struggles both locally and globally.Learn more about Roger's work here: https://justseeds.org/artist/rogerpeetStefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, broadcasts monthly on:Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am eastern time (radioalhara.net)CKUT 90.3 FM, MontréalOn the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, MontrealOn the second Thursday of each month at 8am. (cjlo.com)
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 administration. The interview places important context on understanding the realities of indefinite detention and the inherent injustice of Guantánamo Bay as persistent across both Democratic and Republic administrations in the US. Critically also we hear about the combined role that both legal advocacy and activism for the rights of those unjustly detained has done in securing the release of many formally detained at Guantánamo. Illustration is by Guantánamo detainee Abu Zubaydah:https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/may/11/abu-zubaydah-drawings-guantanamo-bay-us-torture-policy This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 which contends that because all Mexicans are racially mixed, race is not a salient political issue. In recent years, however, race and racism have become important topics of debate in the country’s public sphere and academia. This book introduces readers to a sample of these diverse and sometimes conflicting views that also intersect with discussions of class. The activists and scholars included in the volume come from fields such as anthropology, linguistics, history, sociology, and political science. Through these diverse epistemological frameworks, the authors show how people in contemporary Mexico interpret the world in racial terms and denounce racism."Info on the project:https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/4m90dz09nThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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. This project speaks to the profound impact and influence that mixing of contemporary western European artists with cultural workers from Diaspora communities has created today. This collaborative space has not only created new sounds and ground breaking cultural work but also totally shifted collective understandings around the urgency of supporting the Palestinian freedom struggle today.Learn more about Use Knife here: https://useknife.bandcamp.comThank you to friends at Radio AlHara for making this connection happen.This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
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 with some independent record labels. All the works were pulled together with the intention of sharing a mix that can point in a tiny way to the depth of different artistic and activist voices from around the world who have Palestine in their hearts. This mix was originally broadcast on Radio AlHara on Sunday, Feb. 16, 7am-11am eastern time, 2-6pm Palestine time, live on radioalhara.netThank you for listening. - Stefan Christoff01. Saadet Türköz & Beat Keller @beat_keller - Yarkent02. Shalabi Quintet - Artists Against Apartheid (Montréal Session) - 01 Artists Against Apartheid, Montréal Session – Part I, excerpt (released by @aosmosis)03. 2/5BZ - MENi TENKS (2002)03. Ana Quiroga @ana_quiroga - We Exist, We Resist [fabric Originals]04. Notnef Greco - Sirens Off the Clock05. Pelada @pelada420 - Cerdo06. Pelada - Pilas07. Badawi - A Better Place (reprise)08. Midland @midland - Drift In The Algorithm09. Adriaan de Roover - Nudge forward10. Aidan Baker & Stefan Christoff - Januar Part I (released by @time-released-sound)11. Amirali @amirali_ofc - Nemesis12. Andy Aquarius @andyaquarius - Kyrie13. anthéne @anthene - Lightbox14. ate & NOWA ZIEMIA @nowa-ziemia - Substrate A15. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey - Speaking at a National Demonstration For Palestine (English language, recorded in Ireland) - 13.01.2416. Sana Moussa and Naseem Alatrash - duet clip17. Sabr from Gaza (Arabic language, thank you to Ewa Jasiewicz for the audio)18. Charbel Haber @charbel-haber - We Spend Our Days In The Fog Of Your Nightmares19. Zoë Mc Pherson @zoemcpherson - Chaos20. Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Engines21. DC BLOB - Untitled (practice recording excerpt)22. Evitceles @evitceles - Ethereal Force23. Dali de Saint Paul + Maxwell Sterling - 224. Demetrio Cecchitelli @cecchitellidemetrio - Oxygen25. Budapest Blacklights - Forma Nera (via @moonvillain)26. Fifths - Long gone27. Grim Beverage - A Point in Space28. Leon Louder @leonlouder - Mockingbird29. Leo singing in Mexico City at ObreraCentro30. Lighter - Acid Release31. Lucille Cornelius & Michel Banabila @michel-banabila - The People United Will Never Be Defeated32. M01E - So Many, So Little- - DOWNER - why we hide behind a screen 叹 (excerpt)33. Matteo Uggeri - ...for Mother and Father34. Melodies In My Head - I World35. Mireya Bayancela Ordonez (poetry reading in Spanish and French)36. Badawi - Al-Aziz (Dhikr Wave Mix)37. Enrico Coniglio @enricoconiglio - Waterfront (excerpt)The accompanying image is a film photo snap taken by Rickie Leach at a Palestine solidarity protest in London.
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 Drowned World02. David August - VĪS (Ulla Reinterpretation)03. Adrián de Alfonso - ¡Repliéguese la guardia toda!04. Dave Deporis - One Day (2011 @ Tribes Gallery)05. GUIOM - Orange Skies (Love cover)06. Paul Serralheiro - While You're at It07. Tétano-Cutané - 12 Lune et luisant08. Nour Sokhon - The destruction and the rebuilding09. Andy Aquarius - Jagten10. Daniel Carter and Stefan Christoff - A sunflower in the city11. Stefan Christoff - Chalga Remixed12. Acasta Gneiss - Flutter (From Anterior Insula (Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)13. Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Alluvial14. Brendon Moeller - Once
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 about La Coperacha here:https://lacoperacha.org.mxThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to filmmaker Mary Ellen Davis for the networking support on this interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 Croce. Thank you to Joseph Sannicandro for helping to arrange the connection for this interview.Stefan Christoff produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
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 but also visits many takes on alternative histories of Chicago and how they connect with the present. Info on the project here: https://airgoradio.comThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to educator, academic and musician Mohamed Mehdi for the networking support on this interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 the city. Renato also speaks about the contemporary city landscape in Brazil urban inequality and his painting practice. The accompanying painting is by Renato Custodio is it oil on canvas. 60x45cm, titled: "Lojinha." Thank you to Paula Dykstra for helping to arrange this interview.Stefan Christoff produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
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 hour mixtape based on the compilation album:01. Stefan Christoff - In All The Noise We Can Still See02. L'Ordre de l'Infiniment Nada - Résonance03. Fatrasie - Trimardeur tropical (excerpt)04. Hazy Montagne Mystique - Luang Namtha (Ville des larmes)05. Géraldine Eguiluz & Michel F. Côté - Voces del espacio de afuera (excerpt)06. Marion-Mucci - Maserati Tone Factory II07 David and the Mountain - Trautonium08. ce qui nous traverse - La nuit renaît toujours (live à Ste-Barbe) (excerpt)The red square as the graphic represents the participation of these artist networks in the 2012 student strike against rising tuition fees in Quebec, you can learn some background information about this here:https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2012/5/31/quebecs-conflict-of-contrasting-social-visions
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 Affordable Housing campaign and has been campaigning in the context of PEI as being one of two Canadian provinces that has wide reaching rental control legislation, similar to Manitoba, while having no credible enforcement mechanisms for addressing landlord abuses that go against legislation. Learn more about Ryan's work and the campaign in PEI here: https://www.cooperinstitute.cahttps://peifah.caThis interview is being shared as part of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: housingjustice.nowThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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 based industrial accidents in northern Brazil, like the Mariana disaster, which impacted Indigenous territories particularly. Dudu speaks about the impact of the writings of both Indigenous Brazilian thinker Aílton Krenak and Japanese writer Shoko Yoneyama. Learn more about Dudu's practice here: https://www.instagram.com/dudutsudaThe accompanying image info: Série A Vida é uma Utopia, Robalo em prato inflamado, 2019 – Dudu Tsuda. Thank you to Paula Dykstra for helping to arrange this interview. Stefan Christoff produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
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 process that Alessandra describes as shaped by "a disregard to life worlds already on the ground," by institutions like MILA and others that are heavily backed by public funds by the Quebec and Canadian governments often with little strings attached. This funding for AI companies comes at a time when public investments in social housing, by all levels of government, are at an all time low, exemplified by the cut of Quebec gov. support for AccèsLogis. Alessandra is the co-author of "Digital Divides – The Impact of Montreal’s AI Ecosystems on Parc Extension: Housing, Environment and Access to Services. April 2022," which you can read, along with other research resources here:https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/publications/Alessandra is an educator who investigates how society's increasing reliance on platforms, algorithms and artificial intelligence is changing social justice activism Alessandra speaks on the impacts of the AI technology "boom" in Quebec and how it is impacting and hyper-driving gentrification in the immigrant working class area of Parc Ex. in Montreal.This interview is being shared as part of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: housingjustice.nowThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
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/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/housing-design-draft-v4-EN-online.pdfDru speaks about this report in the context of a current series on Free City Radio airing in the build up to a gathering on housing justice that is taking place from March 7-9, 2025 at Concordia, for more information visit: https://housingjustice.now/Also on this broadcast we hear two pieces from Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal, Philippe Battikha with "Q-Block" and Aidan Girt + Stefan Christoff, ft. Mostafa Henaway "Housing and care for all (Down with real estate capital vultures)." This album of soundscapes and music on the housing crisis, you can get more information about the project here:https://reverberationscriselogement.bandcamp.com/album/r-verb-rations-dune-crise-une-enqu-te-sonore-sur-le-logement-montr-alThis interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The accompanying drawing is by Stefan and the music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
"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 action for Palestine. A great opportunity to zoom in and hear to grassroots perspectives from Brussels on the many layers of incredible solidarity work taking place which is about refusing silence in the face of injustice.This conversation was moderated by Stefan Christoff and took place in the art studio of Brussels based artist Julia E. Dyck. It was broadcast live on Radio AlHara, streaming at The Wonder Cabinet. The conversation included voices from these Brussels-based cultural initiatives supporting Palestine: Palettes of Palestine (Suzanne Groothuis, Joanna Bueds and Hala El Mohor, Estafette4Palestine (Jonathan Cant and May Abnet) and Caddy For Palestine (Maria Dogane). Also we hear from two activist scholars Jouke Huijzer and Jihane Sliti.Technical and broadcast support for this transmission in Palestine from Yousef Anastas, who also did the artwork that accompanies the broadcast, the art is shared with permission.
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 cancel their participation in official showcases to express solidarity with Palestine. Read some background here in The Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/06/sxsw-musicians-palestine-weapons-raytheonThank you to Eve Parker Finley who coordinates POP Symposium and had invited me to into the voices of artists who canceled their participation in SXSW due to the sponsorship of arms industries at the festival. The panel we were planning didn't happen, but this interview did, so thanks to Eve for sparking this pathway. This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am on Jan. 17, 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : http://radioalahra.net
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/21715Also broadcast on Radio AlHara, Tuesday Jan 14, 8am eastern / 3pm Palestine time http://radioalhara.netFeaturing:Ali, student organizer at Concordia UniversityYasmine, an organizer with SPHR McGill last year and during the Gaza solidarity encampmentPhilippe Blouin, the co-author of The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival, Phil has been deeply involved in the political support and legal cases around the Mohawk Mothers.Nalini Mohabir, an educator and author who teaches geography at Concordia. Nalini has coordinated many important events at Concordia, including events to address the struggle against systemic racism at Concordia during the Sir George Williams protests against anti Black racism. Nalini helped to coordinate this project: protestsandpedagogy.caNalini also contributed to this recent zine addressing and denouncing repression at Concordia: https://justseeds.org/no-security-in-repression-zineMichelle Hartman, a professor at Islamic Studies at McGill who has been very supportive of the Palestine solidarity movement at McGill and beyond.Off The Hour is CKUT's in-house daily corporate-free news program. It reflects our community because it is made by our community. CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows. We cover Montreal and McGill goings-on, LGBTQIA+ culture, environmental and social justice issues, feminism, theatre, African and Latin America current affairs, and more.
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://housingjustice.nowThe first interview in this series is with poet Fenton Benjamin, a Caribbean-Canadian poet and spoken word artist, who I first got to know in the context of doing community radio work in Montreal at CKUT 90.3 FM. Fenton and I were both on a community radio cultural morning magazine program, Fenton would come into read poems sometimes on air and also offer social commentary. Today Fenton is living with homelessness in the city and shares a direct first hand experience about the ways that rising rents and the lack of affordable housing units is driving young artists and workers into homelessness. This interview series is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The accompanying drawing is by Stefan and the music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A mix for Radio AlHara in Palestine, airing on Dec. 22, 2024 8am Pacific, 11am eastern time, 6pm Palestine time, live at radioalhara.netThis is the track listing:01. Rêves sonores, Svalbard (Aidan Girt Remix)02. Æther Varia, Paris est avec toi03. Badawi, Death Becomes a Gift04. PJS, Churn05. Nour Sokhon, Across the flood06. THEATRE OF LIGHT, The Way Certain Stubborn Lights Endure07. Cyrus Bayandor, Monarch08. Cyrus Bayandor, Part II09. Rêves sonores, Soliloquy (Joseph Sannicandro Remix)Accompanying photo is by Rickie Leach, taken at a Palestine solidarity protest in Montreal in spring 2024.
A live panel discussion at Concordia University, that took place at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation and was recorded for broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM. This discussion took place on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 and broadcast on Friday, Feb. 28 from 5-6pm on Off the Hour.The discussion features the participation of the following speakers:Faiz Abhuani, Founder and director at Brique par briqueFenton (zLadybug) Benjamin, Poet and Montreal resident struggling to find stable housingHubert Gendron-Blais, Réverbérations d’une crise : une enquête sonore sur le logement à MontréalJules Bugiel is the journalist in residence at CKUT Radio. With the support of the Local Journalism Initiative through the Community Radio Fund of Canada. This discussion was hosted by Stefan Christoff with an introduction by Christiane Bailey of the Social Justice Centre.This discussion aimed at exploring the realities of the housing crisis facing Montreal today and hear voices from community networks who are struggling for housing justice. This panel is focused on lifting up voices in the arts speaking out about housing rights and also work taking place, in the community, to create alternative institutions that challenge housing as a commodity. The event took place in the build up to the Housing justice gathering which will be taking place at Concordia University from March 7-9, for more information visit: https://housingjustice.nowThe accompanying image is by Josh MacPhee of Justseeds artists' cooperative. The technical support, broadcast set up and recording was done by CKUT volunteer Nic Trnka.
Listen to a panel discussion recorded at OT301 in Amsterdam, specifically at the Ventilator Cinema, an alternative screening room and cultural space in the city. This conversation was hosted by Stefan Christoff and explores the intersections of art and activism that has taken place over the last year to support the movement for Palestinian freedom. It was aired live 5-6pm Amsterdam time and stream on Radio AlHara airing live in Bethlehem 6-7pm Palestine time on Friday, Nov. 8, info:https://www.ot301.nl/agenda/16996The live discussion featured a network of awesome folks including Ahmad Mallah, a Palestinian artist based in Amsterdam, a voice from Workers for Palestine NL, artist Alina Lupu, Jarmo Berkhout an activist involved in publishing collective Mokum Kraakt and Adil a community print artist working on the project NotShitPrint.Event logistics and programming support from Sarah Teixeira, Ivo from Amsterdam Alternative, Ibrahim from Ventilator Cinema and artist Zara Kanaan who designed the poster / graphics for the event. Technical support in Bethlehem from Yousef Anastas of Radio AlHara.Info on the participants:Ahmad Mallahhttps://artahmadmallah.comWorkers for Palestine NLhttps://www.instagram.com/workersforpalestine.nlAlina Lupuhttps://theofficeofalinalupu.com/Mokum Kraakthttps://www.instagram.com/mokumkraaktNotShitPrinthttps://notshit.nl/
On this edition of Art in Action we hear from Brazilian poet, spoken word artist and performer Rodrigo Brandão. In this interview Rodrigo speaks about the music worlds of São Paulo that have been important to the creative process for projects he had worked on. Also Rodrigo speaks on being based in Lisbon and some recent work. Specifically we hear about collaborations with the Chicago based artist Rob Mazurek who originally introduced me to Rodrigo. You can listen to Rodrigo's latest project here:https://groovierecords.bandcamp.com/album/brand-o-outros-estado-lpStefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
A discussion with two Montreal artists who were involved in bringing together voices and contributions for the No Silence zine project to support Radio AlHara and specifically a residency project as part of Sounds of Places at the Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem, info: https://wondercabinet.spaceAiring Monday, Dec. 2 on Radio AlHara at radioalhara.netFor this edition we hear from artist Rickie Leach and also Raphael Foisy-Couture of Small Scale music which supported the benefit project which you can find here:https://smallscalemusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-silence-a-benefit-compilation-for-radio-alharaThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations, specifically CKUT 90.3 FM in Jan. 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
A report for CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg on a community panel that took place in Montreal entitled "Community Voices Respond To Poilievre’s Corporate Agenda For Canada." This report has been produced for broadcast by Stefan Christoff, the host of the weekly program Free City Radio. The conference audio was originally recorded by Jules Bugiel at CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal.This panel featured the voices of:Ehab Lotayef, a community activist and poetNakuset, of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal / Resilience MontrealAnaïs Zeledon Montenegro, community worker at Action Santé Travesti(e)s et Transexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTT(e)Q)Sandra Wesley, the executive director of Stella MontréalDolores Chew, founding member of the South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC)
Listen to an interview with Celeste Lezcano of the Bolivia Por Palestina project that aims to mobilize support for Palestinians in Gaza in the context of Bolivia. This project has specifically supported the work of a Palestinian medical doctor Refaat Alathamna who has worked on the ground in Gaza during the war. Refaat trained in Bolivia and has relationships to the Palestine solidarity movement in the Bolivian context. This project is about creating a solidarity initiative on the ground across global south contexts.Info on the project here:https://www.instagram.com/porpalestina.boThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Artwork is by Junieawan Bagaskara and is from "Palestine will be free! Graphics Care-Package #4" which you can find online via justseeds artists' cooperative here:https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphics-care-package-4/Also thank you to Omar Jabary Salamanca, Alejandra Rocabado and Tomaso Ferrando for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A joint mix with the Montréal based duo Bibi Club, thank you for the collaboration and to Mischa Karam for helping to facilitate this mix. Artwork by Sarah Fathallah from justseeds.org Broadcast on Radio AlHaraThanks for listening. - Stefan.Below is the track listing:01. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Ballad of the spirits02. Blonde Redhead, 2303. Aquaserge, Si loin Si proche04. Moondog, Do your thing05. Willie Trasher, Silent Inuit06. Bibi Club, Ce qui va disparaître07. Manja Ristić, The Witching Hour (excerpt)08. Soledad Coyoli, Poema de luna, no.209. Badawi, Qaher III10. Daniel Carter and Stefan Christoff, I can see it all turning now11. Matteo Uggeri, ...and Then This Wonder12. Matteo Uggeri, ...for God13. Sonny Singh, Koi Bol Ram14. Steve Bates, Seduction - Descent - The gloomy pits - Copper crown (excerpt)
A mix for the program Underground sounds, airing Mondays from 8-10pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, below is the track listing, thank you for listening!Artwork is from the DIY for Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) benefit compilation (https://lumpensoup.bandcamp.com/album/diy-for-dulf) and is by Toast (https://www.instagram.com/crustytoast.art)01. Goats And Lasers, Why Oh Why Bry Lovejoy Goats Amp Lasers Remix02. Cranberry Virgin, Evermore Bathroom03. PISS, a little girl's horse craze betrays her04. Emma Goldman, Irrational Exuberance or Something Like That05. TJ Felix, I'VE SEEN THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DIE PREVENTABLE OVERDOSE DEATHS06. Goats & Lasers, lottery07. Roach McGuirk, Coulrophobia08. The Heterosexuals, If09. Magda Baker, Bon's Off Broadway10. Natlak, Vermin with Badges11. Lumpen Soup, The Tower12. 2 Dollar Jesus, thirteen forty-two13. Low Dead Space, Die in Vancouver14. TJ Felix, Throw my Ashes at the Sun15 M01E, W.A.A.O.D16. Girlwife, Church-State17. June Hawthorn, punch18. Chaos Disorder & Panic, Homes not Games19. Soledad Coyoli, Quédate20. Andrew Hurst, Lonely Hunter21. Julia Cohen, When You Spot The Shore, The Palm22. Matthew Blair, In A Windowless Room At Dusk23. Philippe Battikha & Mitch Van Dusen, Bludgeon24. Errance, Fulminance25. Errance, Nord26. Errance, Et si elles n'y arrivaient jamais...27. Errance, Sans aller28. Errance, Les possibles finalités29. Errance, Rage30. Errance, Lorsque se dispersent les tempêtes31. Errance, Fracas de nous32. Totenbaum Träger, EyIran, blown-out33. Totenbaum Träger, Escalades
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the reflections of Amman based singer and songwriter Macadi Nahhas speaking about the ways that music in the Arabic speaking world exists beyond borderlines. The work of artists like Macadi is important in this moment of the extreme enforcement of colonially shaped territory lines as pushed by the Israeli state project.The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also thank you to my friend Mazen Chamseddine for helping to arrange this interview. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Listen to an interview with Kahn-Tineta Horn, a long time Indigenous voice for justice. Specifically this interview is about the push by the Mohawk Mothers to push for justice in the case of unmarked graves within parts of McGill University that are currently under renovation. The Mohawk Mothers have pushed for historical redress of the fact that large parts of Canadian national infrastructure were built on loans from the Indian Trust Fund that were never paid back. Additionally this interview looks at the specific calls for justice around the intergenerational narratives around missing Indigenous children who were lost to psychological experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute at McGill. These experiments were part of a process that also was connected to the CIA through the MKUltra which is well documented in an important chapter within Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine. For more information on the Indian Trust Fund and calls for payback visit:https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/For more information on the work of the Mohawk Mothers visit:https://www.mohawkmothers.caThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also a particular thank you to author / activist Philippe Blouin for helping to arrange this interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A mix for Radio AlHara that features the latest collaborative album between Joseph Sannicandro and Stefan Christoff. This mix also includes some drones and live recordings from Palestine solidarity protests in Mexico City to round out the hour, an excerpt of a protest participant, recorded in Spanish. Information on the album via OKLA records in Poland:https://oklarecords.bandcamp.com/album/transmissions-in-silverThe album will be released on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, to get a physical or digital copy visit the link above. Broadcast in full on Radio AlHara on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 4pm eastern / 11pm Palestine time, streaming at radioalhara.netThis is the write-up on the project:The next chapter in the ongoing artistic conversation between two friends, shaped and built upon live improvisations weaving instruments, radio captures, and punctuated by binaural field recordings of cityscape walks.Joseph’s synth work enhances circular, frantic guitar lines laid by Stefan as footsteps ground the work in a natural rhythm of bodies resonating with stimuli of time and space.Two lives intersecting in a room - mourning the dead, raging against injustices, channelling homeland lullabies to synthesize healing waves to pass forward.“Take a walk at night, and walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.” – Pauline Oliveros
Listen to an interview with Ramzi Kaiss of Human Rights Watch's office in Beirut, Lebanon speaking on the massive displacement of people from south Lebanon that has been ongoing since fall 2023. This interview gives some context to the current Israeli attacks in Lebanon and the ongoing work of Human Rights Watch:https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/lebanonThis interview was recorded, produced and edited by Stefan Christoff for broadcast on Radio AlHara in occupied Palestine. It aired on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. The accompanying graphic is by Roger Peet, view the work here:https://justseeds.org/graphic/solidarity-with-lebanon/
This is a mix that features both unreleased practices and experimentations, as well as recorded tracks. This mix is an homage to a long musical relationship with Norman Nawrocki, a Ukrainian-Canadian musician and activist. I felt that it would be nice to share the lo-fi tracks on this mix and also put them in a context of broader collaborations. Norman and I have played many fundraising events, recorded for albums. Also I have included tracks from many of Norman's projects, below is the track listing. The accompanying photo is of Norman Nawrocki reading a poem, playing violin and speaking at the Gaza solidarity encampment that took place at McGill University in Montreal. The photo is by Hamza.01. Norman Nawrocki and Stefan Christoff duet experiment, guitar and violin, March 2024.02. Norman Nawrocki solo track from the ne pas plier - Artists Against Austerity project, recorded at La Sala Rossa by Adrian Roy Taylor, produced by Stefan Christoff.03. Bakunin's Bum, People Already Know (Adian Girt and Norman Nawrocki), from the album, Fight to Win!04. Rhythm Activism, Venimos a la guerra, from the album Blood and Mud.05. Norman Nawrocki and Stefan Christoff duet experiment, piano and violin, recorded 2023.06. Norman Nawrocki and Stefan Christoff, Duet for Abdelrazik (from the album Duets for Abdelrazik), recorded by Radwan Ghazi Moumneh at Hotel2Tango.07. Palestine String Solidarity, by Norman Nawrocki, recorded for broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine.08. Stefan Christoff explains the mixtape.09. Norman Nawrocki and Stefan Christoff, Duet for Abdelrazik live at La Sala Rossa for benefit concert to support the Awan family who was facing deportation and took sanctuary in a church as a political action to demand status, the family won their status in the end as a result of their action and a major community mobilization.10. Norman Nawrocki plays the song of Giovanni Passannante in Italy, video recording. 11. Helen Armstrong, Rhythm Activism (an excerpt) from the album Jesus Was Gay. (extended excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from the frontline prisoner support collective, Anarchist Black Cross collective, which campaigns both locally and globally. In this interview with collective member, Jaime, we hear the case of UNAM students who continue to hold the at Okupa Che, also we hear about the Feminist movement action to hold Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission building and the case of an Indigenous activist Miguel Peralta who is facing jail time. This program takes place within the ongoing struggle of non-institutional struggles for social justice, in Mexico City and beyond in Mexico. Thank you to Scott Campbell for helping to arrange this interview. Info on Miguel Peralta:https://itsgoingdown.org/political-persecution-continues-against-miguel-peralta-in-oaxaca
Listen to an interview with researcher, organizer and author Shir Hever speaking on the critical importance of the continued push for an arms embargo on the Israeli government. This interview was recorded for broadcast on Radio AlHara. Learn more about Shir's work here: https://www.shirhever.comThis interview was recorded, produced and edited by Stefan Christoff for broadcast on Radio AlHara in occupied Palestine. It aired on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. The accompanying graphic is an excerpt of a design from the second graphic care package for Palestine from the Justseeds artists' cooperative and is by Aaron Hughes. Info on the project:https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphic-care-package-2/
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from author and educator Zahra Ali who wrote the critically important book "Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation" Zahra speaks about the connections and parallels between the reality on the ground in Palestine today and the media narratives that devalue and dehumanize Palestinian life. Zahra connects this reality to the post 9/11 political atmosphere that worked to undercut and dehumanize Iraqi lives, the cultural context that created conditions for the 2003 invasion.Info on Zahra's book:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/women-and-gender-in-iraq/B0AA03350B9131073429EF0CFF7059B1This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition we hear from author and community activist Cindy Barukh Milstein speaking on their latest book "Constellations of Care: Anarcha-Feminism in Practice." The book is described this way:"What do we do when the state has abandoned us? From failing health systems to housing crises to cascading ecological collapse, it's increasingly evident that state-centered politics do not protect us from the violence of colonialism and capitalism, fascism and patriarchy. In fact, they actively work to harm us.Anarchist feminism—or anarcha-feminism—shows us that the ways we tend to our social relations can build a new world inside the old one. We can take care of each other when nothing else will, supplying communal well-being and liberatory horizons.From communitarian kitchens to medic collectives, squatted social centers to queer theater troupes, Ljubljana to Mexico City, Constellations of Care powerfully underscores that we already have everything we need and desire in one another to carve out lives worth living."Information: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349954/constellationsofcareThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Paysages sonores du Portugalby Diana Duta and Stefan ChristoffBroadcast onRadio Panik, Bruxelles, 1er octobre à 12h00https://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/l-heure-de-pointe/paysages-sonores-du-portugal-juillet-2024/Radio Campus Bruxelles, 21/10/2024 – 16hhttps://www.radiocampus.be/creation-radiophonique-21-10-2024-16h-paysages-sonores-du-portugal-juillet-2024-diana-duta-et-stefan-christoff/Radio AlHara, Bethlehem, Palestine, 03/11/2024 - 18hhttp://radioalhara.netThis mix came together after being in touch with sound artist Diana Duta. I recalled a conversation we had last year over a coffee in Brussels after we joined a Palestine solidarity protest together. We talked about how creating experimental non corporate sounds can possibly create ruptures in the flow of the hyper colonial capitalist death machine that is aiming to commodify everything. The soundscape blends together my own recordings from a visit I made to Portugal with my family in 2024, and Diana’s recordings from the 25th of April, which marked the 50 year anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal - a symbol of independence and freedom. It is really about listening and arriving at a solidarity that is about being open, also about taking action, but also reflecting in real time beyond the noise of colonial capitalist power that is trying to always occupy our minds.Ce mix est né après avoir pris contact avec l'artiste sonore Diana Duta, basée à Bruxelles. Je me souviens d'une conversation qu’on a eu autour d'un café à Bruxelles, après avoir participé ensemble à une manifestation de solidarité avec la Palestine en 2023. Après la marche, on est allées prendre un café avec notre amie commune Julia E. Dyck. On a continué notre conversation, en parlant de la manifestation et de la façon dont nous pouvons, en tant qu'artistes, trouver des moyens pour exprimer notre soutien pour la Palestine. Ces questionnements ont fait egalement partie de ce moment, et la conversation a portée sur la façon dont la création de sons expérimentaux non corporatifs peut éventuellement créer des ruptures dans le flux de la machine capitaliste hyper coloniale, qui vise à tout marchandiser et tout ettoufer. J'ai apprécié la façon dont Diana et Julia ont été presentes et ont vraiment écouté.Track listing (artist name / track name)01. Diana Duta - 25/04/2024, 13h00, Douro beachZOOM H5 on the rocks on Praia Cabedelo do Douro02. Anarchist Mountains, UnderwaterFrom the album VHS03. Diana Duta - 24/04/2024, 12h19, taxiMotorola Edge 30 Neo in the taxi to Douro beach04. Stefan Christoff, Lisbon morning birds 07/2024ZOOM H4n, recorded at a small playground not far from Parque Eduardo VII05. Stefan Christoff, Wind chimes in Lisbon 07/2024ZOOM H4n, recorded at a BBQ with some family friends06. Anarchist Mountains - Inside the SignalsFrom the album Fire Waves07. Stefan Christoff - Street sounds in Lisbon 07/2024ZOOM H4n, recorded while walking in the city08. Diana Duta - 25/04/2024, 16h44, bus 15ZOOM H5 on the bus from Porto to Coimbra09. Anarchist Mountains - Moving a DimensionFrom the album Fire Waves10. Diana Duta - 25/04/2024, 21h25, Barril de AlvaZOOM H5 to the studio and back, Barril de Alva11. Stefan Christoff - Chalga RemixedFrom the album Inner Lands12. Diana Duta - 25/04/2024, 13h00, Douro beachZOOM H5 on the rocks on Praia Cabedelo do Douro13. Diana Duta - 25/04/2024, 15h50, taxiMotorola Edge 30 Neo in the taxi to Campanhã Bus terminal14. Diana Duta - River while I swim
On this edition of Art in Action for Nov. 2024 we feature a conversation with hip-hop artist and educator Lou Piensa, based in São Paulo, Brazil. Lou speaks about his work with the ground breaking ensemble Nomadic Massive and reflects on hip-hop as a tool to share experiences, struggles and culture across borders. Lou offers reflections on hip-hop culture today in Brazil and also talks about how artists are emerging from the context of pandemic lockdowns and working to reconnect away from zoom screens.Accompanying image is a photo of artwork by Suzana Queiroga, the piece is called Santa Suzana and is acrylic on canvas, full painting is 140x120cm and it was created in 1998. The artwork is used with permission, view more of Suzana's work here:https://www.suzanaqueiroga.netCheck-out a recent release by Lou Piensa here:https://mentalabstrato1.bandcamp.com/album/still-in-transit-lou-piensa-mental-abstratoStefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
A joint mix with Mexico City based musician Emiliano Cruz for Radio AlHara in Palestine. Track listing below, artist name / track name. Photo taken in Mexico City at ObreraCentro.01. Torso Corso, # 102. La Kriego, Abrir lo mirado03. Gibrana Cervantes, Vórtex Submarino04. Rodrigo Ambriz, Las Brasas (excerpt)05. Melodies In My Head, Life Is A Sine Wave (featuring Fira Yakawrath)06. Cyrus Bayandor, Part 1 Monarch07. Clayborne, [Sn2309]08. Martín Rodríguez, Radio Vestige broadcast featuring Stefan Christoff (excerpt)
This interview details the ways that grassroots activism played a role in the successful struggle to begin implementing a national Pharmacare program in Canada. Public healthcare in Canada has been a reality for decades but one of the missing element was a public drug policy, over the course of multiple Liberal governments there have been promises to make that a reality. In the context of a Liberal NDP coalition government in 2023, due to the pressure of grassroots campaigning that Nikolas Barry-Shaw was involved in through the Council of Canadians a Pharmacare act is close to reality now. For more information visit:https://canadians.org/pharmacare-nowThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and translator Eric-John Russell who shares reflections on engaging with the work of Anselm Jappe and particularly "The Self-Devouring Society: Capitalism, Narcissism, and Self-Destruction." Eric-John translated these texts into English and points to the ways that the critiques outlined in the book can be understood as relevant to addressing the ways that there persists a wide lack of knowledge around the fact that surviving daily life is collective in many ways. Info on the book here:https://www.commonnotions.org/the-self-devouring-societyThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. The graphic is by Josh MacPhee of Justseeds artists' cooperative and forms the cover of "The Self-Devouring Society."Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A discussion with filmmaker and artist Riar Rizaldi who speaks about their project Tellurian Drama. This conversation revolves around the ways that recognized narratives around land and spirituality can shift depending on the domestic political agenda. This work shifts from the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia until the present and is described in this way:"May 5th, 1923. The Dutch East Indies government celebrated the opening of a new radio station in West Java. It was called Radio Malabar. In March 2020, the local Indonesian government plans to reactivate the station as a historical site and tourist attraction. Tellurian Drama imagines what would have happened in between: the vital role of mountain in history; colonial ruins as an apparatus for geoengineering technology; and the invisible power of indigenous ancestral. Narrated based on the forgotten text written by a prominent pseudo-anthropologist Drs. Munarwan, Tellurian Drama problematizes the notion of decolonisation, geocentric technology, and historicity of communication."For more information on Riar's work visit: https://rizaldiriar.comThe accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Listen to an interview with Sara and Rodrigo from the Landra collective speaking about their involvement in the Sismógrafo art space in Porto, Portugal. The interview is centred on a project that took place in the summer of 2024 to open up a community reading group with a list co-curated by Palestinian artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna. The reading list aimed to highlight historical critiques of imperial based practices of political, economic and cultural control over people's relationship to land, from Portugal historically going back to the Roman imperial period, to the last centuries of Portugal as a violent colonial force. Critically the reading list also looks at the centrality of the Palestinian relationship to land in the context of the struggle against Israeli settler colonialism in Palestine today. For more information about Jumana visit: https://www.jumanamanna.comInfo on the Landra project here: http://www.landra.ptInfo on Sismógrafo here:https://sismografo.orgThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
Listen to an interview with cultural worker and curator José Cortés Ortega about the cultural space 316centro in the heart of Mexico City. This interview explores the ways that the space creates an opening for experimental music and cultural in a cultural landscape that is radically different from other major cities in North America. Here we hear about the work to create Mexico oriented cultural programming that feeds the local scenes and all the complexities involved. For example the fact that the space is in the historic centre of the city which is a key area of the megacity where Indigenous migrants from around Mexico, but also the broader Central American region, arrive at and work to make a living. This space takes a radically different approach from traditional art centres that are less accessible. Also we hear about the ways that contemporary musicians in Mexico interact with people creating current takes on cultural traditions like the La danza del venado (deer dance).For more information on 316centro visit: https://www.316centro.comThanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On the October 2024 edition of Art in Action we hear from artist Robert Ostertag based in the Bay Area. In this exchange Robert speaks on a series of creative sound works addressing the intersections of contexts of political violence and efforts to create artistic space to address the profound injustices at play. The specific pieces that Robert speaks about are "Sooner or Later" about the genocidal right wing US backed death squads in in El Salvador, the piece working with the sound of a grieving mother burying her child. Robert also speaks on a piece about the 1990s wars in the Balkans, "Yugoslavia Suite" and speaks on visiting occupied Palestine and work with the Israeli anti occupation group Breaking the Silence.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
This live broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM broadcast today, on Sounds of Resistance was co-hosted by Samaa Elibyari, a long-time CKUT volunteer programmer and Stefan Christoff.Stefan presented an extended segment on migrant justice organizing in Montréal. In this segment we will hear audio from an interview with Palestinian lawyer and community organizer Rabie Masri speaking about the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees in 2003.This is archive material that Stefan has prepared within the context of the ongoing Community Radio in Action Archive Project. This segment will speak to the post 9/11 political environment in Canada that saw attacks on the rights of migrants and refugees, in this context migrant communities organized collectively for justice and against deportations, this process led to the formation and emergence of projects like Solidarity Across Borders.In this segment we will also hear from longtime community organizer Mostafa Henaway in an interview recorded on Wednesday, Sept. 18 speaking about the ways to understand the organizing that took place in the years after 9/11 and the current #StatusForAll movement.The live in-studio element for this program was a round table on current movements for Palestine solidarity with Samar Alkhdour, poet Ehab Lotayef and Shelley Frydman who is a member of Independent Jewish Voices.The accompanying photo is by Allen Bleich. Thank you to Sasha Avrutsky for the technical support during the broadcast and to Jack Solar for admin support from CKUT 90.3 FM.
A joint mix with artist Charline Dally broadcast on Radio AlHara, Sept. 24, 2024. Track listing below, artist name(s) and then track name. Original artwork by Charline. 01. Jad Atoui, The Last Bloom02. Yu Su, Touch-Me-Not03. VAMPI + Nadah El Shazly, Myst04. Arca, Fossil05. Kamilya Jubran + Werner Hasler, Gharbeebah06. Vivian Li + Thomas Augustin, Éclipse07. Büşra Kayıkçı, Qarib08. Jordan Christoff, Waves09. DahL, Plesiosaur10. koeosaeme, III11. Relative Resonance, Feat. Kris Davis, Chris Speed, Chris Tordini & Devin Gray - Notester
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about Resistencia publishing in Mexico City from Josefina Larragoiti. A publishing press focused on lifting up Indigenous languages within the Americas, particularly in Mexico, but also beyond. The publishing house publishes many children books that share stories of Indigenous culture, heritage and language. This is an important project in the current context of ongoing territorial plunder in many Indigenous lands particularly unleashed in the context of corporations seeking the resources in unceded Indigenous lands. For more information about Resistencia publishing in Mexico City visit: https://editorialresistencia.com.mxThank you to Adam Shapiro co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine for helping to arrange this interview. Accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
This is the audio from a community press conference that took place in Montreal in late June 2024 at Casa del Popolo, bringing together a network of community voices who advocate for housing justice through their organizing, research and activism. This media event launched a report on housing justice that was shaped by data, insights and information from a survey of 60 groups, organizations and collectives in Canada, you can find the report here:https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/housing-design-draft-v4-EN-online.pdfThe accompanying photo was taken at the press conference and is by Allen Bleich. The banner in the photo was painted by David Widgington. https://www.burningbillboard.artThese are the voices that you hear in the audio:The research process and ideas that drove the report is outlined by a representative from SEIZE outlines the report.Stéphanie Barahona, of Le Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) challenges the racist discourses that are being mobilized which target new immigrants and asylum seekers as the root of the housing crisis, instead pointing to a lack of meaningful policies in Quebec and Canada aimed at constructing much needed social and co-op housing. Hubert Gendron-Blais speaks on Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal, speaks about the project, learn more here: https://www.reverberationscriselogement.orgMaggie Chittspattio speaks about the impacts of the housing crisis on Indigenous people in the city who are struggling with accessing housing, Maggie is the intervention and community program coordinator at Resilience Montreal. https://www.resiliencemontreal.comSandra Wesley speaks about STELLA Montreal, an organization by and for sex workers. Sandra addresses the ways that the housing crisis impacts marginalized communities, including sex workers. Info on STELLA: https://chezstella.orgMostafa Henaway, an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC) speaks about the ways that migrants are both being impacted by the housing crisis and are also facing racist scapegoating. Info on the IWC: https://iwc-cti.ca
A joint mix for Radio AlHara in Palestine, airing on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 11am eastern / 6pm Palestine time, the tracks were jointly selected by T. Gowdy and Stefan Christoff, below is the track listing, artist name and then track name.01. The Hilliard ensemble, Responsorium 102. The Tallis Scholars, Amplius lava me03. Sistine Chapel Choir, Allegri miserere, Palestrina04. The Hilliard ensemble, Se la mia vita05. Rebecca Stewart Capella Pretensis, Missa Sancti Iacobi II Kyrie06. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff, Flying Street07. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Presentiment08. Don Cherry, Utopia & Visions09. Secret Pyramid, Valerian10. Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff, Pacific Beyond Borders11. Andy Aquarius, U Lisi12. Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord, Sternenjubel (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from longtime activist Adam Shapiro, a co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine. Adam is an important voice in the Palestine solidarity movement that I thought would be important to highlight in the current context of heightened mobilizations to support Palestinian life as the Israeli state continues to attack Gaza.Learn more about the ISM here: https://palsolidarity.orgAccompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Artists and tenants under attack by real estate monsters A live community broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FMSaturday, Sept. 14, 20242-4pm live on CKUT 90.3FM on Funky Revolutions5500 Saint HubertMontrealFull infohttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1403LG70YxIGlVUr68qC9Wv5MkLjzQI18Rt95dbdT680/edit?usp=sharingA discussion co-hosted by Stefan Christoff and Khalid M'Seffar of Funky Revolutions, the weekly program on CKUT 90.3 FM program that hosted this show.Speakers:Lauren Laframboise, Vanier Scholar and PhD student at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) (profile page) and the External Affairs Officer for the Concordia Research and Education Workers’ Union (CREW–CSN).Kiva Stimac, the general and artistic director of the Suoni per il Popolo festival.Asher Woodhead, a Concordia student and independent musician (Doldrums / Crasher)Catherine Bodmer, a visual artist and General Director of RCAAQ (Regroupement des centres d'artistes autogérés du Québec)A Solidarity Economy Incubation Zone (SEIZE) researcher who co-authored the report “From Crisis to Consensus: A survey of 60 housing groups from across Canada,” looking at the state of the housing justice movement in Québec and Canada.CKUT 90.3 FM's production coordinator Spencer Gilley is the broadcast engineer. Photographer Amru Salahuddien took photos and the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University supported this project.This community radio broadcast to looks at the ways that real estate monsters are attacking independent artists in the context of an unprecedented housing and space affordability crisis in the city and beyond. This broadcast took place at 5500 St. Hubert, a space that has served for years as a gathering point for independent artists. The location is currently the locale for a thriving independent arts network, including multiple small visual arts studios and music rehearsal locations. This address is inhabited by cultural workers with creative practices not defined by mainstream art market paradigms. Today this location, a former potato chip factory, is slated for demolition by UTILE, a company aiming to construct private student condo units. This process also involves massive amounts of public funding (report), as $21.4 million is going to the company just from the city of Montréal, for a larger process that involves few mechanisms for full accountability or democratic access to the decision making of the company. UTILE claims to be creating accessible student housing while the company is making massive profits and has little meaningful track record of creating truly affordable non-market student housing that is safe from rising rents in the long term. In the context of the current housing crisis market driven projects are not the solution. Today students and other communities who are dealing with precarious housing are being presented with false market oriented projects that are billed as solutions.Non-market housing options, like the urgent need for public financial support for co-op housing from all levels of government, is a key element to building any real long term solutions. Demolishing affordable artist studios, where many students and community members work, thrive and create is what UTILE is doing in this case and this is unacceptable.
Listen to an interview with a Montreal community member who is involved in organizing a local action for the campaign to challenge Indigo bookshop in Canada. The owner of Indigo, Heather Reisman, who is a key funder of the HESEG foundation which offers both living expenses and scholarships to foreign nationals to fight in the Israeli military. There are actions taking place across Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, for more information on the campaign visit:https://boycottindigobooks.com/Also you can get some background information here:https://breachmedia.ca/naomi-klein-calls-on-heather-reisman-drop-charges-indigo-11/This interview was recorded and produced by Stefan Christoff and will air on CKUT 90.3 FM on Saturday, Sept. 21 on Funky Revolutions at 3:30pm, stream globally at ckut.ca
SILVER MOON X mix, Sept. 2024This mix draws from the first live performance in Montréal by SILVER MOON X that took place at Casa del Popolo on May 19, 2024. The duet project by Julia E. Dyck and Stefan Christoff is a creative collaboration aimed at exploring sound as an opportunity to engage with fantasy and storytelling. For the live performance in Montreal experimental filmmaker Guillaume Vallée created projections, Guillaume’s work accompanies this mix as the artwork. Julia recorded the live set in Montreal. This soundscape mix travels from the live show to recorded collaborations that Stefan drew from, including works by Anarchist Mountains, a piano recording, dream reflections and also field recordings. Also we hear an extended excerpt of a live performance by Julia that was given in Brussels in 2023. This mix was broadcast on Radio AlHara, Sept. 17 5pm eastern time / midnight in Palestine / 11pm in BrusselsEditing / selections by Stefan ChristoffSILVER MOON X is Julia E. Dyck and Stefan ChristoffTrack listing Artist name / track name01. Anarchist Mountains - Heart River02. SILVER MOON X - Live at Casa del Popolo II (May 2024)03. Stefan Christoff - A solo piano recording (June 2024)04. Stefan Christoff - Morning birds in Lisbon (July 2024)05. Anarchist Mountains - Shore06. SILVER MOON X - Live at Casa del Popolo I (May 2024)06. Anarchist Mountains - Fire on the Mountain07. Anarchist Mountains - A Spacewalk Memory08. Stefan Christoff - A dream memory from a ride in a 1970s airplane hovering over the Alps 09. Anarchist Mountains - A Yugoslavian Spacecraft10. Julia E Dyck - June (Extended excerpt)
This is a report based on recordings that I did at Spartacus books in Vancouver surrounding a gathering focused on building connections between housing justice activists in Montreal and Vancouver. Airing on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 10am Pacific time at https://www.citr.caThis gathering builds on my involvement in a report titled "From Crisis toConsensus: A survey of 60 housing groups from across Canada," which you can read in PDF format here:https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/housing-design-draft-v4-EN-online.pdfThe accompanying photo was taken at Spartacus books.I recorded the voices of Mariah Gillis of the Vancouver Tenants Union speaking about their work. Filmmaker Imtiaz Popat on displacement in Vancouver that is impacting socially engaged artists and Lina a community worker with the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre.I produced this segment for broadcast on CiTR 101.9FM in Vancouver. Thank you for listening! - Stefan.
A beautiful music selection by Sarah El Miniawy of the awesome Simsara music created for Radio AlHara - راديو الحارةThe accompanying photo is shared by Sarah who writes:“Listening room in Arabic, taken at the basilica turned public library in Oran, Algeria.”Live now radioalhara.net Sept. 15, 2024.01. Nass El Ghiwan - Sobhan Allah 02. Dina El Wedidi, Maryam Saleh & Nancy Mounir - El-Ors 03. Maurice Louca - Higamah (Hirudinea) 04. Kamel Messaoudi - Chemaa 05. Land Of Kush - "Trema" feat. Nadah El Shazly 06. Irreversible Entanglements - Our Land Back 07. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh - Alameh 08. Meriem Fekkaï - Istikhbar Aâraq & Qalb Bat Sali Ouel Khater Fan 09. Meryem Benallal - Kassidat Ibrahim el Khalil10. Fifths - Long Gone - Never arriving11. koeosaeme - II12. koeosaeme - V13. Lighter - Unwind14. Lighter - Pins and Needles15. Evitceles - Flawed (ft. Kloxii Li)16. Leon Louder - Rockinghorse17. Badawi - Deepening the Wonder18. Badawi - Al Quds Transmission19. Joël Lavoie & Sébastien B Gagnon - midi noir20. Andy Aquarius - La Force Aquarienne21. Dali de saint paul + Maxwell Sterling - 522. Budapest Blacklights - Blacklight District (excerpt)23. Rick Countryman - Suspension of disbelief
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from John Tarleton, the editor of The Indypendent. On this program we hear about the critical importance of holding independent media space within the context of a media landscape in New York City that is hostile to Palestinian life. Read the latest articles and reports from The Indypendent here: https://indypendent.orgAccompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Drawing is by Gianluca Costantini and it was published in The Indypendent, find more about their work here: https://www.channeldraw.orgFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
An interview with Celina Yellowbird an Indigenous researcher who contributed to the film Singing Back the Buffalo which is launching across Canada this weekend with support from Cinema Politica and is opening tonight at La Cinémathèque québécoise.Une entrevue avec Celina Yellowbird, chercheuse autochtone qui a contribué au film Singing Back the Buffalo qui sera lancé partout au Canada ce week-end avec le soutien de Cinema Politica et qui sortira ce soir à la Cinémathèque québécoise.https://www.cinemapolitica.org/singing-back-the-buffalo-begins-its-theatrical-cross-country-tour-september-13/Airing on Café Friday, Sept. 13 at 18h20 on CKUT 90.3 FMCette interview est diffusée sur Café le vendredi 13 septembre à 18h20 sur CKUT 90.3 FM
I always appreciate the work that Arun Gupta does to both cover and share context to social activism in NYC and beyond. I spoke with Arun about the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University and how the action took place in a wider context of both the Palestine solidarity movement, but also a history of actions within public facing spaces in NY. Arun shares reflections around both Occupy Wall Street and anti gentrification actions that have taken place in the Lower Eastside area. Airing on Radio AlHara, Monday, Sept. 9 from 10-11am eastern time / 5-6pm Palestine time.Read Arun's article on the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University for YES magazine here:https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024/05/16/students-gaza-columbiaThis interview was recorded and produced for Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of Free City Radio we visit the work and organizing of artist / activist CERRUCHA, based in Mexico City. On this program CERRUCHA speaks about multiple initiatives, including ongoing collective Feminist arts community projects organized through the platform / project DISIDENTA, information here: https://disidenta.comAccompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Voices for Palestine - Global solidaritySept. 7, 2024This 4 hour collective community broadcast weaves sounds from protests to support freedom in Palestine from all around the world. Including voices of artists and activists who are joining the frontlines of expressing their solidarity with the people of Gaza. In this broadcast we hear a set of interviews that I recorded with organizers of the People’s Conference for Palestine in May 2024 in Detroit, Michigan, particularly with members of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). Also you will hear from Caoimhe Butterly, an organizer of the The Freedom Flotilla Coalition during the stop of Handala (حنظلة) in Lisbon, Portugal. For this broadcast I am also sharing interviews with long-time Palestine solidarity activists Adam Shapiro, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, in addition to a conversation with John Tarleton, the editor of The Indypendent in NY.Below is a full track listing from the broadcast, please tune-in and encourage your friends to listen. All the best, sending my love and solidarity. - Stefan Christoff.A full outline of the voices, works and music included including links to the voices and contributors can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-a9dGkf2_gx5jR5iVefH9IBdBIXTLMPTMD_9mjSg2O4/edit?usp=sharing01. Badawi - The One (Zikr wave mix)02. Roua Daas speaks on Penn State chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)03. Reflections on the Wayne State University encampment visit, with Andrea from Oregon and Zein from New Mexico04. Reem Said of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Montréal05. Yara Shoufani, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) organizer06. Steve Bates @steve-bates - Destroy the palace07. An interview with Adam Shapiro (co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement)08. SUNKEN CAGES @rmomin - Chants of The Broken09. Errance @errancerrancerrance - Surdité10. Badawi - A Better Place (reprise)11. ben grossman @ben_grossman - force of will12. Evitceles @evitceles - Within A Haze13. Midland @midland - Side Gurn14. Æther Varia @aether_varia - Asphalt15. Atletas - Samsona (via Municipal K7 in Brazil)16. Claire Deak @claire_deak - Quarrel of the Senses (Serenata)17. Interview with John Tarleton, editor of The Indypendent in NY18. Michel Banabila @michel-banabila - Where Old Meets New19. Ian Kamau - Fear20. Errance - Timbres oblitérés21. Caoimhe Butterly interview from the Freedom Flotilla coalition, recorded in Lisbon Portugal22. Leo, a youth singing in Nahuatl an Indigenous language in the Mexico City region23. Naila Keleta-Mae - Free24. JESICA SARRAF @777sarraf + CADENA NACIONAL (live mix)25. Alejandro Saravia - In praise of struggle26. Grim Beverage - Open C27. Fuzz Lewis - Opener Wave28. Leon Louder - Feast29. Cataratas del Niágara - Dúo (Antonio Gritón and Germán Bringas)30. Frank Barat interviews Lauren Jauregui
On this edition of Art in Action we feature a conversation with filmmaker Konrad Aderer speaking on the post 9/11 film "Enemy Alien." This film documents and tells the story of Farouk Abdel-Muhti, a Palestinian activist who was detained by US authorities in the years after 9/11 in New York City. As Farouk advocated for his release from behind the bars of immigration detention jails in the NY area, Konrad followed the story and interviewed Farouk during his time in detention. Farouk passed away in 2004. I feature this interview now because since October 2003 and the start of the Israeli state's military attacks on Gaza there has been a vast opening of tactics of repression that target Palestinian communities around the world.For more information about Konrad Aderer please visit: https://www.konradaderer.comMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image is a still from Enemy Alien.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from percussionist and composer Sarathy Korwar speaking from London. Learn more about Sarathy's excellent music here:https://www.sarathykorwar.comThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the second in a series of 3 interviews that aim to examine contemporary capitalism as dependent on economic models that necessitate large levels of human sacrifice.These programs are supported by the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL) at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada.A series of voices that speak to both the frontlines of struggles that are confronting the realities of colonial capitalism that speaks to the fact that humans are being rendered up for sacrifice to capitalism. Palestine is an example and also the prison industrial complex. On this edition we speak with Max Haiven who outlines some of the research shared in "Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire" a book published by Pluto Press. Max also speaks about the importance of building cultural understanding around the fact that capitalism in the current format is inherently tied to a reliance of sacrificial populations and looks into the example of prisoners. For more information on Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire visit:https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345826/palm-oilAccompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Esta es una entrevista sobre la Organización Popular Francisco Villa De Izquierda Independiente (OPFVII) con un coordinador del proyecto, Gerardo Meza. Gracias a Jaime por ayudar a organizar y también traducir. Soy Stefan Christoff y estoy compartiendo esta entrevista en Radio Nopal.This is an interview about Organización Popular Francisco Villa De Izquierda Independiente (OPFVII) with a coordinator for the project, Gerardo Meza. Thank you to Jaime for helping to organizatio and also to translate. I am Stefan Christoff and I am sharing this interview on Radio Nopal. Also thank you to Scott Campbell for helping to arrange this.
A joint mix with Launette for Radio AlHara, airing on Sunday, July 28 at 11am eastern time, 6pm in Bethlehem, Palestine. Launette selected the first 4 beautiful tracks on this mix, learn more about Launette's creative selections and programming for NTS here:https://launette.co.ukhttps://www.nts.live/shows/launetteThe accompanying photo is by Feike de Jong.Track listing(Artist name / track name)01. Robert Lester Folsom - Music and Dreams02. Agincourt - When I Awoke03. Jaki Whitren & John Cartwright - International Times04. Sunbear - Let Love Flow for Peace05. Toni Dimitrov - The Story of Utopias (Radio Edit)06. ÆVA - Asphalt07. Libra Rising - Desert Roses08. Soledad Rosas - del recuerdo09. Man Rei - Bona Fide10. Paradise of Yesterday - Lament11. Paradise of Yesterday - Highlight12. Man Rei - Hung13. Robert Farrugia - Long Wait14. Paradise of Yesterday -Towering
Capitalism’s sacrifice of humanity:An interview series produced for broadcast on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff in consultation and collaboration with Max Haiven, for broadcast on Free City Radio.This program is the second in a series of 3 interviews that aim to examine contemporary capitalism as dependent on economic models that necessitate large levels of human sacrifice.These programs are supported by the ReImagining Value Action Lab (RiVAL) at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada.A series of voices that speak to both the frontlines of struggles that are confronting the realities of colonial capitalism that speaks to the fact that humans are being rendered up for sacrifice to capitalism. Palestine is an example and also the prison industrial complex. On this edition we speak with scholar Keren Wang, author of "Legal and Rhetorical Foundations of Economic Globalization: An Atlas of Ritual Sacrifice in Late-Capitalism." Keren points to layers of analysis in relation to the world economy today that illustrate the inherently sacrificial nature of capitalism, specifically we speak about the fast fashion industry and the example of the textile industry fires at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh. Also we speak about the ways that the military industrial complex corporations benefit from the brutal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.Learn more about Keren's book here:https://www.routledge.com/Legal-and-Rhetorical-Foundations-of-Economic-Globalization-An-Atlas-of-Ritual-Sacrifice-in-Late-Capitalism/Wang/p/book/9780367727826Accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Ousmane Ag Mossa, le chanteur de Tamikrest, en conversation avec Stefan Christoff. Broadcast on Radio AlHara, August 19, 2024, à 15h en Palestine, 8h, heure de l'Est, en direct sur radioalhara.netInfo on / sur Tamikrest here: https://www.tamikrest.netMerci, Tsvetan Tsvetanov of Alarma Punk Jazz in Sofia.
A mix featuring the album Inner Lands airing on Radio AlHara in Palestine on August 18 2024 at 5pm eastern time / 12 midnight Palestine time, thank you for listening. This mix is a feature on a recent album that I made which you can find linked below, out on Samizdat Records:https://samizdatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/inner-landsTrack listing (Artist name / track name)01. Stefan Christoff - Sounding Worlds 1 (synth by Jordan Christoff)02. Stefan Christoff - Mirrors03. Stefan Christoff - In Burgas04. Stefan Christoff - Chalga Remixed05. Stefan Christoff - Haunted Land06. M01E - These Tattoos - - DOWNER - painful resemblance 记07. Steve Bates - Heaped treasures - The eye could not reach far across the vapours of that midnight air - Voice of the damned - Coward mouth - The hole is
A live recording of excerpts from the Art in Action broadcast that was live on Radio AlHara from Casa do comum (https://www.casadocomum.org) in Lisbon, Portugal , airing on Thursday, July 11, 2024.I moderated this panel and organized it in collaboration with art curator Jule Kurbjeweit who is based in Lisbon. We hear reflections from:Palestinian artist Dima Abu Sbeitan, who is based in Lisbon.Portuguese researcher and activist Ema Gonçalves, who also passed around copies of a beautiful zine about solidarity across borders for Palestinian freedom and Radio AlHara pictured in the graphic for this audio archive. Celebrated Palestinian artist and filmmaker Khaled Jarrar, who is currently spending time in Braga, Portugal. Artist, activist and educator Shellyne Rodriguez, who is based in Bronx, NY and was visiting town. https://www.shellynerodriguez.comResearcher and author Stefanie Baumann, who is based in Lisbon.https://ifilnova.pt/en/people/stefanie-baumannThe accompanying photo is taken by Léna Lewis-King (https://www.lenalewisking.com). A big thank you to Tanha Gomes, Rabie Masri and Nour Al-Tibi for supporting this event. Also a big thanks to Miguel, Ana and Vasco at Casa do Comum.
This mix by Stefan Christoff features poetry by Alejandro Saravia, created for broadcast on community and arts radio projects, AM / FM and online. Below is the track outline, artist name, then track name. The accompanying photo was taken during a street postering session with artist Lily Schwarzbaum.Broadcast on Thursday, August 15 at 8am on CJLO 1690AM and on Tuesday, August 20 at 4pm eastern (11pm Palestine time) on Radio AlHara radioalhara.net01. Alejandro Saravia - In Praise of Struggle02. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Notturno via @dronarivm03. Stefan Christoff - Recording of trombone player at El Parque México in CDMX04. Stefan Christoff - Field recordings of street in Belleville, Paris05. Budapest Blacklights - Slower Rave06. Melodies In My Head - I'm Angry featuring Accra-based artist Kacey Moore07. Midland - Strangers On A Train08. Demetrio Cecchitelli - Levitation via DRONARIVM09. Enrico Coniglio - As They Arise via DRONARIVM10. Enrico Coniglio - As They Fall via DRONARIVM11. Aidons Antoine - La Buanderie (via Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)12. Grimório de Abril - Argila dos Sonhos13. Pavel Tchikov - The Fourth Angle (via Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)14. Hung ShaoHuan - T8 (via Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)15. Grimório de Abril - Twins of Dawn16. Matteo Uggeri - ...for Birth (excerpt)
This interview with the former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 addresses the important question of how to begin to think about international law and social movements. Michael speaks about the process in relation to the Israeli state and military takes place at the IJC and ICC but underlines questions around how to think about the connection between popular movements pushing for justice globally and these recent unprecedented legal shifts would not be taking place as they are today. Info on the post that Michael held for a term globally at the UN:https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-palestineThis interview was produced for broadcast on Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of Cultural Workers for Palestine we hear from independent cultural force, improvisor, sound artist and vocalist Zeerak Ahmed (Slowspin). This interview was recorded with Zeerak speaking from Brooklyn, NY and gives some context to the music of Slowspin while also giving cultural context of understanding the non western roots of improvisation practices that shape a lot of Zeerak's musical practice. Also we hear about how stories, cultures and identities from the global south work to carry anti colonial stories and lift up voices from places in the world experiencing the violence of colonization, like Palestine. Thank you for listening. - Stefan Christoff.Track listing:Slowspin - HamariSlowspin - RiseSlowspin - Trails (excerpt)This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
In this interview with reporter Justin Salhani we get some background context and information around the political, cultural and social context as to why there is militant support for Palestine in Yemen. Justin also contextualizes recent events within the long standing ties between people in Yemen and Palestine that exist at a grassroots level. I would encourage people to read Justin's long form reporting on this issue for Al Jazeera here:https://www.aljazeera.com/author/justin_salhani_150211052541586This interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.
In this interview Nada Bakri speaks about the horrifying impacts of the Israeli state's context to the bombing campaign. I thought that it would be important to highlight a meaningful and involved journalistic perspective on the recent and ongoing bombings in Lebanon in the context of the all out attack on Gaza. This interview was recorded for broadcast on Radio AlHara. For some background on Nada and the loss of her partner, the late journalist Anthony Shadid:https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/nada-bakri-on-dealing-with-losing-her-husband-and-fatherThis interview was produced for broadcast on Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of Free city Radio we hear from climate justice activist Ruth-Marie Henckes from the Brussels based organization Code-Rouge. This organization has organized a series of actions calling for the closure of small private airports that largely service private jets. The actions underline the growing number of private jets in the Western European context and beyond as a clear symbol of growing economic inequality and also of how climate injustice is linked to economic injustice. Learn more about Code-Rouge here: https://code-rouge.beAccompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying photo is by Johanna de Tessières of a blockade of an airport in Belgium that serves private jets. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
An interview with Yassin AlSalman (Narcy) recorded for Radio AlHara in Palestine in the lead-up to Yassin's upcoming album. In this interview we hear Narcy reflecting on the upcoming album, speaking out for Palestine today in a context of shifting cultural landscapes. Also we hear reflections on Yassin's work as an educator. This interview broadcast on Radio AlHara on Wednesday, August 7 at 10:30am eastern time, 5:30pm in Palestine, streaming at http://radioalhara.netLook out for Narcy's upcoming album here:https://narcy.bandcamp.comTrack listing(artist / track name)01. Interview with Narcy by Stefan Christoff02. NARCY x TODD RUNDGREN x JAi ELECTRONiCA - AMERICAN KARMA W- JAi Electronica and Todd Rundgren03. Narcy - Location with Lido Pimienta04. Narcy - Look Around05. Narcy - Tourist (with Ian Kamau)06. Narcy - Told You So featuring D‐Shade and Sandhill07. Sandhill - Introspective
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from researcher and activist Philippe Blouin, co-author of the important book "The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival." This interview specifically speaks about Philippe's efforts in support of the Mohawk Mothers to block a major construction site at the former location of the McGill University hospital which was also the location of the Allan Memorial Institute, the location where the CIA program Project MKUltra was run (look up a chapter in the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein about this). This program also impacted Indigenous children and the Mohawk Mothers have won a court injunction to block additional new construction at the site due to the possible presence of mass graves. Also Philippe speaks about another legal battle surrounding the Quebec government construction of a mass depot for the public alcohol commission in Quebec, the SAQ, which is the former location of a mass orphanage at the Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital, one of the institutions where orphans and Indigenous children were housed, this is another location where state backed mind control experiments took place. Background information on this case here:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-saq-warehouse-asylum-gravesite-1.7107419Get information on Philippe's book here:https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1266The accompanying photo is a still from a TV news report on the issue. The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
This mix builds on a collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. The first section of the mix is the duet album that I recorded with Daniel in winter 2023 in Brooklyn. The additional tracks speak to various sonic worlds that inspired energies at the recording session. The accompanying artwork is by Guillaume Vallée. This mix broadcast on Radio AlHara on August 4, 2024 on Radio AlHara in Palestine.The mix draws heavily from our duet recording released on Shimmering Moods records, more information here:https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-wind-nowTrack listing (artist name / track name)01. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - Rocks on the shoreline 01:5802. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - A lunar look03. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - Moons inside the ocean04. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - I can see it all turning now05. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - A silver wave on the Hudson 06. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - A sunflower in the city07. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - Openness is key08. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - It is all in the wind now09. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - A greeting across cities 10. Daniel Carter + Stefan Christoff - Beyond the sheltering skies11. Andrew Cyrille, Ted Daniel, Teddy Daniel, Nick De Geronimo, Nick Di Geronimo & David S. Ware - High Priest12 Ras Moshe - Meditation For David S. Ware13. Matthew Shipp - New Orbit14. Jordan Christoff - Mirrors
This edition features a conversation with musician and cultural worker Zea, Arnold de Boer, who is the singer of the legendary post-punk collective, The Ex. In this interview Zea speaks about recent projects, including solo and collaborative releases. Also we hear about the history of independent music in Amsterdam as it relates to ongoing struggles to sustain culturally autonomous spaces from the pressures of gentrification. Zea speaks about his work with the cultural centre OCCii and many other projects. Listen to Zea's music here:https://zeamusic.bandcamp.comLearn more about The Ex here: https://theex.nlThe accompanying photo was taken in the OCCii artist lodging room by Stefan.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
Listen to an interview with Eve Devillers, a researcher at the Oakland Institute, who speaks about a recent report that outlines the contemporary colonial nature of mass carbon offset schemes in African today. The report, recently out, entitled "Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa," is live here:https://www.oaklandinstitute.org/green-colonialism-two-carbon-offsets-africaThe report is described this way:Green Colonialism 2.0: Tree Plantations and Carbon Offsets in Africa examines the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) bankrolled by European development finance institutions, Japanese oil interests, and an Australian investment firm. The AFIP exemplifies the green colonialism that President Ruto of Kenya is promoting on the continent — opening the door for more extraction of Africa's resources. Despite AFIP’s claim of promoting “nature-based solutions,” a troubling pattern of exploitation and greenwashing underscores its investments, stakeholders, and financial backers.Accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying photo info: "Young trees in Green Resources’ Kachung plantation in Uganda, 2013" © Kristen Lyons. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A joint mix for Radio AlHara worked on with Mark Molnar. Photo taken by Stefan in Lisbon. Tracks(Artist name / track name)01. Vladimír Václavek, Iva Bittová - Vzpomínka02. DIAN - stai (via Anterior Insula)03. Selvhenter - Connoisseur04. Ryoko Akama - Sotto05. Tetuzi Akiyama - It Shall Be Not Your Tremble06. Budapest Blacklights - Radiant Waves07. Nancy Mounir - Ya Einak Ya Gabayrak (withMounira El Mahdeya)08. Budapest Blacklights - Exit09. Jordan Christoff - Waves (excerpt)10. Jordan Christoff - Sun Through Clouds (excerpt)
Listen to a conversation with Aisha Mershani about the La La Lil Jidar project documenting Palestinian protests against the Apartheid wall. This project has documented for 20 years the grassroots protest movement in the West Bank of Palestine against the Israeli state imposed state constructed wall that directly has annexed significant parts of Palestinian territories, a breach of international law. For more information on the project visit: https://lalaliljidar.orgThis interview is broadcast on Thursday, July 25 on Radio AlHara in Palestine at 7am eastern time, 2pm Palestine time, streaming at http://radioalhara.netThis interview was recorded and produced by Stefan Christoff in Mexico City.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from activist historian Bill Weinberg who speaks about a project to hold weekly walking tours at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) in the East Village, NY. Bill speaks about the radical history of claiming urban space collectively against all odds and the construction of collective squats and community gardens. The accompanying poster was taken in the archives at MoRUS (https://www.morusnyc.org). Accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
In this interview Egyptian writer, photographer, activist and author Hossam el-Hamalawy speaks about the ways that Egyptian social movements and organizing is impacted by the struggle for freedom in Palestine. Hossam speaks about how the current Egyptian government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has played a critical role in both suppressing dissent of social movements in Egypt today and how that is linked to efforts to silence real conversation and mobilization for Palestine. Hossam also speaks about how social movement forces in Egypt today are finding ways to push back. Read Hossam's texts here: https://arabawy.orgBroadcasting on Thursday, July 18 on Radio AlHara at 3pm Palestine time, 8am eastern time. https://www.radioalhara.netPhoto by Hossam, described this way: "Thousands marching into Tahrir from Giza, crossing the Qasr el-Nil Bridge, as clashes with the police troops fare in Mansour Street. Angry protests against the police continue in Cairo, following the massacre of Ultras Ahlawy Members in Port Said on 1 February 2012."This interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on Radio AlHara by Stefan Christoff.
Listen to a community panel discussion that took place in April 2024 at OBORO centre on the housing crisis in Montreal and the ways that the creative voice and arts is being worked into community organizing to address the crisis. The live panel was hosted and recorded by Stefan Christoff for community radio broadcast. The first broadcast is Wednesday, July 17 at 6pm eastern time live on CKUT 90.3 FM, streaming globally at http://ckut.caThis event included the participation of the following people and organizations all of whom you hear on the broadcast. The accompanying photo is of Dru Oja Jay, one of the panelists participating in the event and broadcast recording. The photo is taken by Amru Salahuddien. These are the speakers:Chris Brown, Comm-un https://comm-un.orgHubert Gendron-Blais, Réverbérations d’une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement https://www.reverberationscriselogement.orgDru Oja Jay, SEIZE - Solidarity Economy Incubation https://www.solidarityeconomy.caJonathan Lebire, Comm-unJoseph Sannicandro, Réverbérations d’une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logementSperanza Spir, OBORO https://www.oboro.netMoh Abdalreza Zadeh, Comm-unThis panel took place with support from the Social Justice Centre.
Listen to an interview about "The Sustainability Class: How to Take Back Our Future from Lifestyle Environmentalists" a book by Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan that will be out later this year. The book is described this way:"An original argument that environmental sustainability has been co-opted by the urban elite, along with examples from around the world of ways we can save our planet.With more urban residents interested in living sustainably, we have seen the emergence of a green-tech service economy premised around a kind of “lifestyle environmentalism.” Concerns over sustainability have been co-opted to sell a high-tech urban lifestyle, causing cities to become more unequal and unsustainable, cementing the elite’s status, and excluding the working class, racial minorities, and women.Focusing on what they term the “sustainability class”—a woke and wealthy set of urbanites convinced that sustainability can be achieved through individual actions, green and “smart” development, and technological efficiency—authors Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan challenge many of the popular ideas about saving the planet. It is actually the approach of the sustainability class itself, the authors argue, that is unsustainable; improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist, growth-oriented system will neither save us nor lead to true sustainability."Info:https://thenewpress.com/books/sustainability-classThanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. The music is by Anarchist Mountains. Aaron and Vijay write on the accompanying photo:"The cover photo was taken during a visit to a homeless encampment near LA's Chinatown, where an unhoused man had committed suicide the night before. He died while being restrained and handcuffed by police. Photo by Neal Rockwell. https://www.nealrockwellphoto.com"Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE FOR PALESTINERadio AlHara broadcast, July 13, 2024Live 3-7pm (Palestine time) / 8h-12h eastern timeAccompanying graphic is by Valantina Gonzo.This broadcast focuses on voices from spaces of solidarity organizing to support Palestine, from the People's Conference for Palestine that took place in May 2024 in Detroit, to the Al Soumoud Gaza solidarity encampment in Montréal. Also this broadcast features sounds from protests in different corners of the world from Italy, to Portugal and contributions of music by artists who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom.Outline of contributions also live here, including links:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pq7sUX_s6bGzhR3Zjse2VFGmyJQ835bQoZMqE9GOoNE01. PJS - Meteor Shower02. Al Soumoud encampment organizer 'Romera' in Montréal03. Secret Pyramid - So So04. Palestine solidarity chant in Lisbon recorded by Rabie Masri05. Radio Ondarossa (Italy) - Piazza 25 Aprile06. Radio Ondarossa (Italy) - Gaza Freestyle Fest (CSOA Lambretta)07. Radio Ondarossa (Italy) - Fronte Gioventù Comunista08. Radio Ondarossa (Italy) - Giovani Palestinesi Italia, Bologna09. Radio Ondarossa (Italy) - S.I Cobas (union)10. Recordings by Ema Gonçalves of protests in Lisbon, Portugal11. Interview with Yaseen Shaikh, Students for Justice in Palestine, Kent State University, Ohio12. Jamil Naser and Jim Wisehart of the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance13. Stefan Christoff - Sounding Worlds 114. Ambreen Khan, Healthcare Workers for Palestine15. Taher Dahleh, New York City chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)16. Ziad Abi Saad, an organizer with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) Concordia in Montreal17. Activist Huwaida Arraf18. Anthony AlDurra, Palestinian-American dental student in Detroit19. Massa Haj Ali, Students for Justice in Palestine, Chicago20. Activist Adam Shapiro21. Activists Maysa Hawash (Doctors Against Genocide) and Lena El-Malak (independent legal advisor)22. Palestinian Feminist Collective organizer Tara Alami23. NY activist Laila Rodenbeck24. Karameh Hawash-Kuemmerle and Nidal Jboor of Doctors Against Genocide25. Badawi (Raz Mesinai) - Infinite Pause (Shepherd version)26. Secret Pyramid - A Vanishing Touch27. Notnef Greco - Scooter Riding In Bombay28. SAWT - BANK ATTACK29. Emily (Jewish mother raising half Palestinian kid in US)30. Stefan voice note on joining Montreal protest31. Stefan Christoff and Razan AlSalah practicing music32. Stefan Christoff and Sam Shalabi - Elephantine33. Grimório de Abril - O Eremita e O Leão34. Daniel Carter - A lunar look35. Rainbow Eclipse, GAZA 136. UZU - Akhtanik / اوزو- أختنق37. Ghost Producer - DoNormaal, Brahim Fribgane (Juma Mubarak Set)38. Secret Pyramid - Quiet Sky39. Secret Pyramid - A Descent
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from activist Stoyo Stevenski in Sofia, Bulgaria. Stoyo shares some reflections on social justice organizing today in the Bulgarian context. I felt that it is important to highlight a voice from the eastern edge of the EU in the context of all the conversations internationally happening around the future of the EU. Usually we hear voices from EU centres of power like Berlin or Paris, so in the context of this program I thought it is important to hear a voice from Bulgaria.Thank you to Jana Tsoneva for helping to arrange this interview. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. The music is by Anarchist Mountains. The image was taken of a mural at Fabrika Avtonomia space in Sofia.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Reverberations d’une crise / Sounding the housing crisisMétro Laurier, public speak outSuoni per il Popolo festival10 June 2023This mix broadcast on @n10-as at 1pm on Thursday, May 5, on @cjlo1690am on May 2nd at 9am and on CKUT 90.3 FM @radiockut on Friday, June 28 at 5pm on Radio Renoviction. Photo by Ivan de Jacquelin. Sound system technical support at event by Danji @anabasine https://suoniperilpopolo.org/fr/horaire/reverberations-dune-crise-une-enquete-sonore-sur-le-logement-a-montrealA mix of a creative speak out organized by artistic contributors to the project Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal (https://www.reverberationscriselogement.org). This event took place during Suoni per il Popolo festival. This soundscape drawing from audio recorded at the action was registered by sound artist Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective, edited by Joseph, with additional editing by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and synth by Jordan Christoff. A write-up by Joseph:"This audio work documents a community speak out against the housing crisis in Montreal, held at the public plaza in front of Metro Laurier on 10 June 2023 under the auspices of the Suoni per il Popolo arts and music festival. Selections from each of the many contributions are edited into a melange of speeches and screams and music and urban noise. Reflections on gentrification, sovereignty, and the complexities of living on indigenous land. The recording taken directly from the mixing board is augmented with binaural recordings made while walking around the event. Thus headphone listening might present a unique perspective. I sometimes layered contributions, in order to share more from some contributors. For instance, allowing Jason Blackbird to accompany his voice with his own trumpet playing, or layering multiple vignettes of Stella’s powerful words. As editor and co-producer of the Reverberations d’une crise podcast, an eight episode series weaving together contributions from a collective of Montreal tenant sound artists, I reworked contributions from all the participants into a collective collage. The episode ends with a composition by collective member Jordan Torres Bussière, performed on site at the end of the event, as well as the final section of my collage, played back on portable speakers in various configurations at Metro Laurier later that night. - Joseph Sannicandro"In this piece you hear these voices:A sound work by Stefan Christoff featuring community activist François Saillant Hubert Gendron-Blais (sound artist)https://www.hubert-gendron-blais.org/Deanna Radford (poet)https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poets/deanna-radfordPaula Dykstra (poet) + Philippe Battikha @philippebattikha (musician)https://www.philippebattikha.comAlejandro Saravia (poet)Jason Blackbird Selman (poet / musician)https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poets/jason-selmanMembers of Syndicat des locataires autonomes de Montréal (SLAM)https://linktr.ee/slam.matuMoh Abdo, Comm-Un https://comm-un.orgSandra Wesley, Director of STELLA Montrealhttps://chezstella.orgTheo Lyons+ Jordan Arsenaulthttps://thedutymyth.blogspot.comGaurav SharmaOrganizer at the Immigrant Workers Centrehttps://iwc-cti.caBengı AkbulutAcademic and activisthttps://explore.concordia.ca/index.php/bengi-akbulutStella Adjokê (artist)https://stellaadjoke.comJuhi Sohani Community advocatezLadyBug (poet)Liz and JayMembers of Wolf Pack Street Patrolhttps://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/wolf-pack-hits-montreal-streets-protect-vulnerable-indigenous-womenPierre ParentIndigenous street outreach worker and formerly incarcerated personJordan Torres Bussière @jordantorresbussiere (sound artist)https://soundcloud.com/jordantorresbussiereJoseph Sannicandro / Reverberations d’une Crise collective - sound collage guerrilla installation(reworking sounds from Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal collective)
On the July 2024 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Rafael Stan Molina in Brazil who works on a independent record label called Municipal K7. This project releases underground and experimental music from Brazil. In this conversation Rafael speaks about the complexities of running an experimental music label in Brazil in an egalitarian way as contemporary art spaces are often only open to upper class social networks. Also Rafael speaks about the political and social impacts of the landscape of electoral politics in Brazil over the past decades and how the extreme right wing government of Bolsonaro impacted the cultural scene and efforts people are undertaking to recover.The accompanying graphic is the logo of Municipal K7, listen to and learn more about the project here: https://municipalk7.bandcamp.comStefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
On this edition we hear from both Sooraya Peerally and Frédéric Vachon of Ex aequo who speak about their specific work to mobilize for housing justice in Quebec, specifically for more social housing, but that is focused on recognizing the intersecting struggles of people who live with disabilities in Quebec. Learn more about Ex aequo here: https://exaequo.netThis interview series takes place in collaboration with SEIZE and takes place as part of an effort to asses and speak to the realities, challenges and critical importance of networking across housing justice struggles in Canada. Learn more about SEIZE and the work on this issue here: www.solidarityeconomy.caMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Get more information about Ex aequo here: https://exaequo.net The accompanying drawing is by Dahlia.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Cultural Workers for Palestine we hear from graphic artist Kevin Caplicki who is a member of the Justseeds artists' cooperative and speaks about the relationship between collective social struggle and artistic representations of movements for justice. Kevin speaks about his work specifically to support Palestine and create graphics as part of the Palestine solidarity movement. Find Kevin's work here:https://justseeds.org/artist/kevincaplickiMusic on this edition is excerpts from these tracks as selected by Toni Dimitrov in Macedonia. Biloba Green - "#228B22"Fayerabend - "Liquid Fear" (Diagnosis of Our Time)This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from South African hip-hop artist, community educator and activist Emile YX? who speaks on the role that hip-hop culture played in empowering Black youth in South Africa during the time of Apartheid. Emile YX? is one of the founders of the legendary ensemble Black Noise. This interview was recorded in 2024 for broadcast on Radio AlHara. Stefan produces a regular artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts on Radio AlHara in regular programming, there is a monthly spot on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time, while this interview with Emile YX? is a special feature.
In this interview we hear from Bob Rose a long term community organizer who has worked in the low income Parkdale area of Toronto for many years. Bob speaks about the urgent need for housing justice across the board and speaks to the challenges that frontline community organizers who are supporting low income tenants face without there being larger structural policy change. Bob has worked with many organizations and has been staff at Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) for many years. This interview series takes place in collaboration with SEIZE and takes place as part of an effort to asses and speak to the realities, challenges and critical importance of networking across housing justice struggles in Canada. Learn more about SEIZE and the work on this issue here: www.solidarityeconomy.ca/Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Artwork Martha Rosler, Housing Is a Human Right, Time Square Spectacolor animation detail, 1989.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Stefan's monthly mix for Radio AlHara, for June 2024, "All forever" mix. Below is the track listing, track name and then artist(s) name(s).Stefan took the photo in August 2021 in Thessaloniki, Greece.01. Janek Krukowski @krukowski - Latent - I (via @oklarec)02. Stefan Christoff - In Burgas03. Jessica Zambri - Foresting (via @crashsymbols)04. Bauer + Katharina Schmidt - Cenote (via @moonvillain)05. Matteo Uggeri @greysparkle - ...for Myself in Difficult Times06. Man Rei @man_rei - Gate07. Paradise of Yesterday - Sophistication08. Paradise of Yesterday - Remembrance09. Wojtek Kiwer @wojtek-kiwer - PARTICLES10. Grimório de Abril - Ophidic Haze (via Municipal K7 in Brazil)11. Grimório de Abril - A Distância Entre Duas Constelações12. Hydenburg - Kind Disregards (@christiancarriere and Pascal Delaquis)13. Totenbaum Träger - Fleur de néon VII
A mix that I worked on for Radio AlHara to celebrate the release of my solo electric guitar album "Declarations," out on Cuchabata Records, info here:https://cuchabatarecords.bandcamp.com/album/cuch-217-declarations-2024Artwork is by Vasilios Billy Mavreas.Here is a track listing for the mix, with artist name(s) and then track name.01. Stefan Christoff - Declarations02. Stefan Christoff - Morning shift03. Stefan Christoff - Amazing action04. Stefan Christoff - Guitar in Griffintown05. Stefan Christoff - Stratospheric06. Bosho - Relay07. Piero Umiliani - Officina stellare08. Norman Nawrocki and Stefan Christoff - Explorations on Van Horne09. Seta Kien - Fusible (from Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)10. John Clarke - Clip from Free City Radio interview for "From Crisis to Consensus: A Report on Canada’s Housing Movement" project.11. Lazzaro & LY Foulidis - Gathering # 1 (from Sounds for your Anterior Insula 2)12. The Ex - Soon All Cities13. Stefan Christoff and Joseph Sannicandro - Excerpt of live performance at transmutations i at Ateliers Belleville in Montreal.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Catherine Lussier the coordinator of Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) who speaks about the urgency of both collective grassroots action on housing but also on the needs to have the advancement of the mobilization of public funds to massively construct social housing units in Quebec and beyond.The artwork is by Seth Tobocman.This interview series takes place in collaboration with SEIZE and takes place as part of an effort to asses and speak to the realities, challenges and critical importance of networking across housing justice struggles in Canada. Learn more about SEIZE and the work on this issue here: www.solidarityeconomy.caMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Get more information about FRAPRU here: https://www.frapru.qc.ca/le-frapruFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A conversation with activist scholar Fayrouz Yousfi, based in Belgium, who speaks on the mobilization to support Palestine within universities across Belgium. Fayrouz offers a window into a context where there has been an important mobilization for Palestine in western Europe. Fayrouz speaks about the student encampment actions, the push in Belgium to divest from Israeli university collaborations and how these campus based organizing efforts are tied to the larger Palestine solidarity movement in the country.This interview was recorded and produced by Stefan Christoff for broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine and is airing on Tuesday, June 11 at 9am eastern time, 4pm Bethlehem time, streaming at http://radioalhara.netThe accompanying music is by Badawi, with a short excerpt of a piece "Cette lumière qui surgit des décombres" by Joël Lavoie from this album:https://aosmosis.bandcamp.com/album/artists-against-apartheid-montr-al-sessionThe accompanying graphic is from Justseeds artists' cooperative http://justseeds.org
On this edition of Free City Radio we share the first in a series of 4 interviews that speak to housing justice struggles today in Canada. This first interview is with long time anti poverty organizer John Clarke who is based in Toronto and currently deeply involved in the 230 Fightback campaign which is organizing to block the conversion of a downtown east Toronto building into a massive condominium tower, you can learn more about this campaign here: https://230fightback.com/This interview series takes place in collaboration with SEIZE and takes place as part of an effort to asses and speak to the realities, challenges and critical importance of networking across housing justice struggles in Canada. Learn more about SEIZE and the work on this issue here: https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. The image is from a screenshot of a video promoting the 230 Fightback campaign.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of the Art in Action interview series Mexico City based artist Daniel Aguilar Ruvalcaba's speaks about contributions to a collective exhibition at Biqini Wax ESP during art week in Mexico, 2024. Daniel's work explores ideas and expressions through frenetic drawings and sketches that are shaped by understandings of the world and humanity as an experience of multitudes not a world shaped by a universal framework of conception. Biqini Wax ESP is a collectively run art space in Navate district in Mexico City that has long explored the creative intersections of art and activism within the space in both militant and playful modes. This interview explores, in conversation, Daniel's work as relating to the realities of the survival of pre colonial cultural narratives and artistic landscapes that continue to shape Mexico. The cultural multiplicity that exists in Mexico that can been understood as standing as an existing challenge to the sustaining dominant frameworks of universalism that continue to define the major narrative arcs of mainstream artistic practice in western Europe and North America. Daniel specifically speaks about Mexican cultural modes that challenge the notion of death as shaped by dark forces, while articulating reflections about alternative cultural vantage points of looking to death as a pathway to listen to the voices and heritages of the past, of ancestors, a cultural framework within which death can be best understood a bridge that connect you to eternities. The accompanying artwork is by Daniel, photos taken by Stefan.Music on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
This is the second edition of Voices from Beirut which I have produced for Radio AlHara in Palestine. On this edition we hear from Omar Abi Azar, the co-artistic director and theatre creator at Zoukak Theatre company in Beirut, Lebanon. Omar speaks critically about the decision to keep the theatre company open in Lebanon during this time of war, which includes of course Israeli airstrikes in south Lebanon and throughout the country which has resulted in many killings and the widespread destruction of major agricultural lands and nature reservations in the south of the country. Info on Zoukak Theatre here: https://zoukak.orgAlso we hear from Lena Merhej, one of the founders of the Samandal comic art project in Lebanon that has long created space for the expression of social movement voices through drawing, comics and the arts in Lebanon. Lena speaks about giving drawing workshops this past year, including to a student in Gaza who was killed within the context of the ongoing Israeli state genocidal military action in Gaza, Palestine. Information on the Samandal comics project here https://samandal-comics.orgFinally we got directly to Palestine and hear from Ahmad Jaradat who works with the Alternative Information Center (AIC) in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. Ahmad speaks about the realities that face Palestinian political prisoners today and over the last generations. Information about Ahmad's work at AIC here: https://www.aicpalestine.orgFinally we hear a radio documentary that I co-produced in 2005 with Sawsan Kalache about the realities facing Palestinian refugees living in the refugee camps in Lebanon, particularly in the community of Burj Shemali Camp in southern Lebanon. Although this documentary was produced almost twenty years ago it speaks to some critical issues that remain, namely the lived realities of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who are living in camps waiting for their Right to Return to historic Palestine to be enforced. It should also be noted that many services within a community like Burj Shemali Camp, including health and education, are administered by UNRAW. Info about this specific camp is here: https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/burj-shemali-campThe music on this edition is by the artist Badawi and PJS. I took the accompanying photo was taken in the borderlands between Lebanon and Palestine in 2005.
On this edition of the program we hear from Chicago based filmmaker and community activist Merawi Gerima who speaks on the intersections of art and activism around BlackLivesMatter and the movement for freedom in Palestine.Follow Merawi's work here: https://www.instagram.com/gerima_gangThis interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature a conversation with researcher and writer Laura Carlsen who shares some important reflections on the state of social movements in Mexico today. This conversation gets into exploring the dynamics of tension between transformative social activism and the current government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador who is set to leave office this month, June 2024. Learn more about Carlsen's work with MIRA project that lifts up Feminist analysis on Mexico and social movements in the Americas, they are at https://www.americas.org/we-areMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. The image is by Antonio Gritón.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Listen to an interview with Brussels based researcher and activist Omar Jabary Salamanca. In this interview Omar speaks about the ways that Brussels has become an important hub for Palestinian solidarity organizing in Western Europe. Beyond only speaking about the organizing over the last months this interview situates strands of popular organizing history in the city within different diaspora communities representing, both culturally and politically, territories in the global south that are shaped by struggles against colonization.This interview is broadcasting on Radio AlHara on Tuesday, May 28 at 7am eastern time, 2pm Palestine time, streaming at https://www.radioalhara.netStefan took the accompanying photo at a Palestine solidarity rally in Brussels in fall 2023.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer Yvonne Yen Liu who is based in LA and speaks about organizing counter power at a city based level. Yvonne talks about efforts to create popular assemblies that can connect different local struggles throughout the larger LA area. I thought to feature this conversation because it is an interesting example of organizing counter power at a city wide level, while speaking to interesting ideas and points around organizational process.Find more information on the projects highlighted in this conversation here:https://losangelesassembly.orghttps://solidarityresearch.orgMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. The image is by Antonio Gritón.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Stefan's monthly mix for Radio AlHara, for May 2024, "Beyond borders" mix. Below is the track listing, track name and then artist(s) name(s).Stefan took the photo in May 2024 inside the Gaza solidarity encampment at McGill University.01. Matteo Uggeri - Observing, Waiting for...02. Notnef Greco - Mannequins Road03. Stefan Christoff - Mirrors04. Dear Ocean - The Narcicyst and Stefan Christoff05. Stefan Christoff - Sounding Worlds 106. Godspeed you! black emperor - Sleep07. Matteo Uggeri - ...for the Little Silver Stars
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a recording of a panel discussion that took place at Concordia University in Montreal, entitled Voices of the Immigrant Workers Centre. The panel focuses on the grassroots organizing in one of Montreal's former garment districts in the city around supporting garment sector workers at Lamour Inc. who were facing mass layoffs. This panel highlights a campaign that took place at a grassroots level, largely outside of the formal labour sector and took place at the intersection of many points of systemic violence targeting workers, all of whom were racialized immigrant textile workers. Information on this panel can be found here:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/voices-of-the-immigrant-workers-centreOn the program we hear from the event host Lauren Laframboise, IWC activists and organizers Yumna Siddiqi and Mostafa Henaway, as well as the host of this program, Free City Radio, Stefan Christoff. Background information on the oral history interview series that aired on Free City Radio for this project to document the campaign that the Immigrant Workers Centre organized to support Lamour Inc. workers can be found here:https://deindustrialization.org/voices-of-the-iwcStefan's work on this event was supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University and took place at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS).The accompanying photo was taken by Amru Salahuddin.Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Broadcast on Monday, May 13 from 6-8 in Palestine / 11-1 eastern time on Radio AlHara, a set of interviews with artistic and media voices from Beirut, Lebanon. These interviews speak to the devastating impacts of the Israeli governments military attacks on south Lebanon and also serious attacks on other regions of the country, including the capital region.On this program we hear from Hashem Adnan from The Black Hole theatre // Racha Najdi, a long time filmmaker, originally from South Lebanon //Public Works Studio in BeirutMusic on this edition is by Badawi.With this I am sharing a photo that I took on my last visit to Beirut in May 2019. Thank you for listening. - Stefan.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Indigenous artist and musician Status/Non-Status. For more information about the work of this important artist working today visit: https://www.statusnonstatus.comMusic on this edition is by Status/Non-Status. Thank you to my friend Jessie Lauren Stein for helping to set up this interview!Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Voices for GazaThursday, May 9, 20242-3pm live on CKUT 90.3 FMwww.ckut.caA live community radio broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM that aims to highlight the ways that the Gaza solidarity encampment at McGill University creates political space in both the media landscape and within the city to lift up Palestinian life.This broadcast will also underline the ways that media workers in the Gaza context are facing deadly danger at the hands of the Israeli state military machine. At least 92 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza due to Israeli military strikes since October 7th according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.Featuring the voices ofSarah Shamy, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement.Martin Lukacs, an investigative journalist and the managing editor of The Breach.A representative from Students in Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights.Norma Rantisi, Academics for Palestine, Concordia University.Michelle Hartman, Profs solidaires avec le camp.
On this edition of the program we hear from Palestinian sound artist and musician Byjayr. This interview was originally included in a major broadcast for Radio AlHara in Bethlehem, but I thought it would be also important to share this conversation as a stand alone exchange. Byjayr (Jeena) speaks about her creation process, journey as an artist and shares reflections on the critical importance of speaking up for Palestine today.Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition we hear an interview with Terry Weber of Friends of Freedom Theatre, which is a project that exists in different countries to support the Freedom Theatre in Jenin, Palestine. Terry is one of the co-founders and organizers of the project in New York City. On this edition we also hear music shaped by Palestinian culture created by Badawi.This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
Listen to an interview with Tsvetan Tsvetanov a cultural worker in Bulgaria who is a host on the Alarma experimental radio show on Bulgarian National Radio. Tsvetan also hosts Alarma Punk Jazz concerts, which is a series focusing on sounds from around the world and experimental music. Tsvetan's project are open to giving space for activists and in the Bulgarian context works to create links between the Bulgarian music scene and the world.Here is an article on Tsvetan's work:https://vijmag.bg/en/article/radioman-tsvetan-tsvetanovThe accompanying photo was taken at Fabrika Avtonomia (Фабрика Автономия) where I first met Tsvetan Tsvetanov.Music on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from long time Vancouver based community activist Garth Mullins about the project Crackdown, which is a podcast that explores the voices of drug users and particularly the intersections of community activism in Vancouver around the voices of drug users as an important element within broader movements for progressive social change in the city. Info on the podcast here:https://www.crackdownpod.comMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The image is from the Crackdown podcast. Thank you to my friend, the journalist Dawn Paley, for suggesting the idea of highlighting Crackdown project on this program.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Stefan's monthly mix for Radio AlHara, below is the track listing, track name and then artist(s) name(s). Stefan took the photo while walking in Montreal in spring 2020.01. Тoni Dimitrov & @cecchitellidemetrio - Absorbed02. TAMTAM - 虹の彷徨03. Ogle - Mosaic04. Thanya Iyer @thanyaiyermusic - slow burn05. TAMTAM - Doors06. Richard Dawson @richard-dawson - Beyond the city walls07. Stefan Christoff and Joseph Sannicandro - Orbiting Mercury in a dream08. krāllār vs сбогом хиляди - 10:1909. Ogle - Ancient Fountain10. EVITCELES @evitceles - Infinite Night11. Anarchist Mountains Trio - But Who, We (@jordanchristoff + @spirodon + @thenewobjective)12. Ogle - Atrium13. Chaz Jankel - Questionnaire14. @dylanhenner-music - Two Trains Came Through the Station at Once and It Felt Like a Hurricane15. SAWT @sawtrecords - Entrance To Castle (DIYARBAKIR)
A series of voices recorded at Palestine solidarity actions in Mexico City on January 7, 2024 and January 21, 2024. This soundscape was mixed and produced by Stefan Christoff to air on Radio AlHara, it broadcast on Tuesday, April 23 at 10:30am eastern time, 5:30pm Palestine time. The accompanying music is by Jordan Christoff. The speakers we hear:1. Chanting and drumming during a walk from the US embassy to the British embassy in Mexico City, Jan. 7, 2024.2. Christian Nader speaking on the context for the protests, Jan. 7, 2024. (English)3. Elsa Belmont, speaking in Arabic on the importance of solidarity between Mexico and Palestine, Jan. 7, 2024. (Arabic)4. Karina Zamorategui speaking for Palestine, Jan. 21, 2024. (English and Arabic)5. Antonio speaking to support Palestinian human rights, Jan. 21, 2024. (English)6. Alex and Zayuri speaking to support Palestine (French and Spanish), Jan. 21, 2024.7. Teresita Galvan, speaking to support Palestine (English and Spanish), Jan. 21, 2024.8. Carolina speaking to support Palestine (Spanish), Jan. 21, 2024.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about the independent record label in São Paulo. The conversation is with Yann Dardenne who speaks about creating autonomous cultural space within the music scene in São Paulo today. You can find more information about Seloki Records here: https://selokirecords.bandcamp.comMusic on this edition is from a Seloki Records release.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation recorded in Paris, France, with graphic designer within social movements, Sébastien Marchal. This interview speaks about the ways that graphic designers involved in progressive movements in France work at the intersections of design and activism.(Note a section of this interview is in French)Here is the website of Sébastienhttps://sebastienmarchal.frHere is a group platform project that Sébastien is involved in:https://formesdesluttes.org/a-proposMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A mix of tracks from recently released albums on @constellationtatsu label, for more information visit:This mix is produced for broadcast on @radiockut 90.3FM on If you got ears, for the April 10, 2024 edition.Thank you for listening! - Stefan.Track listing(artist name / track name)01. Andy Aquarius - U Lisi02 Glo Phase - Vista Hermosa03. Glo Phase - Pearl Around Moss04. Tarotplane - Aeonium05. Tarotplane - Auximenes06. Randal Fisher & Dexter Story - The Griot07. Randal Fisher & Dexter Story - Igi08. Tarotplane - Omayyad09. Randal Fisher & Dexter Story - Baki10. @rfisher89 & @dexterstory - Eburean Dance11. @iksremusic - we are soaring12. IKSRE - tail lights13. IKSRE - pillars14. @glophase - The Reflecting Pool15. Glo Phase - Seaflowers16. Glo Phase - Blink Reprise17. @andyaquarius - Kyrie18. Andy Aquarius - La Force Aquarienne19. Glo Phase - Ugoki20. Glo Phase - Rewind The Sim21. Glo Phase - Transient Shelter22. IKSRE - intention23. IKSRE - dawn in a foreign city24. IKSRE - heartburstThe cover image is “DENKENDER EMBRYO72” (1972), a silkscreen by Gernot Bubenik photographed by the artist specifically for this release, Aeonium by Tarotplane. www.bubenikgernot.com/index-e.html
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Jamal Juma' of the Palestinian project Stop the Wall campaign. Jamal works locally in Palestine and globally to campaign and inform people about the injustice of Israeli state back colonization taking place right now in the occupied West Bank. For more information on the project visit: https://stopthewall.orgMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Photo from Wikipedia.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of the Art in action interview series we hear from sound artist, vocalist and community cultural workers Kathy Kennedy. Kathy has been active for many years building community and creating space for vocal works that speak to the emotional landscapes of our time. Kathy's work has particularly focused on creating space for voices that advocate for gender equality and Feminist movements. Learn more about Kathy's work at:https://kathykennedy.caMusic on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
This is the second edition of Cultural workers for Palestine, a monthly program focused on highlighting the ways that artists are involved in and expressing support for Palestinian liberation in their respective work. For this edition we hear from London based Palestinian musician Kareem Samara. Kareem speaks about the project Azraq, with Kam Franklin, which is produced by Sama'an Ashrawi. In this interview Kareem reflects a lot on the unprecedented mobilization for Palestine on the streets of London over the last months.This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature an interview with activist and researcher Mathieu Lopes of Survie, a French organization working to combat the impacts of French colonial policies today and in the past. This conversation with Mathieu was recorded in Toulouse, France and holds particular resonance today as there is an increasing shift to challenge French neo colonial power in West Africa over this past year. For more information on Survie and specifically Mathieu's work visit: https://survie.org/auteur/mathieu-lopesThank you to my friend Pauline of Éditions Ici-bas for helping to arrange this interview.Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Voices for Palestine - Open eyes for GazaAiring on Radio AlHaraMarch 31, 2024 12-6pm Palestine timeOriginal artwork for this broadcast created by Helena Nehme, film photos taken by Ricky Leach.Full track listing outline here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K88hpBa7_gI3ofvW7N_0v-Y1feA8dYWT8YrENwn6u3IThis mix is an experiment of sounds patched together to express urgent solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza. Throughout this mix are original interviews, never before broadcast, of people actively working, creating and organizing in different corners of the world to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom. Also we hear original mixes and musical contributions. All the works you hear on this broadcast were shared with permission, either the individual songs, interviews or mixes all listed in link above.Thanks for listening, please share this with a friend and keep supporting Radio AlHara!Love and solidarity, – Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from South African author, activist and scholar Salim Valley who shares some context and background on the political movements in South Africa which pushed for the government to take action at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in support of Palestinian human rights.The accompanying graphic is by Saiyare Refaei from the Justseeds Palestine graphic care package # 2, info:https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphic-care-package-2/Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A March 2024 mix for Radio AlHara in PalestineA collaboration between Stefan Christoff and Forward Music in Halifax.Graphic is from V Adams & andrea ene from Justseeds artists' cooperative care package # 2 to support Palestine which you can find here:https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphic-care-package-2/Track listing (artist name / track name)01. Isador, Suspense Jam02. Motherhood, Handbreak03. Motherhood, Shuttered Down04. Best Fern, World Spins05. Joshua Van Tassel, Smiles Displaced 06. Nico Paulo, Time07. Motherhood, Wandering08. Isador, Nilsson Groove09. Özgür Atlagan - Great Looters10. Open to the Sea - That Room for the Second Death in the Family11. Open to the Sea - The Room Behind the Secret Door12. Samsona, Atletas13. Vic Mars, Pen Y Fan14. Zyggurat, Broken Circle15. Alessandro Adelio Rossi - Lunedì mattina
Aujourd'hui je partage une conversation avec le cinéaste Jean-Philippe Marquis à propos du film Silvicola. Diffusion sur CKUT 90.3 FM le vendredi 22 mars à 18h à l'émission Café. Merci à Esther Bourdages pour l'ouverture afin de partager cette conversation."Situé dans les forêts et les rivages accidentés de la Colombie-Britannique, Silvicola est un tableau du réseau complexe de forces culturelles et économiques qui contraignent et limitent les pratiques forestières modernes. Une histoire racontée à travers les yeux d’un mélange éclectique de personnages dont les vies et les moyens de subsistance sont intimement liés à la forêt. Contemplatif et sensoriellement immense, Silvicola plonge le spectateur dans des espaces et des sites de travail éloignés, normalement cachés à la vue. Un film qui exige de repenser les divisions entre les mondes naturel et industriel en mettant en lumière le travail et les logiques cachés de la sylviculture moderne."https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/cinema/silvicola/https://www.cinemapolitica.org/silvicola-opens-in-theatres-march-22/
Listen to an interview with cultural worker and artist Beatriz Paz Jiménez speaking on Dupla Molcajete project in Mexico. This project involves a critical re-examination of Indigenous food practices in Mexico within the context of the climate crisis. This project is a collaboration between Beatriz and Zoë Heyn-Jones. For information read this conversation:https://thisispublicparking.com/posts/ancestral-and-future-foods-in-conversation-with-dupla-molcajeteMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Produced for broadcast on @radioalhara at 1pm, Monday, March 11, 2024.An interview with Jouke Huijzer and Jihane Sliti speaking on the unprecedented mobilization to support Palestine that has been taking place in Brussels and throughout Belgium. The interview specifically focuses on the mobilizations that Jouke and Jihane focus on within the academic space and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, but also they speak about the mobilization more broadly.The music and field recordings at the top of the interview were created by Brussels based Palestinian musician and sound artist SAWT @sawtrecords.The accompanying photo was taken by Stefan Christoff in Brussels in Oct. 2023.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hard from photographer, designer and curator Roï Saade who speaks about representation and power in the arts today from an anti colonial perspective. Roï also speaks about an awesome project that documents the independent skateboard scene in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. For more information on Roï's work visit:https://www.roisaade.comAccompanying photo taken in Beirut by Roï Saade.Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Hassan Husseini who is an organizer within the union sector in Canada working toward building support for Palestinian human rights. Hassan is one of the organizing forces behind Labour for Palestine, for more information visit : https://www.labourforpalestine.comAccompanying art is by Adina Farinango and is drawn from a poster created for the ongoing Justseeds artists' cooperative project to create graphic care packages for Palestine, this is the bundle that includes the graphic featured:https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphics-care-package-5/ Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
In this edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear a conversation with artist Andrea who works with the Justseeds artists' cooperative and has been helping to coordinate a series of graphic packages supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom. These graphics have been widely shared around the world in the context of the movement to protest the Israeli government attacks on Gaza. View the graphics here:https://justseeds.org/graphicsThe accompanying graphic is by Asa MacPhee & Josh MacPhee, info:https://justseeds.org/graphic/free-free-palestine-watermelon/Music on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
En lucha por la justicia territorial, de México a PalestinaRadio Nopal x Radio NopalDiseño por Susanna GonzoLlevaremos a cabo un panel de discusión en vivo en Radio Nopal, en la colonia San Rafael de la Ciudad de México, sobre las interconexiones entre luchas por la tierra y el territorio desde México hasta Palestina.Mientras continúa la violencia militar genocida contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza, es fundamental que encontremos formas de compartir información sobre las realidades palestinas a través de las fronteras y, al mismo tiempo, explorar las profundas interconexiones entre las luchas anticoloniales actuales.En muchas formas culturales, y desde hace más de 500 años, los pueblos indígenas de la Isla Tortuga continúan resistiendo la violencia colonial. Esta transmisión tiene como objetivo resaltar las luchas contemporáneas por #LandBack en México y las formas en que estas luchas en México están inherentemente conectadas con la lucha palestina por la libertad.El arte y la expresión cultural son una herramienta clave a través de la cual las personas que luchan por la libertad articulan visiones de nuevos mundos moldeados por sueños de territorios liberados de la violencia del neoliberalismo y la colonización, más allá de los horizontes coloniales.Con las voces de: Ángel Aguilera, CERRUCHA, Romina Hernandez, Beatriz Paz Jiménez, Ana Rosa (BDS Mexico) y Alf Bojórquez
Silver Moon X mixFebruary 2024Airing Feb. 27, 2024.12 PM in Brussels on Radio Panikhttps://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/l-heure-de-pointe/silver-moon-x-mix/8 PM in Milan, Italy, Feb. 27 on Radio Raheemhttps://www.radioraheem.it/scheduleThis mix draws from a live recording of the Silver Moon X album launch that took place at the Mercerie performance space in Brussels, Belgium in October 2023. For this set I mixed in excerpts from the live set with Julia E. Dyck and also an opening ambient set by Jean Grünewald (Ottoman Grüw). For the live set in Brussels, which you hear, Julia and I played a Moog synthesizer, bells, while also reading texts from our first album, I also incorporated synth created by my brother Jordan Christoff. For this radio mix I included tracks created by friends around the world and shared over recent months, including many artists that I have collaborated with for broadcasts on Radio AlHara in Palestine, or around community arts initiatives in Montreal. Also I included a couple of tracks that were just excellent. Thank you for listening. – Stefan Christoff.Track listing (Artist name / track name)01. Secret Pyramid - Bloom Nightly02. SILVER MOON X - Live at Mercerie in Brussels03. Lori Goldston & Stefan Christoff - Birds in Trio04. Midland - You Never Take Me Dancing 05. Morgan Buckley - Call Incoming06. Grim Beverage - A Question as to Where07. Grim Beverage - Joffe08. Jean Grünewald - Live at Mercerie in Brussels09. the new objective - B1, detritus, live at ateliers le château (excerpt)
Listen to an interview with Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin who are co-editors of "Voices of a People's History of the United States in the 21st Century." This book builds on the work of radical historian Howard Zinn to present the voices of contemporary social movements in this time. The book is described this way:"Twenty-first century social movements come to life through speeches, essays, and other documents of activism, protest, and social change."https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4479-voices-of-a-people-s-history-of-the-united-states-in-the-21st-centuryMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A February 2024 mix for Radio AlHara in PalestinePhoto taken by Stefan Christoff of a street in São Paulo.Track listingArtist name / track nameDayin Remix of Seers Theme - Rêves sonoresAidan Baker & Hyacinth - Embroidering The Earth's MantleIan Ferrier - Juliet Is Drowning Marc Monachez - CelestineAidan Baker & Hyacinth - Rainy Paradise (excerpt)Fold Paper - Medical JargonJoseph Sannicandro and Stefan Christoff - Across Time 1Edwin de Goeij Remix of Reprise - Reves Sonores
Listen to a conversation with author Mark Bray speaking about the recently released book "The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France." The book is described this way: "The Anarchist Inquisition explores the groundbreaking transnational human rights campaigns that emerged in response to a brutal wave of repression unleashed by the Spanish state to quash anarchist activities at the turn of the twentieth century. Mark Bray guides readers through this tumultuous era—from backroom meetings in Paris and torture chambers in Barcelona, to international antiterrorist conferences in Rome and human rights demonstrations in Buenos Aires.Anarchist bombings in theaters and cafes in the 1890s provoked mass arrests, the passage of harsh anti-anarchist laws, and executions in France and Spain. Yet, far from a marginal phenomenon, this first international terrorist threat had profound ramifications for the broader development of human rights, as well as modern global policing, and international legislation on extradition and migration."Info on the book is live here:https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501761942/the-anarchist-inquisitionThe graphic is for this series via Justseeds artists' cooperative.https://justseeds.org/product/anarchism-poster-set/Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Voices for Palestine ForeverAiring on Radio AlHara, February 17, 20244-10pm Palestine time.http://radioalhara.netThe full playlist is here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GiXK12jGHJsTU4dRrjI3_IISOrXB04vBaDN2gK87_T4This global mix of music, interviews, poetry, voice notes and soundscapes includes contributions from around the world. This broadcast includes sounds from the streets and also creative sounds + voices from all over. There is a particular focus on interviews in this broadcast. Please note that all material on this broadcast is shared for this show with the permission of the artists and individuals featured here. Thank you for listening. – Stefan Christoff. Accompanying photo by Rickie Leach.
On this edition we speak with scholar activist AK Thompson. The conversation revolves around the importance of looking critically at the lack of radical thinking within the public expression and action of many important social movement demands in the west. AK speaks on the ways that the reform oriented frameworks for social action, largely developed in the late 19th and early 20th century do not speak to the urgent need for radical change that exists today, from climate justice, to the extreme colonial violence that persists in places like Gaza. Here are links to two collections of works by AK out on AK PressPremonitionsSelected Essays on the Culture of Revolthttps://www.akpress.org/black-bloc-white-riot-anti-globalization-and-the-genealogy-of-dissent.htmlPremonitions Selected Essays on the Culture of Revolthttps://www.akpress.org/premonitions.htmlMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image from the Institute of Anarchist Studies page: https://anarchiststudies.orgFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
This is the first in a series of 10 community arts recordings that I will be working on. These recordings aim to show the under-reported fabric of the arts within communities which are shaped by narratives and experiences which are under represented in mainstream political, cultural and economic spaces. I recorded the material you will hear on this first broadcast in Montreal.First you will hear Nizar Tabcharani playing Qanun at home and discussing the culture of the instrument. Nizar also speaks about the cultural landscape of Montreal that influences his current playing. Also you will hear a couple of songs and also the words of Nikczar Aguirre. Nikczar, who is a member of Migrante Canada and has worked with the Immigrant Workers Centre, sings in both English and Tagalog. Also you will hear some jamming / experimentation that I did with musician Amir Amiri, playing santur, while I played keyboard. Thank you for listening. Track listing01. Interview with Nizar Tabcharani, including live Qanun, recording by Stefan Christoff.02. Amir Amiri + Stefan Christoff, experimentations03. Interview and live session with Nikczar Aguirre recorded at the IWC04. Hossam Ramzy (featuring Samy el Bably, trumpet) - El Malek Farouk06. Joni Void - Kitsssch Beatsss07. Joni Void - Non-Status (Remix of Daniel Carter and Stefan Christoff duet)08. Alexander Moskos - Moskos Late Winter Mix (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Palestinian sound artist and musician SAWT, the Brussels-based producer Kamel Badarneh. In this interview we speak about Kamel's sound art practice that extends between Europe and Palestine. Also we speak about the challenges and problematics that surround mainstream cultural spaces in western Europe opening up to artists from the global south in a symbolic way, while also in parallel blocking space for their honest political expression. Listen to the work of SAWT here:https://soundcloud.com/sawtrecordshttps://sawt.bandcamp.comMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image taken by Stefan Christoff in São Paulo.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8:30am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Cultural workers for Palestine is an interview series that airs monthly on Radio AlHara and on a network of community radio stations around the world. For the March 2024 edition we hear from cultural worker and musician, Karim, of Checkpoint 303. In this interview Karim speaks on the process that launched the project in the early 2000s and the cross borders collaboration that has involved many artists. This project broke ground in sampling field recordings from occupied Palestine and mixed them with electronic music. For more information on the project, visit: https://checkpoint303.bandcamp.comThis interview series airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series will start to air on a network of community radio stations. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : http://radioalahra.net
Steadfast spirits remainA Stefan Christoff guest mix for Radio FloukaAiring Monday, Feb. 5, 2-3pm eastern (8-9pm Paris)A mix of musical experimentations by artists from around the world who have been supporting the global movement to call for an end to the genocidal actions of the Israeli state in Gaza. Also this mix includes some classics of revolutionaries who have passed including Victor Jara. This mix is woven with sounds from demonstrations to support Palestine in Mexico City. Track listing(artist name / track name)01. Mexico City protest, drumming and chants02. Ana Tijoux, Somos Sur ft. Shadia Mansour03. Victor Jara, Manifiesto04. Arabic interview with Elsa Belmont at Palestine solidarity protest in Mexico City05. Stefan Christoff, Brother Jordan06. Daniel Carter & Stefan Christoff, Improvisation 1 (T. Gowdy remix)07. Daniel Carter & Stefan Christoff, Oort Cloud (Ana Quiroga remix)08. Daniel Carter & Stefan Christoff - Trickster (Nixtrove remix)09. Daniel Carter & Stefan Christoff - Replacements ( Philippe Battikha remix)10. Interview with Kevin Gould from Academics for Palestine at Concordia University in Montreal11. Secret Pyramid, Broken Wing (playing below interview)Note all the protest sounds and interviews were recorded by Stefan Christoff
A radio mix version of an album created with Joseph Sannicandro called "Across time patched together" out now on Jeunesse Cosmique label. Info on the project here:https://jeunessecosmique.bandcamp.com/album/across-time-patched-togetherThis mix for Radio AlHara incorporates the album but also folds in some additional audio, below is the play list.Playlist (artist name / track name)01. Joseph Sannicandro and Stefan Christoff - Across Time I02. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff - Flying Street03. Joseph Sannicandro and Stefan Christoff - Across Time II04. Indy Radio London - W.E.F, Jan. 2003 (excerpts)05. Stefan Christoff - Piano improvisation on Avenida México at Adriana Camacho’s place in CDXM (excerpt)
ALL IN IT NOWA mix created originally for broadcast on Radio Kapital Poland, by Stefan Christoff, Feb. 2 at 2pm Warsaw time.This mix brings together sounds from the streets, specifically protests in support of Palestinian freedom. Also I include piano improvisations and new music from friends around the world. I also share an interview with Refaat Sabbah, a Palestinian educational worker based in the West Bank who is the general director of the Teacher Creativity Center. Below is the playlist, thank you for listening! – Stefan Christoff.Track listing(artist name / track name)01. Stefan Christoff, improvisation on Avenida México at Adriana Camacho’s place in CDXM.02. Protest sounds from Berlin, Germany recorded by Elizabeth Gallón Droste, sent by Susanna Gonzo.03. Jordan Christoff, Play04. cordcore, Bram Dam05. Evitceles, Can't Escape06. Fantasma do Cerrado, Catanduva07. Bella Cuts - Until Everybody Is Free08. Jordan Christoff, Electric Creation 09. Stefan Christoff, Interview with Refaat Sabbah of the Teacher Creativity Centre, Ramallah, Palestine. 10. Alsarah & the Nubatones - Men Ana
Voices for Palestine - Freedom for Palestine is freedom for allLive on Radio AlHara https://www.radioalhara.netMonday, Jan. 29, 20244-10pm, Bethlehem, Palestine timeLink to outline of all the broadcast content is here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i4AkJYooXbtnZ68AlV2kSVgQSyUeFlE9SWT_KyHf_CA/edit?usp=sharingAn international mix of soundscapes, poetry, music, spoken reflections and sounds of solidarity demonstrations from around the world. The sounds on this transmission express support for the Palestinian people and the Palestinian struggle for freedom. As Gaza continues to face deadly bombardment at the hands of the Israeli state, it is more crucial than ever to raise our voices together around the world to not only demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, but to call for justice in Palestine more generally. In the cultural and music world this means cutting links to Israeli state backed cultural institutions. Now it is as critical as ever to learn about the intergenerational struggle for freedom in Palestine, an anti-colonial struggle that finds a sister struggle in the South African struggle against apartheid. A note to say that all the music, protest sounds, poems, mixtapes and sounds in this broadcast are included with permission. It has been great to work with people all over the Earth to bring together this material.Thank you for listening to this broadcast. – Stefan Christoff.Accompanying image is by Allison Figueroa Rojas from a solidarity protest in Barcelona, Spain.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author, activist and academic Ayesha Vemuri speaking on the project "Solarities, Seeking Energy Justice." The project is described this way:"Solarities considers the possibilities of organizing societies and economies around solar energy, and the challenges of a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. Far from presenting solarity as a utopian solution to the climate crisis, it critically examines the ambiguous potentials of solarities: plural, situated, and often contradictory."For information:https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/solaritiesMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image taken by Stefan Christoff in São Paulo.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A January 2024 mix for Radio AlHara in PalestinePhoto taken by Stefan Christoff of a tree in downtown Mexico City.Track listing Artist name / track nameJordan Christoff - Sun Through the CloudsA Fish On Land - Lhasa de Sela + Esmerine (Performed at Artists Against Apartheid in Montreal)Weshida - 11/8 Balkan (Performed at Artists Against Apartheid in Montreal), an excerptSecret Pyramid - Whim (A Vanishing Touch)Secret Pyramid - Slow Softly Midland - Drift In The AlgorithmSecret Pyramid - Broken Wingthe new objective - Over There (Friperietronics Vol. 2 - Archive FeverGrim Beverage - A Question as to WhereGrim Beverage - Our Time Together is LiquidCette lumière qui surgit des décombres (Joël Lavoie remix) (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from André Komatsu and Carla Cruz two contemporary artists who are directly involved in the Ocupação 9 de Julho, a collective housing action in the centre of São Paulo, Brazil. As part of this broader community action, which includes community meals, workshops, housing for low income people and many other elements, there is an art gallery. I spoke with André and Carla who both helped to coordinate the exhibition taking place right now called Refundação.Information on Ocupação 9 de Julhohttps://www.cozinhaocupacao9dejulho.com.brMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image is of works by the embroidery group of the MSTC and was photographed by Stefan Christoff in São Paulo at the art gallery space of ocupação 9 de julho.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
Voices for housing justice broadcastA soundscape mixed by community organizer and musician Stefan Christoff. Broadcasting on n10.as and CKUT 90.3FMPlease note that the music tracks on this broadcast are by local musicians who have voiced support for the struggle for housing justice and specifically voiced support for the fight against Bill 31 in Québec this past summer and fall as the events documented here were taking place.01. Introduction from Stefan to broadcast on struggles for housing justice.02. Christian Carrière, Static (excerpt) 03. CKUT 90.3 FM broadcast live at Brique par brique: “Standing up for a place to stay: movements confront the housing crisis.” This broadcast excerpt of this panel hosted by Stefan Christoff and featuring Dru Oja Jay, the Publisher of The Breach, Amy Darwish, a community organizer at Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) (background information), Faiz Abhuani, founder and director of Brique par brique, Hubert Gendron-Blais, musician and coordinator of Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal and Gaurav Sharma, a community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre. This event took place with support from the Social Justice Centre at Concordia, Alternatives, the Solidarity Economy Incubation for Zero Emissions (SEIZE) and Community University TV (CUTV). 04. A live recording of a duet by Saeed Kamjoo and Stefan Christoff from Artists together against Bill 31 that took place at La Sotterenea on St. Laurent street in Montreal. A concert aimed to bring together artists and musicians to reject the premise of violent housing policy that is embodied within Bill 31, as presented by the Coalition Avenir Québec. This is a background opinion piece on the critical importance of artists joining this struggle written for CULT Mtl by Stefan. The sound artist Joseph Sannicandro mixed and recorded this live session. 05. Leon Louder, C-118BPM06. An excerpt of an interview with long time anti poverty and housing justice activist John Clarke. This interview originally aired on Free City Radio, across a network of AM and FM stations in Québec and Canada this fall. In this interview John speaks about the 230 Fight Back campaign, which seeks to push Toronto municipal powers to immediately shift 230 Sherbourne into social housing in Toronto. 07. Christian Carrière, Static (excerpt)This broadcast is supported by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia.
For this edition of the Art in Action interview series I am featuring a conversation with printmaker Christeen Francis, a long time collaborator. In this conversation we hear about the exchange of paper and ideas that lead to a series of pasted up street art collaborations in Montreal. Christeen speaks about the symbolism of the animals featured in the prints and the impact of paper based street art as part of a layer of process surrounding building support for social movements struggling for transformative change both locally and globally. Christeen speaks about the collaboration toward a poster focused on supporting a group of non-status Guinean asylum seekers in Canada who are collectively struggling for their asylum claims to be recognized and to be granted status as refugees in Canada.The accompanying graphic is a photo of Christeen's print pasted up in Montreal by Stefan ChristoffInformation on Christeen's work here:https://justseeds.org/artist/christeenfrancisMusic on this program is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.
Listen to the 'The Koliada singers of Montreal' practising traditional Ukrainian folks songs in the fall of 2022. The additional music at the end is by DakhaBrakha. Thank you to Natalia Telentso and Sarah Albu who both participate and work on this project, The Koliada Singers Of Montreal. Natalia also speaks in this broadcast, the practice was taking place at her house.Broadcast on Radio AlHara in Palestine on Jan. 16, 2024.
A conversation on Free City Radio with Ivo Schmetz a long time squatter, housing rights activist and community organizer in Amsterdam. Ivo works with many projects in Amsterdam, including OT301. In this interview Ivo speaks about the ways that collective squatting actions that challenge the supremacy of the neoliberal city and conceptions of real-estate can work to fundamentally shift a city like Amsterdam and fundamentally change the lives of those involved.For more information on OT301 visit : https://www.ot301.nlThank you to my friend Sarah Teixeira St-Cyr for suggesting this interview subject. Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying photo I took while biking in Amsterdam in Oct. 2023.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with Mercy an organizer and outreach worker at the Prostitution Information Center (PIC) in Amsterdam. The interview was recorded in the meeting / conference room of the PIC community space in the heart of the red light district in Amsterdam. This interview highlights the current and ongoing struggle against gentrification in Amsterdam, a process which is having detrimental impacts on the work and livelihood of sex workers in Amsterdam. Currently PIC is organizing a public campaign against moves by the Amsterdam city government to close some red light district windows to create galleries and studios. For more information on the Prostitution Information Centre: https://pic-amsterdam.comMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. The accompanying photo I took at the Prostitution Information Center in Amsterdam, the image is on the office supply storage cabinet.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A live broadcast on Free City Radio that took place on Oct. 4, 2022 at Brique par brique in Montreal.The conversation was facilitated by artist and community activist Stefan Christoff live on Free City Radio, broadcasting on CKUT 90.3FM and also live streamed live on CUTV. The broadcast featured the voices of:Faiz Abhuani, Directeur chez Brique par briqueHubert Gendron-Blais, artist and founder of the collective Réverbérations d’une crise en cours : une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal projectAmy Darwish, community organizer at Comité d’Action de Parc-Extension (C.A.P.E)Nathan McDonnell, community activist with the Comité des citoyen.ne.s de Milton Parc Citizens’ Committee. In the 70s, the CCMP which saved a neighbourhood from destruction and created a complex of 22 housing cooperatives and nonprofits on a community land trust.Gaurav Sharma, community organizer at The Immigrant Workers Centre focused on working class communities in Parc Extension.Dru Oja Jay, of Community-University Television (CUTV) and Publisher of The Breach.Technical support from Spencer the production coordinator at CKUT 90.3 FM, you can find the archive page and photos from the event here: https://ckut.ca/spokenword/free-city-radio-remote-broadcastSupport for this event came from both SEIZE (Solidarity Economy Incubation Zone), Community University Television (CUTV) and Alternatives. The accompanying graphic was designed by Stefan Christoff.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Joan Baz who speaks on the bonds of solidarity in both creative conceptual processes between Lebanon and Palestine, while also speaking on the ways that the social, political and territorial environments are connection. Joan speaks on the ways that Israeli state colonial aggression and military violence on Lebanon impacts the lives of artists and how the broader struggle to overcome the systemic violence of the colonial and neocolonial power structures that continue to impact both Lebanon and Palestine are addressed within the arts. The accompanying image is from Malaab Zine Edition #1.Learn more about Joan's work here: https://www.joanbaz.meMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature the voices of two activists in The Netherlands who are mobilizing to support human rights and freedom in Palestine. Marthe Heringa, the coordinator of Dutch Scholars for Palestine and Nisrine Chaer who has been organizing at the intersections of labour and academic spaces to support Palestinian freedom. Both of these interviews first aired on a special broadcast produced for Radio AlHara.For more information on Dutch Scholars for Palestine visit: https://www.dutchscholarsforpalestine.nlMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Graphic is by Josh MacPhee.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mamy Rakotondrainibe of the Collectif Tany pour la défense des terres malgaches who speaks on opposing corporate land grabbing in Madagascar. Essentially this is the coercive practice of collaborations between the government of Madagascar and international corporations who collude to displace peasant communities in Madagascar from their ancestral lands to create space for massive corporate agricultural projects that are focused on export mono crops. Mamy specifically speaks about the current 2023 battle against the Italian company "Tozzi Green which aims to lease 100 000 hectares in the Ihorombe region to mainly cultivate jatropha for agrofuel production." Read some background information on this reality here:https://friendsoftheearth.eu/news/investors-must-stop-land-grabbingHere is a past interview that I worked on featuring Mamy:https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/18406-madagascar-community-resistance-to-corporate-land-theftMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from radio host, author and community media activist Sonali Kolhatkar who speaks on the power of social movements to shift social, political and cultural narratives. Sonali speaks about this in relation to migrant justice movements and also in regards to challenging the dehumanization of the Palestinian people that is taking place within the context of the Israeli state's military assault on Gaza. Sonali speaks about this in the context of her recent book "Rising Up: The Power of Narrative in Pursuing Racial Justice," more information on the book is here:https://citylights.com/city-lights-published/rise-up-the-power-of-narrative-in-pursu/Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Indigenous climate justice activist Nichole Keway Biber who speaks on the urgency of halting Line 5 pipeline that is owned and operated by Enbridge corporation. The pipeline pipes tarsands oil from Alberta across many Indigenous nations. Nichole is a Clean Water Action organizer in Michigan and Little Traverse Bay Bands (LTBB ) of Odawa tribal citizen. Here is a recent text that Nichole worked on:https://cleanwater.org/2023/10/05/roots-clean-water-biodiversity-climate-actionMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to Nicholas Jansen for helping to set-up this interview and to David Solnit for hosting me in the Bay Area which is where I recorded the interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
PALESTINE FOREVER Radio AlHara broadcast, Nov. 30, 2023Accompanying original graphics is by the wonderful Valantina Gonzo.This radio broadcast includes sounds from protests around the world to support Palestinian freedom that have taken place over the last month. Also this broadcast includes interviews with artists focused on Palestine, including Palestinian artists in the diaspora and other awesome cultural workers. Finally you will hear the voices of people around the world who have recorded voice notes specifically for this Radio AlHara broadcast and also those recorded to be played at one of the solidarity protests in London through an awesome project called Street Soundsystem. Finally there are also some tracks included in this broadcast that artists have intentionally shared for transmission specifically on Radio AlHara and are happy to share their work in this context of a solidarity radio broadcast with Palestine. Thank you for listening to this four hour mix, below is the track listing! –– Stefan Christoffhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1ajyHnqKKg_qJkVAxhp14vHlmktAEGFQb1im-KueUw6A/edit?usp=sharing01. Badawi - Final Warning (from The Best Of Badawi Vol.1)02. Le Berger - The Momentary Masters of a Fraction of a Dot (from dat pale blue dot tho IV)03. Sounds from Brussels Palestine solidarity protest recorded by Stefan Christoff04. Excentrik - Dark Talents (A Poem) (English)05. Brodie Conley, a solidarity message from a cultural worker in Ottawa (English)06. Recordings by Cara Levine of the Jewish Voice for Peace solidarity action with Gaza at the Statue of Liberty in New York07. Recordings and interviews from New York City protest to support Palestine by musician Jessie Stein of the The Luyas (English and Arabic)08. A recording by Katie Halper from Jewish Voice for Peace action at Statue of Liberty09. A message from artist Naima Shalhoub (English)10. A solidarity message from Syhem Tabet (Arabic)11. Street Soundsystem recordings from broadcast at London solidarity rallies for Palestine (English and Arabic)12. Jesica Sarraf - Gringa Chaqueña13. Fuzz Lewis Soundsystem - techno sequencer14. dragonchild x Sunken Cages - The Source15. Sarathy Korwar - Utopia is a colonial project (Radio Edit)16. Sarjon - ليس لكم ارض الا احتلال17. Sarjon - At the court of dishonest justice, في محكمة العدل الكذابي18. Byjayr - embodi19. Byjayr interviewed by Stefan Christoff20. Checkpoint 303 interviewed by Stefan Christoff21. Checkpoint 303 - Illegal Gathering22. SAWT project, Kamel Badarneh interviewed by Stefan Christoff23. Tigris Bridge in DIYARBAKIR recorded by SAWT24. NIEMAND IS ILLEGAAL BENEFIT 5th edition (04.06.2022) with SAWT - Vaartkapoen - Brussels (excerpt) listen to full set here.25. Nithin Shamsudhin - Mixtape for Palestine
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from filmmaker Reem Al Ghazi on the project Becoming Iphigenia and incredible initiative in Germany that seeks to tell the stories of Syrian women refugees. The film is described this way:"Becoming Iphigenia is a feature-length creative documentary. The film follows the story of nine young Syrian women who have fled to Germany to escape the war and, for some, to escape the society at home. They hail from different walks of life and from differing communities in Syria, and were brought together on stage at the Volksbühne in Berlin for roles in a modern adaptation of Euripides’ Iphigenia written by playwright Mohammad al-Attar and directed by Omar Abusaada. Reem Al-Ghazzi had close access to the cast of non-professional actresses. She filmed the preparations, rehearsals, discussions and the premiere, but also the women’s lives in Germany, outside the theatre. As the women spent more and more time together, they discovered that though they had left to escape pain and possible death, they actually carried these wherever they went. Could they escape the past, family, society and themselves?"Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
VOICES FOR PALESTINEThursday, Nov. 23, 20231-7pm, Palestine timeLive on @radioalhara https://www.radioalhara.netOutline of broadcast contributions:https://docs.google.com/document/d/16alctO9dikFeeqp-ZPCzHcUYJcJ9BX_cSr9HujWceYY/edit?usp=sharingA global broadcast of solidarity aiming to highlight voices from around the world expressing their support, solidarity and love for the Palestinian people. This broadcast takes place as a sonic protest against the Israeli state military bombardment of the people of Gaza that is still ongoing right now.This broadcast involving contributors from around the world includes music, soundscapes, voices + sounds from street protests globally, interviews and also the voice of many activists around the world expressing solidarity and love for Palestine and calling for an end to the Israeli state policies of apartheid and occupation. FREE PALESTINE, END THE OCCUPATION NOWOriginal graphic by Josh MacPhee. Content outlined below, the program was edited and mixed by Stefan Christoff for Radio AlHara, if you have any questions about the groups involved or would like to contribute to future such initiatives stefan dot christoff at gmail
An interview with Jiska Bours from Extinction Rebellion in the Netherlands speaking against state subsidies to fossil fuel industries. This interview focuses on a series of protests that took place in 2023 which blocked a major autoroute in the country to call on the Dutch government to cut subsidies for fossil fuel industries and also the airline industry, for which The Netherlands is a major global hub. This interview was recorded just outside of the OCCii cultural centre, thank you to Sjoerd Stolk for helping with day of logistics and to Sarah Teixeira St-Cyr for helping to arrange the interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
LOVE FOR PALESTINENOVEMBER 15, 20232pm-2am, Palestine time#LoveForPalestineA broadcast marking Palestinian Independence DayLive in Bethlehem on :https://www.radioalhara.netThe accompanying graphic is by Susanna Gonzo.View the full playlist for this broadcast here:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R7jDVEzLWUeexD_2YfNBiMMqfzicH9lp26C9qIp7CmU/edit?usp=sharingA global radio broadcast to express solidarity and love for the Palestinian people. A creative transmission on Radio AlHara and streamed on stations around the world. This day-long broadcast will feature sounds from the massive protests around the world, music, poetry and the voices of many globally who are mobilizing with all their hearts and with love for Palestine. For this broadcast we encourage people in cities around the world to organize local listenings at cafés, in bookshops, in homes, community centres and beyond. FREE PALESTINE, FREE GAZA
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Andrea Alvarez Bermejo of Orquesta Experimental de Instrumentos Nativos (The Experimental Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments), a musical project based in La Paz, Bolivia. This initiative creates a contemporary context of engagement with Indigenous musical culture that connects histories of Indigenous instrumentation with contemporary struggles in the Americas for Indigenous cultural resilience.Thank you to Daniel Áñez and Peter Burton for helping to facilitate this interview.Accompanying graphic is by Bolivian artist María José VeraFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On the latest edition of Free City Radio we hear from journalist and author Dawn Marie Paley on a recently released independent media project Ojalá which "is a digital weekly dedicated to journalism and analysis that aims to create a common sense of dissidence." The focus of this project is grassroots social movements in Latin America with a particular focus on Feminist movements, you can learn more about it here:https://www.ojala.mxAccompanying graphic is by Bolivian artist María José VeraFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
An interview with Tauno Bilsted recorded in NYC in August 2023 that took place at the Umbrella House, a formally squatted building that is now a home for artists, community activists and workers in the East Village in Manhattan. In this interview we speak about "The Anatomist's Tale" published by Lanternfish Press, this is a write up:Glorious Marshalsea! The cells here—slick with algae and vomit, sweaty with the resigned terror of their occupants—have seen the end of many rogues and more than a few innocents.Born into abject poverty in the British Empire, our narrator aspires to a better life as a ship's surgeon—until a tyrannical captain provokes a mutiny, forcing him into a life of piracy and eventually to a tropical commune of maroons called New Madagascar.Told through a series of confessions to those who visit the narrator during his imprisonment at Marshalsea, The Anatomist's Tale relates one man's brush with the heady freedom of outlaws—and the price of returning to "civilization."Info: https://www.akpress.org/the-anatomist-s-tale.htmlGraphic is from Tauno's website for community dialogue services in NY, info:https://www.umbrelladialogue.orgMusic on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to my friend Spike Taylor for helping to make this interview happen.Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30-5pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30-10am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Tuesday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 1:30pm also in Montreal.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Kristin Schwartz a co-author of the book "We Go Where They Go, The Story of Anti-Racist Action." Also we hear from comic artist and activist Gord Hill who wrote the introduction. This conversation looks at the critically important work that local activists undertook at a grassroots level in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s to organize the Anti Racist Action (ARA) network. The ARA project aimed to directly confront fascist and racist institutions in North America through collective direct action. You can find more information on this book here:https://uofrpress.ca/Books/W/We-Go-Where-They-GoAccompanying graphic is by Josh MacPhee of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, info:https://justseeds.orgFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On this edition of Free City Radio community organizer Bita Eslami speaks about organizing with garment workers for just compensation in Montreal in the context of Lamour Inc., a Montreal based garment sector company, outsourcing jobs textile industry jobs to the global south between 2006-2008.Info on the series here:deindustrialization.org/voices-of-the-iwcAccompanying photo by Tatiana Gomez.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
On Free City Radio edition 184 we continue with our series of interviews focusing on the organizing work of the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal to support garment sector workers facing the outsourcing of their work to the global south. In this context the interviews look at a specific company, Lamour Inc., who between 2006-2008 was outsourcing jobs to contexts where workers could be paid less and more easily exploitable. Workers organized together to demand just compensation, with support from the IWC and were successful. Info on the series here:http://deindustrialization.org/voices-of-the-iwcFor this edition we hear from Mostafa Henaway, a community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre who was directly involved in this campaign to support Lamour Inc. workers. Mostafa recently published the book "Essential Work, Disposable Workers," for more information visit:https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/authors/view/mostafa-henawayThe accompanying photos was taken by Tatiana Gomez.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
This conversation with journalist Jesse Rosenfeld, based in Ramallah, Palestine, was recorded before the October 2023 events taking place in Gaza. I am sharing this conversation because it provides insightful critiques and ideas about the limits to the Israeli protest movement. Jesse speaks to the fact that very rarely is the reported 'political divide' in Israel over the past year related to divergent ideas around how to engage with the Palestinian people. There has been little solidarity expressed for the Palestinians by the protest movement against judicial reform in Israel.Here is Jesse's article for Rolling Stone that addresses these points and many more:https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/israelis-and-palestinians-revolt-against-the-netanyahu-era-1234792533Music on Free City Radio is by Anarchist Mountains, from this album:https://aliengarage.bandcamp.com/album/a-balkan-spacewalkFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
An interview with artist and activist Helena Martin Franco. In this exchange Helena speaks about the process and the ideas behind the show Freehand Absence/Ausencia a mano alzada that showed in summer 2023 at the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art. This show explores the silences in Helena's family past but also the ways that silences surrounding injustices, particularly relating to gender based violence, are embodied and carried across generations. Information on the show and Helena's work here: http://helenamartinfranco.comThe accompanying image is a section of a photograph taken by Richard-Max Tremblay of the exhibition in question. Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine that broadcast on the first Friday of each month at 10:30am eastern time, 5:30pm in Palestine (www.radioalhara.net). Also these interviews air on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Tuesday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 1:30pm also in Montreal.
On this edition of Free City Radio we continue with the series of interviews focused on the organizing work of the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal to support garment sector workers who were facing the outsourcing of their work to the global south. In this context the interviews look at a specific company, Lamour Inc., who between 2006-2008 was outsourcing jobs to contexts where workers could be paid less and more easily exploitable.Info on the series here:https://deindustrialization.org/voices-of-the-iwcFor this edition we hear from Yumna Siddiqi, current board member of the Immigrant Workers Centre who was involved in this campaign to support Lamour Inc. workers.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!The accompanying photos was taken by Tatiana Gomez.
Listen to a conversation with Joey Calugay at the Immigrant Workers Centre on activism to support garment workers at Lamour. This was a grassroots campaign that built solidarity with and among Lamour garment sector workers in Montreal's garment sector district along Chabanel. The campaign used creative tactics including street theatre, pickets and grassroots media coverage to bring attention to this issue. Over the next programs Free City Radio will feature a series of interviews recorded with community organizers involved in the Immigrant Workers Centre who were directly involved in organizing around the Lamour campaign. This interview series takes place in collaboration with researcher and activist Lauren Laframboise who works with Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT) which is based within the History department at Concordia University. DéPOT (https://deindustrialization.org) supported this interview series on Free City Radio.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!
A joint mix for Radio AlHara worked on with Lucas Huang (Hsien).Accompanying illustration by Sahar Kubba (https://atelierjamad.ca).Tracks(Artist name / track name)01. Reza Yazdanpanah - Improvisation In Dashti02. Big Brave - Half Breed03. Elizabeth Colour Wheel - Life Of A Flower04. Mali Obomsawin - Lineage05. Sister Ray - Justice06. Joyful Joyful - Oh Jubilation07. Markus Floats - Moving08. Kee Avil - saf09. Speaker Music - Techno is a Liberation Technology10. Shalabi Quintet - Artists Against Apartheid (Montréal Session) Part II (excerpt)
I selected a bunch of tracks live at The Lot Radio in Brooklyn on August 13, 2023. For this mix I highlighted artists who have supported the Musicians for Palestine appeal, reflected here in the remix of The Lot Radio graphic. Thank you for listening. - Stefan.
A joint mix for Radio AlHara that is a collaboration between Stefan Christoff and Irish artists Kate O’Shea and Ciaran Smyth. The first six tracks were shared in the context of Kate and Ciaran's Mentorship Song Cycle project that is part of the project. Stefan selected the additional tracks. Information about the project here:https://www.create-ireland.ie/publication/gravity-express-1Accompanying image is by Gemma Dardis and is from the Gravity Express publication.Tracks(Artist name / track name)01. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles02. Savages - Fuckers03. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street04. Beach House - On The Sea05. Björk - Army Of Me06. Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener07. Roxanne Nesbitt - Ben Brown - Marielle Groven - Blue Seas08. Robbie M - Forget The Hype09. Jonas Bonnetta - wing night part 310. Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff - Praying to the Aliens11. Nicola Di Croce - quintinio sella12. Neyva, VORA - Subterrean (via Portals on Other People)13. Fugazi - Facet Squared
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from human rights attorney Shayana Kadidal who works with the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New York City. Shayana speaks specifically about the persisting injustice of those detained without charge at Guantanamo Bay until today. Since the first months after 9/11 the Centre for Constitutional Rights has been on the legal frontlines of supporting the human rights of those detained at Guantanamo Bay. For more information about the organization and Shayana's specific work visit: https://ccrjustice.orgMusic on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains, the track is called Passage.The accompanying image is by Aaron Huges of the Justseeds artists' cooperative, info on the print here: https://justseeds.org/graphic/abolish-guantanamoFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the second part of a panel discussion hosted at Concordia University in early 2023 that focuses on the the role of artists during the 2012 student strike in 2012. This program focuses on the ways that arts students and more broadly cultural workers were an essential part of the major strike movement against attempts by the Quebec government to boost university tuition for students in Quebec. The movement in 2012 which began as a student focused series of protests quickly expanded into a broader social movement against economic, colonial and environmental injustice that is integral to many elements of Quebec's modern economy. On this program we hear again from Zéa Beaulieu-April who co-founded the creative writing publication/zine Fermaille during the strike, also Bengi Akbulut speaks on the connections between social movements across borders from Istanbul to New York to Montreal. Finally we hear from cultural worker Norman Nawrocki who speaks about the experience of being a cultural worker during the student strike. Also we hear about the Common Notions published book Wages for Students, first published in 1975 and then republished again in recent years, info:
https://www.commonnotions.org/wages-for-students
Music on the program is the track Passage by Anarchist Mountains.
Accompanying image from the student strike is by Thien V.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
On this edition of Free City Radio I am featuring audio from a live panel at Concordia University that took place in early 2023. This panel, hosted by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia, focused on the ways that artists played and important role in creating the political atmosphere and protest culture that shaped the 2012 student strike in Quebec an important moment within the history of grassroots activism in Quebec and Canada.
Over two editions of Free City Radio I will be featuring audio from this panel. On this edition we hear from Zéa Beaulieu-April a musician and poet who help to found the creative writing publication/zine Fermaille at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) during the strike, as well as David Widgington, an "undisciplinary artivist" who focuses on creating archives of the material culture of protest movements, specifically surrounding banners, posters and protest signs.
The next edition of this program will also feature audio from this event, full information here:
https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/artsci/social-justice-centre/2023/03/Art_in_Action_The_2012_Quebec_Student_Strike.html?c=/events
Music on the program is the track Passage by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Jared Ball an author, activist and professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore. This year Jared authored the book "The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power," that looks at the persisting racial wealth gap and the myth of black buying power, the rhetoric around this myth, and the contextualization. In this interview we speak about the ways that contemporary mainstream institutions work to co-opt the discourse and language of social movement struggles, particularly Black struggles, but also more broadly struggles for radical transformation.Music on the program is the track Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
For this interview Léa Tremblay Fong speaks on a recent project that she coordinated in collaboration with multiple arts partners, including Festival Accès Asie, called Sit, Eat and Chew 五味杂陈This piece explores the ways that local organizers are working in collaboration with artists to create creative openings within the large questions and struggles with gentrification coming forcefully to Chinatown in Montreal but also being repeated in many Chinatown communities around North America. Also generally Léa speaks about community engaged dance projects and her experience specifically developing this work. Info on the project: https://accesasie.com/en/event/sit-eat-and-chew/Music on this edition is an excerpt of a DJ set by my friend Parker Mah, an excerpt from a live performance that took place at articule. Graphic to accompany the interview is from Festival Accès Asie website. Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine that broadcast on the first Friday of each month at 10:30am eastern time, 5:30pm in Palestine (https://www.radioalhara.net). Also the interviews air on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal (https://ckut.ca).
On this edition of Free City Radio we speak with Indigenous filmmaker Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso about the film Powerlands. The project is described this way:
"A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that have exploited the land where she was born. On this personal and political journey she learns from Indigenous activists across three continents." https://powerlands.org
Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
A joint mix with Fadi Tabbal for Radio AlHara.
Fadi writes this is a "selection of 5 tracks from Lebanese artists."
Accompanying image is by Roï Saade https://www.roisaade.com
Track listing (artist name / track name)
- Mayssa Jallad - Mudun
- Postcards - Flowers in your Hair
- Kinematik - Murur Al-Kiram
- Youmna Saba - Al Sobh
- Alko B - Something
- NAKAMURA Hiroyuki - Lay
- Ben Stidworthy + Stefan Christoff - Basil Jet
- Jankyy Tyygr - eye dididin eye take 2
- Circuit Diagram - Troposphäre
- Stefan Christoff and Norman Nawrocki - Improvisation on Van Horne street, July 28, 2023
On this edition of the program I speak with Mallory Knodel of the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, DC, on the collective origins and current maintenance of the Internet. Mallory, who was deeply involved in both the global justice movement and anti war movements, speaks about the ways that social media companies are a corporate version of open publishing platforms like Indymedia. This interview offers important counter weights to mainstream narratives around a conception that a handful of rich figures that run tech companies control the direction of the Internet, the present and future pathway of the Internet is very much way more open to possibilities that are broad and democratic in essence.
Music on this edition is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.
Mallory Knodel is the CTO at the Center for Democracy & Technology in Washington, DC. She is a member of the Internet Architecture Board, the co-chair of the Human Rights Protocol Considerations research group of the Internet Research Task Force, co-chair of the Stay Home Meet Only Online working group of the IETF and was a chairing advisor to the Freedom Online Coalition. Mallory takes a human rights, people-centred approach to technology implementation and cybersecurity policy advocacy, with a focus on encryption and censorship circumvention. Originally from the US, she has worked with grassroots organisations around the world. She has used free software throughout her professional career and considers herself a public interest technologist. She holds a BS in Physics and Mathematics and an MA in Science Education.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
A joint mix with Markus Floats for Radio AlHara.
"Here's a little collection of songs that have really hit the spot this past little while. Central Park West in particular feels like an awakening in a way that helps me to appreciate all other music more deeply. I hope one of these songs/artists can provide you some solace, peace, energy or whatever it is you may need right now." - Markus Floats
Track listing (artist name / album / track name)
- Thelonious Monk Septet - Monk’s Music (1957) - Abide With Me
- John Coltrane - Coltrane’s Sound (1964) - Central Park West
- Earl Sweatshirt - Sick! (2022) - Lye
- Bas - Too Hight To Riot (2016) - Too High To Riot
- Switch - Switch (1978) - There’ll Never Be
- Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia Of The Air (2021) - Nighthawk Of Time (Feat. Black Quantum Futurism)
- Stefan Christoff and Sam Shalabi - Flying Street (2014) - Blue Soon
- Bulgarian National Women’s Choir - Vetcheryai Rado (Come To Supper Tonight, Rada)
- PJS - Ouroboros - Psyche (2023)
- Mue - Les vasières - Télophases (2022)
- Adam Kinner - Off the floor recording at La Sala Rossa for Musicians For Palestine project (2023)
- Le ciel d’hiver - L'ÉLECTRIQUE BRÛLANT (YlangYlang + Stefan Christoff) - Interlude (2019)
In this interview artist 174, Ivetta Sunyoung Kang speaks about the process of working on a project that focused on reimagining National Geographic images from Asia beyond a colonial gaze. More information about this project and Ivetta's practice more generally which we explore also in this exchange, visit: https://ivettakang.com
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.
For the August 2023 interview, within my ongoing series of artist interviews for Radio AlHara, I am sharing a conversation with musician Aidan Girt. Aidan is a founder and drummer in Godspeed you! black emperor and has released a wide range of music over the last decades.
Listen to Aidan's solo music here: https://o---s---b.bandcamp.com
Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine.
Accompanying image is of Godspeed you! black emperor, Aidan is pictured playing the drums.
A conversation with long time anti poverty activist and community organizer about ongoing organizing work in Toronto to fight gentrification. John speaks about the ways that climate justice and housing are connected in this interview. Also John specifically highlights the 230 Fight Back campaign.
John Clarke was an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) for 28 years. He is presently the Packer Visitor in Social Justice at York University and a member of 230 Fighback, resisting gentrification in Toronto's Downtown East. https://230fightback.com
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear about the documentary film "Love in the Time of Fentanyl," a "feature documentary about a group of misfits, artists, and drug users who operate a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside." More information here: https://loveinthetimeoffentanyl.com
This program features an interview with the filmmaker Colin Askey and one of the protagonists of the film Trey Helten, who is both a community organizer and graffiti artist.
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
The accompanying artwork for this edition is by sunny nestler from the review on Love in the time of Fentanyl published in Discorder via CiTR 101.9 FM, review and illustrations here: https://www.citr.ca/discorder/june-july-2022/love-in-the-time-of-fentanyl
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
A mix of artists who joined and / or supported the community speak-out and action Réverbérations d'une crise during Suoni per il popolo 2023. This mix was created for broadcast on community radio projects and stations in Montreal by Stefan Christoff.
Track listing (Artist name / track name)
- Crasher - Static
- Christian Carrière - Static
- YlangYlang - Damage
- Valeda - Guardian
- Dave Switch - A New Year
- Jason Blackbird Selman - Ferguson (St. Louis Blues)
- Stella Adjokê - Arbre, L'oiseau, Silence mon coeur parle
- Jordan Arseneault - Dido and Aeneas synopsis
- Jordan Torres Bussière - Taillage
- Hubert Gendron-Blais - Contribution to the Dark Outside
- Jeremy Young - Mythy (with Deanna Radford)
Photo by Heri Rakotomalala, banner featured in photo by Claire Abraham.
Broadcasting on
CKUT 90.3 FM July 31, 2pm Montreal time
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A soundscape experiment between Stefan @spirodon Christoff and Diana Duta.
This soundscape includes samples recorded in Belgium by Diana Duta : an underwater recording in the Marais de Jette, 6 aug 2022 and a walk in Matongé, 28 oct 2022.
Additionally we hear a synth drone created by Jordan Christoff for the Anarchist Mountains project. Also we hear Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, performed live by Colin Carr, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA (a public domain creative commons recording). The acoustic guitar is performed by Stefan Christoff. Also we hear samples from the demonstrations organized by the Coalition anticapitaliste et écologiste contre la COP15 recorded by Stefan.
CKUT 90.3 FM (Montreal) @radiockut - Radio Is Dead : Monday, July 17, 2-3pm, 2023 http://ckut.ca https://ckut.ca/playlists/RD
Radio Flouka (Paris) @radioflouka : Tuesday July 25, 2023 2-3pm (CET) https://www.radioflouka.com
Radio Campus Bruxelles : Lundi, 24 juillet à 15h00 https://www.radiocampus.be https://www.radiocampus.be/creation-radiophonique-24-07-2023-15h-atmospherics-stefan-christoff-et-diana-duta/
Radio Panik (Brussels): Mardi, 25 juillet à 22h00 & rediffusion : Vendredi, 4 août à 12h00 https://www.radiopanik.org https://www.radiopanik.org/emissions/l-heure-de-pointe/atmospherics
Cashmere Radio (Berlin), Thursday, August 3, at 17:00 CET Wanderlust show https://cashmereradio.com
An interview with author and activist Philippe Blouin who was a co-editor of the important collection "The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival." The project is described this way:
"The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918–1993)—such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet, The Warrior’s Handbook, as well as selections of his pioneering artwork. This book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken'rhakéhte's revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors’ famous flag, their armed occupation of Ganienkeh in 1974, and the role of their constitution, the Great Peace, in guiding their commitment to freedom and independence. We hear directly the story of how the Kanien'kehá:ka Longhouse became one the most militant resistance groups in North America, gaining international attention with the Oka Crisis of 1990. This auto-history of the Rotisken'rhakéhte is complemented by a Mohawk history timeline from colonization to the present, a glossary of Mohawk political philosophy, and a new map of Iroquoia in Mohawk language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world."
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
Deepest Currents mix - Stefan Christoff
This mix is an original for Deepest Currents (https://www.deepestcurrents.com) that highlights a bunch of wonderful artists with strong links to independent creative spaces in Montreal. Also I highlighted tracks from a bunch of my recent releases. This mix aims to highlight some of the diverse mind space creativity that still holds on strong in Montreal. Thanks for listening and to Nathan for the opportunity to share these selections !
The accompanying photo was taken by Rickie Leach in Montrreal.
- T. Gowdy - Transcend II
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - A Free Palestine Dream
- Mue - Ambeing
- Sarah Pagé - Premiers pas au Marécage
- Jean Couteau - When Will They Come
- SnP 500 - Rec 2020 07 Zombik - Caloia - Wiens - Always a way Kid
- Stefan Christoff - Level
- Stefan Christoff - Conversations
- Stefan Christoff - A silver digital glitch
- Stefan Christoff - Night Treeline
- Stefan Christoff and Sam Shalabi - Revolution in Orbit
Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) is a musician, community organizer and media maker in Montreal.
On this edition (# 170) of Free City Radio we hear from educator, writer and activist Anna-Esther Younes. In this conversation Anna speaks on the ways that anti Palestinian racism in Germany blocks any honest conversation about the devastating reality on the ground in occupied Palestine. Also we hear about the ways that structures of power, both political and military, in Germany, are involved in undercutting any political space that Palestinian voices aim to hold, while in parallel offer major political support to the Israeli state project, despite systemic human rights violations that target Palestinian communities.
Dr. Anna-Esther Younes is a scholar of race critical theories, using psychoanalytic approaches and post-/colonial theory. Information: https://annaestheryounes.net
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
In this monthly artist interview (July 2023) we hear from Tony Elieh a Berlin based photographer and musician. Tony speaks about current collaborations between artist networks in Berlin and Beirut.
Information on Tony Elieh http://www.tonyelieh.com
On this program we hear an excerpt of the piece Disquiet featuring:
Tony Elieh - bass guitar, live-electronics Burkhard Beins - bass guitar, live-electronics
Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is of musician Tony Elieh performing.
On the 169 edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and activist Cindy Milstein who recently published the book "Try Anarchism For Life: The Beauty of Our Circle" which is described this way:
"Try Anarchism for Life revolves around a thought experiment: What are some of the many beautiful dimensions of anarchism? In reply, it blends gorgeous circle A drawings by twenty-six artists with Milstein's words, forming picture-prose that are at once inviting and playful, poignant and dreamy. The pieces encourage us to notice and expand on liberatory practices, especially in a time when so much feels impossible. In depicting how anarchism gifts us lives worth living, this book warms ailing hearts and offers tender succor."
https://www.akpress.org/try-anarchism-for-life.html
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
A joint mix with Stevphen Shukaitis for Radio AlHara.
Accompanying photo is by Roï Saade, information on Roï's awesome work is here: https://www.roisaade.com
Track listing (artist name / track name)
- Kizaba - Kizavibe.
- Preto Velho (Versão Tapioca Discos) · Tapioca Discos
- Tony Allen With Africa 70 - Afrodisco Beat
- Luvanga - Ritual
- Pongo - Bruxos
- Simi - Balance
- David Walters - Mama
- Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta (Nicolas Jaar Edit)
- Badiâa Bouhrizi - (داب تركي) Dub à La Turque
- Stefan Christoff + Sam Shalabi - Elephantine
- Stefan Christoff + Sam Shalabi - Flying Street
- Sarah Pagé - Lac du Coeur-Tsarevna Lebed' (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada speaks about the longterm organizing and campaigning work that the organization does to challenge and protest the ways that Canadian mining corporations violate environmental and social rights. Particularly this interview focuses on Latin America, as Herrera is the Latin American program coordinator for the organization.
Learn more about MiningWatch Canada here: https://miningwatch.ca
A joint mix with Stevphen Shukaitis for Radio AlHara.
Accompanying art work is by Kyla Gilbert from the project The Morning After, artwork is shared with permission, info on Kyla's work here: https://kylagilbert.com
Track listing (artist name / track name)
- Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa - Tikanga
- Horse Lords - Mess Mend
- Polyphia - Playing God
- Rupa - Aaj Shanibar
- The Comet is Coming - Frequency of Feeling Expansion
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - But Who, We
- Dave Switch - Drawn in Dreams
- Hypnodrone Ensemble - The Signal
- Nick Schofield - Sky or Wall
- Stefan Christoff - Look Around
On this edition of Free City Radio sociologist, activist and author Zahra Ali shares reflections on Feminist and social movements in Iraq today. Zahra includes insights and ideas that are within the excellent book "Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation," while also placing us in the current context. This interview is shared as part of a broader series to highlight social movement voices that can offer insights and ideas as to social movements taking place outside of the headlines.
Info on Zahra's book here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/women-and-gender-in-iraq/B0AA03350B9131073429EF0CFF7059B1
Our weekly music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio, we hear from author, activist and long time host of the program Alternative Radio. In this exchange David speaks about the urgent need to call for negotiations surrounding the war in Ukraine. David speaks about this in the context of the sustaining tensions within progressive social activist movements around the world on how to respond to the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this exchange Dave speaks about the importance of supporting non-militarized responses going forward.
Info on Alternative Radio: https://www.alternativeradio.org
Music is by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am.
Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Guineans stand up against deportations from Canada Radio Elsewheres mix
https://www.radioelsewheres.net
Airing in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A mix by Stefan Christoff featuring audio from a community event focused on Guinean struggles against deportation from Canada.
This mix features audio clips from a public event in Montreal entitled “Guinean Refugees Organizing for #StatusForAll in Montreal,” which took place at Concordia University in February, 2023, which was hosted by the Social Justice Centre with support from Solidarity Across Borders and the Immigrant Workers Centre. In the clips you hear Mohamed Barry and Lamine Barry who are Guinea asylum seekers who co-founded the organization Statut pour les Guinéens, which has driven a campaign for over 5 years against the deportation of Guinean and other West African asylum seekers from Canada. Also you hear my introduction to the event, which contextualizes a bit about my archiving project that I am working on with the Social Justice Centre at Concordia. Also we hear from Marisa Berry Méndez, who works with Amnistie internationale Canada francophone and Sophie Toupin who is a member of the Amandla! Radio team on CKUT, which also documented this event.
The music on this broadcast is by Anarchist Mountains, a duet that I created with my brother Jordan Christoff, also we hear a track by Nick Schofield from the album Water Sine and tracks from Miracles an album by T. Gowdy. Also there is a clip from a track Bembeya Jazz National, a Guinean ensemble that was active in the 1960s.
The accompanying photo is of Mohamed Barry speaking live on Free City Radio at CKUT 90.3FM and is taken by Philippe Teixeira St. Cyr.
L'eau, omniprésente, précieuse et inspirante – A soundscape
On this transmission you will hear the sonic experiments of students created within the context of the project « L'eau, omniprésente, précieuse et inspirante » which was coordinated by cultural mediator Tanha Gomes. In this mix you can listen to students in the 6th year from the class of teachers Lina Coronel and Sonia Desgagné at École Saint-Gérard, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, in the west of Montreal. This includes spoken reflections, piano playing and also field recordings done as the city was shifting from winter to spring. I worked with the students to create excerpts that they liked and also recorded their spoken reflections. Also I created some ambient remixes of both the piano playing and the sounds collected by the students. Many of these sounds were also featured in a film created as part of this project by Samer Najari.
For this broadcast you can hear sounds created by the following students:
Hrishikesh Adhav Erik Cantiru Firas Derbal Dominic Elenes Jenin Iriqat Juliette Isada Mariam Jaafar Reda Jaouali George Khila Michelle Matar Terrell Nostrome Jassem Rashid Alissa Saucier-Pike Anabelle Sévêre Sanaa Shirzai Cléa Têtu Thaïssa Tsebulya Iruoma Udeobi Allen Vincent Walid Brahimi
The accompanying visual was created within the context of another aspect of this project facilitated by artist Helena Martin Franco.
This soundscape will be broadcast on the following stations
CJLO 1690 AM, Tuesday June 13 at 1:30pm
On this edition of Free City Radio, a conversation with Gaurav Sharma on Montreal's Immigrant Workers Centre portrait photo book project. This project highlights the lives and experiences of immigrant workers in Montreal, many of whom were taking care of essential frontline positions during the pandemic. The book project features the photography of Tamara Abdul Hadi.
http://www.tamarabdulhadi.com
https://iwc-cti.ca
Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Stefan Christoff mix for Jean Couteau collective event at La Sotterenea for Suoni per il Popolo 2023, info on the project:
https://suoniperilpopolo.org/program/bells-whistles-jean-couteau
Image is from the Jean Couteau collective set-up in La Sotterenea.
Thank you Philippe Battikha for the invitation to create this mix for the event.
Track listing (Artist name / track name)
- Stefan Christoff - Altitude
- Rêves sonores - Hearken
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - Conspiracy Means Breathing Together
- Dave Switch - December Dawn
- Nick Schofield - Pale Blue Dot
- Rêves sonores - Alight
- Sarah Pagé - Méduses
- SnP 500 - Dus
- Stefan Christoff - Another Time Exists
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - A River Looks
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - A Free Palestine Dream
- Dave Switch - A Tall Truth
- Rêves sonores - Lucidity
A joint mix with Kujenga for Radio AlHaraAiring June 4, 202301. Zim Ngqawana - Qula Kwedini 02. Busi Mhlongo - We Baba Omncane03. Bheki Mseleku - Closer To The Source04. Jimmy Dludlu - Nkateko05. Thandi Ntuli - Uz'buye06. Kyle Shepherd - Vang Gou Die Strandloper07. Benjamin Jephta - Homecoming08. The Unity Band - Xa Ndiyekela Kuwe11. Anarchist Mountains - Inside the Signals12. Kujenga - Abaphantsi
A joint mix with Leah Borromeo for Radio AlHaraAiring June 3, 202301. Sun Ra - Nuclear War02. This Is the Deep - The Best Is Yet To Come03. Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love04. Otis Redding -(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay05. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff - Flying Street06. Sam Shalabi and Stefan Christoff - Elephantine07. Jan Kees Helms - time is elastic08. Badiâa Bouhrizi - (إلى سلمى) Ila Selma09. Ikebe Shakedown - Road SongBelow are the notes from Leah on her selections:Sun Ra - Nuclear War"Cos when it comes, your ass gotta go. A New York sister called Savitri reminded me of this song through an Insta dance she did to it. This is basically high school basements, bad weed, half formed political ideologies, hormones and angst flooding back and every second of it is beautiful."This Is the Deep - The Best Is Yet To Come"London bands have an unsubtle obsession with 70s roots and beats. This megaband consisting of almost everyone else in a particular scene hits the Harry Nilsson / Randy Newman vibes with a Serge Gainsbourg pipe. When their music isn't lounging in a Laurel Canyon basement, they're laundering themselves through Devo and Womack & Womack. "Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love"The album this track lives on was released in 1984, the year my mom had a death threat from the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Not long after that, my parents and I left Manila under the premise I would be going to DisneyLand. I don't ever remember liking Mickey Mouse. We left my brother and sisters behind as assurance we'd return. We didn't. Not until we'd claimed asylum and had to re-enter the United States from our country of origin. Which almost never happened because in 1989, the year we went back to do it, my godfather was the Secretary of Defense as troops loyal to Marcos staged a coup attempt against President Corazon Aquino. It was December and we were stranded in Japan, waiting for a flight to Manila. My mom organised a protest, lobbied the heads of Japan Airlines and raised an almighty stink that resulted in a standing room only jumbo jet packed w Filipino families led by military escort to Manila. I remember boarding the back of a military jeep zooming through the Makati streets to our house. I remember the sounds of explosions going off while walking our dogs not far from where we lived and my mom being taken in a Presidential car to Malacanang Palace. I remember missing my siblings so much, I asked for a teddy bear each to stand in for them when we eventually left. And this song - that I couldn't place until an algorithm on YouTube did it for me and everything flooded back."(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding"One of the songs I will probably sing when I am senile. Not only is this bang in my vocal range, this and Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" are my go to karaoke songs. The great Booker T. Jones played on this. It's all from the Detroit / Chicago / Memphis tradition of soul and gospel music that I like to paint my upbringing in Chicago with. But it's also the best soundtrack to a long road trip I took w my mom on Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses across the lower 48 from September 84 to Feb/March 85 when we finally settled in Chicago and found a sponsor for our asylum claim. My mom always found a way to do exactly as she wished as long as it pertained to securing my future, be it hard or easy. And she gave up a lot for me. The fact I write this in relative comfort and privilege is a testament to her sacrifice."
On Free City Radio this week a conversation with Mary N. Taylor & Noah Brehmer who edited the book "Commonist Horizon- Urban Futures Beyond Capitalist Urbanization," which was recently published by Common Notions, info here:https://www.commonnotions.org/commonist-horizonThe book is described this way:"How do we move from defensive tactics that respond to the latest stages of capitalist urbanization, to transformative, strategic revolts, attacking the root causes and putting into practice alternative forms of urban life? One proposal for such a revolutionary alternative to capital’s organization of our lived environment has been the commons, wherein inhabitants communally control the multi-faceted conditions that make up their daily reproduction.As a district behind the train station in the post-socialist city of Vilnius, Lithuania faces gentrification, an autonomous community center there has sought to use commoning to resist. Taken up in the former state-socialist Eastern Bloc, commoning practices are embraced as a method for criticising the vicious wave of enclosures that began after the fall of state-socialism while at the same time not relying on the heavily stigmatized politics of state-socialism.Emerging from a process of thinking together, The Commonist Horizon features five interventions by movement thinkers. Beginning in the post-Soviet city of Vilnius, the dialogical process stretches outward to two other formerly state-socialist countries, and then beyond. Speaking from their experiences in social movement formations, the authors take up the lived experience of building what might be called urban commons, offering insights on the conceptual and political potentials and limitations of this terminology and associated practices."Music on this edition by Secret Pyramid Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this monthly artist interview we hear from William Parker in NYC. William speaks about the capacity for music to transform and the ways that the listening involved in improvised / trace music can create possibilities for healing.Information on William Parkerhttp://www.williamparker.net/ceremonyStefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is of musician William Parker
This is a mix created to share via Justseeds artists' cooperative. This mix features mostly local Montreal artists, particularly musicians, who have been involved in the intersections of social movements and the arts. I have selected a series of live recordings from local concerts where these connections were explored. You will particularly hear recordings from local shows supported by CKUT 90.3FM campus / community radio that were part of the Artists Against Apartheid series, which launched around the time that the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement to support Palestinian human rights was announced internationally. Also there are many artists in this mix who have been deeply involved in migrant justice movements, particularly around community organizations like the Immigrant Workers Centre and campaigns emerging from networks like Solidarity Across Borders. I share this mix as a longtime friend and collaborator with many artists within the Justseeds network, thank you for listening. – Stefan ChristoffTrack listing(artist name / track name)01. Sarah Pagé - Noonday Bells02. Narcy - Tourist feat. Ian Kamau03. Amir Amiri & Becky Wenham - . Ardavan étude 04. Vox Sambou - live at Artists Against Apartheid05. Jason Blackbird Selman & DJ Andy Williams - Africa06. Kaie Kellough & DJ Andy Williams - Crick Crack07. Weshida - 11/8 Balkan08. Lhasa de Sela + Esmerine - A Fish On Land09. Esmerine - Sprouts10. Stella Adjokê - Plaisir Papillon (excerpt)11. Tiken Jah Fakoly - Plus Rien Ne M'Etonne12. Vox Sambou - Toya
A broadcast of voices from the Iranian diaspora in Montreal recorded within the context of efforts to create a 1 hour international sound art, poetry and music broadcast to support the protests in Iran in 2023. The global initiative is called Voices Across Borders, you can listen here:https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/voices-across-bordersFor this broadcast, created to air on CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal we hear voices that were recorded locally in Montreal within the context of the global broadcast highlighted above. For these interviews you can hear the full audio and we hear from Leila Ghaffari, Amir Naimi and Mohammad Abdolrezazadeh.Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains from the album Fire Waves out on Oxtail Recordings, full info:https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fire-waves
A joint mix with James Goddard for Radio AlHaraTrack listing below(artist name / track name)01. Jeff Majors - Room 40002. Whatever The Weather - 4°C03. Lina Filipovich - G. F. Handel - Sarabande04. Emeka Ogboh - No Counterfeit05. RA Washington / Jah Nada - Hands06. dumama + kechou - umzi07. nao otsuka - Improvised Piano Solo 4.21.202308. Stefan Christoff - Flying Organ09. Totenbaum Träger - Fleur de néon I10. NAKAMURA Hiroyuki - Chimaera11. La Forêt rouge - Voulez-vous danser (excerpt)12. Holobody - Round the Ring13. jankyy tyygr - eye dididin eye take 114. Relic - Be My Valentine15. Saeed Kamjoo + Stefan Christoff - Duet In JulyPhoto by Tamara Abdul Hadihttp://www.tamarabdulhadi.com
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature a conversation with Sami, a Palestinian team member and student coordinator at BDS NL, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement in the Netherlands. Sami started his activism in university in the UK and is now leveraging his experience to support and empower student groups across the Netherlands, involved in the Palestine justice movement. This interview is a window into the logistics and details of organizing around the BDS movements in the Netherlands and more broadly within the EU context. Specifically this interview outlines the importance of projects like the #DontBuyIntoOccupation report that focuses on investigating and highlighting "the financial relationships between business enterprises involved in the illegal Israeli settlement enterprise in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and European Financial Institutions (FIs)."https://dontbuyintooccupation.orgThis interview was recorded at the OCCii space in Amsterdam, thank you to Sarah Teixeira St Cyr for helping to coordinate this interview. This program includes an excerpt of a track from the Amsterdam based artist Zea, more info:https://zeamusic.bandcamp.comFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we highlight a conversation with filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal on the documentary film Into the Weeds. This film is described this way:"INTO THE WEEDS follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, or its industrial counterpart Ranger Pro, contributed to their cancer. The film follows this groundbreaking trial, while also stepping back to consider the systemic effects of the world’s most widely used herbicide."I first came across the film, Into the Weeds, within the context of my organizing work with Cinema Politica's screening series at Concordia University at which we projected this film for a community screening event. Info on the activism surrounding this film:https://www.intotheweedsimpact.comMusic on this edition is by Daniel Lanois.Thank you for listening ! - Stefan.Free City Radio airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community radio host Mohamed Bah, based in Amsterdam, who founded the project City Rights Radio. This is an initiative created by asylum seekers to give voice to the direct perspectives of migrants experiencing and also doing community organizing within the context of the migration crisis in Europe today. The project in Amsterdam is supported by the organization Here to Support in The Netherlands. In the interview Mohamed speaks about his own journey as a refugee from Guinea and the efforts to create alternative media as a pathway to create alternative narratives in the media landscape that both humanize and empower the direct experiences of refugees and migrants in western Europe today.Thank you to Sarah Teixeira St Cyr for helping to coordinate this interview.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Thanya Iyer + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Tue May 9, 7am eastern time and 2pm in Bethlehem on radioalhara.netThis is a joint mix with musician Thanya Iyer, learn about Thanya's music here: http://www.thanyaiyer.comTrack listingArtist name / Track name01. Wayne Shorter - Ponta de Areia02. NNAMDï @nnamdiogbonnaya - Grounded03. Jeremy Dutcher - Mehcinut04. Florist - Sci-fi Silence05. Macie Stewart - Finally06. KAINA @kainamusic - Good Feeling (feat. Sen Morimoto)07. Thanya Iyer - Leave the room and face the waves08. Joni Void @joni_void - Hi-Hatsss Nightsss09 David Parker @slowmantofu - A Murder of Crows at Dawn10. Sarah Pagé @sarahpageharp - Premiers pas au Marécage11 Mark Trecka - Loping Breath (as Bells) -with Chaz Prymek and A-Y-dancers- - Eventual Peace - Kazuo Speaks (long excerpt)
This is my third monthly mix on Root Radio @rootradiolive, the joint mixes air on the second Monday or each month. This month I am sharing a solo mix.Thank you to Root Radio for broadcasting this mix !Track listingtrack name / artist name01. Joni Void @joni_void - Artsss/Craftsss02. Aidan Baker @aidanbaker & Jörg Schneider - Douse03. Anarchist Mountains Trio (@thenewobjective @jordanchristoff @spirodon) - In 1985 (via @amekcollective)04. Andrea Bellucci & Matteo Uggeri - A Gift from a Debt05. Anthony Sahyoun @asahyoun - The New World06. Asher & Jordan - Ripples (via @crashsymbols)07. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Querencia08. Badawi - Ocean Of Tears (1996)09. Crasher - Window Washer10. @devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 8 - Retrouvailles11. Devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 9 - Retour à la normale12. Esse Ran - Rêve étrange (Interlude)13. gran où lée - Ehrenbreitstein Field Recordings (Anniversary Edition) - Ehrenbreitstein Field Recordings (excerpt)
On this months artist interview for Radio AlHara I am sharing an interview with percussionist and musician Jim White who speaks about his creative practice, engaging in live improvisation and composition. Jim specifically highlights the project Xylouris White and their recent album The Forest In Me.Music on this edition is by Xylouris White, listen to the recent album here:https://xylouriswhiteshop.bandcamp.com/album/the-forest-in-meThank you to Peter Burton at Art in the Margins for helping set-up this exchange.
A conversation with Sjoerd Stolk about the OCCii independent cultural space in Amsterdam. Sjoerd speaks about independent music, art, squatting and activism in Amsterdam today in a historical context of the impacts that squatting movements in the 1980s have on the urban landscape today in the city.Info on OCCii https://occii.orgMusic on this edition is Soon All Cities by The Ex.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we visit an alternative historical narrative and location that flips the narrative around artists as being the shock troops of gentrification in major western cities. In this story, one based in the Lower East Side of New York, artists were on the actual frontlines of community battles to protect squatted buildings and abandon lots that were turned into community gardens. The results are living vibrant spaces in the area, including one of the largest networks of community gardens in North America within an urban setting and a number of buildings that were once squats and that are now legalized as housing and public spaces. This episode features the voices of Bill Di Paola a founding member of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) in New York and Yasmeen Abdallah who is involved in ABC No Rio in New York.Music on this edition is by Dave Switchenko.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Radio Nopal MixAdriana Camacho and Stefan ChristoffApril 26, 202301. Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff - En El Parque02. Loope (aka Adriana Camacho), Anne Waldman - Paraiso 1| Mancia | En el vientre03. Rêves sonores - Hearken04. Rêves sonores - Mondial05. Ben Brown - shimmer shimmer06. Christian Carrière - Static07. Jordan Christoff - Torn08. Anarchist Mountains - Organs09. Matmos - Cobra Wages Shuffle / Off! Schable w gurę!10. Anarchist Mountains - Three11. Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff - ?Los Amigos Son Eléctricos? 12. Loope (aka Adriana Camacho), Zazil Collins - Manos de gorila13. Loope (aka Adriana Camacho), Zazil Collins - Caminos de argento14. Loope (aka Adriana Camacho), Anne Waldman - Anarquía | AmorDesamor15. Adriana Camacho and Stefan Christoff - ¿Los Amigos Son Eléctricos?
Paula Dykstra + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on April 23 at 5pm Bethlehem time, 11am eastern time at radioalhara.net01. Milton Nascimento - Txai02. Milton Nascimento - Planeta Blue03. Luedji Luna - Um Corpo no Mundo04. M NourbeSe Philip - Discourse05. Ava Rocha - Boca do Céu06. Raquel Dimantas - Snake Head07. Boca de Groselha - Curumin08. Erasmo Carlos - É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo09. Elza Soares - O que se cala10. Badawi - Dstry All Prfts11. Asher @doldrumss & Jordan @jordanchristoff - Ambient Human Power Generation (@crashsymbols)12. Nick Schofield @nickschofield - AAA (Montréal Session)- Vitrola Era13. Özgür Atlagan - Despondence Warden14. Tim Davison - A Message From the Rotovent (excerpt) (@moonvillain)
A Fofa PoliFônica, Stefan Christoff mixhttps://afofapolifonica.webradiosite.comBroadcasting daily for a week, Thursday 20-27, daily at 2pm est. 01. Anarchist Mountains @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals02. Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night03. Julia E Dyck @ghoultalk - Warp (From A Silver Moon X)04. Stefan Christoff - A silver digital glitch (From A Silver Moon X)05. Anarchist Mountains - Moving a Dimension06. Rêves sonores - Hearken (feat. @nickschofield)07. Stefan Christoff - Did I see you in that dream on the plains in another era (From A Silver Moon X)
On Free City Radio this week a conversation with artist and designer Javid Jah who speaks about the ways that alternative cosmologies can be shared and manifested through art. Also on projects that explore ideas and cultural expression from the margins in the context of public space. Specifically Javid speaks about contemporary visions around the role of Islamic inspired art in the context of an artistic practice that involves alternative readings of space in the city. This interview came together out of an encounter with Javid in the context of a series of conversations organized by Inspirit Foundation, thank you to Angie Balata. Info on Javid's work: http://javidjah.xyzMusic on this edition is by Narcy.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we speak with author and educator, Max Haiven on the book "Palm Oil The Grease of Empire." The book is described this way: "It’s in our food, our cosmetics, our fuel and our bodies. Palm oil, found in half of supermarket products, has shaped our world. Max Haiven uncovers how the gears of capitalism are literally and metaphorically lubricated by this ubiquitous elixir."Info on the project: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345826/palm-oil/Music clip on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
This is my second monthly mix on Root Radio @rootradiolive, the joint mixes air on the second Monday or each month. This month I am sharing the second section of a joint mix with musician Matthew Shipp who helped select these tracks. Photo is from .Thank you to Root Radio for broadcasting this mix !Track listingtrack name / artist name01. High Priest - Andrew Cyrille, Ted Daniel, Teddy Daniel, Nick De Geronimo, Nick Di Geronimo & David S. Ware02. Oleo, Phineas Newborn Jr.03. Piercing the Veil album excerpts, William Parker and Hamid Drake04. Ras Moshe - Meditation For David S Ware05. ALFREDO BOJÓRQUEZ - NOCHE BRILLOSA (Umbral 50), (excerpt)06. Asher & Jordan - Foliage
A conversation with Matmos on their recent album "Regards/Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer."Music on this edition is from the album.
On this edition of Free City Radio, a conversation with documentary filmmaker Malcolm Guy who speaks on possibilities of international solidarity at a time of major global conflict between Russia and the United States. This conversation explores how to build points of active unity within left networks globally in order to express solidarity with peoples around the world who are facing militarization and violence, including in Ukraine. This interview is an attempt to explore some difficult points that face progressive networks globally today as major points of division remain as it comes to addressing the war in Ukraine. This interview is not about clear answers, but is about trying to have a conversation around this difficult point. Music on this edition is the track "Mountains at Night" by Anarchist Mountains, which is out on this album:https://anarchistmountainsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/macedoniansFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Voices Across Borders: No To War SoundsMonday, April 3, 2023An international anti-war arts radio broadcast to oppose the military industrial complex and to protest any military escalation as a solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This global radio broadcast will include contributions by musicians, poets, activists and artists from multiple cities around the world. A creative initiative that involves soundscapes, live instrumentation, poetry and spoken narratives that aim to collectively protest any military escalation as a solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This broadcast is inspired by the intersections of art and activism that work to envision and enact a world without borders and free from policies imposed by politicians and corporate structures that place the corrosive interests of profits and political power over people.Featuring music, words and sound by Anarchist Mountains, Tim Daisy at Relay Recordings in Chicago, poet Christian Favreau, author Max Haiven, author Dru Oja Jay of The Breach, the Koliada Singers of Montreal, Bianca Mugyenyi of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute and Saxsyndrum.Broadcasting:CJLO 1690 AMApril 3rd, 2pm, Montreal time (EST)N10.ASApril 3rd, 3pm, Montreal time (EST)Radio AlHaraApril 3rd, 3:30pm, Palestine time (GMT+2)Radio Kapital, PolandApril 3rd, 3pm CET, Warsaw time (CET)
On Free City Radio this week, we hear a conversation with Sheryl Nestel of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada who speaks about a report released this past fall that examines the ways that expression on Palestine has been repressed on campus and within many institutions within Canada. The report is described this way:"IJV has spent the last year gathering research about the repression faced by academics, students and Palestine solidarity activists, collecting approximately 80 testimonies describing the resulting “chilling effect” in Canada. This report is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, utilizing ethnographic methodology and qualitative analysis to describe both the overarching effects of this repression as well as the deeply personal impact it has on activists, artists, students and professors. While focused on Canada, it also holds international ramifications as many of the processes we describe are present in other countries."Read the report here:https://www.ijvcanada.org/unveilingthechillyclimateMusic on this edition is "A Free Palestine Dream" from Anarchist Mountains Trio, out via @amekcollectivehttps://amekcollective.bandcamp.com/album/la-terre-et-la-forceFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Matteo Uggeri + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on March 29 at 10pm Bethlehem time, 4pm eastern time at radioalhara.netThis is a joint mix with Milan based artist Matteo Uggeri featuring work from Matteo's collective release entitled "The Telephone" plus other music selections by Stefan, information on Matteo's project here:https://matteouggeri.bandcamp.com/album/the-telephoneBelow is the track listing, artist name / track name:01. Alberto Carozzi - Haiku de Tango (Pascal Comelade)02. Alberto Carozzi - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young)03. Claude l'Anthrope - Dans la maison de ton corps04. Crasher - Degeneration05. Bob Corn - Sfiorisci bel fiore (Enzo Jannacci)06. Aidan Baker & Jörg Schneider - Flint07. Comaneci - Upside Down (Diana Ross)08. Comaneci - Little Lover (AC-DC)09. Gaia Margutti - Caught Between (Micah P. Hinson)10. Anarchist Mountains Trio - A Free Palestine Dream11. Zombik - Caloia - Wiens - Housekeeping12. Zombik - Caloia - Wiens - Storytime by the Ganges13. Matteo Uggeri - Dialing Numbers14. Maybe Happy - Gold Soundz (Pavement) (excerpt)15. Badawi - Oxygen Dub16. Anarchist Mountains - Anarchist Signals
Indu Vashist + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Sunday the 26th of March at 5pm Bethlehem time, 11am eastern time at radioalhara.netTrack listingArtist name / track01. Sabri Brothers - Tishnagi Ko Jhanjhor Detey Hain02. Zeb and Haniya - Dadra03. Don Cherry - Brown Rice04. Yusef Lateef - The Plum Blossom 05. Sneha Khanwalkar - Kaala Rey06. Emmylou Harris - Wayfaring Stranger07. Sarah Pagé - Méduses08. David Parker - Invariant Form of the Intuitable World (Nick Schofield Remix)09. Badawi - An Olive Branch10. KMRU - MR511. KMRU - Temporary Stored (radiophonic)
On this edition of Free City Radio we highlight a multimedia project called "Do Right by the Right Whale," which highlights the voice of Mi'kmaq ecological justice activist Brian Issac. Throughout the last summer Brian worked with the Office of Sustainability at Concordia University in Montreal to create this project, of which you can hear the audio narration on this program. Importantly this project speaks to the ways that Mi'kmaq have long held traditional practices through which practices of ecological and environmental sustainability have traveled across generations, a reality that is now important to draw on for building practices today to support and protect the Right Whale. In this episode we hear from Brian Issac who worked with the Office of Sustainability at Concordia. Also we hear from Christian Favreau who shares thoughts about supporting such work through the sustainability office at the university. Music on this edition is "Torn" from the album "Residues" by Jordan Christoff, my brother, out via @amekcollectiveFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
A mix by Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) that will be played at Cinema Politica (www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection.Below is the track listing:Soundtrack Politica mix by @thenewobjectiveAccompanying image from the documentary: Whose Streets?https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/whose-streetsTwo things I love: hip hop and soundtrack music. More specifically, New York hip hop and Italian soundtrack music, which form the basis of most of this mix (with a few west coast tracks thrown in for good measure). In recent years there’s been a newfound appreciation for soundtracks and library music, but hip hop producers have been digging those gems for decades. MCs are amongst the best contemporary storytellers, though they don’t often get enough recognition in that respect. And in my opinion, we have been witnessing a new golden age in New York hip hop, so I’ve mostly selected songs released in the last few years to highlight the excellent work being done today. There are a good number of instrumental cuts here, but where there are rhymes they often have political and spiritual significance that might resonate with the films screened at Cinema Politica. I also aimed for close to gender balance on the voices heard on this mix. I gravitated towards tracks that tell a story and tracks that sample soundtracks, and tie it all together with a few choice cuts from soundtracks themselves. TRACKLIST Goblin - “Mad Puppet's Laugh (Opening intro)” (Profondo Rosso, 1975)Madlib - “Breaks Of Mediate Pt. 1” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001)Nappy Nina - “Lugie” (Mourning Due, 2023)Navy Blue - “1491” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020)AKAI SOLO - “Marine Snow” (Body Feeling, 2022)AMANI + King Vision Ultra - “Water (feat. maasai)” (AN UNKNOWN INFINITE, 2020)Quelle Chris + Chris Keys - “Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier, & Homeboy Sandman)” (Innocent Country 2, 2020)Flying Lotus - “R2 Where Are You?” (Star Wars Headspace, 2016)Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Waiting For The Moon (feat. Mosel & Anna Wise)” (Everything’s Fine, 2018)billy woods & Kenny Segal - “Houthi” (Hiding Places, 2019)E L U C I D - “impasse” (I Told Bessie, 2022)AKAI SOLO & NAVY BLUE - “OCEAN HUE HOURS” (TRUE SKY, 2020)Madlib - “Chops & Thangs” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001)Moor Mother - “Made A Circle (feat. Nappy Nina, maassai, Antonia Gabriela & Orion Sun)” (Black Encyclopedia of the Air, 2021)Gang Starr feat. MOP - “1/2 & 1/2 (Instrumental)” (Blade Soundtrack, 1998)Goblin - “Suspiria (Celesta And Bells)” (Suspiria, 1977)Piero Umiliani - “To Seek” (La Morte Bussa Due Volte, 1969)Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Gold Purple Orange” (Everything’s Fine, 2018)Navy Blue - “Aunt Gerry’s Fried Chicken” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020)KING VISION ULTRA (feat. Lord Kayso) - “Media Training” (SHOOK WORLD, 2023)Egisto Macchi - “Jungla I” (Africa Minima, 1972)Raekwon - “Casablanca” (instrumental loop edit) (Immobilarity, 1999)Piero Umiliani - “Lavoro Nero” (Atmospheres, 1979) Madlib - “Two Timer (The Pimp)” (Beat Konducta Vol 1-2: Movie Scenes, 2006)Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - “I’m Buggin” Egisto Macchi - “Regno di Dio” (Risonanze / 3 - Evocazioni Musicali Di Temi Biblici, 1979)
Voices across borders: A solidarity broadcast with protests in Iran Airing internationally on the week of March 20, 2023, for Nowruz نوروزFeaturing music, words and sound by Mohammad Abdolrezazadeh, Amir Amiri, Sarah Davachi, Leila Ghaffari, Saeed Kamjoo, Ni Vash and Anika, Secret Pyramid, Rouzbeh Shadpey, Soheil Soheili, Alya Al-Sultani and Roozbeh Tabandeh.Accompanying visuals: Khosro Berahmandi and Taraneh Mosadegh.Track listing:Artist name / track name01. Sarah Davachi, Perfumes III02. Ensemble Kimya + Amir Amiri, Damâvand03. Sarah Davachi, Border of Mind04. Leila Ghaffari, Reflections05. Mohammad Abdolrezazadeh, Reflections06. Amir Amiri, Reflections07. Secret Pyramid, Quiet Sky08. Saeed Kamjoo, Improvisation at La Sala Rossa09. Soheil Soheili and Joux - Charivari Basement Experience, compilation mix, (excerpt)10. Alya Al-Sultani, Three Ages Of Woman-Mother11. Ni Vash and Anika, No Fly Zone (feat. Nasim Luczaj)12. Rouzbeh Shadpey, Untitled Reading (excerpt) 13. Roozbeh Tabandeh, Dance of Coppersmiths14. Secret Pyramid, A DescentBroadcasting:Cashmere RadioMarch, 20th, 16:30, Berlin time, (CET)CKUW 95.9 FMMarch, 20th, Winnipeg time, (CDT)CJLO 1690 AM March, 20th, 2 pm, Montréal time (EST)Kiosk RadioMarch 21, 12 noon, Brussels time (CET)Montez Press RadioMarch, 20th, 6-7pm, NYC time (EST)N10.ASMarch 20, 1 pm, Montréal time (EST)Noods RadioMarch, 20th, 21h00, Bristol time (GMT)NTS March 20, 11am, London time, channel 2, (GMT)Radio AlHara March, 20th, 5 pm, Palestine time (GMT+2)Radio KapitalMarch, 20th, 2pm, Warsaw time (CET)Radio Nopal March, 20th, 7 pm, CDMX time (CST)Radio RaheemMarch 20, 11pm, Milan time (CET)Radio Tempo Não PáraMarch 21, 6pm, Amsterdam time, (CET)Root RadioMarch 20, 2023, 2 pm, Istanbul time (TRT, GMT+3)Refuge WorldwideMarch, 20th, 11am, Berlin time (CET)This 1-hour international radio broadcast expresses solidarity with grassroots movements in Iran, which are demanding full democratic rights, gender equality and social justice. Globally, the Iranian diaspora has been on the streets to express support for protest movements in Iran. This radio broadcast creates space for Iranian voices and is an opportunity for people to listen. Thanks to the many friends and extended family who helped with the emotions, inspiration, ideas and conceptualization for this solidarity broadcast, including Amari, Amir, Kavoos, Mojeanne, Naïma, Roozbeh, Saeed, Samin, Sophia and Yassi. Love and respect. – Stefan Christoff.
أصوات تتكلم(Speaking Sounds)A mix by @noursokhon and Stefan @spirodon ChristoffA mix broadcasting on Cashmere Radio, March 16, 17h (5pm), Berlin time !In this mix you can hear a Berlin cityscape recording by Nour recorded over the bridge at Modersohnbrücke. The sounds in this recording are mixed with a synth recording that Jordan Christoff worked on within the context of a creative session for the Anarchist Mountains project. Additional tracks include:A Free Palestine Dream, by Anarchist Mountains Trio (out on @amekcollective)I Still Remember, by Nour SokhonConspiracy Means Breathing Together, by Anarchist Mountains TrioIn 1985, by Anarchist Mountains TrioAcoustic guitar recording, by Stefan ChristoffAnarchist Mountains sketch, by Jordan ChristoffImage is by Nour.
In this interview community organizer Mark Andersen of We Are Family DC speaks about the ways that a frontline community support organization, focused on delivering food as part of frontline anti poverty work also has created a context of local solidarity between thousands of residents in downtown DC areas like Shaw. We Are Family DC emerged as a key frontline community solidarity space during peak movements of the pandemic. We Are Family DC is described this way:"Grounded in grassroots senior leadership, We Are Family mobilizes a committed corps of volunteers to reach out to isolated inner-city seniors with free services, advocacy, and companionship, building a network of caring eyes and ears that enables at-risk seniors to age in place. More than simply a social service provider, We Are Family is a bold experiment in building caring, just and inclusive community."Mark also helped to found the DC mutual aid and solidarity network Positive Force which I was happy to volunteer with during a food delivery shift during a stop in Washington during an anti-capitalist speaking tour aiming to mobilize support for the anti G8 protests in Canada in 2002.Music on this edition is by Fugazi.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays and broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
I will be sharing a monthly mix on Root Radio @rootradiolive, on the second Monday or each month. This month I am sharing a joint mix with paradisee (Rayan Falouji) who helped select these tracks. Photo is from Rayan. This mix came together in the context of a collaboration with Rayan around Musicians for Palestine and it features artists who support the Musicians For Palestine campaign. Thank you to Root Radio for broadcasting this mix !Track listing artist name / track01. AG Club @agclub - Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 02. Denzel Curry @denzelcurryph - Bulls on Parade03. Dreamer Isioma @dreamerisioma - Stop Calling The Police On Me04. femdot. @femdotmusic - 94 Camry Music05 midwxst @midwxst - i know you hate me06 redveil @whyredveil - morphine (da ways)07. IRL @irlhuman - Jaw Floor08. Jessica Ekomane @jessica-ekomane - Never Odd Or Even09. Rêves sonores @revessonores - Harken10. Bella Cuts @bellacuts - Until Everybody Is Free
On this edition of Free City Radio listen to a conversation with author Lauren Benton who's book "A Search for Sovereignty." I read this work for a class at Concordia University in Montreal and thought it brilliantly outlined the ways that the violence of early colonial law was improvised by Western European empires over Indigenous lands. The research in this book can be drawn from to illustrate how any claims about the law of colonial society as being solid are simply untrue. It can help to call into the question the fundamental legal basis of colonial nation states like Canada. The work is described this way:"A Search for Sovereignty maps a new approach to world history by examining the relation of law and geography in European empires between 1400 and 1900. Lauren Benton argues that Europeans imagined imperial space as networks of corridors and enclaves, and that they constructed sovereignty in ways that merged ideas about geography and law. Conflicts over treason, piracy, convict transportation, martial law, and crime created irregular spaces of law, while also attaching legal meanings to familiar geographic categories such as rivers, oceans, islands, and mountains. The resulting legal and spatial anomalies influenced debates about imperial constitutions and international law both in the colonies and at home. This original study changes our understanding of empire and its legacies and opens new perspectives on the global history of law."Music on this edition is by @kamarujosephFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
An interview with filmmaker Brooke Swaney and actor Kendra Mylnechuk who speak about their respective work on the documentary film Daughter of a Lost Bird.This is a write-up on the film from the Human Rights Watch film festival:This beautifully personal film documents her journey as she discovers her Native identity—finding her birth mother, April, also a Native adoptee, and returning to her Lummi homelands in Washington State. In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Kendra and April’s stories show the impact of intentional government actions to erase an entire culture, including the 1958 Indian Adoption Project, which removed Native children from their families and placed them in white homes in an effort to “kill the Indian and save the man.” This poignant story shows, as James Baldwin rightfully put it: "History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us.”“I identified as white. This strange confusion of white guilt, and native anger. Where does it sit in me? And how do I sit with both of those things?” —Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, film participant, Daughter of a Lost BirdMusic on this edition is by The Halluci Nation.
On this edition of Free City Radio I will feature a second podcast within the project "Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal," the details are outlined below, you can listen to the full podcast here @reverberations-criseSeptième épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal'. Réflexions sur les différents niveaux de la lutte des locataires contre la gentrification. /// Seventh episode of the podcast 'Réverbérations d'une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis in Montreal'. Reflections on the different levels of tenants’ struggle against gentrification.1. Intro theme, par/by Joseph Sannicandro2. “Q-Block (podcast)”, par/by Philippe Battikha3. “3 (Sohnia Karamat Ali)”, par/by Stefan Christoff*Note de Stefan Christoff: Sohnia Karamat Ali, from the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) speaks about the ways that gentrification and the housing crisis is impacting new immigrant and migrant communities, particularly in Parc-Ex. The music and soundscapes on this edition includes a solo organ piece by Stefan, building harmonics recorded in an office tower by Stefan and an excerpt of an organ and violin duet between Stefan and Fern O'Dactyl on violin.Réalisé par/Produced by Joseph Sannicandro & Hubert Gendron-BlaisArt visuel/Visual art: Marjolaine Lord
Ice and Signal"Ice and Signal" is a soundscape collage by David Parker @slowmantofu and Stefan Christoff. It incorporates original music and field recordings mixed with selected tracks that aim to evoke a shared space of community and togetherness. This is a sonic reflection that points to the multitude of emotional worlds and experiences within campus/community radio spaces - their physical locations - as sites of artistic wonder, but also rebellious spaces that push back against media frameworks that are driven by consumerism and capitalism. In recent years online radio spaces, particularly during the pandemic, have also created shared spaces of rebellious community. This is embodied in projects like the Palestinian online radio platform, Radio AlHara. Community radio and the works created within such spaces often reflect the potentialities of alternative worlds. Through their very existence, these spaces create the opportunity for both personal growth and collective struggle.This artistic contribution is a playful way of celebrating these ideas and concept, bringing them to listeners in an abstract format that experiments with the goal of producing something which evokes a collective felt experience that is ephemeral, spacious and expansive. The work is ambient, experimental, and composed for the radio medium.Christoff and Parker have decades of experience organizing, working, and volunteering at community stations across Canada. This 1 hour long mix, "Ice and Signal," will be launched on radio stations globally between Feb. 26 and March 4, 2023. This mix includes original experimentations on synth by David Parker, acoustic guitar by Stefan Christoff, a windy soundscape from Plattsburgh, NY, an original reading by Bolivian poet Alejandro Saravia. This mix also includes a couple instrumental pieces from "A Silver Moon X" a joint release between Stefan Christoff and Julia Dyck out on Aural Canyon records in Texas. Finally this mix ends with a piece from my brother Jordan Christoff's duet project PJS, with "Source" from the album Origin Stories. This mix was created for broadcast on both online and FM radio stations globally. Airing @radioalhara, Sunday, Feb. 26, 11am (Eastern time), 6pm in Palestine herehttps://www.radioalhara.netRadio Raheem, Feb 27th 10 pm CEThttps://www.radioraheem.itRadio is Dead, @radiockut, Montreal, Quebec: Feb. 27th, 2pmhttp://ckut.caNo Static radio show, CFRC Radio, Kingston, ON: Feb. 27th, 7pmhttps://www.cfrc.ca/no_staticElectric Sense radio Show, CIUT Radio, Toronto, ON: March 1st, 11pmhttps://ciut.fm/shows/electric-senseRadio Flouka, Wednesday, 1st March at 3pm Paris timehttps://www.radioflouka.comCashmere Radio's Wanderlust on March 3, at 16:00 CEThttps://cashmereradio.com/shows/wanderlust
On this edition of Free City Radio I speak with musician Andy Moor of The Ex who speaks about creative collaborations across borders, particularly a recent exchange with Greek musician Yannis Kyriakides. Andy also speaks about the struggle to sustain independent cultural spaces in Amsterdam in the face of gentrification. Also on the importance of non corporate, non capitalist oriented creative spaces for independent cultural ideas to flourish. Music on this edition is by The Ex.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Listen to a conversation with filmmaker Phyllis Ellis on the documentary Category Woman, the film is described this way by HotDocs:"When 18-year-old South African runner Caster Semenya burst onto the world stage in 2009, her championship was not celebrated, but marred by doubt, and her personal medical records leaked to international media. With some women's naturally high androgen levels deemed a performance advantage, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (now World Athletics) ruled that in order to compete, these female athletes must medically alter their healthy bodies. Category: Woman focuses on four athletes from the Global South who are forced out of competition by these regulations. The public scrutiny and policing of their bodies raises issues of racism, sexism and denial of their fundamental human right—who they are. Following up on her award-winning film Toxic Beauty, Phyllis Ellis exposes an industry controlled by men who put women's lives at risk, while this ongoing policing of women's bodies in sport remains, in a more nefarious way, under the guise of fair play."Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Federico Mosconi @federico-mosconi + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Wednesday the 15th of Feb at 1:00 am Bethlehem time, 6pm eastern time at http://radioalhara.net01. Galati - "Rarefaction" from Oneiric (@midirarecords)02. mastroKristo - "Waves" from Departures (@losttribesound)03. Sonae - "Heat"' from Summer (@laaps-records)04. @enricoconiglio & @stefanoguzzetti eastbound (Lost and Found, 2020 editions)05. Federico Mosconi - "Breath" from Air Sculptures (Lost Tribe Sound)06. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos - We Can't Fall Off A Mountain07. Anarchist Mountains Trio - Bells Signaling (out via @amekcollective)08. Taxi Consilium - Beyond The Maps Of Language09. Aidan Baker & Jörg Schneider - Alien Memory10. "A" Trio - Rugged Land (excerpt via @al-maslakh)11. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Querencia (excerpt)
A mix made for broadcast on The Stillness & The Dancing on CFRU in Guelph, Ontario. I made this mix in the led-up to my solo piano concert there on Feb. 23 at SILENCE, information here:https://www.silencesounds.ca/silence-presents-stefan-christoffs-sounding-worlds-wsg-hymns57For this mix I chose tracks with a series of wonderful musicians from around the world who I am currently collaborating with on music and activist projects. A shout out to friends here ! This is the track listing, artist name and then track name, outlined below. The accompanying art work is by Taraneh Mosadegh.01. Rêves sonores - Hearken02. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos & Büşra Kayıkçı - Bluet03. Dayin - A Surge Of Life04. @nicolas-jaar - Mud05. @noursokhon - I Still Remember (excerpt)06. Sessa @sessagrandeza - Gostar do Mundo
Listen to an interview with multidisciplinary artist Petra Serhal who speaks about her practices across a couple of specific projects in recent years. A work called Toyota 89 which is "a choreography in darkness centered on fragmented political, physical, and temporal moments in Beirut." Petra also speaks about "IF YOU WISH TO SEE ME DANCING, YOU OUGHT TO VISIT THE PASSING CLOUD," which is a performance that takes "place in a post-apocalyptic city soaked in darkness, where remaining artificial eyes stalk, film and expose a wandering woman in the virtual realm. Instagram, as the performance’s platform, is operated as a documentation and navigation space, where the audience follows the gaze of an ‘other’ into the city, the woman, the movement and the space in between."Airing Monday the 13th of February at 3:00 pm Bethlehem time, 8am Eastern Standard Time.Accompanying music on this episode is by Fadi Tabbal with the track "Phosphorus 1." Info on Fadi's work here:https://tabbalfadi.bandcamp.comStefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is from artist Petra Serhal.
Listen to a conversation with Hena Zuberi the director of Justice for All. In this interview we hear about the systemic human rights abuses and legislative undercutting of minority rights taking place in India today under the right wing nationalist BJP government. Hena breaks down the religious nationalist politics of Hindutva in the BJP context. Additionally this conversation visits the importance of looking critically at western government complicity with the BJP government and the importance of looking critically at this issue today.More information on Justice For All here:https://www.justiceforall.orgOn this edition you we hear "Fly Over" by the Asian Dub Foundation.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
An interview with Sonya Stefan who speaks on her film "The Truss Arch," which is described this way:"In filmmaker Sonya Stefan’s hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a truss arch bridge straddles the St. Marys River, linking Canada to the United States. But underneath the bridge, a kind of liminal space exists where the notion of borders is blurred. With a wild yet carefully controlled energy, this deconstructed work transports us to the curious site where, it seems, anything is possible. Somewhere between an autobiographical piece, a heartfelt tribute to an immigrant mother whose fate is out of her hands, and a dance film rich in poetry and symbolism, this ode to freedom bubbles with reflections and experimentations – all set against the imposing backdrop of factory chimneys."https://sonyastefan.com/the-truss-archMusic on this edition is by Ah! Kosmos from the album "Beautiful Swamp," more information about the album is here:https://ahkosmos.bandcamp.com/album/beautiful-swamp-2Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is the from the film "The Truss Arch."
A live DJ set @refugeworldwide in Berlin, Jan. 19, 2023.This set features many artists who support #MusiciansForPalestine, below is the track listing, thank you for listening.01. 47SOUL - Sghar El Balad02. Ah! Kosmos - June03. Anarchist Mountains - Anarchist Signals04. Perestroika - Distraction (Xarah Dion Remix)05. Sarah Pagé - Dose Curves06. T. Gowdy - Miracles07. The Halluci Nation - The Light (feat. Lido Pimienta)08. Marta De Pascalis - Sonus Ruinae Part 1 (excerpt)09. Narcy - World War10. Thanya Iyer - leave the room and face the waves11. Ciarra Black - The Door12. Badawi - Final Warning13. Anarchist Mountains - Passage14. Anarchist Mountains - ShoreAccompanying art work by Antonio Gritón.
A mix for Radio is Dead on @radiockut in Montreal.I recorded some bird sounds while walking in Berlin and mixed it with some music, the track listing is below.01. Walking in Berlin, recording by Stefan Christoff02. Hangar #12, by Marc Codsi03. Transcend I, T. Gowdy04. Walking in Berlin II, recording by Stefan Christoff05. Sayia, ΠΙΣΤΕΥΚΕΙΣ ΤΟ;06. Sunlight in a NYC holding cell, Julia E Dyck + Stefan Christoff (A Silver Moon X)07. Masayuki Imanishi, Untitled 1
On this edition of Free City Radio I will be featuring a podcast from a community art project in Montreal that I participated in about how to mobilize collectively as artists and activists against gentrification. You can find the full podcast here: @reverberations-criseThis is the write up on the episode:Dans ce sixième épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal', on peut entendre la deuxième partie de l’essai sur la politique de la vie nocturne, ainsi qu’une entrevue avec un travailleur de rue dédié aux membres des Premières Nations. /// In this sixth episode of the podcast 'Réverbérations d'une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis in Montreal', we can the second part of the essay on the politics of night life, and an interview with a street worker dedicated to the First Nations people.1. “Essai sur la politique de la vie nocturne à Montréal - part 2”, par/by Hubert Gendron-Blais2. “2 (Pierre Parent)”, par/by Stefan Christoff3. Petit exercice de spéculation politique 4, par/by Julien Simard & Hubert Gendron-Blais (avec la voix de/with the voice of Marjolaine Lord, et un extrait de la pièce "Waiting for Cravings", and an exerpt of the piece "Waiting for Cravings", par/by Julien Simard).4. End theme, par/by Joseph SannicandroNote de Hubert Gendron-Blais:-Références:Gonzalez, Xochitl. “Why Do Rich People Love Quiet? The sound of gentrification is silence”. ‘The Atlantic’, septembre 2022.-Extraits musicaux:Hubert Gendron-Blais, “Montreal Solidarity Drone”. Mtl. Drone. ‘Balcony Drone’, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-173, 2020.ce qui nous traverse, “Passages parmi quelques sillons sur la voie oblique”, ‘des lignes’, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-096, 2016.ce qui nous traverse & The Mighty River, “Ignis”, ‘CUCH-2019’, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-154, 2019.Devenir-ensemble, “Retrouvailles (Joni Void Remix)”, ‘Résonances manifestes’, Cuchabata Records/Creative Sources Recordings, CUCH-199/CS-741, 2022.Devenir-ensemble, “Essai sur le mouvement et ses timbres propres”, ‘CUCH-2021’, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-196, 2021.ce qui nous traverse, “حرب (De Guerre)”, ‘des lignes’, Cuchabata Records, CUCH-096, 2016.ce qui nous traverse, “cette part nocturne”. 'The Nightingale: A Julee Cruise Tribute,. Signora Ward Records, 2022.Enregistrements de terrain réalisés par Hubert Gendron-Blais.Note de Stefan Christoff: Pierre Parent of the Indigenous Street Worker Program, an initiative by the RÉSEAU de la communauté Autochtone de Montréal that helps keep vulnerable people safe on the streets. Pierre speaks about the specific ways that the housing crisis in Montreal and gentrification is impacting low income and street involves Indigenous people and communities. Soundscape on this edition is an organ and violin duet between Stefan and Fern O'Dactyl on violin.
On Free City Radio today an interview with author, educator and activist Shiri Pasternak who speaks on the collective book "Disarm, Defund, Dismantle- Police Abolition in Canada." The project is described this way:"Canadian laws are just, the police uphold the rule of law and treat everyone equally, and without the police, communities would descend into chaos and disorder. These entrenched myths, rooted in settler-colonial logic, work to obscure a hard truth: the police do not keep us safe.This edited collection brings together writing from a range of activists and scholars, whose words are rooted in experience and solidarity with those putting their lives on the line to fight for police abolition in Canada. Together, they imagine a different world—one in which police power is eroded and dissolved forever, one in which it is possible to respond to distress and harm with assistance and care."Info on the project:https://btlbooks.com/book/disarm-defund-dismantleOn this edition you can hear a short excerpt of The Light ft. Lido Pimienta from We Are The Halluci Nation by The Halluci Nation.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
An interview with Tamara Abdul Hadi about the project "Picture an Arab Man," which is described this way:"Picture an Arab man is the debut photobook by photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi. With select images from the portrait series of the same name, this monograph presents the viewer with an alternative visual representation of the contemporary Arab man by Abdul Hadi and a reflection on how the Arab man might be seen – reframed and reimagined."Info on the project here:http://www.wearethemedium.com/shop/picture-an-arab-manMusic on this edition is by Anthony Sahyoun, with the tracks "Jesuit Literature Drowning in The Mediterranean" and "Irhamna" (Amulets Remix) (excerpt)Stefan contributes artist interviews to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is the cover of "Picture an Arab Man."
Ana Quiroga @ana_quiroga + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Sunday the 22nd of January at 11am eastern time, 6pm Bethlehem time, in Palestine 2023.Accompanying photo by Dana Dowmut, context outlined below.Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)01. Vanessa Bedoret @vanessassenav - Pas (unreleased)02. Ale Hop @alehophop2 - Mayu Islapi (collab. with Ana Quiroga, Fil Uno & Ignacio Briceño)03. Lucrecia Dalt @lucreciadalt - El Galatzó04. Venus Ex Machina @venusexmachina - Mysterium[Nina Simone - Excerpt from "Nina: An Historical Perspective" by Peter Rodis]05. Caterina Barbieri - Fantas (@carlomaria - Fantas resynthesized for 808 and 202)06. Secret Pyramid - Primal07. Tim Davison - View From the Gate (via @moonvillain)08. Bogdan Simeonov @bogdan-simeonov-1 - Suite Spectrale09. Melisa Del Be @melisa_delbe - loop #3 electric viola10. TEKETEKE @teketeke-music - Dobugawa11. Bogdan Simeonov - Equivalence (via @amekcollective)12. Esse Ran - What Once Was13. John Carroll Kirby - Cryptozoo End Credits Theme14. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Watermelancholia15. KMRU @kamarujoseph - MR016. KMRU - MR1 (excerpt)From Dana Dowmut : "The series is called CALL999 to serve as a reminder to always seek conversation with loved ones even if in prayer through sky and hands. The series originally made in 2019 and published in Emirates Women Magazine, is continuously relevant after losing a beloved friend who ceaselessly shares her youth, love, and hope that I will owe the inspiration behind the work. I share the photos in hopes the music it accompanies will tell a story of love and warmth anywhere you are."
Listen to a conversation with Sámi artist and choreographer Elle Sofe Sara on the piece "The Answer is Land," an incredible and immersive work that is described this way: "Community and kinship between people, with nature and with the earth we all share, are the main themes of Vástádus eana/ The answer is land. The choreography is inspired by demonstrations, Sami spiritual practices and formation dance. Written specially for the performance by composer and professor of yoik, Frode Fjellheim, the polyphonic yoik works as a supportive pillar throughout the work."Info on Elle's work here: https://ellesofe.comMusic on this edition is from The Answer is Land and also by @secretpyramidFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة16/01/2023For @radioalharaBroadcasting as part of a concert at Morphine Raum in Berlin on Jan. 16, 2023, 8-10pm.01. Asher @doldrumss & @jordanchristoff - Docking (via @crashsymbols)02. Zea @zea + Xavier Charles @xavier_charles - It's Quiet03. Leon Louder @leonlouder (Scattered Ensemble) - Calls04. Elyze Venne-Deshaies - Les mémoires en écho (via Cuchabata Records)05. Hubert Gendron-Blais @hubertgendron-blais - Rock Garden06. Samuel Bobony @blackgivre - Parmi d'autres07. Sarah Albu @sarahalbu - Cat Grass08. Craig Pedersen @craig-pedersen - Low Mids Highmids09. Marie-Douce St-Jacques @xenakiss - Plis plis plis10. Stefan @spirodon Christoff (A Silver Moon X) - Did I see you in that dream on the plains in another era (via @aural_canyon)11. Nour Sokhon @noursokhon - Beirut Berlin Birds In Conversation With The Book Of The Dead12. Aidan Baker & Jörg Schneider - Spark13. Alexandre St-Onge @alexandre-st-onge - Aura - (excerpt) (via 14. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Accessibility of Soul (excerpt)Accompanying photo was taken by Stefan Christoff on the Berlin S-Bahn on Jan. 15, 2023.
A conversation with Jimmy Dunson a founding member of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief network in US, a grassroots network of relief support operating in multiple communities across the country which are contending with the realities of extreme climate events in the context of the broader reality of climate change.The project is described this way: "Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a grassroots disaster relief network based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action."Info: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.orgThank you to Cindy Milstein for helping to arrange this interview.Accompanying music on this edition is by Amir ElSaffar @amirelsaffar with the track March, info on the album on which the track is featured here:https://amirelsaffartworivers.bandcamp.com/album/rivers-of-sound-the-other-shoreFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Amir Elsaffar + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting Monday the 9th of January at 5:00 pm in Palestine, 10am est.Accompanying photo by Stefan Christoff, taken at @thenewobjective studio during a practice.01. Muddy Waters: Standing Around Crying.02. Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 Movement I: Moderato, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, Conductor (excerpt)03. Hossam Ramzy (featuring Samy el Bably, trumpet) - El Malek Farouk (excerpt)04. Yusuf Omar - Maqam Nawa, from the album Le maqâm irakien. tradition de bagdad. (Iraqi maqâm Baghdad tradition)05. Cecil Taylor - Abyss (excerpt)06. @joni_void - Kitsssch Beatsss07. Eric Craven - Ratwater Metro08. Eva Stone - Hot Water09. Federico Balducci (@fb-ftbb) - Enter The Forest10. Gabrielle Godbout - Twinkle11. Giuliano Bossa - Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti
On the January, 2023 edition of Stefan Christoff's monthly artist interview on Radio AlHara we hear from the creators of "Remaking the Exceptional: Tea, Torture, and Reparations," (www.tea-project.org) a collective work that is described this way:"Through the voices of torture survivors and activists, the Remaking the Exceptional podcast highlights connections between policing and incarceration in Chicago and the human rights violations of the Global War on Terror, while also celebrating the struggle for justice and reparations. Sitting, sipping, and reflecting over a cup of tea with others can create the space for conversations on difficult and at times painful subjects. It also can create opportunities to envision a new set of social relations."The interview is with Amber Ginsburg, Nate Sandberg, and Aaron Hughes. Music on this edition at the end is by Karim Wasfi with the track "Requiem aeternam, Cello Prelude."Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara in Palestine. Accompanying image is the graphic from the podcast project.
Amanda Ruiz + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023.01. Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite02. Billie Holiday - Just Friends03. Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza04. María T. Lara - Oración Caribe05. John Martyn - Dreams By The Sea06. Irreversible Entanglements - Bread Out of Stone07. B R A H J A {aka Devin Brahja Waldman} - Sorcery of Terminology08. Şevket Akıncı - Dört Kanatlı Kuş09. KMRU - MR210. KMRU - MR311. Ikebe Shakedown - Road Song12. Nick Kuepfer - Grouse Wings13. Philippe Battikha - Side A (Someone's Always Listening excerpt)Accompanying photo taken by Stefan at CASA at San Agustín Etla in Mexico.
On this edition of Free City Radio Tom Wakeford of ETC Group on opposing tech giant moves to crack the Convention on Biological Diversity. Tom details the ways that corporations are pushing to open the global limits on involving "new technologies" within agricultural production and the monitoring of territories and lands through information systems. Essential tech giants are trying to move toward digitizing farming systems and through that move to assert control of agricultural markets and limit the autonomous control of lands by peasant, Indigenous and farming communities, particularly in the Global South. These issues were deeply debated at the COP 15 meetings in Montreal and ETC Group was in those fights within the negotiations. Learn more about ETC Group's work here:https://www.etcgroup.orgMusic on this edition is by Büşra Kayıkçı with the track Bring the light (Project XII).Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mónica Vargas Collazos of GRAIN on Israeli state backed agribusiness colonialism in global south. This interview revolves around a report published by GRAIN in fall 2022 called "Farms, arms and Israel's agro-diplomacy," which is described by GRAIN this way:"Israel has an international reputation for its high-tech agriculture. Its companies offer everything from the latest in drip irrigation systems to pesticide-spraying drones. But Israeli agribusiness has developed out of a militarised and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands and, in recent years, its growth is closely tied to the promotion of Israel's diplomatic and economic agenda abroad. Much of this agro-diplomacy is carried out by a handful of little known companies led by former defence and secret service officers with high-level political connections. The companies they own specialise in expensive agricultural projects that are structured through offshore financial vehicles, involving the purchase of Israeli products and technologies and, often, connections with arms deals. Africa is a key target, but Israeli agribusiness projects are mushrooming around the world-- from Colombia to Azerbaijan to Papua New Guinea. Few of these projects produce tangible benefits for local communities. But the consequences, from land grabbing to debts, can be severe and long-lasting. This report pulls back the curtain on the overseas activities of Israeli agribusiness and considers the consequences for local people as well as the ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands."Read the report here:https://grain.org/en/article/6878-farms-arms-and-israel-s-agro-diplomacyFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Tanha Gomes + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Dec. 25, 2022.01. Irene Cara - What a Feeling.02. Helado Negro - There Must Be A Song Like You.03. Devendra Banhart - Santa Maria Da Feira.04. TNS - Umona ft. Mpumi.05. Womack & Womack - Teardrops.06. Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You.07. Snap - The Power.08. DJ Zandimaz, Ft Nokwazi - Emathandweni.08. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam.09. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run).10. Richard Russell - She Said (ft. Obongjayar & Kamasi Washington).11. Rhythm Is Rhythm - Strings Of Life.12. Elton John - I'm Still Standing.13. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night.14. Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop.
Lim Li Ching of the Third World Network speaks about the negotiation battles that took place during the international summit surrounding the biological diversity convention which took place during the COP 15 meetings in Montreal. Lim talks about the struggle to work to address historic legacies of colonial violence that are manifested through economic systems like debt and debt financing as impacting the capacity of nations within the global south to fund biological diversity protection programs. Info on Lim's work here: https://www.twn.myMusic on this edition is by AH! KOSMOS, info:https://ahkosmos.comFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy based in Mexico City. In this interview we discuss the complexities of listening to the voices of social movements today in the Americas specifically within contexts where centre left and progressive governments have been elected into office. This conversation specifically focuses on Mexico with the Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. For more information on Laura's work:https://www.americas.org/peopleFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Greg Caz + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Tuesday the 13th of December at 3:30 pm Bethlehem time, in Palestine 2022, that is 8:30am Montreal time.Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)01. Ashford & Simpson - It Seems To Hang On02. Tim Maia - Não Vá03. Khari Simmons - Belle Of Byron Bay (feat. Monday Michiru)04. Maria de Fátima - Candombe Brasileiro Montevideano05. Ingram - Mi Sabrina Tequana (My Sister’s Daughter)06. Bobby Sparks II - Jamie Starr07. Matinee Idol (Monk-One Mix)08. Caetano Veloso - Tropicália09. Merry Clayton - Touch The Hem Of His Garment10. Esse Ran - Insect Behavior11. Angelo Mallia - Attratto Da Una LacrimaPhoto taken by Stefan in Brooklyn at the Interference Archive.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Vijay Prashad and Frank Barat @frank-barat co-authors of the book "The Struggle Makes Us Human," which visits points of connection between social movements around the world. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1869-struggle-makes-us-humanThe book is described this way:"An incisive and inspiring call to look beyond capitalism to chart a road map for a planet ravaged by pandemics, climate crisis, and wars. Prompted by trenchant questions by international solidarity organizer Frank Barat, renowned author and activist Vijay Prashad shows that the path toward hope and liberation lies in looking closely at myriad, under covered struggles being waged all across the world by workers in countries such as India, Kenya, Peru, Tunisia, and Argentina. A marvellously global but grassroots perspective. Prashad also examines pressing topics such as debt cancellation, a wealth tax, austerity, the pandemic, the arms industry, the climate crisis, socialism, working-class social movements and much more."Music on this edition is the track "Deckard" by @drinknightmilkGraphic is a detail of a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf.Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
An Anarchist Mountains mix for "If You Got Ears" broadcasting on CKUT 90.3FM on Dec. 7, 2022, below is the track listing.01. Oklou @oklou93, @casey-mq - Lurk.02. @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals.03. @joni_void + N NAO - Les Grillons.04. Count G @stathis-gourgouris - Karma fugitive in Tunisia.05. Joni Void + N NAO - Bonne Sorcière.06. Gabriel Teodros @gabriel-teodros - Open Letter.07. Julia E Dyck @ghoultalk - Warp.08. Esse Ran @esse-ran - Wind Whirl.09. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos - Never Again.10. PJS @pjs11 - Source.11. Count G - Fingers on white buttons.12. Amanda Harvey - How We Negociate Worlds.13. Devenir-ensemble @devenir-ensemble - Forces de dispersion (Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective Remix).14. Devenir-ensemble - Délicat champ de différences (Nicola Di Croce @nicoladicroce Remix).15. Stefan Christoff @spirodon - A silver digital glitch.16. Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night.17. Anarchist Mountains - A Signal at 1 AM.18. Anarchist Mountains - Alright the Wind Is Beyond It All.19. Anarchist Mountains - A Yugoslavian Spacecraft (excerpt).
For my monthly artist interview on Radio AlHara I am featuring a conversation with Viktoria Draganova (Виктория Драганова), educator, writer and curator who is the director of Swimming Pool space in Sofia and works with the Centre for Social Vision in Bulgaria.In this interview Viktoria speaks about her work to create intersectional spaces surrounding contemporary art and society in a Bulgarian context, we hear about the challenges of running an independent socially engaged arts space in the heart of Sofia and the vision that drives the project. For information and context visit: https://swimmingpoolprojects.orghttp://viktoriadraganova.comThank you to Jenny Decheva for helping to arrange this interview.This interview was recorded in August. 2022 by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Sofia, Bulgaria. Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara in Palestine
On this edition of Free City Radio I will feature a second podcast within the project "Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal," the details are outlined below, you can listen to the full podcast here @reverberations-criseDans ce troisième épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal', on entend divers intervenant.e.s de la lutte contre la gentrification. /// In this third episode of the podcast 'Réverbérations d'une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis’', we hear different actors of the struggle against gentrification.1. Intro theme, par/by Joseph Sannicandro2. “1 (François Saillant), par/by Stefan Christoff3. “Autour de deux manifs contre la gentrification”, par/by Hubert Gendron-Blais (avec un extrait de la pièce "Hochelaga mon amour", de Samuele & Claude L'Anthrope4. Petit exercice de spéculation politique no. 3, par/by Julien Simard & Hubert Gendron-Blais (avec la voix de/with the voice of Malte Leander et un extrait de la pièce "Waiting for Cravings", and an exerpt of the piece "Waiting for Cravings", par/by Julien Simard)*Note from Stefan Christoff: Interview with François Saillant, Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU). The soundscape is a collaboration between Stefan and sound artist Philippe Lamy in Toulouse. The original field recordings were collected by Stefan during protests against neoliberal austerity measures in Quebec in 2015 and also during the student strike against hikes in tuition at Quebec’s public universities. The sounds were all recorded during night protests within these two contexts.Réalisé par / Produced by Joseph Sannicandro & Hubert Gendron-BlaisArt visuel/Visual art: Marjolaine Lord
Asher Woodhead @doldrumss + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارةFor @radioalharaBroadcasting on Nov. 27, 2022.Accompanying photo by Rickie Leach.Asher writes: "These tracks span a wide range in time and space, from Italy (la punta bianca) to Toronto (new chance), but gel together in the warm electronics and experimental pop pallets they explore. The tragic beauty and intimacy in these artists seems to have soundtracked 2022 well for me, while they also contain a sense of hope and strength in togetherness"Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)01 Devendra Banhart - Brindo02 La Punta Bianca @lapuntabianca - Corpi Celesti03 Ghia - What's Your Voodoo?04 Pavel Milyakov Yana Pavlova @buttechno - One05 @700bliss / @orionsun - Nightflame06 Guilherme Coutinho - Flauta de Bambú07 Admas - Astawesalehu08 New Chance - Adriatic09 Ion D - Lasă-ma să trec10 Anna Atkinson - Best I Can11 Mat Ball - Within the Billow I12 Badawi - El Topo (Al Aqsa Mix)13 DEIDRE @deidre999 - Gold14 @evitceles - Over The City15 Matthew Shipp - New Orbit
A joint mix by @joni_void and Stefan @spirodon Christoff that will be played at Cinema Politica (https://www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection.Below is the track listing:1. Steve Sobs - Never Meant To Get Caught2. R.A.P. Ferreira - Speck3. Billy Woods - Pollo Rico4. Roger Robinson & The Black Space Quartet - Count On Me5. Massive Attack - Euro Zero Zero6. Noah - Odette7. HASYMO - Tokyo Town Pages8. Eiko Ishibashi - Ask Me How I Sleep At Night9. Simone Peltier - Red Memories10. Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos - It Rains Without You11. Nikita Dembinski - Earth Heater12. Shalabi Quintet - Vitrola Era (@nickschofield remix)13. Will Austin - Polemical Blues 2014 side a (excerpt)
On this edition of Free City Radio I will be featuring a podcast from a community art project in Montreal that I participated in about how to mobilize collectively as artists and activists against gentrification. You can find the full podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/reverberations-criseThis is the write up on the episode:Ce second épisode du balado 'Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal' présente différentes manières dont la crise du logement est vécue dans divers quartiers montréalais. / This second episode of the podcast 'Réverbérations d'une crise: Sounding the Housing Crisis in Montreal' presents different ways in which the housing crisis is experienced in various Montreal neighborhoods.1. Extrait des sessions d’enquête sonore - Où vivez-vous? (Parc-Ex) / Excerpt from the inquiry sessions - Where do you live? (Parc-Ex)2. Intro theme, par/by Joseph Sannicandro3. “Le sud-ouest montréalais en crise : trois portraits de locataires”, par/by Jordan Torres Bussière4. Petit exercice de spéculation politique no. 2, par/by Julien Simard & Hubert Gendron-Blais (avec la voix de/with the voice of Speranza Spir et un extrait de la pièce "Waiting for Cravings"/and an exerpt of the piece "Waiting for Cravings", par/by Julien Simard).*Note de Jordan Torres Bussière: Merci à Tristan Lavoie-Kartner, Meghan Delisle, Caroline Monast-Landriault, Tournesol Plante, Jeanne d’Arc Tellier et Lyne Tellier.Réalisé par/Produced by Joseph Sannicandro & Hubert Gendron-BlaisArt visuel/Visual art: Marjolaine LordFree City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Wissam Sader + Spirodon mix 1 for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Nov. 20, 2022.
- Ana Quiroga - Prelude III
- Wissam Sader - Recordat Session, excerpt 1
- Asher & Jordan - Carol
- Wissam Sader - Recordat Session, excerpt 2
- Anthony Sahyoun
- Badawi - Evocation (1999)
- Taciturn - Roach
- Bayti Bayyati 09 Casiopea - Mint Jams(1982), excerpt
Accompanying image by Rickie Leach.
A live broadcast at ARTEXTE gallery presented on Nov. 16 2022 within the context of the exhibition Sonic Fields of Reflection. In this broadcast Stefan Christoff speaks with exhibition curator Mojeanne Behzadi and sound artist Martín Rodríguez about their sound work along the US / Mexico colonial border line.
Thank you to Spencer Curtis from CKUT and Jonathan Lachance from Artexte for the technical support for this broadcast.
The photo is of Martín Rodríguez, below are the bios of the speakers you hear in this transmission.
As a transmission and sound artist, Martín Rodríguez’s work emerges from his Chicanx upbringing along the Arizona-Mexico border. He employs performance, intervention, and installation as a process for deciphering aural histories and intertwined identities.
Mojeanne Behzadi is a curator and poet based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. She is currently the director of Art Speaks, an international contemporary art lecture series and the curator of research and programs at Artexte. Mojeanne holds an MA in Art History from Concordia University and works as an independent curator on numerous projects. She recently developed and hosted the Trajectories podcast for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and curated Spillover Love at the Stewart Hall Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire, a group show presented in the summer of 2021. Her current curatorial research focuses on community practices as a framework for resistance, mobilization and social transformation.
A Oaxaca sound walk Amanda Ruiz and Stefan Christoff For @noodsradio, Broadcasting Nov 13 in Bristol, 23 à 00
"In this sound walk we hear Oaxaca based Mexican artist Amanda Ruiz in the city. In one section you will hear an excerpt of a local conference hosted by "Narrativas y memorias de la desaparición en México," a project focusing on the voices of journalists reporting on disappearances of people in Mexico. As part of this Oaxaca soundscape the audio from the conference illuminates how the atmosphere of cities today in Mexico is still often shaped by collective questioning of state power and also articulations of resistance to the violence force of colonial capitalist hegemonic power. In dialogue with these recordings musician Stefan Christoff worked with Amanda’s sounds from Oaxaca incorporating ambient music and mixing tonalities into a collaborative work across borders for broadcast on Noods Radio in Bristol, England.”
Featuring additional contributions by: "Beirut Berlin Birds In Conversation With The Book Of The Dead" by Yara Mekawei and Nour Sokhon @noursokhon (excerpt)
"Guardian" by VALEDA @user-valeda
"Light Pressure" by Jordan Christoff @jordanchristoff
Accompanying images are taken by Amanda in Oaxaca.
On this edition of Free City Radio a conversation with Martin Akwiranoron Loft who speaks on photography, Indigenous artistic voice and climate justice. Martin is a longtime and well respected Indigenous artist and print maker.
Accompanying art by Martin.
Music on this edition by Mali Obomsawin from the album Sweet Tooth.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Youmna Saba + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Nov. 6th, 6pm est. or 1am in Palestine 2022.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Wardaa - Hekayti Maa El Zaman, حكايتي مع الزمان
- Pita - Get out 3
- Majida El Roumi - Ana Am Behlam
- Sadaq - Oum
- Ben Shemie - The Return
- David Toub - zichron (excerpt)
Accompanying photo taken by Nasri Sayegh Jr. in Paris.
An interview with musician Mali Obomsawin speaking about her album "Sweet Tooth." Mali speaks about the ways that her work intersects with contemporary struggles around Indigenous land rights, cultural representation and land rights. Mali also speaks about the ways that her work intersects with related musical traditions that are shaped by struggles for freedom in the world, including Black liberation struggles as expressed through creative music.
Listen to Mali's album here:
https://mali-obomsawin.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-tooth
This interview was recorded in June 2022 by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara.
Listen to a conversation with educator, writer and activist Kazembe Balagun who shares some thoughts and reflections on the importance of engaging with the implications of the writings by Frantz Fanon in this contemporary moment. More generally this conversation is about learning across generations and also between struggles for justice and liberation.
Music on this edition is by Le Berger.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
A soundscape mix and experiment by Stefan @spirodon Christoff for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة @radioalhara, broadcasting in Oct. 2022.
Including:
Street walk on Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff Anarchist Mountains - Heart River Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff @copcarbonfire - repurposed Brussels subway ride - Stefan Christoff Dayin - A Cold Flawless World Anarchist Mountains - Shore @leberger - your peg yo (outro) Xristian Espinoza + Eliel Sherman Storey in duet Norman Long + Xristian Espinoza in duet (excerpt) Sounds by @leberger Piano by @spirodon Norman Long + Xristian Espinoza in duet (excerpt) Ambient tones by Jordan Christoff
Listen to a conversation with Başak Günak, who creates music, installations and work as Ah! Kosmos @ahkosmos. This conversation was recorded in Berlin and focuses on the intersections of culture, cities and personal experiences. In this also we hear about reorientation and time in relation to cityscapes and time, from Berlin to Gezi Park in Istanbul.
Accompanying music by Ah! Kosmos. Accompanying photo by Deniz Akseloglu.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Matthew Shipp + Spirodon mix 1 for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Oct. 23, 2022.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
01 Clifford Brown - Cherokee 02 Charles Mingus - Praying With Eric 03 Diana Duta @dianaduta & Julia E. Dyck @ghoultalk - Wave Debris (Studio) via @crashsymbols 04 Thelonious Monk - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Photo taken in CDMX by Stefan of a detail within a Diego Rivera mural.
A conversation recorded in Berlin with filmmaker Philip Rizk speaking about recent works and reflecting on exploring the unexpected within revolutionary situations in Egypt and Syria. In this conversation Philip @philip-rizk explores the complexities of Syrian revolutionary struggle and also the resonating impacts of the revolutionary situation in Egypt over the past decade, also the recent years of state repression. Info on Philip's work here: https://www.filfilfilm.com
Accompanying image is from the film "Mapping Lessons"
Music on this edition is an excerpt of Palmyra from Ahwar by Nadah El Shazly, info the album: https://nadahelshazly.bandcamp.com/album/ahwar
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Lou Piensa + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
This mix features musicians from Brazil who support #MusiciansForPalestine
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- @sessagrandeza - Estrela Acesa.
- Ab Salyann Tha God + @lou-piensa feat Dj R M Esans - fè l nwè kou l’Ãnkh.
- Bocafloja - Aire
- Dugueto Shabazz - Vamos pra Palmares.
- Z'África Brasil - Tá na responsa
- El Tipo Este - Palestina(Dedicated to J.Dilla)
- Erico Reis, Mickey Junkies - Big Bad Wolves
- Kamau - 21I12.
- Lou Piensa feat. Kamau, Waahli and DJ Dablyo - Writer’s Block Party.
- Mental Absratato - Down.
- Rael - Papo Reto [part. Black Alien e Daniel Yorubá]
- Thaíde - Ningum Sabe.
- Obsesión - Me afroconozco, feat d'bi Young.
- Sessa - Gostar Do Mundo.
- Chico Buarque - Apesar de você.
- Nomadic Massive - Bon Bagay.
Note, this mix features many Brazilian artists who support the #MusiciansForPalestine initiative. http://musiciansforpalestine.com
Accompanying image by Susanna Gonzo.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Berlin based sound artist Nour Sokhon @noursokhon who speaks about developing sound art practices between Berlin and Beirut. Nour speaks about a series of projects that visit questions around sonic environments and dynamics of society across cultures. Nour shares reflections on the growing Beirut diaspora in Berlin and reflections around that in regards to city soundscapes.
Information on Nour's work here: https://www.noursokhon.com
Accompanying photo is of Nour performing in Greece, image is by Natalia Tsouloucha.
In this edition we hear an excerpt of the piece I Still Remember by Nour, you can listen to that full work and Nour's pieces here:
https://soundcloud.com/noursokhon
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Tuesdays at 1pm on @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays, on @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
This month's artist interview contribution to Radio Al Hara features a conversation with NYC based sound artist, vocalist and musician @charmaineleemusic. This interview was recorded during Suoni per il Popolo festival in June 2022.
Info on Charmaine here: https://charmainelee.com
This interview was recorded in June 2022 in between Montreal and NYC by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara.
On this edition of Free City Radio, photographer Sebastian Backhaus speaks in Berlin about documenting war in Ukraine. Sebastian contrasts social and political responses in Europe to the war in Ukraine with recent conflict points in Syria and Iraq, while also speaking about the welcoming response that Ukrainian refugees in Germany have been getting in contrast to the racism that many refugees from Iraq and Syria experienced. Also Sebastian speaks about being in Kiev in the first days of the war, the atmosphere and also the role of documentation in shaping perspectives on the war.
Info on Sebastian : https://www.photo-backhaus.com
Accompanying photo: "Ukraine, Kyiv: Memories like this photo were ejected from a skyscraper in central Kyiv after it was hit by a Russian missile around 8am this morning. © Sebastian Backhaus / Agency Focus"
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
A mix for Underground sounds, Oct. 3, 2022. For @radiockut broadcast. Accompanying photo by Rickie Leach.
- Devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 4 - Imminence de l'affrontement
- @devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 5 - Heurts
- Devenir-ensemble - Mouvement 6 - Forces de dispersion
- Xarah Dion @zodiaquemusique - Honey Trap
- @joni_void + N NAO - Lapse (@laaps-records)
- Joni Void + N NAO - L’absurde
- Joni Void + N NAO - Non-Linéaire
- Joni Void + N NAO - Objet Impossible
- Joni Void and N NAO - Le Chat Cheshire / Lamentations
- Joni Void and N NAO - Insomnie / Voyage Dans La Lune
- @leberger - our peg yo (intro)
- Le Berger - glwhlb
- @wakeisland - Comme ça
- @nickschofield - Viktoriapark
- Nick Schofield - Fairy Pools
- Nick Schofield - Underpass
- @jeremyroyaledit - Frequenza Bianca (@tgowdy remix)
- Jeremy Young - Carta Vetrata (@ylangylang remix)
- Jeremy Young - Trafic (@machinefabriek remix)
- @adamsaikaley - 44 Seconds Prepared Piano
- @alain-lefebvre - Le son à suivre
- Alex Pelchat - En bas de la côte
- @alexandre-st-onge - DégâtD'eau
- Amy Macdonald @findnennen - 0312
- @anadallaramajek - Red
- Belinda Campbell - Sans titre!
- Cabral Jacobs - Hail To The Chief (piece for John Heward)
- Catherine Debard @ylangylang - Passiflore
- Charles Barabé - Lucien Hétu
- Charles Bussières - 11 In 44
- Chittakone Baccam @hazy-montagne-mystique - Il sera absent
- Anarchist Mountains Trio - A River Looks (Remix)
- Hazy Montagne Mystique - Il Est Possible De Nous Acheminer Ces Documents Par Fax
- Nick Kuepfer - 10 Borers
- Steve Bates - Accursed Acoustic
Listen to an interview with Egyptian activist, writer and photographer Hossam El Hamalawy @elhamalawy speaking on the current state of social movements in Egypt. In this exchange, recorded in Berlin, Hossam talks about the ways that state repression in Egypt has been deepened in recent years under the authoritarian government of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
A key to this conversation is the ways that the complicity of western governments with the state repression in Egypt is a reality, largely contextualized by Hossam as related to the sale of military hardware by major French and German corporations of the military industrial complex which are making profits from selling to the Egyptian state.
Music on this interview is by Anthony Sahyoun @asahyoun.
Photo taken by Hossam "El-Darb el-Ahmar الدرب الأحمر"
The accompanying photo is taken by Hossam who wrote at the time "the front page of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour with news on the solidarity protest held in London against the trial of the Mahalla 49." This is important context to highlighting Hossam's long term involvement with social movements in Egypt, including the organizing of factory workers in Mahalla industrial district who held strikes leading up to the 2011 uprising which created pivotal momentum toward the uprising. You can view this photo here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/2746692189/
View Hossam's beautiful photo stream here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Now also broadcasting on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
@ylangylang + Spirodon mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة For @radioalhara Broadcasting on Sept. 25, 2022.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Charlie Haden - Song for Ché.
- Archie Shepp - Blasé.
- Nala Sinephro - Space 1.
- Nala Sinephro - Space 8.
- Herbie Hancock - Butterfly.
- Moor Mother - "Made A Circle" / "Mangrove"
- Tirzah - Holding On.
Photo is from a dawn bike ride in Montreal, by Stefan.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from NYC based artist Seth Tobocman who shares reflections on grassroots organizing against the forces of gentrification in NYC particularly in the East Village. Seth has long chronicled these grassroots movements and published an important book on the squatter movement in the East Village called War in the Neighbourhood, info:
https://www.akpress.org/war-in-the-neighborhood.html
This interview was recorded as part of a project called "Réverbérations d'une crise en cours: une enquête sonore sur le logement," that aims to inquire through sound about the housing crisis in the city. More information on this project on Free City Radio in the upcoming months.
Music on this edition is by TV On The Radio. Art by Seth Tobocman, info:
https://www.sethtobocman.com
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio you hear musician and community activist Norman Nawrocki speaking about histories of opposition and resistance to gentrification in Montreal. Norman speaks about these points of collective community organizing within the contemporary context of the 2022 housing crisis in the city.
This interview was recorded as part of a project called "Réverbérations d'une crise en cours: une enquête sonore sur le logement," that aims to inquire through sound about the housing crisis in the city. More information on this project on Free City Radio in the upcoming months.
Music on this edition is by Norman Nawrocki.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Jaimeo Brown + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- @bogdan-simeonov-1 - In The Space Of Reasons.
- Drake - Fair Trade ft. Travis Scott.
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe.
- Pharoah Sanders - Greeting To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner).
- Lightnin' Hopkins - Woke Up This Morning.
- Deadmau5 - acedia (ov) (Rinzen Remix).
- Bogdan Simeonov - Beautiful, Clumsy & New. (via @amekcollective)
- Susumu Yokota - Tobiume.
- Jay Clayton - 7/8 Thing.
- PJS - Burn. (excerpt).
Photo is by Philippe Teixcyr.
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the voice of student activist Enrique López in Mexico City who shares some context and background on the ongoing student protests at Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. This series of actions highlights the tensions between student and social movements with the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Actions have largely revolved around the political and administrative autonomy of the campus, with students and campus workers protesting the imposition of administrative shifts at CIDE at the hands of the government. The protests have utilized a variety of tactics in the past year, from sit-ins, to protests, and outdoor dance parties.
For background on this student movement struggle in Mexico, this article from the LA Times outlines some of the key points, here:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-12-15/la-fg-mexico-cide-strike
Thank you to educator and author Tania Islas and CERRUCHA for helping to share background and to arrange interview.
Music on this edition is by Mexican Institute of Sound, with the track, "Mexico."
Listen to an interview with Yasmeen Abdallah, NYC based artist and community activist. Yasmeen speaks about her practice working with community arts groups to oppose gentrification and present collective challenges to the housing crisis in NYC that is being propelled by the extreme pressures of real estate capital in the city. Yasmeen also speaks about her own artistic practices, including sculpture and work that involves reflections + engagements with found objects.
Info on Yasmeen's work here: https://yasmeenabdallah.com
This interview was recorded in July 2022 in Brooklyn, NYC by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Each month Stefan contributes an interview to @radioalhara.
Accompanying music on this broadcast is by @jeremyroyaledit from the album Amaro, out via @thirsty_leaves_music, info: https://jeremyyoung.bandcamp.com
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from John Tarleton on The Indypendent in NYC. John speaks about the role of an alternative but widely accessible progressive newspaper in NY that speaks to the demands, concerns and ideas of communities and individuals often not centred in mainstream publications in the city. The Indypendent emerged from the alternative media efforts that took place within the context of the global justice movement, specifically the Indymedia network, a project that sustains and survives until today.
This interview was recorded at the Booklyn Commons building roof, the space that hosts the Indypendent offices in NY.
Music on this edition is an excerpt of "Transcendence," by Jaimeo Brown Transcendence.
A soundscape mix that includes ambient music and a couple soundscapes from Bulgaria. This is the second in a series of ambient mixes recorded in August 2022.
For broadcast on @radiockut + @radioalhara
Below is the track listing, sometimes the soundscapes are mixed into the music tracks outlined below.
August Ambient mix 2.
- A speaker in Strandzha - Stefan Christoff.
- A street scene in downtown Sofia - Stefan Christoff.
- PJS (@pjs11) - Burn, out via @kudatah records
Accompanying photo features the ceiling of the mosque in downtown Sofia.
Keiko Devaux (@k-ko) + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Basiani - Tsintskaro.
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Bibo No Aozora.
- Quartetto Prometeo - Contrapunctus 1.
- Alessandro Bosetti, Chris Abrahams - Eye.
- Damso - Γ. Mosaïque solitaire.
- Kid Koala - Moon River.
- Nadja - Seemannsgarn über Rummelsburg (long excerpt).
Photo taken in Plovdiv.
A soundscape created in collaboration with Alfredo Bojórquez. Sonic tonalities from Mexico City and Montreal.
For broadcast on Noods Radio @noodsradio in Bristol, UK Monday 29th August @ 2200–2300 BST
- Alfredo Bojórquez - Mexico City soundwalk
- PJS - Inter
- @noursokhon - Woman Like a Sea - soundtrack excerpt from Eating The Copper Apple
- Alfredo Bojórquez - A reading
- @pjs11 - Betty
Accompanying art work is an excerpt of a painting by Antonio Gritón + A photo taken by Stefan from a car window in CDMX. https://www.antoniogriton.com
For Radio alHara @radioalhara Broadcasting on August 28, 2022. A mix to reflect on the possibilities for creative, activist work and living moments that can boost the radical imagination, a shout out to the work of scholar Max Haiven.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Black Ox Orkestar - Cretan Song.
- Kokoroko - Abusey Junction.
- Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience – Mulatu
- Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience - Ambassa Lemdi
- Mulatu Astatke + Black Jesus Experience - Kulun Mankwaleshi
- Imagination - Just an Illusion.
- Dennis Brown - Love Has Found Its Way.
- Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots.
- Nicolas Jaar - Winter Rose.
- 47SOUL - Sghar El Balad السبعة و أربعين - صغار البلد
- Jaimeo Brown Transcendence - Be So Glad.
Photo is from a walk in Paris.
On this edition of Free City Radio, author and activist Sabu Kohso speaks on the recently published book "Radiation and Revolution," which explores activist responses to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. The conversation looks at the dynamics of Japanese society post Fukushima and the ways that social movements are challenging structural injustice within Japan and also in relation to Japan's neoliberal economic role in the Asia Pacific region. This interview is about alternative, Anarchist and anti authoritarian voices in Japan today.
More information on Sabu's book here:
https://www.dukeupress.edu/radiation-and-revolution
Music on this edition by Susumu Yokota with the track "Tobiume"
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Pierre Parent speaking about the the Indigenous Street Worker Program in Tiohti:áke / Montréal. Pierre speaks about the particular and deep ways that Indigenous people are impacted by gentrification and the housing crisis in the city. In looking at the rising cost of rental units and the ways that low income people struggling with precarious realities are being kicked out of the city, Pierre gives a particular focus as to the ways that this crisis is disproportionately impacting Indigenous people, within the context of the pandemic and beyond.
Read about Pierre's work here: https://rover.substack.com/p/born-again-in-milton-parc
Music on this edition is by Indigenous singer Beatrice Deer with the tracks Immutaa and Sapannga Sujunukua.
A soundscape mix that includes ambient music tracks and a couple sound walks in Paris. This is the first in a series of ambient mixes recorded in August 2022.
For broadcast on @radiockut + @radioalhara
Below is the track listing, sometimes the soundscapes are mixed into the music tracks outlined below.
August Ambient mix 1.
Street walk on Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff Anarchist Mountains - Heart River Paris street walk - Stefan Christoff @copcarbonfire - repurposed Brussels subway ride - Stefan Christoff Dayin - A Cold Flawless World Anarchist Mountains - Shore @leberger - your peg yo (outro)
On this edition of Free City Radio I speak with singer and teacher Jay Clayton who speaks about visiting the worlds of Jazz over decades in New York City. Jay speaks about the practice of learning how to engage with different approaches to music and her work as a musical educator who explores the boundaries of experimentation in music.
This interview was recorded within the context of Suoni per il Popolo 2022. Image accompanying the show this week is the album cover for "All Out" by Jay Clayton.
This interview with Mas Aya (Brandon Valdivia) is the August 2022 monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara hosted by Stefan Christoff. In this interview Brandon speaks about his musical works that mix ambient sounds, percussion from throughout the Americas and meditative spaces. Brandon specifically speaks about the album MÁSCARAS. After the interview we hear the track "Key."
Information, here: https://masayamasaya.bandcamp.com
Each month Stefan contributes an interview to Radio AlHara.
A set for Kiosk Radio in Brussels by Stefan Christoff featuring tracks by musicians who signed the Musicians for Palestine open letter in May 2021. https://musiciansforpalestine.com
- Anarchist Mountains - Passage
- Caterina Barbieri - Fantas Variation for Voices (feat. Evelyn Saylor, Lyra Pramuk, Annie Garlid & Stine Janvin)
- VALEDA - Guardian
- KMRU - Jinja Encounters
- Nick Schofield - Artists Against Apartheid (Montréal Session)- Vitrola Era
- Aidan Girt (OSB) - Ottawa Sparks Bullshit - This Magazine Has Been Treated With An Antimicrobial Process
- Marie Davidson - Work It
- Backxwash - You Like My Body The Way It Is (Joni Void Remix)
- The Narcicyst - Vietnam
- Markus Floats - Moving
- Rebecca Foon - Dreams To Be Born
- Godspeed! You Black Emperor - F♯ A♯ ∞ (excerpt)
- Nick Schofield - Pale Blue Dot
Listen to the latest edition of Free City Radio an interview with community organizer Sohnia Karamat Ali who works with the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) in Parc Extension, a largely immigrant working class neighbourhood in Tiohti:áke/Montreal. In this interview Sohnia speaks about the confluence of social and political violence that is pushing gentrification in Parc Ex. a localized manifestation of the city-wide housing crisis taking place.
This interview takes place as part of a series of conversations that feature the voices of housing rights activists in New York and Montréal who speak to the realities of gentrification today.
Music on this edition is by:
Some Became Hollow Tubes, "Dad's Last Purchase Was from Bed Bath and Beyond" (Featuring: Aidan Girt and Eric Quach) Dayin, "A Cold Flawless World" Fadi Tabbal, from "Music for the Lonely Vol.1"
Accompanying graphic by Josh MacPhee from Justseeds Artists' Cooperative.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Listen to the latest edition of Free City Radio an interview with community organizer Sohnia Karamat Ali who works with the Comité d'action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) in Parc Extension, a largely immigrant working class neighbourhood in Tiohti:áke/Montreal. In this interview Sohnia speaks about the confluence of social and political violence that is pushing gentrification in Parc Ex. a localized manifestation of the city-wide housing crisis taking place.
This interview takes place as part of a series of conversations that feature the voices of housing rights activists in New York and Montréal who speak to the realities of gentrification today.
Music on this edition is by:
Some Became Hollow Tubes, "Dad's Last Purchase Was from Bed Bath and Beyond" (Featuring: Aidan Girt and Eric Quach) Dayin, "A Cold Flawless World" Fadi Tabbal, from "Music for the Lonely Vol.1"
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Anarchist Mountains mix, June 2022 For Ambient Zone on RTR fm @rtrfm-92-1
A mix to celebrate the recent @anarchistmountains release "Fire Waves" out on Oxtail Recordings.
https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fire-waves
Track listing (artist name / track name)
- Purelink - Spirit & Sport (via @lillerne)
- Cate Le Bon @catelebon - Moderation
- @rashida-prime - Nebula Temple
- @gaikasays - The Circle
- Os Mutantes - Ando Meio Desligado
- Hülya Süer - Şeker Oğlan
- @markusfloats - Forward
- @kamarujoseph - Imperceptible Perceptible
- KMRU - Jinja Encounters
- gran où lée - Ehrenbreitstein Field Recordings (excerpt) (via @aosmosis)
For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn from a live DJ set at Casa del Popolo in Montreal in July 2022.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Kontravoid (@kontravoid) - Cost of Life
- @kamarujoseph - Jinja Encounters
- Rima Khcheich - Isobel 03 トニーは悪魔でした
- 多くの巻き戻さvhsへ
- パーティーでペースを拾っ
- Helado Negro ft. Flock Of Dimes - Lotta Love
- Sessa (@sessagrandeza) - Flor do Real
- Samantha Crain - When We Remain
- Nicolas Jaar - Mi Mujer
- Conflict - The Serenade Is Dead
- Helado Negro - We Will You
- Japan - Life in Tokyo
- Stefan Christoff - A field recording of Sooke River
Photo taken by Stefan in Harlem, flowers in the summer.
For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn largely from Stefan Christoff's collaborations with Sam Shalabi.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) - Elephantine
- Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Flying Street
- Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Blue Soon
- Sam Shalabi + Stefan Christoff - Revolution in Orbit
- @nickschofield - Vitrola Era (Nick Schofield remix)
- @joni_void - Mind Fog (Joni Void remix)
- Anarchist Mountains - Anarchist Signals
- Anarchist Mountains - Inside the Signals
- Anarchist Mountains - A Signal at 1 AM
Art work is for the album cover of Flying Street.
On this edition of Free City Radio (120) we hear from photographer Darren Ell who speaks about documenting moments of protest and organizing within movements for transformative social change, locally and globally. Darren speaks about the ways that these movements intersect and also about efforts to document realities of anti-colonial struggles in Haiti and Palestine.
This interview was sparked by a photo series that Darren published called "Speaking Out," which you can find here:
https://www.darrenell.com/index/G0000draAtKwaSi8
The photo series visits moments at Occupy Wall Street in NYC, the main photo that accompanies the podcast today, also two protests in Montreal to oppose neo-colonial Israeli state military bombardments in Lebanon and Gaza, Palestine. Finally a protest from the Quebec student strike in 2012, during an action organized to protest the neoliberal hike in post-secondary tuition that was being pushed by the Liberal Party in Quebec.
Music on this edition is a short excerpt of the piece "Jinja Encounters" by KMRU, listen to the full track here:
https://kmru.bandcamp.com/track/jinja-encounters
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
OSB + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
Throughout the pandemic Aidan Girt, musician, beat-maker and drummer in Godspeed you! black emperor, has been making albums and releasing them regularly online, under the name OSB, each album is a different iteration of OSB, you can find them all here:
https://o---s---b.bandcamp.com
I put together a selection of tracks from these albums for this monthly mix on Radio AlHara.
- OSB - Ex-Cop in Line at the Jail Cafeteria
- OSB - Committee For The Struggle Against Antisemitism Within the Commissariat For Enlightenment
- OSB - Some Vegetables I Like To Eat
- OSB - Come To the Table and Let's Sort It Out
- OSB - Off My Meds at the Trucker Freedom Rally
- OSB - All Medicine Is Poison
- OSB - This Magazine Has Been Treated With An Antimicrobial Process
- OSB - Our Country Is Experiencing a National Coin Shortage
- OSB - Organic Prison Food
- OSB - Les Meilleur(e)s Quincailleries à Argenteuil
- OSB - Though Generally i Support The Black Panther Party i Find We Are More Like Ants Than Panthers
- OSB - The Day They Sent The Nurse With One Arm To Pick Pete Up Off The Floor Of The Emerge Bathroom
- OSB - There Is Enough Food On This Planet to Feed Everyone Twice
- 2MAD - The Ship Tipped Over While Being Towed Into Port
- OSB - The Worst Best Western In the Eastern United Flakes
This edition of Free City Radio, 119, features a conversation with Jeff Conant, the Friends of the Earth's international forests program director. Jeff speaks about a recent report supported by Friends of the Earth and also the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights in Brazil, which details the ways that international pension fund investments, particularly American pension funds are involved in driving deforestation in Brazil through the pushing of the expansion of agribusiness and the monocropping of soy in areas of the Amazon and Sertão regions. Also this interview looks specifically at the investments of Bunge corporation in this regard.
The interview offers a wave of insights on the ways that environmentally destructive policies in Brazil are not simply occurring in a local context of the extreme right government of Bolsonaro, but are connected to an international infrastructure of financial investment that is pushing such environmentally destructive policies in Brazil. Here is my conversation with Jeff Conant from Friends of the Earth.
Thank you to Jeff for being on the show and to Maria Luisa Mendonça and friends at GRAIN.org for helping to facilitate this interview. Music on the program today is by the Brazilian group Alfia.
You can find information here:
https://foe.org/blog/bunge-corporate-climate-con
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview Dong-Won Kim speaks about the role of music and specifically his work as a percussionist in the context of struggles for justice in Korea, going back to the US backed authoritarian government in the 1980s, to the push for Korean unification today. Dong-Won speaks about the role of music as a force that can engage and mobilize people on the streets within the context of Korea and beyond. Dong-Won is a member of the Silk Road Ensemble that is coordinated by Yo-Yo Ma.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
On this edition of Free City Radio, artist Cassie Thornton speaks on "The Hologram - Feminist, Peer-to-Peer Health for a Post-Pandemic Future," a recent book published through the Vagabonds series at Pluto Press. Also Cassie speaks about the social practice surrounding the alternative care model project that is embodied by the Hologram initiative, which developed first from encounters through care models implemented at social solidarity clinics in Greece during the financial crisis and were replicated in a creative way internationally through the Hologram project that is now a global network.
This interview was recorded at the Darling Foundry in Montreal during a residency that Cassie had at the space in June 2022.
Music on this edition is "Who I Am" by Ari Swan, Laurie Torres and Stella Adjokê, you can listen to the track here via @popmontreal:
https://soundcloud.com/popmontreal/who-i-am-ari-swan-laurie-torres-stella-adjoke
Information on Cassie's book here:
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343327/the-hologram
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview Lucas Huang speaks and reflects on the role of community building that takes place at independent musical events and community venues, looking at what was lost during the pandemic. Lucas also speaks about grappling with the trance aspects of spiritual music and the ways that music in collective settings, played and / or sang together can create levity. Lucas speaks both about his solo practice and also group projects including the Egyptian Cotton Arkestra.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
@joni_void + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Pink Navel - An Invocation For Beginnings
- Burial - Space Cadet
- Album - Mood Allée Cinq
- Yuzo Koshiro - Dreamer
- They Hate Change - X-Ray Spex
- New Chance - Break My Waves
- Andy Stott - Repetitive Strain
- Moor Mother / Pink Siifu - Obsidian
- Jasik - Thin Air
- Simone Peltier - Red Memories
- Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Breeze
- Indigo Jam Unit - Adrenaline
- Hiroshi Suzuki - Shrimp Dance
- Soil & “Pimp” Sessions - In The Twilight
- PRIMITIVE ART ORCHESTRA - qualia
- Ryo Kawasaki - Sweet Tears (excerpt)
On the 117 edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Joshua Krugman who works with Bread and Puppet Theatre project. Joshua reflects, while putting up posters with other artists from the theatre for a performance at Suoni per il Popolo, on the intersections between art and activism that have shaped the active practice of Bread and Puppet for many years.
Accompany graphic by Bread and Puppet, info:
https://breadandpuppet.org
Accompanying music on this edition is by musician Cole Pulice (@coleloc) from the album Gloam that is out on @moonglyph records, info:
https://moonglyph.bandcamp.com/album/gloam
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview James speaks about the ways that grassroots community based learning takes place in independent arts spaces in the city. Also James speaks about the importance of deconstructing the notions of "political" vs "non-political" music, speaking to the fact that all music exists within the frameworks of social, political and economic power in society.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview Sunk Heaven speaks about the important of independent music spaces in challenging modes of power within the the ongoing financialization of musical practices and music creation, while also speaking about the struggle to sustain independent cultural spaces in Brooklyn, NY.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview with Markus speaks about the process of creating, the importance of live community concerts for building community. Also Markus talks about the ways that musicians can engage with local community based organizing, particularly around housing rights, pointing to the struggle against gentrification in Parc ex.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
Interviews: Musicians reflect on creative practice and activism
In this interview with Ari Swan who reflects on improvisation, the freeing nature of playing in ensembles and the importance of creating space for musical expression in ways that challenge white supremacy within music worlds. Ari talks also about the experience of playing live to audiences and how creating space for musical experimentation is important.
A series of interviews produced in the context of the Music and Antifascism: Reflections on the Past and Possibilities in the Present conference taking place July 7-8.
These interviews feature musicians who are joining a concert taking place at La Sala Rossa on July 7th within the context of the conference and were recorded / facilitated by Stefan Christoff who hosts the weekly radio program / podcast Free City Radio.
In these conversations we hear about the individual practice of each musician and also their reflections on how their practice relates to community activism.
In this series we hear from the following artists:
- Ari Swan
- Markus Floats
- Sunk Heaven
- James Goddard
- Lucas Huang
- Dong-Won Kim
This interview with Julia Kent is the July 2022 monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara hosted by Stefan Christoff. In this exchange Julia speaks about her creative practice, how it has been impacted by the pandemic and current projects including the joint project with Lubomyr Melnyk called "The End of the World," which is focused on the points of urgency stressed by the climate justice movement around the world.
In this program you will hear two pieces of music by Julia, the first called "Mediterranean," the second called "Empty States," you can listen to / order / learn more about Julia's work here:
https://music.juliakent.com
Each month Stefan Christoff shares an artist interview on Radio AlHara broadcasting in Palestine, info: https://yamakan.place/palestine
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from climate justice activist Emma Buretta of Fridays for Future in NYC. In this exchange Emma speaks about the massive mobilizations for climate justice that took place, often lead by students, in 2019/2020 and reflects on sustaining the youth climate justice movement today. Emma speaks also about the issues facing youth who are dealing with climate anxiety as even the mainstream Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports become more stark. This interview was recorded between Brooklyn and Montréal.
For information on Fridays For Future in NYC visit :
https://www.fridaysforfuturenyc.com
Music on this edition is by Aidan Girt, who is the drummer of Godspeed you! black emperor, you can find Aidan's solo music here: https://o---s---b.bandcamp.com
Spirodon's Casa del Popolo mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara Drawn from a live DJ set at Casa del Popolo in Montreal in June 2022.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Hafusa Abasi and Slim Ali - Sina Raha
- Jimmy Cliff - Piece of the Pie
- Sons of Kemet - My Queen Is Nanny Of The Maroons
- Mbiri Young Stars - Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe
- Cheb Khaled + Safy Boutella - Hana-Hana
- Alain Goraguer - Deshominisation (I) (La Planete Sauvage)
- Slim Ali & The Famous Hodi Boys - Watoto Nyara
- McCoy Tyner - Vision
- Exuma - Dambala
- Anarchist Mountains - Estuary (excerpt)
Thank you to Xarah Dion for the invitation to share this DJ set.
Photo taken on Salt Spring Island.
A Balkan soundscape worked on in collaboration with friends at @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria.
For broadcast on Noods Radio @noodsradio in Bristol, UK Monday 27th June @ 2300–0000 BST (UK Time)
A Balkan soundscape Curated and edited by Stefan Christoff
- Angel Simitchiev - Sofia soundwalk
- Dayin - Flares Still Burning
- Dayin - Wasting Water On Dry Whispers
- Jordan Christoff - Tectonic Shimmer
- Stefan Christoff - Music on bus in Sofia
- Jordan Christoff - Open Sea
- Stefan Christoff - A bus ride in Macedonia
- Stefan Christoff - A recording of an Orthodox hymn at St Petka The Old church in Sofia
- Jordan Christoff - Torn (excerpt)
Accompanying photo taken by Stefan in downtown Sofia.
Julia E Dyck + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- @aigue-morte - Rétroviseur (via @lesyndicatdesscorpions)
- Hadjilyra - Candycrushhh
- @kalia-vandever - More of The Good Stuff Later
- @nadah-el-shazly - Palmyra
- @teresacos - A
- @leberger - touché (searching for the key)
- Le Berger - plgmlt
- @nickschofield - Pale Blue Dot
- Nick Schofield - Coe Hill
- Nick Schofield - Isle of Skye
- Le Berger - flamin' co
- Mue - Andand
On Free City Radio 115 we hear a conversation with filmmaker Rami Farah speaking about the film "Our Memory Belongs to Us," the work is described this way:
"How do you survive? By forgetting or by remembering? This eternal question is still very alive for the three Syrian activists Yadan, Odai, and Rani. Before the war they were, respectively, a law student, a lover of literature, and a volleyball champion. In 2012, Yadan crossed the border into Jordan, carrying a hard disk containing more than 12,000 videos shot by himself and other citizen journalists in Daraa, the birthplace of the Syrian revolution. In this emotion-laden documentary, the old friends meet again in an empty theatre in Paris after a long period of separation.
Here, on the stage, they share their experiences with us and the Syrian director Rami Farah, to whom Yadan entrusted his hard disk full of scenes of protest and atrocity. The director confronts the three men with their own footage projected on large screens, rekindling their suppressed memories and offering these citizen journalists their say in how Syrian history is presented, and how the story of the revolution is told."
The film is being featured as part of the June 2022 6th edition of SYRIA SEES YOU taking place at the Cinémathèque québécoise, you can view the full program that screens on June 21 / 22 / 23 here:
https://lasyrievousregarde.wordpress.com
Music on this edition of the podcast is by Khyam Allami.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !
Eduardo Brechó + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Alfia - Salve Geral
- Taiguara - Público
- Gonzaguinha - A fábrica de sonhos
- Visão de Rua - Meu Filho Minhas Regras
- Racionais - Negro Drama
- Olodum - Revolta Olodum
- @thenarcicyst - Time (feat. Mashrou' Leila)
- Nomadic Massive (@nomadic-massive-official) - Bon Bagay
- @waahli - Sundance (feat. KAYTRANADA)
- Vox Sambou - Idantité
- @leberger - retouché
- Le Berger - your peg yo (outro)
- @zodiaquemusique - Delight Frozen Over Ether
An Anarchist Mountains mix for @radioalhara in Palestine. June 2022.
This mix is to celebrate the recent release of "Fire Waves" out on Oxtail Recordings in Australia. Anarchist Mountains is Stefan and Jordan Christoff, accompanying art work by Julian Demoulin which is also the cover for the album, info on the release here:
https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fire-waves
- @anarchistmountains - Anarchist Signals
- @markusfloats - And
- @julia-kent - Salt Point
- Julia Kent - Guarding the Invitations
- Anarchist Mountains - A Lighthouse at Night
- Anarchist Mountains - Neon Haze
- Anarchist Mountains - A Yugoslavian Spacecraft
- Pharoah Sanders - Harvest Time
- Hülya Süer - Şeker Oğlan
- Purelink - Spirit & Sport (excerpt via @lillerne)
This week on edition 114, I am sharing a conversation with Loren Cardeli from A Growing Culture speaking on the neo-colonial realities that shape food systems globally. Loren offers a critical vantage point toward thinking about the ways that the corporatization of agriculture as shaped by both the practices and ideological frameworks of the "green revolution," are today enforcing a reality for global food systems that enforces the power relations of a neo-colonial world. Tangibly Loren encourages us to listen to voices and think about the possibilities of food sovereignty, looking beyond food security, but linking our understandings of food as tied with anti-colonial possibilities and frameworks of action.
A Growing Culture : https://www.agrowingculture.org
Thanks to my friends at GRAIN for suggesting this interview. https://grain.org
Music on this edition by KMRU @kamarujoseph
Free City Radio is a weekly program hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff which broadcasts on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please tell a friend to tune-in !
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from historian Michael Zhang who offers research based reflections on the legacy of John Redpath, founder of Redpath sugar and also a colonial business mogul who was deeply involved in the construction of the Lachine canal, a process through which many workers lost their lives. In this exchange Zhang highlights the complicity of Redpath in the context of the colonial Caribbean where the production of sugarcane relied on the systemic enslavement of a Black African workforce.
Redpath sugar to this day makes no note of this violent history that is linked to the corporation:
https://www.redpathsugar.com/our-history
Music on this edition is by Markus Floats @markusfloats from the work Third Album released by @constellation-records
For the June 2022 edition of Stefan Christoff's monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara we hear a conversation with cellist Lori Goldston. Lori is an amazing cellist based in Seattle who tours globally and has collaborated in many contexts over decades. Lori describes her practice this way, "Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher.. Her voice as a cellist--amplified or acoustic- is full, textured, committed and singular. She is a soloist and prolific collaborator with bands, composers, singers and film makers, including Earth, Nirvana and many, many more. "
Accompanying photo taken by Jacopo Benassi.
Listen to Lori's work here:
https://lorigoldston.bandcamp.com
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from longtime housing rights activist François Saillant (speaking in French) who works with Le Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) over decades to organize protests and popular power to fight for social housing and gentrification.
François speaks in French about the broader social implications of gentrification and the importance of collective action to challenge the harsh realities of gentrification taking place today in many cities, particularly in Montréal.
Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains from the album Fire Waves.
Art work is by Seth Tobocman.
dj krem + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Thank you to Marija Balubdžić @umbra-balubdzic for this collaboration.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Asher & Jordan - Carol (via @crashsymbols)
- Roh Yugen x Nemerov - Con Grazia – Allegro Molto
- Lars Warn - Menial Reality (via @youngbloods)
- Alone - Zara (via Žrtva stilizacije)
- Ben Wheeler - Spider Crab (via @crashsymbols)
- Avila Santo - Butoh (via @youngbloods)
- Lalić - Post Mortal Gothic
- @umbra-balubdzic - B3 Stoner
- RXM REALITY @rxm1 - 16 end me
- CYCLES001/Suplington - Music For Life Cycles (I-VII) (excerpt) (via @youngbloods)
Photo taken by Stefan in Thessaloniki
Alfredo Bojórquez + Spirodon mix For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- 75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real
- Fadi Tabbal - The New And Improved Guide To Birdwatching Vol. 2
- Asher & Jordan - Ripples (via @crashsymbols)
- Michael Pisaro - A mist is a collection of points Part I
- ZA! - Sancha
- Ramsey Lewis - Dear Prudence
- Oddjob - Kali Ma
- Urban Tribe - Transaction
- Adrian Copeland - Sons of Our Fathers
Photo taken by Stefan on a trip to Oaxaca by bus.
An interview with Kendra Cornejo of Make the Road New York speaking about the intersectional community organizing work that the grassroots community organization is working on surrounding housing rights, the rights of public school students and undocumented people. Kendra speaks about the efforts that Make the Road New York undertook to demand relief support for undocumented people within the context of the pandemic, a campaign that was successful, resulting in billions of public funding for undocumented people and families. Kendra also speaks about the organizing efforts within the project surrounding a call for an end to detentions within public schools in New York state, a reality that often results in sever disruptions for students from marginalized communities, breaking efforts to succeed within the public school system against the odds.
Information on Make the Road New York here: https://maketheroadny.org
Music on this edition is from the Crépuscule album by Rêves sonores.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
A joint mix with musician David Parker For Radio alHara @radioalhara 22/05/2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Jeff Parker - Suffolk
- Sunnsetter @drewmcleod - Liminal Space
- Heart Structure Quartet - Hum Rhythm Hum Hymn
- Naná Vasconcelos - Africadeus (excerpts)
- Mary Lattimore @maryphilly - Thirty Tulips
- Pauline Anna Strom - The Equatorial Sunrise (via RVNG Intl.)
- Gato Barbieri - Bachianas Brasileiras/Haleo and the Wild Rose (with Heitor Villa-Lobos/Dollar Brand)
Photo taken by Stefan flying over Vancouver at dusk.
Listen to artist Ian Kamau speaking about the recently released film "We Went Out." The film has been described this way: "We Went Out is a short film about the world racialized youth create for themselves when the world tells them there is limited space. Moreso, it appears to be about the lifelong relationships built out of need and love within self-formed communities that ultimately live as memories."
View the film here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEsdPt7wpk0
Ian describes the film this way: "We Went Out is an expressive documentary that celebrates the in-between spaces in the lives of four friends who met as teenagers in Toronto. Directed by Ian Kamau the short film is a narrative mapping project, made with people who were teens in the downtown Toronto hip hop community in the 90’s. The film explores the meaning of a venue as arts venues close during a global pandemic and reinterprets what a significant venue is."
Music on this edition is by Ian Kamau.
Ian Kamau is an artist and designer. He has released music projects, published writing, and was the founding executive director of Nia Centre for the Arts. He holds a Bachelor and Masters in Design, a Masters in Environmental Studies, is an associate artist at The Theatre Centre and Why Not Theatre, and currently works as a designer at the Innovation Lab at the Department of Canadian Heritage. His interests include actualization, arts and culture, critical city building, strategy, and psychology.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan Christoff.
Listen to the latest edition of Free City Radio an interview with activist and author Mostafa Henaway (@mostafa-henaway) speaking on contemporary workplace struggles at Amazon corporation.
Mostafa highlights Amazon as a representation of contemporary labour struggles. Reflecting on the ways that logistics corporations, like Amazon, occupy a central space within the reality of labour and contemporary capitalism in the U.S. and Canada today. In this light Mostafa points to the ways that workers at Amazon have a unique power in possessing an ability to shutdown and challenge the politics, policies and direction of a major corporation like Amazon through workplace action.
This interview is part of an ongoing series looking at Amazon workplace organizing and broader analysis around the role of Amazon corporation in the contemporary landscape of labour struggle.
Music on this edition by Black Star.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Art work by El Lissitzky.
On this monthly edition of Stefan Christoff's monthly artist interview series for Radio AlHara we will hear from Nonoko Yoshida, a Japanese saxophonist and improvisational player who has worked on many ensemble and solo projects between Japan and New York City.
This interview is from the archives and was recorded during the Suoni per il Popolo festival under some trees on St. Laurent street in Montreal.
Art work is a detail from the cover art for Lotus an album by Nonoko Yoshida.
On this edition of Free City Radio we feature an interview from the archives. Willy Mitchell, a songwriter originally from the Algonquin community of Kitigan Zibi speaks about working as an Indigenous singer song writer and also about the experience of being featured on the Native North America album series, out on Light in the Attic Records. Also Willy speaks about the album Sweet Grass Music. This podcast features some tracks from that album.
Info : https://nativenorthamerica-variousartists.bandcamp.com/
This interview was recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff during the Suoni per il Popolo festival a couple years ago. All the music on this edition is by Willy Mitchell.
A joint mix with artist Tanha Gomes For Radio alHara @radioalhara
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
This mix includes soundscapes curated by Tanha Gomes for an exhibition, Une pensée pour toi, a collaboration with artist Sandrine Côté. Recently this work showed in São Paulo for the DO write [right] to me - Uncool Artist exhibition.
https://uncoolartist.com/do-write-right-to-me
The accompanying art work for this mix was printed as a postcard for the exhibition and is by Sandrine Côté.
- Tanha Gomes - Sincerely, Soundscape 1. (Featuring, @mostafa-henaway, Tania Islas Weinstein + Vera, Bethania Nascimento Freitas Gomes, Luana, Estella Natal, Oula Hajjar.)
- Stefan Christoff - Piano Improvisations
- @nicolas-jaar (EMA Soundtrack) - Gaviotas
- Nicolás Jaar (EMA Soundtrack)- Estrellas
- OSB (Ottawa Sparks Bullshit) - This Magazine Has Been Treated With An Antimicrobial Process
- @ayyuka - Komalı
- @elena-kakaliagou - Damp Room
- Modern Lamps - South Mars Onsen
- OSB (Ottawa Sparks Bullshit) - Our Country Is Experiencing a National Coin Shortage
- Tanha Gomes - Sincerely, Soundscape 2 (Featuring: Guido Garaycochea, Margaret Refkalefsky, Gabriela Moraes, @spirodon, Evorah Nascimento, @CERRUCHA, Djosa Gomes, Natalia Stengel, Sophia)
- Way Deep - Jenga (via @becomeeternal)
- William Ryan Fritch @williamryanfritch - (II) Interference (excerpt) (@losttribesound)
A soundscape this week on Free City Radio.
A visit to the more experimental side of radio.
This work includes sounds recorded in Lebanon by photographer Tamara AbdulHadi, Jad Hajjar and filmmaker Samer Najari. The soundscape was originally created to include in a live performance with @thenarcicyst that I participated in at the Aga Khan Museum. The event was great, I played piano, but we didn't get the chance to fit in the soundscape, so I am sharing it here. Also within that you hear a sample of an oud solo played by Marcel Khalife at a live show at UNESCO Palace in Beirut in winter 2003/04. Also within this soundscape you hear a métro ride in Montréal and also some organ + guitar experimentations that I worked on. Finally you hear an excerpt of a conversation about Russia and the US that I recorded with a progressive transport driver in Vancouver in March 2022. I had gone to Vancouver to share a quick tea with @kaiekellough
Photo taken over the Rocky Mountains in March 2022.
Free City Radio has a new podcast every Wednesday morning.
Final music on this edition by @williamryanfritch via @losttribesound
A joint mix with musician Sarathy Korwar @sarathykorwar For Radio alHara @radioalhara, Sunday, April 24, 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- @nicolas-jaar, Ali Sethi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Yakjehti Mein
- Way Deep (@copcarbonfire + @jordanchristoff) - Freaks
- Dayin - Wasting Water On Dry Whispers (via @amekcollective)
- Conclave ft. Sharin - All That I Need (@photay Remix)
- Weavings - Paweł Szamburski, Ellen Fullman - Part 8 (via @otherpeoplerecords)
- Erkan Oğur - Mecnunum Leylamı Gördüm
- Yiyo Sarante - Corazòn de Acero
- @littlesimz - Fear No Man
- Meitei - Oiran II
- Kefaya - Indignados
- Meetii Haylee Dibaabaa - Tuquu Laata
- Yuji Ohno - Melting Spot (excerpt)
- @nadah-el-shazly - Barzakh
Accompanying art work by Gibran Julián, a designer from Guadalajara, Paisaje interior 5, Serigrafia, 47 x 35 cm. For information visit https://www.galeriaquetzalli.com
Today on Free City Radio, an interview from the archives with trumpeter, composer, researcher and academic Wadada Leo Smith. Wadada speaks on the project "Ten Freedom Summers," and details works that speak to specific moments in Black liberation struggles in the US, particularly the case of Dred Scott in St. Louis. Broadly Wadada has played with musicians and performed globally, for compositional work Wadada often uses beautifully composed visual scores.
This interview was recorded within the context of the Suoni per il Popolo festival. Thank you to Peter Burton for helping to arrange the exchange.
The accompanying art work for this podcast is a graphic score excerpt, by Wadada.
Listen to a conversation with filmmaker Mia Donovan on the film DOPE IS DEATH. The film is described this way:
“In 1973, Dr. Mutulu Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America. This form of radical harm reduction was a revolutionary act toward the government programs that transfixed the lives of black and brown communities throughout the South Bronx. Shakur faced severe repression and remains incarcerated, this film tells the story."
Music accompanying this show by Ramachandra Borcar (@ramborcar_composer) from the film soundtrack. The film, DOPE IS DEATH was recently screened by Cinema Politica Concordia, please stay tuned for future screenings.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
A joint mix with musician Guy Picciotto, who plays in Fugazi and Rites of Spring for Radio alHara.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Some Became Hollow Tubes - Dad's Last Purchase Was from Bed Bath and Beyond
- Xylouris White - Achilles Heel
- Gil Scott-Heron - 'Me And The Devil'
- Eric Dolphy - Music Matador
- Dayin - A Cold Flawless World (via @amekcollective)
- The Ocean’s Nerves - Songs Ohia
- ANTELØPE - Reflector
- White Magic - Winds
- Vic Chesnutt - Parade
- Altın Gün - Ordunun Dereler
- @faditabbal - Music for Sleeping Masksi
Accompanying image taken at the Museo Jumex in CDMX by Stefan.
In the 104th edition of Free City Radio, author, activist and academic Jack Z. Bratich on the book, "On Microfascism, Gender, Death, and War," published by Common Notions press. The book is described this way:
"Fascist and reactionary populist forces have undeniably swelled in the US in recent years. To effectively counter fascist movements, we need to understand them beyond their most visible and public expressions. To do this, Jack Bratich asserts, we must dig deeper into the psyche and body that gives rise to fascist formations. There we will find microfascism, or the cultural ways in which a fascist understanding of the world is generated from the hatreds that suffuse everyday life.
The implications of On Microfascism are far-reaching and unsettling. Still, Bratich insists, the new fascism is not as powerful as its adherents wish us to believe. To defeat it, we must develop and defend a “micro-antifascism” grounded in the ethics of mutual aid and care in the everyday. Rooted in an understanding of how the fascist body is constructed, we can develop the collective power to dismember it."
Full info: https://www.commonnotions.org/buy/on-microfacism-gender-war-and-death
Music on this edition is an excerpt of a duet by Lori Goldston and Stefan Christoff from the album Punk Equinox, info :
https://dasatapes.bandcamp.com/album/punk-equinox
Rebecca Foon + Spirodon mix for Radio alHara April 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Precipitation & Mirage Area - Dream of the Country of the Wind via @ume-records
- Philip Glass - Opening
- @nicolas-jaar - Introducción (EMA Soundtrack)
- Nicolás Jaar - Tema Final (EMA Soundtrack)
- Jesse Paris Smith - Legacies
- @williamryanfritch - (I) These Signs Shall Follow
- Erkan Oğur & İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu - Derdim Çoktur Hangisine Yanayım
- Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini (A Colors Show)
- Tony Allen - Ise Nla
- Jesse Paris Smith, Tenzin Choegyal, Laurie Anderson - Heart Sutra Song - Gone Beyond
- @rivalconsoles - Pulses of Information
- Anarchist Mountains - Balkan Starmap (via @mediteranos)
On the monthly artist interview for Radio AlHara @radioalhara produced by Stefan Christoff for April 2021 we hear an interview from the archives with Beirut-based artist Joan Baz speaking about a project "I Went Looking for Palestine" that was presented in Lebanon and involved a linocut counting booklet and also an installation in Beirut.
In this interview Joan speaks about the inspiration behind the project, revolving around a trip taken to the deep south of Lebanon, lands formerly occupied by the Israeli military and historically connected to Palestine.
https://www.instagram.com/joan.baz
This interview was recorded for @radiockut in Montreal for broadcast on Free City Radio, by Stefan Christoff @spirodon Accompanying art work is from the exhibition, I went Looking for Palestine and I found, by Joan.
Spirodon w/ Tim Daisy [31.03.22] - Radio Ma3azef راديو معازف
- @tim-daisy - Five Echoes
- Tim Daisy - North Winds
- Hamid El Kasri - Moulay Ahmed
- Ray Lema + Professeur Stefanov - Po droum mome pobegnalo
- @pillowdiver - Just
- RETE - Temporal (excerpt)
- Tim Daisy - Solitario 2
- Tim Daisy + Ikue Mori - Second Station (excerpt)
- Vox Arcana - Silver Light
- Vasco Trilla & Tim Daisy - Terra Firma (excerpt)
https://www.ma3azef.live
Photo taken by Stefan Christoff
On this edition of Free City Radio David Barsamian, host of Alternative Radio, speaks on war in Ukraine and the military-industrial complex.
A critical look at who benefits from war and also the historical context to the conflict between Russia and the U.S. A look at these contextual issues are not rooted in any attempt to minimize the urgency of focusing on the war crimes being committed against civilians in Ukraine, as have been documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, but is an attempt to provide historical context to the current war beyond the headlines. Additional David speaks about the persisting importance of thinking beyond the box in regards to mainstream media framings on war and imperialism.
Music on this edition is an excerpt of DakhaBrakha's track Baby, a music ensemble based in Kiev, as performed on KEXP. Thank you to Frank Barat for sharing this track.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Underground Sounds mix, 28/03/2022, @radiockut
- 't Geruis - gracieux
- 't Geruis - het einde zet in (via @losttribesound)
- Adrian Copeland - No Heat No Light
- Alapastel - Flight Over Utopia
- Alapastel - Goodnight, Valley of the Roses @lukas-bulko-654539883
- ARROWOUNDS @ryanoftsavo - Antarctica's Spherical Anomalies Leave Residual Trails (Edit)
- @copcarbonfire - repurposed
- copcarbonfire - rinna
- copcarbonfire - ida
- Dayin - Cloud Control (via @amekcollective)
- Dayin - Flares Still Burning
- @elena-kakaliagou - One who never saw the sea, but had shells instead of ears - Ένας που δεν είχε δει ποτέ θάλασσα, αλλά αντί
- Elena Kakaliagou - Ascending
- @faditabbal - My Doll
- Fadi Tabbal - Music for Tangent Lines
- Fadi Tabbal - The Death of Strangers
- Experimental Kindness - Numby
- @federico-mosconi - Foam
- Federico Mosconi - Blood
- Federico Mosconi - Wandering
- Federico Mosconi - A New Dawn
- @fletcher_pratt - Weedy Dub
- Fletcher Pratt - Carpenter Dub (via @crashsymbols)
- @holobody - Cube
- Holobody - Bath
Photo taken by Oaxaca, Mexico by Stefan
CERRUCHA + Spirodon mix for Radio alHara March, 27, 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Coro Acardenchado - Pásele, Pásele
- The Creole Choir of Cuba - Maroule
- Shleu-Shleu - Haiti Belle Femme
- Héctor Lavoe - Juanito Alimaña
- Nacha Guevara - Construcción
- Ilham Al-Madfai - Khuttar / خطار
- Celina y Reutilio - A la Caridad del Cobre
- Juan Gabriel - Hasta que te conocí (En Vivo, Desde el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes)
- Rubén Blades - Maestra Vida (excerpt)
- Third World - Cool Meditation
- Café Tacvba - Chilanga banda
- Maldita Vecindad - Querida
- E$tado Unido - DESTINO, feat. Stéphanie Janaina (EMA Soundtrack, via @otherpeoplerecords)
- @williamryanfritch - (I) Seething and Unknowing (excerpt) via @losttribesound
Photo taken by Stefan in CDMX
On this edition of Free City Radio you will hear an audio documentary that explores the realities of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. This program was produced in 2005 with the support of The Electronic Intifada and @radiockut
This documentary specifically explores voices from the UNRAW recognized Palestinian refugee camp of Burj Shemali in south Lebanon, close to Tyre.
This edition is being shared from the archives in March 2022 within the context of Israeli Apartheid Week on university campuses around the world.
The systemic issues of economic and political marginalization facing Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon remains similar today. In light of growing awareness about the state and condition of Palestinian refugee populations globally, I am sharing this documentary to highlight some specific community voices that directly speak to these realities in contemporary Lebanon.
Thank you to Mohamad Cheblak and Sawsan Kalache for their collaboration in producing this program in 2005.
The accompanying image was taken in southern Lebanon by Stefan, also in 2005.
Accompanying music at the end of the program was from a live set presented by Marcel Khalifé in Beirut in Dec. 2003 recorded by Stefan also.
Cole Pulice + Spirodon mix for @radioalhara March 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- @truelynnavery & Cole Pulice - Plantwood (Day)
- Tine Net - Come Out Too Foam Bells
- @williamryanfritch - (II) Lay Hands Upon Us (via @losttribesound)
- Sadie Greyduck @sluttywatermelon - Dry Lamb
- @sallydecker & Brendan Glasson - A Response
- @brianamarela - Eclipse
- Ted Lucas - Plain And Sane And Simple Melody
- @lucytheliyou - for N.
- @bastian-void - Alden Research
- @ayyuka - Bəşəriyat
- @copcarbonfire - Dino
- @faditabbal - Music for Circles
- @hauntedghost - Trouble Waking up
- Timur Selçuk - Ayrılanlar İçin
- Duelling Ants - We had some time inbetween
- @nicolas-jaar - Valparaíso (excerpt)
On the 101st edition of Free City Radio we highlight an interview with NYC street artist Seth Tobocman speaking about working with social activist movements in the lower east side of NYC, particularly around struggles against gentrification in the city and the displacement of low income residents in the working class Manhattan area. Seth also speaks about the development of specific book projects, including War In the Neighbourhood out via AK Press a seminal work in the Anarchist comic art world.
I recorded this interview in person in 2014 during a series of community discussions between activists in NYC and Montreal that I was involved in at the time. I thought to share this from the archives for this edition of Free City Radio.
Music on this edition is by Cat Power one of Seth's friends from the Lower East Side arts scene. Accompanying art work by Seth.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts 11am on Wednesdays CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal, 1pm on Tuesdays on CJLO 1690am starting in April, and now also on Tuesdays, 8-9am on CKUW, 95.9fm in Winnipeg.
This soundscape created in March, 2022 incorporates sounds from a trip to Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey in August / September 2021. There are rural and urban sounds, streets and churches.
It was incredible to experience some moments in this region that are home to many of my family roots. Endless love to Tanha Gomes who shared this voyage.
This soundscape is created for broadcast on @radioalhara in Palestine, @radiobeguin in Lyon, France and @radiockut in Montréal.
Thank you for listening ! –– Stefan.
0:00-1:14 /// Walking in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Sept. 2021.
1:00-1:19 // Playing electric guitar off Jean Talon, Fall 2000.
1:09-2:01 // Arriving in Thessaloniki, August 2021.
1:53-3:08 // On a bus from Thessaloniki to Sofia, August 2021.
2:52-10:47 // An early morning sound of a balcony in Varvara village in southern Bulgaria.
10:36-29:41 // An Eastern Orthodox church service choir in Sofia, Bulgaria.
29:20-30:00 // On a bus in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Accompanying photo taken on a hiking trail outside of Rila Monastery in Bulgaria.
Listen to the 100th edition of Free City Radio, the last in a series of interviews worked on in collaboration with breachmedia.ca
In this interview we hear from Chris Gusen of 350.org in Canada speaking about possibilities of climate justice victories within the context of a minority Liberal government. This interview presses on the important of sustained and committed grassroots action around challenging the great distance between the political rhetoric of the Liberal Party around the climate and their support for corporate oil and gas pipelines being built on Indigenous lands, like the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet'suwet'en land.
In this interview, Chris specifically speaks on the political rhetoric deployed by Justin Trudeau during the last Federal election around a "just transition," from fossil fuels, and the urgent need to see that rhetoric translate into actual policy.
Music on this edition by @williamryanfritch of @losttribesound
Free City Radio now shares 1 new edition a week, coming out on Wednesday mornings. Currently we are working with multiple campus / community stations in Canada to rebroadcast the program. Currently we broadcast on @radiockut at 90.3m on Wednesdays at 11am and on CJLO 1690am on Tuesdays at 1pm starting in April. If you are part of a campus / community radio station and would like to broadcast Free City Radio, get in touch.
Musicians For Palestine mix By Stefan Christoff For broadcast on @rootradiolive in Istanbul Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A mix of artists who joined the global @musicians4pal initiative. An effort to work across musical spaces, geographies and genres to express collective solidarity with the Palestinian people's struggle for freedom and against the apartheid policies of the Israeli state.
- Ian Hawgood, Stijn Hüwels, James Murray - Light Falters
- @secretpyramid - Hexes
- @deenaabdelwahed - Tawa
- @fatima-al-qadiri - GCC Transmission 05. @amirtha-kidambi, Elder Ones - Decolonize the Mind
- @algiers - Blood
- Yamantaka // Sonic Titan - One
- Sun City Girls - The Shining Path
- @nicolas-jaar - Mi Mujer
- @joshua-stefane - Waystation
- Lori Goldston @blackcat - Improvisation
Listen to an interview with filmmaker Franz Böhm on the film Dear Future Children, which follows the experiences of three young activists involved in frontline movements for progressive social change, in Chile, Hong Kong and Uganda. The film is described this way :
"The project follows activists on the protests in Hong Kong against the Beijing-influenced administration under Carrie Lam, the protests in Chile against social inequality in the country and in Uganda at the local Fridays for Future protests and actions for climate justice."
Dear Future Children has been projected by Cinema Politica and I collaborated on those screenings, the context within which this interview has been recorded also.
Music on this edition is "Jinja Encounters" by KMRU.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Radio Alhara راديو الحارة - Artist interview, Bruce Cockburn
An interview with celebrated singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn who speaks about playing music today in the pandemic era and reflects on a long career of shared engaged music with communities globally. This interview particularly revolves around Bruce's song "If I Had A Rocket Launcher," which was written within the context of a solidarity visit to a refugee camp on the southern border of Mexico and Guatemala.
Bruce visited within the context of a human rights observation delegation from Toronto, linked to OXFAM, to witness the systemic violence that was facing displaced Indigenous communities who had been forced from their traditional territories in Guatemala within the context of the U.S. government backing the extreme militaristic right wing government in Guatemala which was later found to be guilty of committing genocidal acts against Indigenous communities.
Today Bruce continues to share beautiful and meaningful music with audiences worldwide and joined Stefan Christoff for an interview on Radio AlHara in Palestine.
For information visit :
http://brucecockburn.com
This interview series is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff on a monthly basis for Radio AlHara in Palestine, broadcasting on the first Friday of the month.
A mix of works by musicians who joined the Musicians for Palestine initiative that I created for broadcast on @igetrvng's NTS show Friends & Fiends in Dec. 2021. Below is the track listing and context, thank you for listening ! - Stefan Christoff.
Musicians For Palestine http://musiciansforpalestine.com
"This is a mix of musicians who joined the global letter of solidarity to protest the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Palestine, last May. Musicians for Palestine was a grassroots response by musicians from around the world who refused silence in the face of the Israeli state's colonial military violence taking place that targeted the basic human rights of the Palestinian people. In the face of the war crimes taking place in Gaza, as have been well documented by both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, we collectively refused silence."
Track listing (Artist name / Track name)
- Shalabi Quintet - Vitrola Era (@nickschofield remix)
- Büşra Kayıkçı - Interlude I
- @lyra_songs - Tendril
- @nicolas-jaar - No
- @kamarujoseph - Jinja Encounters
- @pjs11 - Meteor Shower
- A Tribe Called Red - Electric Pow Wow Drum
- Narcy - Vietnam
- Secret Pyramid - A Descent
- Bing & Ruth - The How of it Sped
- Ÿuma - Smek
- @ayametwalli - Lugere (excerpt)
- Sam Shalabi - Trace
Mix also up here !
https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/rvng-9th-december-2021/
Listen to the 98th edition of Free City Radio that focuses on the campaigning by the Maquila Solidarity Network to support garment sector workers in El Salvador who have been campaigning within the context of the pandemic for unpaid wages.
This workers struggle takes place within the context of Industrias Florenzi closing down a garment sector company in El Salvador which was producing medical scrubs for a subsidiary manufacturer for Disney which owns the rights for medical scrubs produced in line with the branding of the show Grey's Anatomy.
The Maquila Solidarity Network outlined the demand in this way :
"The Industrias Florenzi workers and allies demand that Disney, which owns Grey’s Anatomy, and its vendor, Barco Uniforms, ensure the workers who made their product receive the $1.3 million they are owed."
For info visit : https://www.maquilasolidarity.org
Music on this edition by the Mexican Institute of Sound and Secret Pyramid, via their album out on @geonorth.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and broadcasts weekly on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montreal on Wednesdays at 11am.
Peter Burton + Spirodon A mix for Radio alHara February 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D.
- Yusef Lateef - Love Theme From Spartacus
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Original Theme)
- @keithkenniff - Sometimes
- Roots Manuva - Movements
- @loscil - Vespera
- David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
- Jaimie Branch - Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2
- Frantz Casseus - Haitian Dances (excerpt)
On the 97th edition of Free City Radio we hear from Raymund Villanueva in Manila, who has been deeply involved in the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines and speaks on state repression of journalists in the Philippines today, under President Rodrigo Duterte.
Raymund shares some political context on the growing normalization of state violence as political policy, that has expanded within the context of a declared populist "war on drugs" in the country. A deadly reality for journalists today in the Philippines that has worked to normalize police, military and paramilitary killings.
This political cultural of violence, that has been normalized under Duterte, has created the context for expanding repression, on the part of paramilitary forces connected to the state, that has been directed at progressive independent media workers in the country, including many members of the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines.
Raymund works on the website https://bulatlat.com, one of the first progressive online journals in the country and is a colleague of Maria Ressa, the Filipina journalist who co-won the 2021 Nobel Prize.
On this edition we hear music from DJ Krush.
Free City Radio is produced twice a week by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
On the 96th edition of Free City Radio you can listen to a conversation with community organizer Sasha Wijeyeratne speaking on organizing against Amazon pushing gentrification in Queens. Sasha speaks about the broad community coalition in Queens that successfully fought off the push by Amazon corporation to open the H2Q headquarters in Queens.
Specifically in this exchange Sasha speaks about why the community organization, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, which is very rooted in Asian residents within the Queensbridge Houses social housing complex, was specifically campaigning against Amazon H2Q due to the ways that the construction of an Amazon corporate logistics operational headquarters in Queens, that was going to be build right beside the Queensbridge Houses social housing project, would have driven a major wave of gentrification.
This interview series was recorded with support from the McGill Corporate Accountability Project, for broadcast on @radiockut at 90.3fm
For more information on CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities visit :
https://caaav.org
Free City Radio broadcasts on Wednesdays at 11am on @radiockut and two new episodes are shared each week through the Free City Radio podcast.
Music on this edition is an excerpt of "Birds in Trio" a duet between Lori Goldston and Stefan @spirodon Christoff recently released on Dasa Tapes, full info :
https://dasatapes.bandcamp.com/album/punk-equinox
On this edition of Free City Radio we continue forward with our interview series collaboration that is taking place with The Breach. On this edition we hear perspectives from Rebecca Sinclair, research and policy analyst at Indigenous Climate Action.
In this interview Rebecca speaks about the ways that Indigenous voices have been pushing forward a critique of the Canadian state's colonial investment in oil and gas corporations that are building pipelines on Indigenous lands without the collective support of the communities impacted. As clearly witnessed today within the context of the Wet'suwet'en Nation which is facing the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and the Secwépemc Nation which is facing the Trans Mountain Pipeline, both projects are being supported politically by the Federal Liberal government in different ways, despite both oil and gas projects being a violation of Indigenous land rights and sovereignty.
For information on Indigenous Climate Action visit :
https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com
View a publication around this interview series in The Breach in March 2022 here : https://breachmedia.ca
Music on this edition is by Indigenous singer songwriter Samantha Crain.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and now is shared twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays ! Also Free City Radio broadcasts at 11h on Wednesdays on @radiockut in Montreal at 90.3fm
Free City Radio 94.
A conversation with the directors of the documentary film "No Visible Trauma," filmmakers Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal.
This important documentary about systemic police violence and brutality in the Canadian city of Calgary points to broader issues of systemic racism within police forces across Canada and in North America.
This is the write-up on the film: "In the midst of a global uprising against police violence and systemic racism, No Visible Trauma / Above the Law examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police brutality. Despite its relatively low crime rates, recent years have seen the Calgary Police Service shoot and kill more people than officers in any other Canadian city, and more than either the New York or Chicago police departments in 2018. Five years in the making, the film unravels the intertwined stories of three individuals who were the victims of extreme violence at the hands of police officers. From the kidnapping and beating of a young immigrant from Ghana, to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a 'wellness check,' the film exposes a criminal justice system that fails to hold police officers accountable for their actions."
Info : https://losttimemedia.com/portfolio/nvt-atl
The directors will participate in a Cinema Politica hosted conversation on the documentary taking place on Monday, Feb. 28th at 8pm, you can register for the conversation and also watch the film online surrounding the screening here :
https://www.cinemapolitica.org
Image is a still from the documentary.
Music on this edition is the track "Passarinho," by Gal Costa.
Free City Radio is produced twice a week by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and broadcasts on @radiockut 90.3fm in Montreal, Wednesdays at 11h.
On the 93rd edition of Free City Radio we hear from John Beard of the Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN https://www.pa-can.com), which is a member organization of the national #BuildBackFossilFree coalition.
In this interview John speaks about the ways that oil and gas production has played a negative role in Port Arthur communities struggling with the health impacts of being located close to some of the largest oil and gas refinery locations in North America, including a major plant of TOTAL corporation. Important John speaks about the ways that environmental racism comes into play, given the ways that Black communities in Port Arthur have been impacted by the negative health impacts of living in this oil production region of Texas along the Gulf coast. This is an important interview that highlights a specific reality of environmental racism and the voice of an important local activist in Port Arthur campaigning for climate and environmental justice locally and nationally within the U.S.
Thank you to Nyshie Perkinson at the Climate Law Institute / Center for Biological Diversity for helping to arrange this interview.
Music on this edition of Free City Radio is by GAIKA @gaikasays out of London.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to a soundscape recorded in both Mexico City and Oaxaca in December 2021.
This sonic work includes street sounds, from highways, roads, walkways, markets and the two beautiful cities in Mexico as the world was turning toward 2022. Also within this soundscape you hear podcaster Alfredo Bojorques speaking on Indigenous and Anarchist struggles against state today in Mexico. Listen to Alfredo's podcast "mundo abierto," that examines the work of Sara Ahmed within a Mexican context, info here :
https://podcasts.apple.com/gt/podcast/mundo-abierto/id1568078857
Additionally I ended the soundscape with an excerpt from a recording session that I recorded with double-bass player Adriana Camacho @adriana-camacho-torres in CDMX.
This soundscape was created by Stefan @spirodon Christoff for broadcast on both Radio Béguin @radiobeguin in Lyon for which we hear an introduction, @radiockut in Montréal and @radioalhara in Palestine, and for online distribution through Free City Radio.
Thank you to Tanha Gomes, @cerrucha, Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective for their direct and also spiritual support on this soundscape project.
Radio Alhara راديو الحارة - Artist interview, Josh MacPhee of Justseeds Artists' Coop
Listen to an interview with Josh MacPhee, a founding member of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative. In this exchange Josh speaks about the Celebrate People's History Poster Series project, a grassroots activist poster design project that speaks to social movement history in the Americas and globally. Full info :
https://justseeds.org/project/cph
Josh also reflects on experiences doing street level silk-screen printing during the Occupy Wall Street protests and the Climate Strike actions in NYC.
This interview was recorded in collaboration with Suoni TV
Info on Josh's work : https://justseeds.org/artist/joshmacphee
This interview was recorded for broadcast on @radioalhara by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 91st edition of Free City Radio.
On this program we hear from Amélie Nguyen of the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière (CISO) and Mostafa Henaway of the Immigrant Workers Centre, who were speaking at the Cinema Politica screening of the film "Made in Bangladesh" that took place in Dec. 2021 at Concordia University in Tiohti:áke / Montréal.
The film is a drama that details the efforts of women in Dhaka, Bangladesh, who are organizing within the context of systemic injustice in the workplace, a textile factory, struggling to have a worker union recognized. Info on the film by Rubaiyat Hossain here :
https://www.khonatalkies.com/mib.php
In this presentation, Amélie and Mostafa speak about the international nature of the systemic exploitation that textile workers face and the global systems of injustice that many textile corporations sustain, including the Montréal based Lamour and Gilden, who have direct links to exploitation of textile workers in Bangladesh and Haiti.
Info on CISO : https://www.ciso.qc.ca
Info on the Immigrant Workers Centre : https://iwc-cti.ca
Information on Cinema Politica which hosted this conversation here :
https://www.cinemapolitica.org
This edition includes music by Asian Dub Foundation.
Audio recorded by Shengmei Rui.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Graphic is from the flag of Bangladesh.
Mohamad Cheblak + Spirodon mix for Radio alHara January 2022
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title) 01. Amal Murkus - یومیات جرح فلسطیني 02. Soukaina Fahsi - جودیة 03. Ali Hassan Kuban - Mabruk 04. Ali Hassan Kuban - Habibi 05. Oumou Sangaré - Mali Nialé 06. Youssou Ndour - Pitche Mi 07. Booba - DKR 08. Seidosimba ft. Mazmars - Kandaka 09. Amen Aravot - Gevorg Dabaghyan 10. Vorskan Akhper - Gevorg Dabaghyan 11. Francisco Tárrega - Variaciones sobre "El Carnaval de Venecia" de Paganini 12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
Photo taken by Mohamad in Beirut.
On the 90th edition of Free City Radio we again are visiting the archives of interviews that I have conducted at CKUT 90.3fm over the years.
I am just getting better from COVID-19 so this visit with the archives is coming to a close, but it is a pleasure to share these voices of activist scholars on the program this week.
Today I am sharing a conversation that I had with Steven Salaita, an activist, scholar and author, recorded in 2009. This conversation was suggested and encouraged by my late friend, author Aziz Choudry.
Steven published an important book more recently in 2016 called "Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine," and this conversation reflects some of the focus points found in this work. Steven speaks about the connections between struggles for the land from Turtle Island and Palestine, getting into the specifics on the ways that historical discourses about nationalism, land and territory have been shared by colonial politicians in the U.S., Canada and Israel. Beyond slogans, this interview insightfully speaks to the integral connections between nationalisms that work to create false narratives about empty land and horizons of opportunity, instead focusing on bringing attention to those people and communities that have been displaced and dispossessed by the discourse of the frontier that is shaped by colonialism.
The music on this edition is a track that I worked on with my brother Jordan Christoff for the Anarchist Mountains project, from the latest album A Balkan Spacewalk out on Alien Garage records.
Listen to an interview with Sherene Razack recorded in 2009 live @radiockut who speaks on systemic racism in Canada, the normalization of torture and Abousfian Abdelrazik.
Until today the case of Abdelrazik is not resolved as the current Liberal Canadian government continues to fight against calls for justice by Abdelrazik as expressed through a lawsuit currently still going through the Canadian courts system. According to the Globe and Mail, in a report published last year, the Canadian government has now spent at least 9.3 million to fight this case and to win legally against Abdelrazik.
In this interview Razack, who is now a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies in the Department of Gender Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, speaks on the ways that systemic racism toward Arab and Muslim communities is expressed through social and political frameworks that work to eject Muslims from the western legal process, resulting in cases that normalize torture, as seen in the case of Abdelrazik.
Razack is a feminist critical race scholar, her research and teaching focus on racial violence.
The music on this edition are two tracks that I recorded as part of the Duets for Abdelrazik album that I recorded to celebrate Abdelrazik's resilience and return. The album was released in 2012 after I worked deeply to support Abdelrazik's struggle for justice through the Project Fly Home campaign. You will hear two tracks from the album, one with Radwan Moumneh and another with Norman Nawrocki. The accompanying art work is the original drawing from the 19th century that was reproduced for the album art work for Duets for Abdelrazik.
https://spirodon.bandcamp.com/album/duets-for-abdelrazik
The interview for this edition was co-conducted with community activist and radio host Samaa Elibyari.
Listen to the 88th edition of Free City Radio.
This week I am sharing interviews from the archives given that I got omicron, the interview schedule slowed this week. Instead I am taking the opportunity to share some interviews from the archives of my community radio programming at @radiockut
This is an interview that I recorded in 2009 with Palestinian poet and artist Suheir Hammad who was visiting Montreal. I though that sharing this interview would be interesting because the interview took place just as the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement was getting going in North America. Often the voices of artists within and linked to such global justice movements is important and interesting to explore. I feel that this conversation shares the feeling and vibe of where things were at in 2009 and I thought to share this exchange with Suheir.
Also we hear Suheir reading "Gaza Suite | 3: Tel al-Hawa," in Gaza after the interview.
Music on this edition by Secret Pyramid and the accompanying art work is an excerpt of a beautiful piece by Palestinian artist Jordan Nassar.
Stefan @spirodon Christoff hosts Free City Radio, a podcast that comes out twice a week and also is a radio show that broadcasts once a week on CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal at 11am on Wednesdays, thank you for listening !
For the 87th edition of Free City Radio podcast, I am sharing an album that I worked on with my brother @jordanchristoff, called A Balkan Spacewalk. This album is part of our Anarchist Mountains project and was released on the small cassette label based between Wisconsin and Japan called Alien Garage records. Full information here :
https://aliengarage.bandcamp.com/album/a-balkan-spacewalk
Follow @anarchistmountains
Album art work I designed.
Thanks for listening ! -- Stefan.
Free City Radio 86.
Listen to an interview with Mexico City based artist and activist CERRUCHA who speaks on her involvement in the Feminist movement in Mexico and the relationship between social movements and the arts today in Mexico. @cerrucha currently has pieces up at Laboratorio Arte Alameda and Museo de Arte Moderno in CDMX.
CERRUCHA describes herself this way
"CERRUCHA: this word comes from the latin cer “to be”, cerrucha “a saw” f.; a hand tool that uses art to deconstruct mindframes; toothed blade that subversively talks to your senses: CERRUCHA, present tense of the verb cerruchar – to saw through fixed ideals promoting a critical analysis about our surroundings, an invitation to see yourself in the other. I´m a feminist artivist working primarily with photography, performance, installation and dialogic art. I intervene public space by creating experiences that foster engagement and dialogue where the audience can become active in cultural production.
Through the incorporation of participatory practices into my projects I have become a facilitator, taking human relations as a point of departure to explore the social construct of Otherness and it's intersectionality with gender, race, class and decoloniality through a collective approach."
Full information : https://www.cerrucha.com
Accompanying image is a detail from a collage piece by CERRUCHA currently up at Museo de Arte Moderno in CDMX.
Music on this edition is by The Tamlins with the track Baltimore, from an upcoming joint mix with CERRUCHA that will be on Radio AlHara @radioalhara
Listen to an interview with Samantha Crain, a Choctaw songwriter, musician, producer, and singer from Shawnee, Oklahoma. In this interview Samantha speaks about her creative practice, song writing and working today as an Indigenous artist.
Info : https://www.samanthacrain.com
This interview was recorded for broadcast on @radioalhara by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to an interview with Syed Hussan of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change speaking on possibilities for social movement victories for activism in Canada 2022. This interview specifically explores the extremely detrimental impacts of the pandemic of non-status people and communities across the Canadian nation state.
This interview is part of a series of interviews that Free City Radio is working on in coordination with The Breach that are exploring the role of activists movements and campaigns struggling for social and economic justice in Canada in 2022 within the context of a minority Liberal government.
Excerpts of this interview and a write-up will be live on The Breach in 2022.
Info on The Breach : breachmedia.ca
This interview series and Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Music on this edition is from @anarchistmountains from the album A Balkan Spacewalk out on Alien Garage records.
A mix for Free City Radio by @holobody
Varèse - Poem Electronique Earl Sweatshirt - 2010 @specialdevivery - Dusk (excerpt) Harold Budd - Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim Julian Lynch - Ruth, My Sister Broadcast - Echo's Answer
Also this broadcast fades out with an excerpt of a track by Alapastel off the album Ceremony out on @losttribesound
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to an interview with musician, translator, podcaster and activist Alfredo Bojorques. In this exchange we hear Alfredo speak about the current context of struggles in Mexico surrounding Indigenous land struggles and also networks of urban anarchists, both taking place within the context of the Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Specifically Alfredo speaks about Indigenous opposition to the Maya Train project that is displacing Indigenous people, a deeply controversial and contested project. Also Alfredo shines light on the killing of environmental justice activist and independent journalist Samir Flores Soberanes in 2019. Samir was a member of The Peoples in Defense of Land and Water Front and his killed sparked massive protests in Mexico City at the time.
Also Alfredo speaks about the Mundo Abierto podcast project that has been exploring the work of Sara Ahmed within the Mexican context.
This interview series is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
In this interview Antonio speaks about a series of art projects worked on over the years. Including a work that details the faces of disappeared guerrilla fighters in Mexico in the 1970s, the project is called "Las Flores Nacen en Silencio."
Antonio writes, "I continued investigating the genocide that the Mexican State committed between the 60s, 70s and 80s against students and peasants by murdering and disappearing more than three thousand of them. Actually, even today everything that happened in those years is somewhat hidden, silenced, as if one wanted it to go unnoticed.
Fortunately, for a few years now, various publications have begun to emerge that draw the veil with which the state has covered those years and show us various aspects of the so-called Mexican Socialist Armed Movement."
Antonio speaks about projects undertaken to support the Zapatista movement and also a project called "Los Caminos de la Libertad," or "The Paths of Freedom," which highlights activist writers and social actors that are important to the current moment.
Also in this exchange Antonio speaks about balancing between the institutional art world and an active street art practice, including works that share an illuminate Indigenous languages and resistance to mining corporations outside of Mexico City.
Learn more about Antonio's work here : https://www.antoniogriton.com
This interview was recorded and produced as part of an interview series worked on in Mexico City for Free City Radio by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. In the background you can hear Naima Karlsson practicing.
Listen to an interview with art curator, academic and activist Gemma Argüello Manresa who speaks about a current exhibition taking place Laboratorio Arte Alameda. This exhibition explores the relationship between the exhibition space and Alameda Central, which is a major square in downtown Mexico City. The exhibition focuses on artistic explorations that address contemporary forms of systemic violence and gentrification that are facing squares in downtown Mexico City, particularly Alameda Central.
In this interview we hear about pieces by Urban Ecosystems Cycle, Ana Zambrano and Cerrucha.
This interview was recorded in downtown Mexico City, thank you to Gemma, Cerrucha and Tanha Gomes for participating and helping to facilitate this exchange.
Recorded and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to an interview with John Clarke, a long time anti-poverty organizer and community activist from Toronto. John has worked with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) for years and in 2019 was appointed the Packer Visitor in Social Justice in York University.
This interview is part of a series of interviews that Free City Radio is working on in coordination with The Breach that are exploring the role of activists movements and campaigns struggling for social and economic justice in Canada in 2022 within the context of a minority Liberal government.
Excerpts of this interview and a write-up will be live on The Breach in 2022.
Info on The Breach : https://breachmedia.ca
This interview series and Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Music on this edition is by Aidan Girt and Norman Nawrocki from the project Bakunin's Bum, which released a benefit album for OCAP called Fight to Win.
Listen to an interview with longtime activist Ewa Jasiewicz who speaks about her organizing work in the years after the U.S. / U.K. invasion of Iraq that surrounded campaigning against the push by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq to privatize elements of the Iraqi oil industry and to sustain a Ba'ath era law that outlawed independent labour unions.
Over many years international anti war activists built up a network of action and solidarity between the global anti-war movement, independent labour unions and unions fighting for labour justice within the deadly context of Iraq at the time.
I have worked on this interview series to recall the importance of building tangible links of solidarity between progressive social movements during this era, beyond rhetoric, looking at what tangible campaigns can look like. Here is an article that Ewa wrote at this time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/06/oilprivatisationiniraqaca
Also this article has some background on Iraqi union organizing victories in recent years.
https://www.industriall-union.org/determined-struggle-brings-iraqi-workers-new-labour-law
Music on this edition is the track Vietnam by Narcy (@thenarcicyst).
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Kaie Kellough + Stefan Christoff mix for @radioalhara @kaiaiak + @spirodon Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Beken - Kote'w Te Ye.
- Sister Nancy - Bam Bam.
- Mop Mop feat. Fred Wesley & Anthony Joseph - Run Around (Renegades Of Jazz Remix)
- Roots Manuva - Ital Visions
- Nicole Mitchell - Often Hard to Believe
- Tony Allen - Moving On
- Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Marcus Garvey
- Ursula Rucker - Stop Calling Me!
- Don Cherry - Utopia and Visions
- Star Band de Dakar - Thioro Baye Samba
- Meshell Ndegeocello - Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 1)
- Muzion - La Vi Ti Neg
- @spirodon - A street accordion player in Mexico City (soundscape).
- @anarchistmountains - Shore (excerpt).
Photo taken by Stefan Christoff in the garden of the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City.
- Mexico Dispatch 1 - Oaxaca Municipal Workers Strike
- Reporte 1 de México - Huelga de trabajadorxs municipales de Oaxaca
El miércoles 22 de diciembre en el centro de la ciudad de Oaxaca, lxs trabajadorxs municipales organizaron una serie de acciones de huelga para protestar por sus derechos y condiciones laborales.
On Wednesday, Dec. 22nd in downtown Oaxaca City municipal workers organized a series of strike actions to protest for labour rights and conditions.
Una coalición de cinco sindicatos municipales (Comite Ejecutivo del Sindicato Libre de Empleados y Trabajadores al Servicio del H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional del Municipio de Oaxaca de Juárez) se unió para realizar una serie de bloqueos en el centro con el objetivo de exigir salarios impagos y condiciones laborales justas.
A coalition of five municipal unions (Comite Ejecutivo del Sindicato Libre de Empleados y Trabajadores al Servicio del H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional del Municipio de Oaxaca de Juárez) joined together to hold a series of blockades downtown. These actions were aimed at bringing attention to the voices of workers who are demanding unpaid wages and fair work conditions.
Yesterday I visited some of the blockade sites with Mexican activist/artist Cerrucha. This is an interview with Miriam Morales López, a union delegate, on the motivations for the striking workers who held down blockades on the street streets with municipal trucks throughout the day. This is the first interview done in Spanish for Free City Radio and is a collaboration with Cerrucha, recorded in downtown Oaxaca.
Ayer visité algunos de los sitios de bloqueo con la activista / artista mexicana Cerrucha. Esta es una entrevista con Miriam Morales López, sobre las motivaciones de lxs trabajadorxs en huelga que mantuvieron bloqueos en las calles con camiones municipales durante todo el día. Esta es la primera entrevista realizada en español para Free City Radio y es una colaboración con Cerrucha, grabada en el centro de Oaxaca.
Info on Cerrucha / Información sobre Cerrucha : https://www.cerrucha.com
This is a report recorded in Mexico as part of a series recorded in winter 2021 and produced for Free City Radio by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Este es un informe grabado en México como parte de una serie grabada en el invierno de 2021 y producida para Free City Radio por Stefan Christoff.
A guest music mix on Free City Radio by musician Ian Simmonds (@ian-simmonds)
Ian has an album coming out soon on Art Yard Records in the UK.
Full info :
http://iansimmonds.bandcamp.com/album/the-br…k-variations
Track listing :
- Henry Mancini - Far east blues.
- Michel Legrand - A man's castle.
- John Barry - The ipcress file.
- Tartit - El Jahalat.
- Ian Simmonds - Pick up .
- Ian Simmonds - Robinson.
- Ian Simmonds - A blues for angels.
Photo by Ian Simmonds.
Listen to Free City Radio 81, an exchange with Bulgarian journalist Dimiter Kenarov who speaks on the Balkans and Bulgaria today. In this exchange we speak about the realities of E.U. politics and economics in relation to Bulgaria, the poorest country in the E.U. and which is facing a massive migration crisis westward. Bulgaria has one of the quickest shrinking populations in the world. Also we speak about Bulgaria at the edge of Europe and West Asia within the context of the migrant crisis that has taken place. Finally we speak about Bulgarian history and nationalism, looking at some spaces of contradiction surrounding Bulgarian nationalism and the layered cultural history of the country that was deeply influenced by both Soviet politics and the Ottoman Empire within the past centuries.
For more information on Dimiter Kenarov visit :
https://dimiterkenarov.com
Music on this edition by @anarchistmountains and @postglobaltrio
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and also broadcasts weekly on @radiockut in Montreal at 90.3fm on Wednesdays at 11am.
Photo taken in Bulgaria by Stefan.
Listen to an interview with artist Norman Nawrocki who speaks on an upcoming play, 'Run Nawrocki, Run! Escape from Banff Prison', that is screening right now on Norman's channel here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D3Qn6O02h8
Norman speaks about theatrical works that aim to illustrate and illuminate the systemic discrimination that many Eastern European migrants faced in the Canadian state in the early 20th century.
The play is described this way :
"Imprisoned in a concentration camp near Banff Alberta because of racism & wartime hysteria. Forced to do slave labour. A poor Ukrainian-Canadian rebels, dreams & plots to escape. Norman Nawrocki's exciting new 40 minute-long play blends history, Ukrainian folklore, music & legend with family memory. A true tale about hope, courage & resistance."
Music on this edition is a duet by @spirodon and Norman Nawrocki and also a piece by Aidan Girt and Norman from the Bakunin's Bum project.
Free City Radio comes out twice a week and is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to an interview with Jason Schwartz who works with the Athena Coalition. In this interview Jason speaks about the many aspects of activist organizing that is taking place to confront unjust aspects of Amazon corporation policies. In this exchange we hear about Amazon worker organizing for justice and union representation, also the challenge toward Amazon's involvement in invasive and unjust digital technologies and surveillance, while Jason presents a broader analysis that addresses the urgency to think about intersectional critiques toward Amazon as central to building oppositional forces against Amazon today.
Athena Coalition is described this way: "Athena is a broad coalition of local and national organizations representing working people, small business people, people of color, immigrants, and neighbors, along with activists, advocates, policy experts, and academics. We are coming together to create an economy where everyone can thrive, defend our climate, safeguard our communities from surveillance, and expand our democracy. We need everyone to devise these solutions – join us."
Info : https://www.athenaforall.org
Music on this edition by Nomadic Massive.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. This edition is supported by the McGill Corporate Accountability Project.
Free City Radio's 77th edition is a conversation with Robert Vitalis who speaks about the book "Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy," which is described this way :
"There is a conventional wisdom about oil—that the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf is what guarantees access to this strategic resource; that the "special" relationship with Saudi Arabia is necessary to stabilize an otherwise volatile market; and that these assumptions in turn provide Washington enormous leverage over Europe and Asia. Except, the conventional wisdom is wrong.
Robert Vitalis debunks the myths to reveal "oilcraft," a line of magical thinking closer to witchcraft than statecraft. Oil is a commodity like any other: bought, sold, and subject to market forces. Thus, the first goal of this book is to expose the suspect fears of oil scarcity and conflict. The second goal is to investigate the significant geopolitical impact of these false beliefs.
In particular, Vitalis shows how we can reconsider the question of the U.S.–Saudi special relationship, which confuses and traps many into unnecessarily accepting what they imagine is a devil's bargain. The House of Saud does many things for U.S. investors, firms, and government agencies, but guaranteeing the flow of oil, making it cheap, or stabilizing the price isn't one of them. Freeing ourselves from the spell of oilcraft won't be easy—but the benefits make it essential."
Info : https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28252
Music on this edition is the track "After All" by Sam Shalabi.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
An interview with Gene Bruskin from US Labor Against the War who shares some background and details on the ways that a network of US labor activists built support within the union movement for an anti-war position, to mobilize and oppose the Republican Bush administration's push for war on Iraq. Also Gene speaks about the concrete organizing efforts to build solidarity with Iraqi unions, particularly the oil workers union in Basra.
This interview was recorded for a series that I am working on to document and explore the organizing of US labor movements to support Iraqi trade unions within the context of the larger anti-war movement. This interview is part of a series that I am working on for @radiockut but also for a research paper at Concordia University that explores this topic.
Music on this edition by my friend @thenarcicyst with the track Vietnam.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
In the 75th edition of Free City Radio, anthropologist, author and professor Neha Vora shares a critical look at orientalist discourses surrounding labour in the Gulf. Beyond naming the systemic injustices against workers in the Gulf region, this interview attempts to place Gulf labour practices within a global context of neo-colonial capitalist labour treatment worldwide, looking at the global colonialist systems at play, both in a contemporary and historical sense. Neha addresses the ways that western human rights organizational discourse toward labour practices within the Gulf can work to reenforce orientalist narratives of exceptionalism, that can work to obfuscate the role of international market forces and global corporations that play such an important role in the Gulf region.
This interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Music on this program is an excerpt of the track Noonday Bells by harpist @sarahpageharp who is here in a live duet with harp player Robin Best recorded at La Sala Rossa concert hall as part of a @howlarts concert.
On the 74th edition of Free City Radio, Jonathan Fostjak Bailey, of Amazonians United, shares reflections on fight against H2Q in Queens. Jonathan speaks on the ways that Amazon can work to gentrify neighbourhoods and the basis for the campaign against the H2Q in Queens. Also Jonathan speaks as an Amazon worker and brings up critical questions on the implications of Amazon for our collective society, in regards to labour, the environment and legacies of slavery and colonialism which shape often the job placement within the Amazon empire.
Music on this edition is by @sarathykorwar with the track Bol feat. Zia Ahmed & @adityaprakash, that I first heard on @radioalhara
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
In this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mohamed-Dhia Hammami, a PhD student and social activist from Tunisia focused on detailing economic injustice and labour union movements. Currently Mohamed is at Syracuse University and speaks in this exchange on the persisting systemic economic injustice in Tunisia post 2011 revolution.
Importantly Mohamed places the recent events in Tunisia, the actions of President Kais Saied, who seized political power in what social movements in Tunisia define as a coup. Mohamed speaks about the ways that persisting political crisis in Tunisia is linked to the fact that all major political parities in the country haven't seriously addressed the neo-liberal economic policies in the country that were first put into serious practice during the Ben Ali dictatorship. Despite the undercutting of democracy in recent months, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, recently spoke by phone with President Saied, providing political clout to a leader who established their current power within the context of a military coup.
Thank you to Mohamed for joining the show and to Safa Chebbi for helping facilitate this interview. Music on the edition today is by Anouar Brahem.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Free City Radio 72
A conversation with historian, writer and professor David Huyssen. David wrote the book "Progressive Inequality" out via Harvard Press.
This conversation locates the contemporary moment of extreme wealth inequality within a historical context, looking at the likes of Amazon and figures like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk within a historical context. Looking at the economic situation pre New Deal in the US and globally, during what many refer to as the Gilded Age. I ask David about this new gilded age, and how it compares, while also exploring the central role of progressive social movements historically in challenging extreme wealth inequality, and bringing about the grassroots political context that created the possibilities for things like the New Deal to happen. Social movements are often written out of mainstream historical narratives as central to the process of such major policy shifts, like the New Deal, but in fact radical social movements for gender justice, and against systemic racism and economic inequality played a central role in shaping history.
David is currently working with the Institute for North American Studies at the Free University in Berlin and also teaches at University of York in the UK.
Music on this show is the track "Passage" from the new @anarchistmountains album out on Alien Garage records.
Free City Radio comes out twice a week and is hosted / produced by Stefan Christoff, broadcasting on @radiockut and accessed globally through the Free City Radio podcast.
Free City Radio 71.
Listen to an interview with documentary filmmaker, writer and researcher with ETC Group who shares some context and background on the ways that the pandemic crisis has pushed the corporatization of rural agricultural systems in Kenya and throughout Africa.
This presentation took place as part of a broader panel focusing on activist responses to the pandemic crisis in Kenya that was co-hosted with Alternatives and broadcast on @radiockut
Music on this edition by @kamarujoseph, an artist based in Nairobi and also a signatory to the Musicians for Palestine letter.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to an interview with Maria Mendonça on U.S. teachers' pension fund TIAA investments in Brazil deforestation. From a report on GRAIN.org
"Swedish, US and Canadian pension funds have acquired farmlands in Brazil by way of a Brazilian businessman accused of using violence and fraud to displace small farmers. These pension funds are also using complex company structures that have the effect of evading Brazilian laws restricting foreign investments in farmland.
The pension funds have been investing in Brazil through a global farmland fund called TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC (TCGA). The fund is managed by the US-based Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF). Those investing in the fund include TIAA-CREF, the Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP) and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (bcIMC) of Canada."
Music on this edition by @sessagrandeza
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Thank you to Devlin Kuyek for helping to facilitate this interview and to Alternatives for support for this interview series looking at the ways that people globally involved in ecological and social justice movements are responding to the pandemic crisis and the ways that governments + corporations are using the crisis to push forward neo-colonial violent economic and social policies.
Farid Abdulhamid Mohamed, a member of Group for research and Initiative For The Liberation of Africa in Toronto, shares some important context to current Ethiopia conflict. In this exchange we hear the current events in Ethiopia's north, Tigray region, being contextualized, dating back to the origins of the "ethnic" federalist state of Ethiopia, the conflicts surrounding that and the recent neoliberal policies of the current Abiy Ahmed government, as well as the cancelation of regional elections in 2020, placed in context.
Music on this edition by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou with the track Presentiment.
Thank you to Gwen and Doug at Amandla! radio program on @radiockut who helped set-up this interview for Free City Radio.
This program is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Büşra Kayıkçı + Spirodon mix for @radioalhara Track listing:
(Artist, Track Title) 01. Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises [Movement 6] 02. @williamryanfritch - Hold High Your Head 03. @slawek-jaskulke - Sea I 04. Nils Frahm - A Walking Embrace 05. Elliott Smith - Bye 06. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - Presentiment 07. Rokia Traoré - Laidu 08. John Coltrane - Afro-Blue (Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 1963) 09. @faditabbal - Music for Arcs and Diameters 10. @anarchistmountains - Shore 11. William Ryan Fritch - Coda
Listen to an interview with filmmaker Ariel Nasr, who made both the Forbidden Reel and The Boxing Girls of Kabul. Ariel speaks about the historical legacies of imperialist violence in Afghanistan and how it relates to the current crisis, grounding contemporary discussions in the real reflections and thoughts of a filmmaker who has lived and worked extensively in Afghanistan.
Music on this edition is from the album Wombs by @jordanchristoff out on @muzaneditions
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
An interview with Sanaz Sohrabi speaking on the current exhibition "Hiding in Plain Sight: Archives of Oil," taking place throughout Nov. at the Centre Clark in Montreal, the exhibition is described this way by Amber Berson :
"In this exhibition by Iranian artist Sanaz Sohrabi, we are presented with a series of personal photos, collages, archival images and ephemera. Together, these works speak to the ways in which the fight for natural resources (oil, gas, water) and the history and legacy of colonialism will always be intertwined. The irony is that, for most oil-producing countries seeking to break from the oppression of their colonizer, their only chance for leverage came from oil. Freedom meant that domestic oil corporations took root, nationalizing oil in the Middle East at a moment of radical change and shifting borders.
The British Petroleum (BP) Archives contain primary and secondary materials from the more than 100-year long history of the company, which began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), only changing its name in 1954. When Sohrabi visited the archives, she found that the company picture albums, which contained official and non-official documentation of various BP sites, had been reshuffled multiple times, as if someone, at some point, had wanted to rewrite the narrative. What Sohrabi has extracted from the BP Archives acts as a counter-narrative to BP and APOC’s celebratory tone. Yes, there were swimming pools, but they came at the expense of the rivers. Yes, there were movie theatres, but they came with a caste system, reinforcing one’s place within the colonial hierarchy. And of course, there was oil; the cause and solution to these issues, the raison-d’être for foreign interest in the Middle East. With this work, Sohrabi refuses to let the colonial narrative have the upper hand. Hers is a “wilding” of the narrative rather than a taming of it.
We know that the nationalization of oil (or any commodifiable resource) does not equate to decolonization or freedom from the colonizer. Rather, the very reliance on these resources is a colonial construct. During the decolonization of the 1950s-70s, we witnessed a shift from direct imperialism towards neo-colonial capitalism. The colonizer merely changed roles in the exchange of resources. The extraction, control, distribution, and dissemination of natural resources is so clearly linked to the concept of nationhood. What is at stake here is the very notion that resource extraction is necessary for the success of a people and their territory. Sohrabi’s exhibition is built on layers of narratives—personal, national, and colonial—each one disrupting and challenging any possible authority over these histories."
Music on this edition : Spanish dub - Stally Stew - live mix at Bakery studio, first heard on a Radio AlHara broadcast.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
An interview with Nathan Sheard, organizing director and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This conversation highlights the urgent need to address the rapid advance of facial recognition technology in policing and surveillance. Nathan speaks about the campaigns challenging the use of facial recognition tech. within the context of the large movements pushing for a broader systemic critique of police and policing systems of violence. Nathan also speaks about the specific measures and campaigns that the EFF and allied organizations have been pushing for in challenging the corporate push for facial recognition technology.
I recorded this interview for broadcast on @radiockut 90.3fm Montreal, for broadcast on Nov. 3rd, 2021.
Music on this show by Rokia Traoré.
digitaltechnology #facialrecognition #securitysystem #defundthepolice
Listen to an interview with Julie Marshall from the World Food Programme speaking on the rising numbers of people facing acute and starvation level hunger in the world today, this is a reality that has been exasperated by the pandemic crisis of COVID-19. Particularly this conversation also focuses on Afghanistan, a context within which Canada was involved in a NATO military intervention. Today there are 22 million people facing danger in regards to food security in Afghanistan and I thought it was important to highlight this point from the perspective of an international institution doing concrete frontline work, as part of the UN infrastructure, to address this crisis in Afghanistan.
Info on the UN, World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org
Music on this edition by Dirty Three.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Listen to an interview with photographer and union activist David Bacon who speaks about the efforts to build solidarity between trade union movements in Iraq, particularly within the oil sector and labour unions in the US. David was deeply involved in US Labour Against the War within the context of the mass mobilizations against the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Info on David Bacon's work here :
http://dbacon.igc.org
This interview was produced for broadcast on CKUT 90.3fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Music on this edition by Beirut based composer Charbel Rouhana.
Listen to the 65th edition of Free City Radio, an interview with Mohammad Sabir Saadat in Istanbul, speaking on the current Afghan refugee crisis and the realities facing the Afghan diaspora globally.
Mohammad speaks on their subject for master's research, which is the Afghan brain drain and the ways it has impacted Afghanistan since the US invasion in 2001. Mohammad speaks also on the contemporary reality in Afghanistan, post US occupation and how it impacts poor and working families in Afghanistan. Mohammad's family remains in Afghanistan, which is now under Taliban rule, while Mohammad works and studies full time in Istanbul.
Also in this interview Mohammad speaks about the ways that Afghan asylum seekers have become a contemporary political issue in Turkey, as both major parties in Turkey are exploiting, both the AKP of Erdoğan and also the Republican People's Party, by boosting public fears in Turkey about dealing with an Afghan refugee crisis, scapegoating Afghan asylum seekers and criminalizing the experiences of Afghan refugees in public discourses.
Music on this edition by Hossein Alizâdeh, with the track, Mahtaab.
Free City Radio comes out every Tuesday and is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Jim White + Spirodon mix for @radioalhara Track listing:
(Artist, Track Title) 01. Nina Simone - 22nd Century. 02. Sonny Sharrock - Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black. 03. Alice Coltrane - Hare Krishna. 04. Psaradonis - Solo Lira (No. 3). 05. Womack & Womack - Teardrops. 06. Hot Rocks - Chopper (Extended Edit). 07. Mazhar ve Fuat - Adımız Miskindir Bizim. 08. Alapastel - In the Service of Life. (via @losttribesound) 09. @nickschofield - Snow Blue Square.
Listen to an interview with longtime Indigenous land rights activist Ellen Gabriel who speaks about the situation facing land rights in Kanehsata:ke today.
Ellen highlights a recent investigation, that is live here https://www.reconciliaction.org, and is described this way, "G&R is a construction waste material dump on the Kanehsata:ke Land Reserve. As confirmed in FOI material and multiple media reports copied below, G&R has breached numerous permit conditions and continues to leak dangerous materials into the surrounding environment. In spite of this, both federal and provincial governments have not taken action to remedy the situation and remove threats to people and wildlife. Faced with this situation, ReconciliAction collaborated with local activists on investigating and campaigning for cleanup of G&R."
Thank you to Jarrett Martineau @rpmfm for music suggestions today and also to Louis Ramírez for content support.
Music on this edition by Samantha Crain @samanthacrain and Rival Consoles @rivalconsoles, both are tracks that have broadcast on mixes prepared for broadcast on my monthly radio residency on @radioalhara in Palestine, you can find the music mixes here :
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/sets/radio-alhara-mixes
Free City Radio broadcasts weekly on Wednesday at 11h on @radiockut and is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Also Free City Radio is a weekly podcast that comes out on Tuesdays, you can find that here :
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/free-city-radio/id1503411765
Listen to the 64th edition of Free City Radio, a conversation with Alessandro Delfanti, who recently published the book "The Warehouse Workers and Robots at Amazon" via Pluto Press. The book is described this way:
"'Work hard, have fun, make history' proclaims the slogan on the walls of Amazon's warehouses. This cheerful message hides a reality of digital surveillance, aggressive anti-union tactics and disciplinary layoffs. Reminiscent of the tumult of early industrial capitalism, the hundreds of thousands of workers who help Amazon fulfil consumers' desire are part of an experiment in changing the way we all work.
In this book, Alessandro Delfanti takes readers inside Amazon's warehouses to show how technological advancements and managerial techniques subdue the workers rather than empower them, as seen in the sensors that track workers' every movement around the floor and algorithmic systems that re-route orders to circumvent worker sabotage. He looks at new technologies including robotic arms trained by humans and augmented reality goggles, showing that their aim is to standardise, measure and discipline human work rather than replace it.
Despite its innovation, Amazon will always need living labour's flexibility and low cost. And as the warehouse is increasingly automated, worker discontent increases. Striking under the banner 'we are not robots', employees have shown that they are acutely aware of such contradictions. The only question remains: how long will it be until Amazon's empire collapses?"
Info : http://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342177/the-warehouse
Music on this edition by Brian Eno and John Cale.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by @spirodon
Ken Vandermark + @spirodon Mix For Radio AlHara @radioalhara.
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo.
- @ttmasahiro - Dripping Rain.
- @faditabbal - A Bridge.
- Otis Rush - Double Trouble.
- Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks.
- Issac Hayes - Ike's Mood.
- Lee Perry - Waap You Waa.
- The Scientist - Scientist At His Best.
- Roots Radics & Jackie Mittoo - Dub A Dub.
- Roots Manuva - Intal Visions.
- @gaikasays - Seven Churches For St. Jude.
- Michael Nyman - Fish Beach.
- @maurice-louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot).
- Derek Bailey - N/Jz/Bm (Re-Mix).
- @ttmasahiro - Torch Dance.
Listen to the Oct 13th broadcast of Free City Radio on @radiockut, featuring an interview with author Timothy Mitchell who wrote Carbon Democracy.
Info on the book :
https://www.versobooks.com/books/1020-carbon-democracy
"How oil undermines democracy, and our ability to address the environmental crisis.
Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from oil production, and in the places that have the greatest demand for energy.
Timothy Mitchell begins with the history of coal power to tell a radical new story about the rise of democracy. Coal was a source of energy so open to disruption that oligarchies in the West became vulnerable for the first time to mass demands for democracy. In the mid-twentieth century, however, the development of cheap and abundant energy from oil, most notably from the Middle East, offered a means to reduce this vulnerability to democratic pressures. The abundance of oil made it possible for the first time in history to reorganize political life around the management of something now called "the economy" and the promise of its infinite growth. The politics of the West became dependent on an undemocratic Middle East.
In the twenty-first century, the oil-based forms of modern democratic politics have become unsustainable. Foreign intervention and military rule are faltering in the Middle East, while governments everywhere appear incapable of addressing the crises that threaten to end the age of carbon democracy—the disappearance of cheap energy and the carbon-fuelled collapse of the ecological order.
In making the production of energy the central force shaping the democratic age, Carbon Democracy rethinks the history of energy, the politics of nature, the theory of democracy, and the place of the Middle East in our common world."
Music on this edition by Roots Manuva and Asian Dub Foundation.
Free City Radio is edited by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to Free City Radio 63. On this show we hear from independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous who speaks about the systemic issues of repression facing journalists today in Egypt. Sharif contextualizes the Egyptian state organized crack down on independent media outlets like Mada Masr within the larger attacks on human rights in Egypt today. Also Sharif speaks about the complicity of both western governments who sustain important relations with the authoritarian / military backed government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, including links between "defence" and technology corporations linked to the broader military industrial complex. Sharif specifically highlights a Canadian company Sandvine, founded in Waterloo, Ontario, that has been clearly linked to state surveillance and online repression within Egypt.
For more information on Mada Masr visit :
https://www.madamasr.com/en
Music on this edition is by the Dwarfs of East Agouza.
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. A new edition comes out every Tuesday.
Listen to the edition 62 of Free City Radio, a conversation with Aya Majzoub, from Human Rights Watch, in Beirut, Lebanon. Aya speaks about the ongoing campaigns for accountability and justice in Lebanon, connected also to global efforts, surrounding the port explosion in the summer of 2020. Aya connects the specific elements of the calls for concrete political accountability surrounding the port explosion to larger systemic issues of systemic economic injustice in Lebanon, as well as government corruption, which have been the focus of major protest movement in Lebanon over recent years. Protests have been denouncing systemic state corruption, but also the inherent injustice of the sectarian political system in Lebanon, which has roots in political impositions connected to French colonialism in Lebanon and the surrounding region.
For more information on Aya's work at Human Rights Watch in Beirut, visit :
https://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/lebanon
Music on this episode by Beirut based musician Fadi Tabbal @faditabbal, information :
https://tabbalfadi.bandcamp.com
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Narcy @thenarcicyst + @spirodon Mix For Radio AlHara @radioalhara. Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Mach-Hommy @mach-hommy – Kriminel.
- Kanye West – Believe What I Say.
- Yusef Lateef – Like It Is.
- Dirty Three – Black Tide.
- Matthew Shipp – New Orbit.
- John Lennon – How?
- Altın Gün – Ordunun Dereleri.
- Elias Rahbani – Dance with Me.
- Labradford – Twenty. (via @kranky)
- Pharoah Sanders – Harvest Time. (excerpt)
- The Dream Team – Stamina.
Free City Radio spoke with Garrett Blad, who is organizing right now with Faith in Indiana, to speak on the ways that community organizing work, around community health, climate justice, and racial justice movements, face obstacles in the US within the context of a state like Indiana, with an extreme right wing government, and the ways that community activist networks are working to navigate the situation through various efforts to challenge extreme right wing power. Garrett also organized with the Sunrise Movement for some years.
Info : https://faithinindiana.org
This interview is for broadcast on @radiockut on Wednesday, Sept. 29th, 2021, on Free City Radio, hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 61st edition of Free City Radio, featuring an interview with musician and composer Jaimeo Brown, who reflects on the musical creation process around the Jaimeo Brown Transcendence ensemble and beyond. Jaimeo speaks about legacies of liberation that are inherent to Black musical culture and the ways that legacies of resistance and resilience shape the roots of Jazz music.
Info on Jaimeo Brown here : https://www.jaimeobrown.com
Music on the episode by Jaimeo Brown, also the image is from the video for the track "Be So Glad," which you also hear at the end of the podcast.
This interview and the Free City Radio podcast is recorded and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, also Free City Radio is a weekly community radio show broadcasting on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montreal on Wednesdays at 11am.
Spirodon + @amekcollective collective mix Radio AlHara, Sept. 26, 2021
Track Listing (Artist / Track name) : 01. @evitceles - Suspended Horizon. 02. @holobody - 06 001. 03. Starlight Assembly @greysparkle - There Is No Crisis To Come (excerpt). 04. @nicolas-jaar - Tema (excerpt). 05. @ergomope - Aз и стършелите на дядо. 06. Angel Simitchiev & Linus Schrab - A Smoke That Will Never Clear. 07. @fletcher_pratt - Underwater Dub. (via @crashsymbols) 08. Roots Radics - Contact. 09. Augustus Pablo - Dub In A Matthews Lane Arena. 10. Hossein Alizadeh - Mahtaab. 11. Büşra Kayıkçı - Madde 42 - (article 42).
Photo taken on the southern Black Sea coast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
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An interview with Dru Oja Jay from The Breach media speaking on the most recent federal election in Canada. Dru speaks about the potential impacts of a minority parliament on grassroots activism in Canada and also speaks about generally the role and some of the ideas around The Breach in relation to social movements in Canada.
Info : https://breachmedia.ca
Free City Radio airs every Wednesday at 11h on @radiockut and is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 60th edition of Free City Radio.
On the show this week we hear from social activist Bob Jeffcott one of the founders of the Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) who speaks about the contemporary work taking place to highlight the struggles of garment sector workers. We hear about the origins of the MSN's work in opposing labour place injustices surrounding corporate production models within the Maquila work place within Mexico. Extending from that Bob speaks about global campaigns today, including the work of Students Against Sweatshops, to highlight the systemic injustices that garment sector workers face globally and the networks of solidarity globally working to address this reality.
The work of the MSN is described this way: "The MSN is a labour and women's rights organization that supports the efforts of workers in global supply chains to win improved wages and working conditions and greater respect for their rights."
For more information : https://www.maquilasolidarity.org
Music on this edition is by Nicolas Jaar from the soundtrack for the film Ema, released by @otherpeoplerecords
You can listen to the full soundtrack and get the album here :
https://otherpeople.bandcamp.com/album/ema-original-motion-picture-soundtrack
Free City Radio podcast is released on Tuesdays and is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Listen to the CKUT Radio broadcast for Sept. 15th 2021.
This event was a cultural outdoor event done without major institutional support and was focused on holding space in the city to listen to Palestinian narratives, voices, poem and also others from around the world, all jointly expressing solidarity with Palestinian human rights and express support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement This event brought together many voices together for Palestine last night, beautiful people, including: Razan AlSalah Mojeanne Behzadi Ehab Lotayef Merya Ramoul Hubert Gendron-Blais Hadi Eid Dana ElSaleh Mireya Bayancela Lucine Serhan Sami Basbous Amy Darwish Emné Nasereddine Moe Clark Mahta Ria Qizha Kevin Gould Jacob Wren HODA Laura Doyle Péan This outdoor reading was supported by Students in Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill - SPHR McGill, Academics for Palestine - Concordia and Suoni Per Il Popolo.
Audio soundscape by @thenewobjective
Accompanying art work by Najat ElKhairy Info : https://www.najat.ca
Listen to the 59th edition of Free City Radio, for this episode we hear perspectives and reflections from human rights activists around the world on the current state of the global solidarity movement supporting the Palestinian struggle for freedom and liberation. In the podcast we hear from :
Emmanuel Dror, BDS France. Samir Eskanda, Palestinian musician. Mostafa Henaway, Labour for Palestine, Academics for Palestine. Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Territories, Palestine. Jessie Stein, Musicians for Palestine.
These presentations were shared within the context of an ongoing series of webinars co-presented by Free City Radio and Alternatives, looking at human rights around the world, the corresponding social movements which are struggling for justice and the ways that activist movements connect on local and global levels. In the context of the pandemic this series of conversations aims to also highlight the ways that social movements globally are responding to the crisis of the pandemic and how community activism has played an essential role in supporting communities struggling to survive the pandemic in the face of pre-existing systemic oppression, exclusion and racism.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Listen to the @radiockut broadcast for Sept. 8th at 11am
For this broadcast I speak with Jaylani Hussein of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Minnesota, who reflects on the massive community mobilization that CAIR and many community groups were involved in within the days, weeks and months after the police in Minneapolis murdered #GeorgeFloyd, Jaylani and many activists took to the streets to protest police violence and killings targeting Black communities.
On the ground in Minnesota, CAIR-MN has long been a community driven voice against systemic racism that targets Black, Muslim and other racialized communities. CAIR-MN is an interesting and important organization as it is both involved in street level mobilizations, but also fights for communities impacted by such systems of violence within the context of pushing for reform and specific legislation that undercuts systemic racism. Given the significant Somali community in Minnesota CAIR's work is very important in defending the human rights of people and communities who both experience systemic racism as Black people and as Muslim people.
I spoke with Jaylani around 1 year ago, it is a pleasure to have gotten the opportunity to speak with Jaylani today.
Music on this edition by GAIKA.
Listen to the 58th edition of Free City Radio, with voices from a conference co-hosted with Alternatives, we hear from :
Javiera Araya, La Olla de Chile Gisela Frias, Place de la Dignité Sibila Sotomayor, LasTesis Collective
This is the write-up on the event, the accompanying music is by Nicolás Jaar of @otherpeoplerecords
During the "social outburst" of October 2019, Chile reactivated its political and social life collectively throughout its territory. There was an intensification of feminist mobilization, deployed through a diversified political repertoire, including protest performance. “And the fault wasn’t mine, not where I was, not how I dressed [Y la culpa no era mía, ni donde estaba, ni como vestía] was sung all around the country and in other continents, by thousands of women denouncing gender based violence. Without any formal or institutional direction and mainly through mass protests, the shared experience of oppression was enough for the song to spread around the country, capturing the feminist demands that, along with other movements, challenged the systemic violence and structural oppression of a constitution framed in the context of the Pinochet dictatorship, successfully forcing the Chilean state into having a popular referendum that resulted in a vote to redraft the Chilean constitution. This feminist mobilization was interwoven with other transformative projects, in particular at community level, with the critique of neoliberalism, the narrative of the market, and structural inequalities that had been manifesting themself in our country for a (too) long time. The pandemic that a few months later threatened the livelihoods of most of the population, particularly of the urban poor and working class communities, was also the context for political organization and resistance. Since delayed and intricate cash transfers programs implemented by the government were not enough to help families get by during the crisis, local communities organized collective kitchens in the major cities of Chile. These kitchens, locally and autonomously managed, fed people during the most difficult months of the pandemic, distributing meals in the territories. Beyond the diversity in the political views of people organizing these kitchens, they were all driven by principles of solidarity and mutual aid. They were all led by women. Almost two years after the uprising, what does it mean to challenge neoliberalism in Chile today? What kind of grassroots movements took shape in these last years? What role does feminism play in these movements and in the population’s strategies for survival? How can these movements intersect with the institutionalized and formalized constitutional process?
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Accompanying art work by Carlos Cruz-Diez.
On Free City Radio this week I am sharing a music mix that I worked on for @radioalhara in Palestine, this is the first time that I am sharing a music mix on the podcast, given that I am traveling right now, in Istanbul, I thought it would be nice to share a music mix and create space for another type of audio experience / sonic journey on the podcast. I hope you enjoy, below is the track listing. The accompanying image is a photo that I took in southern Bulgaria.
- A Tree Never Grown, Hip Hop for Respect ep. feat. Mos Def.
- @djrum, Creature Pt. 1.
- Don't Bother They're Here, Stars Of The Lid.
- Pursuit (Katadioksh), Giorgos Hatzinassios.
- Son Montuno, Johnny Colon.
- Gentlemen Officers, Arkady Severny.
- Maza Akool, Talal Maddah.
- Don't Bother They're Here (excerpt), Stars Of The Lid.
- Haruna from Spirits To Bite Our Ears, Thomas Mapfumo
- Samthing Soweto, Akulaleki ft. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small.
Listen to an interview with Nico, an activist involved in the S22 social centre and various anarchist collectives active in Thessaloniki, Greece. This conversation was recorded sitting outside the S22 square in the Toumba district of the city. One point of focus is reflections on the major struggle against the open pit gold mine in northern Greece that is run by the Canadian corporation, Eldorado Gold. Generally this exchange revolves around the reflections of an activist operating within Anarchist networks in the city and participating in climate and environmental justice struggles.
Music on this edition by Giorgos Hatzinassios with track, Pursuit (Katadioksh) from 1977. I first heard this on @radioalhara
Free City Radio is recorded and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Listen to the Spirodon mix for @radioalhara, August 2021.
Photo by @spirodon taken in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Track listing :
- A Tree Never Grown, Hip Hop for Respect ep. feat. Mos Def.
- @djrum, Creature Pt. 1.
- Don't Bother They're Here, Stars Of The Lid.
- Pursuit (Katadioksh), Giorgos Hatzinassios.
- Son Montuno, Johnny Colon.
- Gentlemen Officers, Arkady Severny.
- Maza Akool, Talal Maddah.
- Don't Bother They're Here (excerpt), Stars Of The Lid.
- Haruna from Spirits To Bite Our Ears, Thomas Mapfumo
- Samthing Soweto, Akulaleki ft. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small.
Listen to the 55th edition of Free City Radio.
I speak with Jaylani Hussein of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Minnesota, who reflects on the massive community mobilization that CAIR and many community groups were involved in within the days, weeks and months after the police in Minneapolis murdered #GeorgeFloyd, Jaylani and many activists took to the streets to protest police violence and killings targeting Black communities.
On the ground in Minnesota, CAIR-MN has long been a community driven voice against systemic racism that targets Black, Muslim and other racialized communities. CAIR-MN is an interesting and important organization as it is both involved in street level mobilizations, but also fights for communities impacted by such systems of violence within the context of pushing for reform and specific legislation that undercuts systemic racism. Given the significant Somali community in Minnesota CAIR's work is very important in defending the human rights of people and communities who both experience systemic racism as Black people and as Muslim people.
I spoke with Jaylani around 1 year ago, it is a pleasure to have gotten the opportunity to speak with Jaylani today.
Music on this edition by GAIKA.
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and there is a new edition every Tuesday, please tell a friend !
Listen to the 54th edition of Free City Radio.
An interview with filmmaker, editor and video installation artist Nicolas Renaud on the film Métamorphoses, the film, showing at Présence autochtone / First Peoples Festival this Thursday evening in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal, the film is described like this:
"A young Inuk woman builds her balance between two worlds, having had to leave Nunavik for Montreal at the age of 8 following a terrible tragedy. Today, she senses a new stage in her constant transformation, having found in the work of an Inuk artist the symbol of a possible peace with the past."
Nicolas teaches at Concordia University and is of mixed Québécois and Indigenous heritage, member of the Huron-Wendat First Nation of Wendake.
This interview was recorded for Free City Radio by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Image is a still from Métamorphoses.
A mix for @radioalhara by Xarah Dion and Stefan Christoff
Ondara – Isolation Blues Mdou Moctar – A Fleur Tamgak De Ville – Atlantique Bruno Cruz – Hide & Seek with the Sun Liliane Chlela – Zaybak w rsas Ashekt Rouhak – You Killed My Heart Asian Dub Foundation – Colour Line Oneself – Fear The Labour Asher Gamedze – If it rains. To pursue truth. For Aziz. Haykal – Belef Bedoor Vasco Trilla & Tim Daisy – Lectura M Mucci – Resisti l’un l’altro Fouad Al-Kebsi – Yemeni Song Stefan Christoff & David Parker – Shafts Of Light Stormzy – Shut Up 47 Soul - Witness
Image via Xarah Dion
Listen to the 53rd edition of Free City Radio.
This is a documentary that I produced in 2002 about the Secwépemc nation.
Specifically this radio documentary, my first one ever, produced for broadcast on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montréal, is focused on the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre, which was an anti-colonial action of Secwépemc people to protest the expansion of the Sunpeaks Ski report on to their traditional lands without their free, prior and informed consent. Indigenous land defenders held down the Skwelkwek'welt Protection Centre for a number of years.
I share this documentary because of the perspectives on Indigenous sovereignty expressed, which remain essential to listen to and act in solidarity with, but also because the Secwépemc nation has been at the heart of the discussions surrounding the Kamloops residential school, which directly impacted many Secwépemc people. During my visit to the Secwépemc nation in 2002 I was driven to the residential school location and elders expressed memories about the mass graves on location at the time, also expressing the fact that authorities weren't willing to address their repeated insistence of the presence of graves on location.
This documentary is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and broadcast on CKUT 90.3fm.
Listen to Free City Radio # 52 !
This edition features an interview with campaigner Marisa Berry Méndez, from Amnistie internationale Canada francophone, who speaks on the importance of articulating the right to immigration status as a human rights issue. Marisa speaks about the ways that the pandemic has illustrated the social and political danger to society that government policies, in Quebec and Canada, that permit the persisting reality of tens-of-thousands of people in major cities like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, to be forced to live and survive without status, an extremely difficult reality, especially during a pandemic. In the context of COVID-19 many non-status people served on the frontline, including Mamadou Konaté, an asylum seeker from Ivory Coast who worked as a janitor within Quebec's elderly care homes (CHSLDs) and now faces deportation to West Africa.
Music on this podcast by Tracy Chapman.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and comes out every Tuesday, please tell a friend !
Listen to the 51st edition of Free City Radio.
In a little moment of wonder, between activist tasks, I was reading about the recent studies around the chemical compounds that are being analyzed from studies of the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus. This is the same moon that feeds Saturn's fourth ring with frozen materials that form a giant loop around the planet.
I spoke with molecular biologist Antonin Affholder in France who has been involved in a landmark study that analyses and compares the chemical compounds found within the plumes of Enceladus, in contrast to the chemical compounds that are found within the life forms that grow close to the thermal vents on the ocean floor of the Earth, a place that many scientists have imagined and considered as a potential starting point for life on Earth.
For background you can find references to the recent study here:
https://news.arizona.edu/story/methane-plumes-saturns-moon-enceladus-possible-signs-life
Listen to the 50th edition of Free City Radio.
For this edition I am sharing a program that I produced for @interference-archive-nyc's podcast Audio Interference, based in Brooklyn.
In this segment we hear about the struggles for workplace justice for non-status people and asylum seekers in Montréal. The segment revolves around an ongoing campaign on the part of the Immigrant Workers Centre to support the workers at the warehouse distribution centre for Dollarama, one of the largest dollar shop corporations in North America. Many of the workers at the 24-hour distribution centre for North America, which was declared an essential service by the government in Québec City last spring, are asylum seekers and non-status people.
@mostafa-henaway, an organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre speaks about the campaign to support Dollarama warehouse workers, giving some context and background. Mohamed Barry, a former asylum seeker from Guinea who recently won status, speaks on experiences working within the Dollarama warehouse distribution centre and details the ways that asylum seekers from West Africa and the Caribbean are being exploited in such workplaces in Québec.
Mohamed is one of the founders of the Statut pour les guinéens campaign to demand regularization for all refugees from Guinea and is a former worker at the Dollarama warehouse.
Music on this edition by Roots Manuva.
Listen to the 49th edition of Free City Radio.
This episode features an interview with Buffalo Hat Singers, an Indigenous voice + drum group who performed at the recent #CancelCanadaDay protest to mark, remember and to call for justice in the case of all the Indigenous children who were killed within the context of the genocidal colonial residential school system organized by the Canadian state in collaboration with major western church institutions, including the Catholic, Anglican and Unitarian churches in Canada.
Music on this episode by the Buffalo Hat Singers, Victor Jara, William Prince and Willie Dunn's stunning track The Ballad of Crowfoot.
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 48th edition of Free City Radio.
On this edition longtime community activist Ehab Lotayef speaks on the importance of publicly opposing Islamophobia both on a social level and also on an institutional level. Ehab connects the racist murder of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, in recent weeks to the institutionalized discrimination that is articulated in Law 21.
Music on this episode is by Almultahiat — Shibren — الملتحيات — شبرين
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 47th edition of Free City Radio.
Professor, author and activist Ingrid Waldron speaks on systemic environmental racism in Canada, looking at the ways that specific zoning around industrial zones, land access and frameworks of territorial rights speak to structural environmental racism in Canada that is rooted in systems of white supremacy that are inherent to the Canadian colonial state. Ingrid underlines the critical importance of addressing and naming environmental racism as central to any movements for climate justice.
Ingrid is the author of "There's Something In The Water" out via Fernwood publishing, which was also turned into a documentary that is on Netflix, and was produced in collaboration with Elliot Page, the book is described this way :
In “There’s Something In The Water”, Ingrid R. G. Waldron examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using Nova Scotia as a case study, and the grassroots resistance activities by Indigenous and Black communities against the pollution and poisoning of their communities.
Using settler colonialism as the overarching theory, Waldron unpacks how environmental racism operates as a mechanism of erasure enabled by the intersecting dynamics of white supremacy, power, state-sanctioned racial violence, neoliberalism and racial capitalism in white settler societies. By and large, the environmental justice narrative in Nova Scotia fails to make race explicit, obscuring it within discussions on class, and this type of strategic inadvertence mutes the specificity of Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian experiences with racism and environmental hazards in Nova Scotia. By redefining the parameters of critique around the environmental justice narrative and movement in Nova Scotia and Canada, Waldron opens a space for a more critical dialogue on how environmental racism manifests itself within this intersectional context.
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/there8217s-something-in-the-water
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Listen to the 46th edition of Free City Radio, we hear a talk given by the late activist, academic and author Aziz Choudry, which was hosted by Free City Radio at the Concordia Co-op Bookshop in Montréal.
Aziz was a friend and also a profound presence within networks of the anti-colonial left globally. This is a talk that was focused on the invaluable process of grassroots learning and knowledge production that takes place organically within social movements and the importance for spaces of formal learning in the academia to acknowledge, respect & take into consideration the grassroots knowledge developed within the context of grassroots struggle.
https://utorontopress.com/ca/learning-activism-3
Thank you to Anne-Audrey Remarais for recording this talk by Aziz, originally for broadcast on @radiockut at the time.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Music on this edition by Kiasmos.
Listen to the 45th edition of Free City Radio here !
I speak with art curator and writer Hera Chan who speaks about the efforts to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre with a diversity of creative protests in Hong Kong in the face of the "National Security Law" which has worked to severely restrict the social space and ability for people to gather and protest in public.
Hera locates Tiananmen within the context of the last years of protest in Hong Kong.
Music on this edition by Susumu Yokota is the track Tobiume from the excellent album Sakura.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montréal and also also a weekly community broadcast on @radiockut
This week on Free City Radio, an interview with Kolin Sutherland-Wilson from Git'luuhl'um'hetxwit Media, speaking on the history of genocidal frameworks that have driven "Canadian" state policy in regards to territorial actions, extending today to ongoing clearcutting on Gitxsan territories. Indigenous people have put up a controlled access point on their lands to not allow government and corporate logging trucks on their lands.
Kolin frames all this also in relation to the recent horrifying illustration of cultural genocide against Indigenous people illustrated by the mass grave of 215 children at a #residentialschool in Kamloops.
This interview was recorded for Free City Radio and also will broadcast on @radiockut
Music on this edition by A Tribe Called Red, Yasiin Bey and @thenarcicyst
Listen to the 43rd edition of Free City Radio that features an interview with author and activist Harsha Walia speaking on the book "Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism," recently published. Harsha's book is described this way :
"In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation.
Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide. Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. With her keen ability to connect the dots, Walia demonstrates how borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, ruling class, and racist nationalist rule. Ambitious in scope and internationalist in orientation, Border and Rule breaks through American exceptionalist and liberal responses to the migration crisis and cogently maps the lucrative connections between state violence, capitalism, and right-wing nationalism around the world."
Info : https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1553-border-and-rule
Music on this edition by Nicolás Jaar via @otherpeoplerecords
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and also broadcasts weekly on @radiockut
Listen to the 42nd edition of Free City Radio, this is a conversation with Emile YX? of Black Noise from Cape Town in South Africa speaking on resilience in post apartheid in South Africa. Emile speaks about the importance of collective healing in the face of mass state violence in South Africa during the apartheid era and the importance of challenging the social violence of individualism that shapes the neoliberal economics that is driving the ANC policies in South Africa today.
Music on this episode is by Black Noise.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and is also a community radio show broadcasting weekly on @radiockut in Montréal.
Listen to the 41st edition of Free City Radio podcast, this edition features an interview with Kanahus Manuel who speaks about opposing the TMX Pipeline and gives some background and context as to the ways that the Canadian government backed pipeline impacts the Indigenous peoples and lands that are being impacted by the pipeline construction. Kanahus also shares some updates on the Tiny House Warriors project and also the ideas / inspirations behind the awesome project.
Info : http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com
Music on this show by the great Willie Dunn, with the song The Ballad of Crowfoot, thanks to my friend Jarrett Martineau for recently playing this track on Reclaimed, inspiring this music choice today.
Free City Radio is produced and hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montreal and broadcasts on @radiockut
On the podcast this week we hear from Eleanor de Guzman of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), a national network of labour rights organizations and unions who have been organizing and working toward labour justice in the Philippines for many years. Eleanor is the Secretary for Human Rights for KMU and in this interview sounds the alarm on "Red-Tagging" that is taking place in the Philippines today. This is a practice of the current populist right wing government of Duterte to justify state organized deadly violence against progressive and left movements in the Philippines by claiming that such organizations are associated with Marxist guerrilla movements. Over the past week even community kitchens, serving poor and working class areas in Manila, have faced "red-tagging" with government security forces shutting down such community kitchens.
Music on this broadcast by DJ Krush and also @revessonores from the album Crépuscule now out via @youngbloods in Brooklyn.
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montréal.
Listen to Free City Radio's 39th edition, a feature interview with Dolores Chew, a founding member of the South Asian Women's Community Centre, an educator and long time community activist. Dolores speaks about social movements today in India, looking at the intersections between many social struggles taking place today, from the mass farmers protests, to the struggle against the so-called "citizenship law" in India, all within the context of the larger struggle against the right wing nationalist BJP government.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Music on this edition by Ecovillage with the track Garden Of Bliss released by @constellationtatsu https://ctatsu.bandcamp.com/track/garden-of-bliss
A mix for Radio AlHara @radioalhara by Sanjay Mistry @sanjaymistry of MailTape and @Spirodon
Listen to Radio AlHara here :
https://yamakan.place/palestine
Lifted – Medicated Yoga JLin @jlinnarlei – Blue i Soumik Datta @soumik-datta – Jangal Sarathy Korwar @sarathykorwar – Indefinite Leave to Remain Normil Hawaiians – Big Lies Pharoah Sanders – Harvest Time Don Cherry – Utopia and Visions William Parker & Hamid Drake – Pahos
Graphic remix by Stefan Spirodon.
Listen to the 38th edition of Free City Radio which features an interview with writer and researcher Sindi-Leigh McBride speaking on the Medu Art Ensemble and legacies of artistic resistance in southern Africa within the context of the anti apartheid struggle and beyond.
Recently Sindi-Leigh wrote an article for The New Frame on Medu, this is an excerpt :
https://www.newframe.com/long-read-the-anti-apartheid-posters-of-medu/
Poet laureate of South Africa and founding member of the Medu Art Ensemble, Mongane Wally Serote, situates the origins of the ensemble by describing the context that gave rise to it: “Like the European colonial rulers, the architects of apartheid held a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other as they targeted and attempted to destroy the culture of indigenous Africans and all freedom-loving people. In opposition to such divisive tactics, Medu Art Ensemble originated in forms of unity and solidarity.”
In SeSotho, medu means roots. It’s a fitting visual image for the collective that operated from Gaborone, Botswana, between 1979 and 1985 – and particularly for the underground dissemination of screen-printed and offset lithography posters for which Medu is best known. It is also a fitting description of Medu’s organically evolved organisational structure. The collective was comprised of more than 60 visual artists, performers and writers, mainly South African exiles but with members from Botswana, Canada, Cuba, Sweden and North America.
The revolutionary collective was divided into six units: Publications and Research, Film, Photography, Theatre, Music and Graphics. Each unit had a life of its own, meeting to work and deciding on its own leadership structures and pace. Members often belonged to more than one unit, which similarly worked together. Medu members adopted the appellation “cultural workers”, choosing not to identify as artists because of the shared belief that as culture was of the people, it could not and should not be confined to the exclusionary art world of the apartheid era.
Music on this episode by Issac Hayes. Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and is also a weekly radio broadcast on @radiockut, broadcasting at 90.3fm in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal on Wednesdays at 11h.
Sharing the 37th edition of Free City Radio podcast.
This edition features an interview with filmmaker and journalist Leah Borromeo who shares some context and background on the political situation in the Philippines. Leah speaks about the intersections between the political and social violence of the "War on Drugs" and the ways that the systemic violence that this state policy deploys creates space for a broader system of injustice and oppression. Leah also speaks about the ways that the chaos created by the political policies under the current populist right wing government of Duterte creates an economic context that benefits multinational corporations and also international labour markets which benefit from the economic and political instability within the Philippines creating the conditions that force Filipinos to leave the country to seek safety, dignity and economic stability.
Leah's film The Mortician Of Manila can be viewed on Al Jazeera here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/witness/2020/9/20/the-mortician-of-manila-inside-the-philippines-war-on-drugs
Music on this edition is by @revessonores who have an album being released on @youngbloods on April 21, 2021, full info :
https://revessonores.bandcamp.com/album/cr-puscule
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, also Free City Radio broadcasts on Wednesday at 11am on @radiockut 90.3fm in Montréal.
Listen to the 36th edition of Free City Radio.
This edition features an interview with the awesome Tim McCaskell, a social justice activist and long time LGBTQ community organizer in Toronto.
This conversation revolves around the current work of Coalition for COVID-Safe Club Re-opening (CoCSCR), this is an excerpt from a recent article in NOW Magazine on this work :
"The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Asian Community AIDS Services and AIDS ACTION NOW! are among a newly formed coalition calling on Toronto’s Board of Health to develop guidelines to reopen bathhouses.
A petition signed by the groups is scheduled to be up for discussion at the board’s meeting on Monday (March 22). “The baths have been community hubs for gay men for generations. We fought to keep them open when police tried to close them down in the 80s. We fought to ensure they were centres for safe sex education during the AIDS epidemic. We need to make sure they continue to be safe places for us to gather in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Tim McCaskell, a member of the new Coalition for COVID-Safe Club Re-opening (CoCSCR). /// I think that this conversation really illustrates the importance of collective learning from the experiences of collective action and organizing around health that can be learned from LGBTQ activists and organizations. Tim goes into this history around the bathhouses and also the activism around the AIDS crisis in the 80s.
I hope you enjoy this interview, recorded for broadcast on @radiockut via Free City Radio and also for listening here on this podcast.
Accompanying music is Bronski Beat's track Smalltown Boy.
Listen to the 35th edition of Free City Radio.
This edition highlights Palestinian lawyer Wesam Ahmed from the Palestinian legal rights organization Al-Haq. In this interview Wesam speaks about the ongoing crisis of Israeli state supported settlements being constructed within occupied Palestine, this violates the Geneva convention and other instruments of international law. Wesam also speaks about the ways that the Israeli occupation propels the Israeli economy, illustrating the ways the occupation also has economic incentives for the Israeli state and economy.
Al-Haq https://www.alhaq.org
Accompanying music on this podcast is from "La terre et la force" by Anarchist Mountains Trio (with @spirodon, @thenewobjective, @jordanchristoff) which was released by @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Spirodon March 28th @youngbloods + @revessonores mix
Mix for Radio AlHara (first in the monthly residency by Stefan @spirodon Christoff)
Track listing: (Artist, Track Title)
- Susumu Yokota - Hagoromo.
- @i-am-yoh - Signs.
- Xia Lang - The Corridor.
- @bela-tar - Ya'ar Bein Olamot.
- Boards of Canada - Zoetrope.
- @cfcf - Glass.
- @suplington - Guiding Hand.
- @stu-pender - Palms (Demo).
- Bing & Ruth - Rails.
- @penelopeantena - 20 Down.
- @rhucle - Future River.
- Michiru Aoyama - Fruit Café.
- Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective - A Sea Without A Port.
- @anarchistmountains Trio - A Free Palestine Dream. via @amekcollective
Listen to the 34th edition of Free City Radio.
A conversation with community activist May Chiu, from Chinois progressistes du Québec, recorded today on the major protest that took place this past week to demonstrate against systemic racism and specifically to protest anti Asian racism in Québec and beyond.
Also an interview recorded this morning with Nandini Sundar a professor of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, who breaks down the political shift taking place in India under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) right now.
Nandini speaks about the political context leading-up to the current farmers movement and also the corporatist drive taking place to turn communal farmers land specifically in the Punjab region into corporate oriented agricultural territories, which has sparked mass and ongoing protests. Nandini draws a line between the BJP policy surrounding agriculture to a wave of right wing nationalist policies in India under the BJP, including the repression of civil rights in Kashmir, also the so-called "citizenship law" which works targets the rights of Muslims with precarious citizenship status. I recorded this interview after hearing about Nandini's work through India Civil Watch International.
Music in this show by Anarchist Mountains Trio (with @pjs11 + @spirodon + @thenewobjective) via @amekcollective and Asian Dub Foundation.
Listen to the 33rd edition of Free City Radio.
On the broadcast today we hear about non-status essential workers in Quebec, an excerpt from a guest segment produced for @interference-archive-nyc in Brooklyn. For this segment we hear from Mostafa Henaway @mostafa-henaway of the Immigrant Workers Centre who speaks about the systemic mistreatment of frontline workers who live with precarious status, particularly focusing on the realities at the Dollarama distribution centre in Montreal, the main hub of distribution for all Dollarama's in North America. Also we hear from Mohamed Barry a Guinean community activist and former asylum seeker who worked at the Dollarama warehouse and speaks about the systemic mistreatment of workers with precarious status, particularly Black workers, within the context of the pandemic.
Info on the Immigrant Workers Centre:
http://iwc-cti.ca
Also we hear from Tim Mcsorley of the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group who gives a critical perspective on the use of existing "anti terror" legislation to target white supremacist organizations and far right organizations. An open letter from the ICLMG recently called on the government to take action against far right racism, but to not entrench existing anti-terror legislation which has historically been used to target anti-colonial movements and progressive movements opposing colonialism and injustice globally. The issue is complex, but this is why I thought that it was important to include this discussion on the program. Read the open letter here:
https://iclmg.ca/letter-federal-leaders-terrorist-entities-list/
Music on this podcast by @pjs11, @thanyaiyermusic and Asher Gamedze.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and is also a community radio show that broadcasts weekly on @radiockut 90.3fm in Motnreal, on Wednesdays at 11h.
Listen to the 32 edition of Free City Radio.
Bianca Mugyenyi from the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute speaks about the role of Canada in the world, looking critically on the distance between the reputation and reality in regards to how people living in Canada view and understand Canada's role in the world, both on the part of corporations and the government. This is the last part of an ongoing interview series with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, info on their work here: https://www.foreignpolicy.ca
Also we hear from Yemeni activist and writer Atiaf Alwazir speaking about human rights in Yemen, the impacts of the ongoing Saudi Arabia led bombing campaign on the people of Yemen, particularly on how the war has impacted women. Atiaf is a founder of Support Yemen.
http://supportyemen.org
Also we hear from singer songwriter Nadine Altounji who released a song to mark International Women's Day 2021, a benefit track, "Marcha de Flores" to support Mantay, a non-profit in Cusco, Peru that supports young mothers in Peru. http://mantay.org
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, music on this episode is "Elephantine" an oud / piano collaboration with Sam Shalabi, also we hear from @gallery-six with the track Sentiment released by @giraffetapes.
Atiaf Alwazir on Yemen and musician Nadine Altounji
A mix for Radio AlHara, a collaboration with musician Asher Gamedze
'Shotgun', 340ml, Moving. 'Work Song', Nina Simone, Forbidden Fruit. 'Yonn-Dé', David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters, Yonn-Dé. 'Nayè', Gerald Toto, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza, Toto Bona Lokua. 'Lost Ones', Lauryn Hill, Miseducation. 'Sinny Sin Sins', Roots Manuva, Run Come Save Me. 'The Next Step, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Deep Song. 'Love, Peace and Happiness', Jonah Moyo & Devera Ngwena Jazz Band, Original Tsava Tsava Golden Remixes. ‘Ananta’ (excerpt) - @talvin-singh & Niladri Kumar ‘More And More Amor’ - Akiko Yano ‘A Moment’ - Toshifumi Hinata ‘Theme Number Five’ - Pye Corner Audio ‘Movements of Night’ (excerpt) - @secretpyramid
Listen to the 31st edition of Free City Radio!
On this edition, another interview within a series done in collaboration with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institue. This one, an exchange with Jamie Kneen from MiningWatch Canada who speaks about the mission of the organization and also the current challenges around pushing the Liberal government toward having a review process on the actions of Canadian mining corporations that actually includes real world consequences. Jamie also specifically speaks about the case against HudBay mining company for the case around human rights abuses associated to their mining operation in Guatemala. More info on this case here:
https://miningwatch.ca/news/2019/11/28/hudbay-operations-peru-and-guatemala-violence-and-repression-found-result-mining
Also on this edition we hear from both facilitators and participants in the First Peoples' Post-Secondary Storytelling Exchange an important project that focuses on telling Indigenous stories through film. We hear from Métis filmmaker Michelle Smith, an educator from Kahnawake Morgan Phillips and project participant Pasha Partridge.
Full information on the project here:
https://fppse.net
Music on the edition by @secretpyramid and also @bodyoflight
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff who also hosts a weekly radio show called Free City Radio, broadcasting every Wednesday on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montreal.
Listen to the 30th edition of the Free City Radio podcast.
This edition includes the second in a new interview series done in collaboration with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute. (https://www.foreignpolicy.ca/)
On this edition we hear from Cesar Jaramillo of Project Ploughshares (https://ploughshares.ca/), who speaks about the international campaigning that has taken place around the global Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which was signed by many countries globally in January.
https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/
Canada didn't sign, while the Liberal government speaks about the importance of a world without nuclear weapons. Jaramillo addresses the contradiction of Canada's stated opposition to nuclear weapons and the fact that the Liberal government wouldn't support a global treaty. This identifies a common distance between the rhetoric of the Liberal government and actual policies which are distant from the progressive rhetoric that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues at times.
Also on this program we hear from Ahmad Jaradat from the Alternative Information Centre in occupied Palestine. In this exchange Ahmad speaks about the ways that the pandemic is impacting people in occupied Palestine, giving a particular focus to the dangers faced by Palestinian political prisoners and the hundreds being held in administrative detention which doesn't require a legal trial. You can find Ahmad's work here: https://aicpalestine.org/
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff. Music on this show by Lonnie Liston Smith and Bas Relief @basrelief.
Listen to the 29th edition of Free City Radio.
Featuring a conversation with researcher and writer Kasim Tirmizey speaking on the importance of pushing McGill to divest from TC Energy corporation, which is building the Coastal Gas Link pipeline on Wet'suwet'en territory against the collective will of the Wet'suwet'en Nation. Also Wet'suwet'en activist Marlene Hale speaks about the importance of sustained solidarity and support for the Wet'suwet'en even if not in the headlines right now.
I drafted an open letter with Kasim that was published last week by the McGill Daily calling for McGill to divest from TC Energy, you can read that here:
https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2021/02/open-letter-respect-wetsuweten-sovereignty-and-divest-from-cgl-pipeline
Also we hear from Rachel Small who is an activist from World Beyond War. In this interview, which is part of a series that I am working on in collaboration with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, Rachel speaks about a recent action in which activists took direct action to protest and block transport trucks in the Hamilton and Toronto areas to protest the shipment of arms from Canadian corporations for export to Saudi Arabia's government and military. Info on the action here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/yemen-1.5886743
Info on World Beyond War here:
https://worldbeyondwar.org/
Music on this episode by Pie Corner Audio and Alice Coltrane + Charlie Haden.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and is also a radio show broadcasting every Wednesday at 11h on @radiockut
A mix for Radio AlHara by Sessa and Spirodon.
Johnny Alf / Kaô, Xangô. Issam Hajali / Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard. Lijadu Sisters / Come On Home. Neil Michael Hagerty / Gratitude. Blood Sisters / Ring My Bell. Negro Leo / Tudo Foi Feito Pra Gente Lacrar. Thiago Nassif (feat. Ana Frango Elétrico) / Vóz Unica Foto Sem Calcinha. Ava Rocha, Tulipa Ruiz / Lilith. Pedro Pastoriz / Alzira. Jimi Hendrix / Midnight Lightning. Huun Huur Tu - Orphan's Lament (live). Ozgur Baba - Dertli Dolap (live). YlangYlang - Limitless.
Listen to the 28th edition of Free City Radio.
On this edition we hear from Toronto based artist Ian Kamau who speaks about his work while reflecting on being an artist during the pandemic, on the essential role that art plays in society. Recently Ian worked on a piece for Canada's National Arts Centre called "Non Essential" Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wny3E5HOmGE
Also on the show I speak with Mauro Pezzente, co-owner of the Casa del Popolo, La Sala Rossa and co-founder of the Suoni per il Popolo festival Mauro speaks about the role of community arts and the struggle to sustain community arts spaces within the context of the pandemic. Suoni per il Popolo and Free City Radio also host a weekly interview series on Tuesdays that streams at : https://suoniperilpopolo.org
Mauro is also the bass player in Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, broadcasting every Wednesday at 11h on @radiockut and also is a weekly podcast with unique content, coming out every Tuesday.
Music on this episode is by Ian Kamau and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Listen to the 27th edition of Free City Radio.
Author Eric Laursen speaks about the protests against the World Economic Forum in January 2002 in New York City. This discussion revolves around the sustaining importance of looking at the protests within the context of opposing global systems of inequality that are perpetuated by global corporations, many governments and elite financial institutions like the WEF. Eric speaks about the importance of intersectional analysis on opposing such systems of structural violence and how this type of systemic movement thinking is important to consider in the contemporary context of the pandemic.
Music on this episode is by musician @nickschofield
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Listen to the 26th edition of Free City Radio.
On this edition we speak with independent journalist Len Olea speaking about the human rights crisis in the Philippines, the wave of political killings that has taken place, but also the efforts of independent journalists to report on the situation. Len is the managing editor of Bulatlat.com the longest running independent online media outlet in the country.
Also we speak with radio host Sonali Kolkathar who hosts Rising Up with Sonali on KPFK in the LA area. Sonali speaks about the importance of sustaining independent media and also the recent grassroots mobilization to vote out Trump in the US. Particularly looking at the decision of grassroots activists to vote against Trump, while not being tied in to the mainstream of the Democratic Party.
https://www.risingupwithsonali.com
Also we go to occupied Palestine to speak with writer Sam Bahour who talks about the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the Palestinian people. Sam talks about the ways that the pandemic illustrates the apartheid reality of the Israeli state.
Music on this edition by DJ Krush, @revessonores and Le Trio Joubran.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and also is a weekly radio show on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montreal, broadcasting every Wednesday at 11h.
A mix for Radio AlHara worked on with David Solnit, who lives / works in the Bay Area. Listen to Radio AlHara here: https://yamakan.place/palestine
- The Peace Poets - A Force More Powerful.
- Rêves sonores @revessonores - Mondial.
- THUGWINDOW - Covert OP.
- Mos Def - Auditorium (feat. Slick Rick).
- The Peace Poets @peace-poets - Down to the Ground.
- Billy Bragg - Between The Wars.
- Chico Bernardes - Em Meu Lugar.
- Maria Bethânia - Olhe O Tempo Passando.
- Manu Chao - Clandestino.
- The Peace Poets - We Are the Movement.
- Invincible - Locusts (feat. Finale).
- Maud Geffray & Scratch Massive – 1994.
- Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea.
- The East Flatbush Project - A Madman's Dream / Can't Hold It Back.
- Krept & Konan - Devils Playground.
- The Peace Poets - Heal The Hate We Choose Democracy.
Photo by David Solnit.
Listen to the 25th edition of Free City Radio.
On this edition we start with Daria Ivanochko, who is a representative from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) speaking on the importance of union power within the context of the pandemic. A look at the ways that this global health crisis has reoriented popular thinking about the rights of essential workers and how to build on that. Info on CUPE: https://cupe.ca
Also we go to Detroit and hear from community activist Bianca García on the efforts of community activists to mobilize against Trump. Bianca speaks about the complexities around the importance of the community networks who stepped up in the Detroit area to vote against fascism and Trump. Bianca works with La Casa Guadalupana in Detroit. https://lcgdetroit.org
Finally we hear from author Nandita Sharma who recently published "Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants" via Duke University Press. Nandita offers a critical take on nationalisms and the importance of deconstructing the layered relationship between political conceptions of borders and colonial orientations toward the earth and cultures.
Info: https://www.dukeupress.edu/home-rule
Music on this edition by Asian Dub Foundation, Galya Bisengalieva and Rosalía.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and is also a community radio show that broadcasts on Wednesdays at 11h on @radiockut in Montréal.
Listen to the 24th edition of Free City Radio podcast.
This edition starts with an interview about the recently released book project Pandemic Solidarity with writers Nancy Piñeiro and Marina Sitrin. We hear reflections about the collective writing process behind the book and also the ways that the book, featuring voices of community activists around the world, illustrates the power of grassroots social movements to respond to moments of crisis, flipping mainstream narratives about power upside down. Pandemic Solidarity is published by Pluto Press, info:
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343167/pandemic-solidarity
Also on this podcast is an interview with three members of JailBreak Pittsburgh who highlight the direct support that this prison abolitionist collective provides to people jailed in the country prison in downtown Pittsburgh. Specifically we talk about a prisoner solidarity action that took place outside the jail which included a playlist selected by people locked-up. Info on the collective here:
https://jailbreakpgh.org
Music on this edition by Moondog and MosDef.
Stefan @spirodon Christoff hosts Free City Radio, which is also a community radio show on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montréal broadcasting every Wednesday at 11h.
A mix for Radio AlHara in Palestine https://yamakan.place/palestine
A collaborative mix between Jarrett Martineau, host at CBC Reclaimed + Spirodon, host of Free City Radio on @radiockut
Saturday, January 9th, 2021.
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Andata @loscil - Equivalent 7 (feat. @secretpyramid) Elysia Crampton - Grove (feat. @embaci) via @pan_hq @hitwonder - Aztechknowledgey DRMNGNOW - Get Back To The Land (feat. @emilymerjofoster) @kelseylu, @yvestumor - let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out (Feat. Kelly Moran & @moses-boyd) @durandjonesindications - Morning in America Emma Donovan - Hold On Kahil El'Zabar - HOW CAN WE MEND A BROKEN HEART @samanthacrain - When We Remain Willie Dunn - The Ballad of Crowfoot Willy Mitchell - Call of the Moose Cartola - Preciso me Encontrar Ryuichi Sakamoto - Solari
Listen to the 23rd edition of Free City Radio.
On this edition we speak with Bulgarian writer and lecturer at Kent University, Veronika Stoyanova, who speaks about the post-1989 neoliberal economic policies that have been pushed on Bulgaria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the ways that western backed pro business policies have been damaging for poor and working people in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Read Veronika's latest article on Jacobin here:
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/bulgaria-capitalism-austerity-world-bank-imf
Also on this edition we highlight voices from a community press event in Montreal to speak out against any austerity driven measures within the context of the pandemic that would impact poor and working people. With a growing federal deficit and increasing talk about cost cutting, these community voices came together to speak out against any cuts that impact the most vulnerable in the post-pandemic recovery. We hear from Dolores Chew from the South Asian Women's Community Centre, David Bleakney from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Nakuset from the Native Women's Shelter in Montreal. Read the full press release via Courage coalition.
http://www.couragecoalition.ca/media-advisory-no-to-pandemic-austerity-for-poor-and-working-people-in-response-to-ballooning-deficit/
Music on this episode via @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria and TNS with the track Umona ft. Mpumi, from South Africa.
Listen to the 22nd edition of Free City Radio.
On this show I speak with designer, artist and activist Josh MacPhee on the recently published Celebrate People's History, The Poster Book of Resistance and Revolution. Josh speaks about the importance of poster art in documenting and giving voice to underreported social movement histories. Josh is a founding members of the JustSeeds Artists' Cooperative. Info on the recent book project:
https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/celebrate-peoples-history-second-edition
Also on this show we hear from David Barsamian, the host of Alternative Radio, about the recently published book "ReTargeting Iran" that explores the devastating impacts of U.S. led sanctions on the people of Iran, a point especially important to consider at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic that has deeply impacted Iran. This book was published in collaboration with City Lights, info:
http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100037600
https://www.alternativeradio.org
Music on this show by Max Cooper with the track Repetition and Afro Blue by John Coltrane.
Free City Radio is a weekly podcast hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Sharing the 21st edition of Free City Radio, released on Tuesday, Dec. 22nd, 2020.
On this edition we speak with Muheeb Saeed in Accra, Ghana from the Media Foundation For West Africa on the state of press freedom in West Africa, specifically in Guinea and also in Ghana. Info on Muheeb's work here:
https://www.mfwa.org/mfwa-staff/muheeb-saeed
This interview regarding human rights and press freedom in West Africa, with a particular focus on Guinea, was broadcast also to give some context and background on the situation in Guinea as there are many Guinean asylum seekers in Montréal who the Canadian government has refused to recognize as refugees and is moving to deport. More information on that campaign here:
https://www.facebook.com/statutpourlesguineens
Also on this episode we speak with David Bergeron-Cyr president of the Fédération du commerce-CSN who addresses the recent wave of organizing to support Jean Coutu warehouse workers as they were bargaining for a fair contract. David speaks not only about workers at Jean Coutu but the importance of union power within the context of contemporary discussions around the critical importance of frontline workers in this time of pandemic.
Music on this episode by Youssou N'Dour and Jean Leloup.
Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Stefan Christoff Mix for Radio Alhara راديو الحارة in Palestine. Sunday, Decembre 6th, 2020.
Matthew Shipp, Orbit 4, New Orbit. @rivalconsoles, Dreamer's Wake, Erased Tapes. Yaporigami, Shadow Recorder, We Dance Alone. DRMNGNOW, Ancestors ft Kee'ahn Prod. River Boy, (Single). @thenarcicyst, Epiphany, World War Free. @mtshrine, Eluded Houses, Secluded Loops. @revessonores, Svalbard, Crépuscule. Rachid Taha, Barra barra, Diwan. Bobby Cruz & Ricardo "Richie" Ray, Sonido Bestial, The Best Of Cruz & Ray. Atwater métro, Montréal, walking in an underground tunnel, field recording, Stefan Christoff. Guitarist playing at Jean-Talon métro, getting on métro, field recording, Stefan Christoff. @kuepfer, Eric Craven, Kristina Koropeck, Legs In Migrations, Howl! Live. Dave Deporis, Freedom, Live recording.
Listen to the 20th edition of Free City Radio podcast.
On this show Wet'suwet'en activist Marlene Hale speaks about the growing health crisis within the Wet'suwet'en Nation taking place as more pipeline workers bring COVID-19 into the relatively remote community. This past week a number of public alerts have been sent out by Indigenous activists to the B.C. government and federal government to take action against the import of medical danger into the community by pipeline workers who are constructing a pipeline that many in the community don't support.
Also on this show we speak with Intercept Brazil's Leandro Demori about the importance of independent media today in Brazil within the context of a far rightwing government. Leandro also speaks about the ways that the pandemic is impacting communities already experiencing systemic marginalization in the country. Info on Leandro's work here :
https://theintercept.com/staff/leandro-demori
Music on this episode by Roozbeh Tabandeh and Anna Atkinson's project Linaire.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Sharing the 19th edition of Free City Radio podcast.
On this edition we hear from writer Nora Loreto who speaks about the growing economic inequality in Canada under the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. This conversation was recorded right after the fall economic update shared by the Liberal within which there were no major taxes announced on big banks or corporate profits, or even a tax of Bay Street speculation. Nora shares insights on the ways that Liberal policies are deepening the already growing economic divide between an economic elite and the rest within the context of a pandemic that has seen the wealthiest record record profits in many cases.
More on Nora's writing here: https://noraloreto.ca
More on the Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast here: https://sandyandnora.com
Also this show features a conversation recorded during a street art postering run in Montreal with musician, writer and academic Joseph Sannicandro, who works on the A Closer Listen project @acloserlisten // An exchange that highlights the role of political street art within the context of the pandemic, this exchange highlights posters being put up to support the #DefundThePolice movement and also the #StatusForAll movement to demand equality of status rights for all living in Canada.
Music on this podcast from Boards of Canada, Victor Jara and Jaimeo Brown Transcendence. Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and comes out every Tuesday!
Sharing the 18th edition of Free City Radio.
This episode includes an interview with writer, musician and professor Yassin Alsalman @thenarcicyst on a recently published poetry collection, "Text Messages : or How I Found Myself Time Traveling" published by Haymarket Books, Yassin speaks about the mixed medium nature of the book, writing poetry in diaspora and the vulnerability expressed in this project, info :
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1474-text-messages
Also this edition features an interview recorded in Brooklyn a few weeks before the closures with Sarah Lawson and Matvei Yankelevich from Ugly Duckling Presse on bookmaking in 2020, their lost poets and building community around writing, info :
https://uglyducklingpresse.org
Music on this show by Narcy, Secret Pyramid, Yaporigami and the late Dave Deporis who's family and friends have recently released an album of Dave's songs called For the Birds and Children, info :
https://davedeporis.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-birds-and-children-3
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Sharing the 17th edition of Free City Radio podcast !
This episode includes an interview with Sara Kayyali of Human Rights Watch on prisons in Syria. Sara details the realities of prisons today in Syria, the systemic human rights abuses and lack of due process for prisoners, both within state run prisons, but also the injustices that people have faced while being detained by non-state groups and actors. You can follow Sara's work here :
https://www.hrw.org/about/people/sara-kayyali
Also longtime community activist Hamid Khan speaks about the #DefundLAPD movement within a broader context of the histories of police forces as a tool for systemically racist practices of police forces working to displace working class and racialized communities within LA and beyond. Hamid locates the current work taking place to challenge massive police budgets within longtime community movements that have challenged the fundamental legitimacy of police forces as tools of colonialist violence in the Americas, from defending the expansion of settlements onto Indigenous lands, to protecting systems of slavery. Info on the coalition that Hamid works with here : https://stoplapdspying.org
Music on this episode by @thenarcicyst and selections from a mix İSTANBUL EKSPRES by @thenewobjective for @acloserlisten.
Free City Radio is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and also broadcasts every Wednesday on @radiockut at 90.3fm in Montreal.
Listen to the 16th edition of the Free City Radio podcast !
In this show we speak with community organizer and writer Mostafa Henaway who reflects on the sustaining importance of the U.S. 2020 election on communities and countries around the world and the present challenge for progressive activists to mobilize a critique of the neoliberal economics that drives the mainstream of the US Democratic Party, a political framework that led to the conditions that saw the 2016 election of Trump. Mostafa reflects.
Also we hear from Swedish human rights activist Benjamin Ladraa who in 2018 walked from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness about Palestinian human rights, particularly the ongoing military siege of Gaza by the Israeli state. This past summer Ladraa and friends also biked across Sweden to raise awareness on the issue.
Finally we hear from musician Mario Batkovic an accordion player based in Bern, Switzerland, with roots in Bosnia. Mario has become celebrated for a unique and groundbreaking modern accordion style that is both comic and hypnotic. Batkovic is released by Invada Records in the U.K. launched by members of Portishead, info :
https://www.batkovic.com
Music in this show, by Mario Batkovic, Rival Consoles and The Tamlins.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Sharing the 15th edition of the Free City Radio podcast !
This program looks at community activist voices in the U.S. who are articulating the important role that community mobilization played in voting Trump out. Importantly this podcast attempts to explore the ways that local activists worked in ways that intersected their ongoing daily organizing work with the priority of defeating Trump.
First we hear from community activist Abril Gallardo from Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) a community organization that worked hard to mobilize against Trump while sustaining local organizing, info : https://luchaaz.org
Second we go to Michigan, I got the chance to speak with Muslim community leaders who were involved in mobilizing Muslim communities in the Detroit region, including Dearborn, to vote heavily against Trump. I spoke with Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi and also Namira Islam Anani.
In Michigan I also called Nicholas Jansen from the Sunrise Movement in Michigan who mobilized to vote against Trump to express the urgency of the climate justice movement, info https://www.sunrisemovement.org
Also in this show we went to D.C. where I spoke with Ryan Grim who is the D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept, Ryan speaks about the shifting political reality in U.S. states like Georgia and Arizona, while also speaking about the growing importance of The Squad in the U.S. political landscape.
Finally I got the chance to speak with Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a primary care physician and the co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program (pnhp.org) who speaks about the sustaining importance of pushing the Medicare For All campaign in the U.S. not matter what happens in the 2020 election. Also Steffie speaks about the role of the private healthcare and pharmaceutical corporations on major media networks, given advertising dollars, CNN and other networks.
Music on this show from Amir Amiri, Jordan Christoff, Rival Consoles, Invincible feat. Finale and Silvana di Lorenzo. This podcast is produced in collaboration with @radiockut community radio in Montreal where Free City Radio broadcasts every Wednesday, hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Yes, this is the 14th edition of the Free City Radio podcast !
Recorded and produced on Nov. 2nd 2020, the day before the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, featuring an interview with journalist Aaron Maté who offers an insightful critique on the Democratic Party's inability to address fundamental issues of economic and social injustice that led to many voters staying home in 2016, or voting for Trump. Aaron speak critically on the the Democratic Party claims that Senator Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election largely due to the role of Russian state cyber hacking or social media interventions. This is important in the current context in the sense that shortcomings of the 2020 vote, in regards to the failings of centrist Democratic Party policies can't again be blamed on Russian interference.
Also we hear an excerpt of a music mix by Empress Cissy Low who worked on a mix for @neverapartmtl to express support for Dollarama warehouse workers in Montreal, who have been campaigning for justice over the last months within the context of the pandemic. Read the open letter by Montreal artists here :
http://iwc-cti.ca/fre/les-artistes-montrealais-soutiennent-la-campagne-pour-la-justice-des-travailleur-euse-s-du-dollarama/
listen to the full mix here :
https://soundcloud.com/neverapartmtl/nva-podcast-empress-cissy-low
Also we visit a solidarity rally in Montreal organized by the Guinean diaspora who protested this past weekend in Montreal the move by current President Alpha Condé to extend power into a third term, after changing the Guinean constitution. In Guinea there has been mass protests against the changing of the constitution and also protests to dispute the election over the recent weeks, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have documented systemic human rights abuses. We hear from voices of the Guinean diaspora in Montreal speaking out.
Finally we hear a piece of music by Jordan Christoff @jordanchristoff to end the broadcast.
Sharing the 13th edition of the Free City Radio podcast !
Including an interview with Bulgarian writer and sociologist Jana Tsoneva who shares some context and background on the recent wave of protests in Bulgaria for social justice and against corruption. Read Jana's latest article on Al Jazeera here :
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/9/10/what-is-happening-with-the-bulgarian-protest-movement/
Author Rawi Hage reads poetry by Pablo Neruda at a recent community arts benefit to support areas in Beirut impacted by the massive explosion last month.
An interview with Uyghur human rights advocate Kayum Masimov who speaks about the systemic human rights abuses facing the Uyghur population right now, Kayum gives some direct perspectives from the Uyghur diaspora which has been mobilizing to bring attention to this issue.
Music on this show by Nick Kuepfer, Eric Craven, Kristina Koropeck, playing Legs in Migration and the Anarchist Mountains track Mountains at Night.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Free City Radio podcast 12.
On this edition of Free City Radio we visit the responses to the global pandemic in three places in the world, first we go to Brazil, for a discussion with Andrew Fishman who is a reporter at The Intercept and is the managing editor of The Intercept Brazil. Andrew discusses the ways that the current pandemic illustrates the deep social and economic inequalities within Brazil that are been deepened by the current right wing government.
Read Andrew's work here : https://theintercept.com/staff/andrew-fishman
Intercept Brazil : https://theintercept.com/brasil
Second segment on this show is a discussion with NYC artist Seth Toboman who shares reflections on both the community activist response to the pandemic in NYC and the ways that the pandemic has also exposed the pre existing inequalities within New York City. Also Seth speaks about the intersections between community responses to the pandemic crisis and the movement to #DefundThePolice and to support #BlackLivesMatter, reflecting on the struggles to support calls for accountability of police over generations, look back at the case of Michael Jerome Stewart in 1983 and the community protests that took place at that time which Seth participated in.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/16/221821224/it-could-have-been-me-the-1983-death-of-a-nyc-graffiti-artist
Mariya Petkova who speaks on impacts of pandemic in Balkans, specifically Mariya details the challenges that public healthcare workers in Bulgaria faced during the peak of the pandemic in Europe. This interview is particularly relevant right now as it addresses the shortcomings of public institutions in the late spring, a reality that speaks to institutional corruption in Bulgaria, the subject of mass protests right now.
Also this interview explores the ways that international power relations have impacted the response to the pandemic in the Balkans, from the E.U., the U.S. and specifically the Chinese state all offering aid to regions within the former Yugoslavia. Also in this exchange Mariya speaks about the responses to the pandemic by the Turkish government, the challenges facing Turkey also as the pandemic extends.
Music :
"Flor do Real" by Sessa from the album Grandeza. https://sessa.bandcamp.com/
New Orbit by Matthew Shipp.
Opening by Jordan Christoff. https://salmonuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/water
produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
Free City Radio podcast 11.
Featuring sounds from the Solidarity Across Borders protest in Montreal to support the #StatusForAll campaign for the rights of all people to have equal access. Recorded voices on the street, including filmmaker Mary-Ellen Davis, Guinean community activist Lamine, cultural workers Mars Zaslavsky from Suoni per il Popolo, community activist Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain and a speaker from Ekens Foundation International who is an asylum seeker from West Africa. Info on Solidarity Across Borders http://solidarityacrossborders.org
Also an interview with investigative journalist Isabel Macdonald who addresses the policy of the Trump admin. in D.C. to forcibly deport asylum seekers from the U.S. to Caribbean and Latin America, including refugees who got impacted by the COVID-19 crisis within immigration detention centres run by the federal gov. in the U.S. Read the article Isabel worked on for The Intercept :
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/26/coronavirus-ice-detention-deportation-haiti-guatemala/
Music on this episode :
"Orient Trip" by Okay Temiz & Johnny Dyani
also music by @pjs11 from Conduits info :
https://kudatah.bandcamp.com/album/conduits
produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
On this episode there are interviews with Mohamed Barry, spokes person of Statut pour les guinéens campaign, speaking on experience of Black workers in Dollarama warehouses around Montreal, currently there is a campaign by Dollarama workers to call for justice that is supported by the Immigrant Workers Centre.
For background info on the Dollarama warehouse workers campaign read this article by the Canadian Press via Global News.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7063144/coronavirus-montreal-dollarama/
Also on this episode is a discussion with author and community organizer Charlene Carruthers on the #DefundPolice campaign ! Info on Charlene : https://www.charlenecarruthers.com
Finally this episode highlights voices from the #BlackLivesMatter and #DefundPolice street movements in the U.S., specifically from Brooklyn, U.S.A. podcast, thank you to Shirin Barghi and Sachar Mathias for this podcast exchange, info on the Brooklyn, U.S.A. podcast here :
https://www.bricartsmedia.org/brooklyn-usa
music on this episode is by Emrical + VOID by @villainrecords + Anouar Brahem !
Free City Radio podcast is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montreal.
On the 9th edition of the Free City Radio podcast we go to Minnesota to highlight the voices of community organizers involved in the #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd campaign.
First we hear from Jaylani Hussein who is a community organizer with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota). CAIR organized one of the first community-driven protests against George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis.
Listen to interview solo here :
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/interview-jaylani-hussein-council-on-american-islamic-relations-minnesota-on-george-floyd
info on CAIR-MN : https://www.cairmn.com
After hearing from Jaylani in Minneapolis we hear a track from artist and community organizer Damon Davis @loosescrewz based in St. Louis, from the album "Darker Gods" info :
https://sivadnomad.bandcamp.com/album/darker-gods
Then we hear an interview with Julio Zelaya from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Minnesota. Julio speaks about the grassroots push for justice in the case of George Floyd's case and the urgent call for all police involved in the killings to face justice.
Finishing the show we hear a track from Nubian artist Ali Hassan Kuban.
Free City Radio podcast is produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff in Montreal.
Listen to the eighth edition of the Free City Radio podcast.
On this podcast, we start with an interview focusing on the #Artists4LongTermCare project launched by photojournalist Kitra Cahana, info :
https://www.instagram.com/artists4longtermcare https://www.artists4longtermcare.org
A piece of music by Charbel Rouhana from the beautiful album Sourat Trait D'union.
Then we hear an interview with poet Mohamad Kebbewar, on the recently published book The Soap of Aleppo from the publisher Jack Pine Press, info :
https://jackpinepress.com/product/the-soap-of-aleppo
Then we hear an excerpt from a new podcast produced by Sophie Chartier for "Stasis : groupe d'enquête sur le contemporain" that looks at the reality of prisoners in Quebec during the pandemic, this section of the podcast is in French, info on the project : https://groupestasis.com
Also we hear a poem from Mojeanne Behzadi.
An audio letter from Amsterdam from Sarah Teixeira St-Cyr.
Finally an interview with frontline healthcare worker, Caroline Horton who works in an ICU unit in Ottawa region.
Music featured on this podcast is by Narcy @thenarcicyst also Hope by The Dirty Three and a track by Void off VILL4IN records @villainrecords
produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
This is the seventh edition of Free City Radio podcast, which features a series of interviews, audio notes and music.
In this program we begin with a musical piece by Karl Pricot, who is a drummer in Kalmunity, this is a piece recorded at Karl's home studio.
Then we feature an interview with Kholoud Hussein, a Palestinian community organizer and medical worker who lives in Borj El Brajneh refugee camp in Lebanon, Kholoud speaks about the efforts taking place within the refugee camp to combat the spread of the pandemic within the economically and medically vulnerable Palestinian communities of Lebanon.
Next in the show there is an interview with Mostafa Henaway @mostafa-henaway who speaks on the campaign by the Immigrant Workers Centre to combat the spread of the pandemic within the Dollarama workplace environment, particularly within Dollarama distribution centres around Montreal which employ a largely immigrant labour force, creating a marginalized work space within the context of the pandemic as Dollarama company hasn't been taking proper medical precautions, the Immigrant Workers Centre did win some victories and forced Dollarama to provide some safety equipment. follow Mostafa's work here :
https://twitter.com/mostafah
Then in the show we hear an interview with poet and community activist Shanice Nicole who speaks on the importance of resilience and self expression during a time of pandemic, Shanice also reflects on the pandemic in the context of diaspora identity and shares reflections. you can find Shanice's work here :
https://www.facebook.com/shanicenicolespeaks
Also in this podcast there is an interview with professor, writer and commentator Ibrahim al-Marashi who speaks critically about the sanctions that both the U.S. and Canada have sustained on Iran at this time of pandemic, Ibrahim speaks about how the sanction impact the public health care system. Ibrahim contributes regularly to both The Guardian and Al Jazeera, info on Ibrahim's writing :
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/ibrahim-al-marashi.html
Finally we hear an interview with investigative journalist Arun Gupta who speaks on a recent report worked on for The Nation magazine that explores the realities of U.S. government migrant detention centres at a time of pandemic. Arun's article is here :
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/refugees-asylum-coronavirus-mexico/
Music featured in this show is by dArk mAtt'r, Antipop Consortium, Vox Sambou and Narcy, plus Sam Shalabi and Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
This is the sixth edition of the Free City Radio podcast, it includes interviews, as well as music contributions from awesome friends in different parts of the world.
In this episode we hear from Sam Schuette who works as a cook at Resilience Montreal, a frontline support organization working with people struggling with poverty and homelessness, particularly urban indigenous people, within the context of the pandemic. https://resiliencemontreal.com
Also we hear from activist, filmmaker and professor Razan AlSalah who speaks about the impacts of the pandemic on the public health sector in Lebanon and the ways this impacts economically marginalized people. Also Razan speaks about this current context within the framework of recalling the mass protests for social and economic justice that have been taking place in Lebanon over the past year, Razan specifically points to the campaign to Bisri Valley campaign. info :
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/lebanese-dam-project-stirs-earthquake-fears-environment-concerns-190807082828083.html
https://www.facebook.com/savebisri
I also speak with Samin Abhar who is a medical student in Victoria, B.C. Samin speaks about the importance of governments supporting the public healthcare system in this context of crisis, but also beyond, as a way to avert and prepare for future medical emergencies that touch society.
Follow-up on a previous episode of the podcast I spoke with Mohammed who is a night shift worker and baker at Tim Hortons outside Parc metro in Montreal, part of an effort to highlight frontline, long wage workers within the context of the pandemic.
In response to the signing of an arms agreement between Canada and Saudi Arabia I speak with author Yves Engler who has written numerous critical books on Canadian foreign policy and recently published an article on this Canada-Saudi arms deal.
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/canada-embraces-saudi-monarchy-again
Featured in this podcast musically as two theme tracks, "Hope' by the Dirty Three, and a track by VOID released on @villainrecords
Also I feature a track by Tracy Chapman, "Heaven Here on Earth," a track by Anarchist Mountains @anarchistmountains released on ΠΑΝΘΕΟΝ in Russia, also a track by Bas Relief, Treyf, from their album, QTT8, also a track from Anne Waldman's upcoming album produced by Devin Brahja Waldman @brahja, and finally a track by the great George Wassouf.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and also broadcasts on @radiockut in Montreal.
This is the fifth edition of the Free City Radio podcast, it includes interviews, as well as audio sent from friends in different parts of the world.
First we hear from community activist and community radio host Mostafa Henaway (@mostafa-henaway) from the Immigrant Workers Centre, who speaks on opposing bank bailouts and activist responses to this moment.
Also we hear from Paris based microbiologist and activist Dror Warschawski who shares audio from the nightly balcony rallies to support public healthcare workers.
Artist Amanda Ruiz speaks on the activist response in Mexico City and some critical points around public testing in Mexico, as well as how the pandemic has impacted informal workers in the country.
Vocalist Ziad Qoulaii from the duo De.Ville (https://devillemtl.bandcamp.com) and many other projects sent us a vocal free style.
Finally filmmaker Jesse Freeston shares reflections on the role of Cuban doctors around the world, having just returned from Cuba in the last weeks.
This edition includes music from Brazilian artist Sessa with the track Tanto, also we hear Mohammad Reza Shajarian, in duet with Kayhan Kalhor on Kamancheh, thank you to my Samin Abhar for this suggestion. Also we hear a trio track with Nick Kuepfer on guitar, Eric Craven on drums and Kristina Koropecki on cello, playing at a @howlarts show.
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, please post share and give us a good rating if you enjoy ! take care.
This is the fourth edition of the Free City Radio podcast, this April 3rd edition features an interview with Dru Oja Jay from Courage coalition (http://www.couragecoalition.ca) speaking about the #RentStrike movement.
In the introduction I speak about the recent wave of censorship that Facebook carried out against the #RentStrike movement.
Featuring thematic music for the episode by The Dirty Three and also VOID-002 - 无法入睡 via @villainrecords.
Also I featuring "Step by Step" by heArt Ensemble via Small Scale Music :
https://smallscalemusic.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-basement
Track finishes with Huun-Huur-Tu & The Bulgarian Voices with the track "Fly, Fly My Sadness"
Hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
This is the third edition of the Free City Radio podcast, this April 2nd edition is a music mix !
Recorded at home during the time of #COVID19, want to say thanks to Justin Doucet @djhuile for lending a zoom recorder on which the intro / talking parts were recorded.
Hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
This mix features the following tracks :
Jordan Torres Bussière - Toujours vers l'instant via @crochet_disques
Nick Schofield @nickschofield - Enamoured from the upcoming album "Sound Mind" via @backwardmusic
VOID-002 - 无法入睡 (Can’t Sleep feat. _hy0) via @villainrecords
Joan Baez - There but for Fortune
Taj Mahal + Toumani Diabati - Tunkaranke (The Adventurer)
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
Ana Vidovic - Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Jordan Christoff - Angel Flow via @salmonuniverse
Sangam @sangam & Pixelord @pixelord - Weathered Entity
Juke Data @jukedata7 - We Went On Playing
Dead Kennedys - This Could Be Anywhere
This is the second edition of Free City Radio podcast, recorded in Montreal during the global #COVID19 pandemic.
This episode highlights voices of frontline workers less covered in the mainstream media, grocery shop workers, food delivery people, bakery workers and transport workers.
All voices highlighted to share the love of support for frontline workers being expressed around the world. It is inspiring to see the popular support for medical workers, doctors, nurses, hospital staff, this is amazing and so important, but also let us remember to celebrate and respect many other workers who keep serving.
First we hear Ikram + Faiza speaking on working at Pharmaprix in #COVID19 crisis, speaking to the importance of social solidarity and also the importance of being respectful toward pharmacy workers during this time.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/ikram-faiza-speaking-on-working-at-pharmaprix-in-covid19-crisis
Then we hear from Soraya from Boucherie Al-Khair speaking on working during #COVID19 pandemic, Soraya speaks about serving as a frontline worker, serving groceries and food, but also expresses concern about potential health risks.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/soraya-from-boucherie-al-khair-speaks-on-working-during-covid19
Next we hear from Vaso at Picadilly bakery on Ogilvy in Parc ex speaking about working at a bakery during the COVID19 crisis and serving the local community at a distance, despite health risks.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/vaso-at-picadilly-bakery-on-working-during-covid19-crisis
On the food delivery front we then hear from some exchanges recorded at Dominos pizza on St. Hubert street with the delivery workers, working over time right now to keep up with demand, important to hear the voices of all types of front-line workers. On this show you hear the voices of 2 international students from India, Chintan Patel and Sahil Lather.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/dominos-delivery-workers-on-work-during-covid19
On the front of transport workers we hear from Tito Marouf, who is a taxi driver in Montreal, who speaks on the ways that the COVID19 pandemic impacts the taxi industry in Montreal. Tito speaks particularly about the precarious situation of taxi drivers at this time, but also critiques the fact that the government has been encouraging taxi drivers to transport COVID patients during this time of crisis.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/tito-marouf-on-taxi-industry-during-covid19-in-montreal
Finally also on this show is a discussion with Aaron, an editor at Uneven Earth journal : http://unevenearth.org, it is an exchange that we recorded while postering in Parc ex for the five demands poster that emerged from anarchist networks, info : https://5demands.global
For music in this show, I featured a harp duet track with Sarah Pagé and Robin Best called Noonday Bells, it was recorded at a Howl! arts show, you can download the full track here :
https://soundcloud.com/howlarts/sarah-pag-robin-best-noonday
Also featured is a recently released track "Enamoured" by musician Nick Schofield, you can listen / download the track here :
https://nickschofield.bandcamp.com/album/sound-mind
Finally the program finishes with "Out Of Sight" a track by Taciturn from their tape "Punk Death" - a band that I got to see live at Casa del Popolo, you can hear the track here :
https://taciturntheband.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-sight-3
Finally opening track is "Hope" by Dirty Three, but in the episode I feature excerpts from an album that I have been listening to a lot this year, this one :
https://soundcloud.com/villainrecords/void-002
Listen to the first edition of Free City Radio podcast, it was recorded in the first days of the major measures taken in Montreal to slow the #COVID19 pandemic.
Included in this podcast is personal reflections on this moment and also on doing street art during this time, on hanging a banner reading "solidarité" and the context behind this banner, because it was a gift from student activists in Winnipeg passed on during the Quebec student strike in 2012. I had visited Winnipeg to share reflections and texts from a booklet that I put out during that time, the zine is called , Le fond de l’air est rouge, info :
https://howlarts.net/words
Within this podcast I share an excerpt of audio recorded during protests in the Quebec student strike, specifically in Victoriaville where the Liberal Party of Quebec was having their congress. The street protests were focused on highlighting social injustice and protesting for the protection of public institutions, such a public health care and education systems. You can hear the full audio that I recorded at that protest for @radiockut here :
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/lintense-journee-de-manifestation-a-victoriaville
Also in this podcast is an interview with John Tarleton, editor at The Indypendent, speaking about the importance of independent media during this time and also the history of the Indypendent newspaper project in NYC. This was recorded before the pandemic hit North America in a major way, but it really does highlight some important points of reflection.
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/interview-john-tarleton-editor-at-the-indypendent
Finally a note to say this podcast includes two music selections, one by the band Weeping Icon, who are based in Brooklyn, released by @firetalk info :
https://weepingicon.bandcamp.com
Also I included a track by my brother Jordan Christoff who releases many different music tracks, the one we hear is "Angle Flow" from the album "Water" released via @salmonuniverse
info : https://salmonuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/water
Main song for Free City Radio, the intro / ending track is "Hope" by the Melbourne based band, The Dirty Three !
Thanks for listening to the first edition, this podcast is hosted by community organize, musician and media maker Stefan @spirodon Christoff
an interview with author Martin Lukacs on "The Trudeau Formula" a recent book published by Black Rose Books, info :
http://blackrosebooks.net
recorded for @radiockut broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a discussion and mix by Mayss broadcast on Free City Radio + XX Files, musical selections come from previous mixes by @mmaayyss that are live here :
https://soundcloud.com/mmaayyss
a collaboration between @xxfilesradio + free city radio
graphic by Franco Grignani.
an interview with John Tarleton, editor at The Indypendent, recorded at the Brooklyn offices of the awesome NYC independent newspaper that has been deeply covering community struggles and issues in the NYC area for over a decade. recorded for @radiockut broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a joint broadcast between @xxfilesradio and Free City Radio.
Wed. Feb. 26th, 11h-12h
live DJ broadcast by @mmaayyss !
@radiockut announce for Howl! Native Friendship Centre benefit at La Sotterenea, 4848 St. Laurent, full info
spectacle-bénéfice for the Native Friendship Centre 2020
La Sotterenea. 4848 boul. St-Laurent 20h, 10$-20$ (no one turned away) Montreal, Quebec
co-presented by CKUT 90.3FM
performances by
Martin Akwiranoron Loft (talk / slide-show)
duet : Eliza Fern Kaheroton Santos + Stefan Christoff
Stefan Christoff (guitar) Guillaume Vallée (projections)
DJ set via Warren Manvelyan
set by songwriter Pedro Diaz (member of Buffalo Hat Singers)
Graham Beverley (guitar)
Marie Hamilton Music harp performance
art sale including works from justseeds
Acessibility: la sotterenea is located in the basement of the La Sala Rossa building, unfortunately this venue is not wheelchair accessible
Safe Space Policy: there will be zero tolerance for racist, sexist, transphobic and any oppressive behaviour.
Politique d'Espace sécuritaire: Il n'y aura aucune tolérance pour des comportements racistes, sexistes, transphobiques et n'importe quel autre comportement oprresant.
"Only the performer knows that she is performing." freecityradio mix Jeremy Young, musician @sontagshogun
Ida Toninato @ida-toninato — "We Become Giants" (excerpt) * Deena Abdelwahed @deenaabdelwahed — "Insaniyti" Xuan Ye @apureapparatus — "below beyond green 绿" * Adam Daudrich @adamdaudrich — "Swells" * Jeremy Young — "VI (Rangoon Tape Dance)" * Síria — "Por Riba" Markus Floats @markusfloats — "Softens" * Blake Hargreaves — "Prelude at Chiesa di San Filippo Neri, Genova" *
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spirodon mix for KSFR, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Toxe @to-xe — Big Age Ilegales — Yo Soy Quien Espía los Juegos de los Niños Kingston All Stars — Kebra Dub Habtamu Lamu — Waggaa bayee Young Marble Giants — Constantly Changing Jet Society — Cordara Orchestra @crazyp — Heartbreaker Ryan Murtgatroyd — Bantwana's Piano
- Artistes ensemble contre loi 21 !
Thursday, Feb. 6th La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent doors 20h suggested donation $10-20 (no one turned away) Montreal, Quebec
a CKUT 90.3FM co-presentation.
NL21
performances by
Ensemble Al-Zahawi.
L'Ensemble Al-Zahawi est un trio instrumental interprétant un répertoire traditionnel d'Irak, connu sous le nom de Iraqi Maqam. /// Ensemble Al-Zahawi is an instrumental trio that explores traditional Iraqi music.
- Zayid Al-Baghdadi : Nay (flûte)
- Nicolas Royer-Artuso : Oud (luth)
- Nathaniel Huard : Riqq (percussions)
a talk by community activist Tasnim Rekik
poetry by Ehab Lotayef + Narcy
words from Hanadi Saad from Justice Femme
TIGNASSE !
No Cosmos !
duet performance : Dina Cindrić + Sarah Albu
Artists together Against Law 21.
Joignez-vous à nous pour un rassemblement communautaire visant à soutenir le mouvement contre la loi 21, un projet de loi présenté par le gouvernement de la CAQ à Québec, qui malgré une opposition généralisée, criminalise activement l'expression individuelle des Québécois.
Le respect collectif de l'autonomie et de l'expression individuelles est primordial pour une ville, une société et un monde en bonne santé. Cette loi utilise le cadre du nationalisme blanc colonialiste pour désigner des personnes et des communautés spécifiques, ce qui n'est pas acceptable.
Aussi, cette loi tente de revendiquer un cadre nationaliste raciste au Québec sur les territoires autochtones qui demeurent le théâtre de luttes incessantes pour la décolonisation. Le projet de loi 21 est une tentative active de mise en place de cadres coloniaux de colonisation blanche restrictifs sur des terres qui sont en réalité indigène, malgré les cadres de l’État qui prétendent le contraire.
Les artistes montréalais ont une longue tradition de solidarité et de participation directe aux mouvements sociaux pour la justice, l'équité et le changement social transformateur. Ce rassemblement comprendra de la poésie, de la musique et des discours de nombreuses personnes différentes qui ont exprimé leur opposition au projet de loi 21.
Cette action est menée en collaboration avec les efforts en cours de la communauté pour protester contre la loi 21 et se déroule en collaboration avec Mouvement contre Loi 21.
Artists for justice, together against law twenty one
Join us for a community gathering to support the movement against law twenty-one, a bill legislated by the CAQ government in Québec City, despite widespread opposition, that actively criminalizes people in Québec for individual expression.
Collective respect for individual autonomy and expression is paramount to a healthy city, society and world, this law utilizes the framework of colonialist white nationalism to scapegoat specific people and communities, this is not acceptable.
Also this law attempts to claim a racist framework of nationalist identity in Québec over indigenous territories that remain still the site of continuous struggles to decolonize, bill twenty one is an active attempt to establish settler colonial frameworks of restrictive white nationalism over lands that are in fact indigenous, despite the frameworks of the state that claim otherwise.
Artists in Montreal have a long tradition of expressing solidarity with and directly participating in social movements for justice, equity and transformative social change. This gathering will include poetry, music and speeches from many different people expressing their opposition to bill twenty one.
This action is in collaboration with ongoing community-lead efforts to protest law twenty-one and is happening in collaboration with Mouvement contre Loi 21.
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accessibility: La Vitrola is located on the third floor of a building and the location is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible.
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safe space policy: there will be zero tolerance for racist, sexist, transphobic and any oppressive behaviour.
a mix by @moonvillain for Free City Radio on @radiockut
00:00 - 'Quintet' by Davison/Thayer/Zenkoff/Schenker/Macias 02:37 - ''Your New Umwelt' by Nick Rocco 08:34 - "Boston's Boy" by Machine Listener 14:30 - "What Can the Feeling" by RON
note from Tim at Moon Villain :
"All of these are from full albums we'll be releasing on Moon Villain in 2020 (the first of which is Machine Listener's "Metonym", out February 9th)."
"Beyond Vietnam" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
info / background :
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/4/3/silence_is_not_an_option_rev
https://www.democracynow.org/2004/1/19/martin_luther_king_jr_in_his
just uploading here to encourage people to listen !
an interview with journalist Isabel Macdonald on a recent investigation for The Intercept, in collaboration with type investigations, that examines the ways that international organizations, like the International Organization on Migration (IOM) at the U.N., are using statistics for Haitian displacement camp residents that don't in fact reflect progress, but reflect the fact that people are being counted as being relocated when they move to other informal camps, sometimes in worse conditions, or in fact are not counted as deaths, but simply a reduction of numbers in the camps.
read the article here :
https://theintercept.com/2019/10/22/haiti-tps-earthquake-displacement-camps
recorded for @radiockut broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a mix by Shota Yokose for Free City Radio on @radiockut, the accompanying piece is an anti-war illustration by Shota that in Japanese says “do not fight”
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¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido! “The people united will never be defeated” (Sergio Ortega) by Yuji Takahashi
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Kiev no sora “The sky of Kiev” by Mute Beat
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The End of The World (Skeeter Davis) by Los Doroncos
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Mangetsu no yuube “An evening of full moon” (Soul Flower Union) by Wataru Oguma
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El Derecho de Vivir en Paz “The right to live in peace” (Vector Jara) by CICALA-MVTA
a mix by dj @halpomax for free city radio, which broadcasts on @radiockut
Siamak Amidi - Unconditional Love (Siamak's Floor Vision) Rhyw - Untangled Sentences anabasine - Krupt Pelada - Habla Tu Verdad DJ Romain feat Larry Singh - Talkin About Freedom (Hard Dub Mx) Minimal Violence - Night Gym Nich Schofield - Kibale Park Terry Ganzie - Prepare Fi War Lady Saw - Incline Thine Ears
I was going for a haunting but optimistic sound on this. Some info below:
The mix starts with a track by an Iranian-born producer, Siamak Amidi, who now splits his time between Dubai and Berlin. The track is off the Black Fog EP, the first release from his label called Indigenous Electronic.
The second track is from the record label Bassiani, which is also a large queer nightclub in Tbilisi, Georgia that was raided by the government there in spring 2018. The raid led to sizeable protests and the club reopened afterward.
anabasine's Krupt is from the fundraising effort Power Puerto Rico, released in September 2017. anabasine co-hosts EIMTAF Live FM Radio Hour every other Wednesday from 2-4am with Dominique Alexander and DJ Choozey.
Pelada, whose recent album release show at Vitrola was sold out, is a group that always puts their politics forward in their music. This song is a standout from their debut album, Movimiento Para Cambio.
Next, DJ Romain's Talkin About Freedom encapsulates the energy that makes classic house music so liberating and powerful.
Minimal Violence, a duo from Vancouver, also released their debut album, InDreams, last year — full of raw techno like this.
The mix then relaxes into an ambient track from Nick Schofield's Water Sine album. Nick, of course, is a fixture of the Montreal music community and a community radio host.
I chose the two dancehall tracks that close out the mix to offer a counterpoint of the current news cycle. These songs appear on compilations from VP Records and Penthouse records, picked up from Death of Vinyl on St Laurent and Beaubien. Support your local record shop! (Note this mix was all vinyl except anabasine's track.)
listen to an interview with artist, activist and educator Robert Del Tredici, recorded for @radiockut broadcast, thank you Felix Del Tredici for being part of this process also. art work by Robert Del Tredici.
@radiockut annonce for @howlarts show on Jan. 16th at Casa del Popolo in Montreal, 2020, info :
Thursday, Jan. 16th at Casa del Popolo, 4873 St. Laurent 20h, 10$ (no one turned away) Montreal, Quebec
https://www.facebook.com/events/447817549229618
performances :
solo guitar : Anas Rasta
in duo : N NAO
in duet : Le Berger (synth) Stefan Christoff (piano)
in duet Imed Rezgui (percussion, via Bargou08) Stefan Christoff (piano)
solo performance L. Alexis Emelianoff
a mix by Douleur Fantôme for Free City Radio on @radiockut
https://douleurfantome.bandcamp.com
a mix for Free City Radio via EVITCELES (@evitceles), who is Etien Slavchev in Sofia, Bulgaria, info on mix :
omori (@stoyan-yovchev-omori) - you never got the hint Perila (@perila) - Transient Space Afrika (@space-afrika) - Canu øjeRum (@oejerum) and IUNA NIVA (@iunaniva) - In The Fever Sun Of Winter Nights krāllār (@krallar) - Recovery Evitceles (@evitceles) - As We Disappeared Kuroi Ame (@kuroi-ame) - Streets Thom Oab (@15oab) - No Present Evitceles (@evitceles) - ???? Evitceles (@evitceles) - Softer Double
photo from Turkey, by Nathan McDonnell.
a mix for Free City Radio via @vikingsade
1 Senza Testa _ W h a t i s l e f t w h e n y o u a r e r i g h t 00.00-08,07 2 Shadba - Paramahamsa 08.08-15.57 3 Mark Shreeve - After the Silence 15.58-20.48 4 Unknown sound artist / BBC - Triple-expansion, constant run, slow down and speed up at 3'45. (Marine-type steam engine, 1911)20.48-26.09 (about) 5. Senza Tetsta - A node progressing 26.10 -30.35
a mix of field recordings by sound artist Matthias Urban @matthias_urban, info on Matthias's work here : http://www.matthiasurban.com
prepared for broadcast on @radiockut program Free City Radio
a mix of sounds by Rosano Coutinho, info :
https://rosano.ca/aural
for broadcast on @radiockut
a concert at Spiro's space on Sept. 25th, 2019, with @ylangylang
solo guitar piece by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
interview with Brahja Waldman in studio at @radiockut in 2018.
accompanying art is an excerpt from a piece by Franco Grignani.
interview with filmmaker Shahin Parhami, recorded live on @radiockut during Free City Radio, info on Shahin's work :
http://www.shahinparhami.info
organ experimentations, Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a draft for remixing within the l’Électrique brûlant project with @ylangylang
a radio show of the Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) in Montreal, which was produced in Montreal in 2002 at @radiockut, this edition includes a talk by Nandita Sharma.
produced for broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
graphic is a circle excerpt from a Franco Grignani painting.
an interview recorded live on Off the Hour with an activist from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty who was in prison at the time for a direct action that took place at the former finance minister of Ontario and also federal fiance minister's riding office, Jim Flaherty.
recorded at @ckutradio studios.
live set by Joseph Sannicandro in Boston 12/07/2018.
featuring field recordings, synth, voice by unionist Michel Chartrand, and musician Stefan Christoff.
listen to an interview with musician Sessa, recorded live at @radiockut, on Free City Radio !
info on Sessa :
https://sessa.bandcamp.com
in studio interview with musician C.J. Boyd.
info : https://cjboyd.bandcamp.com
recorded live with Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a live discussion with musician Will Austin at @radiockut and a broadcast of excerpts of Will's tape.
hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a live soundscape by Joseph Sannicandro @thenewobjective from A Closer Listen @acloserlisten on Free City Radio, live on @radiockut -- plus a brief interview with Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to an interview with documentary filmmaker Ariel J. Nasr speaking on both the documentary The Forbidden Reel, looking at efforts to preserve and protect Afghan film history, and also the short documentary The Long Way Home on the struggle for justice of Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Sudanese-born Canadian citizen, fought for six years to return home to Canada after the US wrongly accused him of having ties to Al Qaeda.
recorded live on @radiockut with Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a mix of recent tracks released on @mediteranos label live on Free City Radio on @radiockut, including :
Aaa Tabkha by M V S H V K L (snippets) Peligroso I by BDR-5 / بدر-٥ (Premiere) NamameH by SHAMS X ERORRIST (teaser)
announce for @radiockut for Artists together Against Law 21, info :
https://www.facebook.com/events/423082021693724/
Howl! -- Artists together Against Law 21 Thursday, Dec. 12th doors 20h La Vtirola, 4602 St. Laurent 10$ (suggested donation, no one turned away)
poetry / performances to raise funds to print more anti Law 21 buttons
poets against Law 21 :
Mojeanne Behzadi / Jacob Wren / Michael Nardone / Ehab Lotayef
words from community activist Tasnim Rekik
DJ Avi Grenadier !
listen to an interview with academic, researcher and community activist who was the lead researcher on racism and Islamophobia in Quebec, the report was published by the Quebec Human Rights Commission, background info :
http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/Publications/etude_actes_haineux_resume_En.pdf
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-islamophobia-racism-report-1.5294843
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with Joey Calugay from the Immigrant Workers Centre speaking on a recent report on work place conditions within warhorse distribution centres in Montreal. report is based on interviews conducted by directly impacted workers and is called "Commission on Warehouse Work in Montreal"
a couple media articles :
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/many-immigrant-workers-exploited-by-warehouse-employers-labour-report-reveals
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/warehouse-worker-conditions-montreal-1.5371471
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with artist Xin Liu who is currently artist in residence at "Search for extraterrestrial intelligence" SETI, info on the project :
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/21/were-all-earthlings-the-scientists-using-art-to-explore-the-cosmos
info on Xin : https://www.xxxxxxxxxinliu.com/info
recorded for @radiockut broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with filmmaker Nour Ouayda on the recent film "one sea, 10 seas" info :
https://ridm.ca/fr/films/one-sea-10-seas
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
an interview with Lester Holloway from the Centre for Labour and Social Studies in the U.K. speaking on the 2019 election and the ways in which decades of austerity lead to Brexit.
info on CLASS : http://classonline.org.uk
recorded for @radiockut broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with independent Palestinian journalist Rami Almeghari speaking on Gaza in fall 2019, Rami reports regularly for Electronic Intifada, find Rami's stories here :
https://electronicintifada.net/people/rami-almeghari
photo is Zainab al-Braim from this story on cuts to food aid in Gaza.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/gaza-refugees-learn-food-aid-cuts-text-messages/13247
for broadcast on @radiockut recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a mix of recent tracks by the Montreal music project Healthy for broadcast on @radiockut ! find Healthy at : https://unhealthy.bandcamp.com
graphic by Healthy.
listen to an interview with activist and academic Lara Khattab speaking on the 2019 uprising in Lebanon. Lara is the co-author of The Politics of Sectarianism in Postwar Lebanon and has been directly involved in organizing solidarity protests with the Oct. 2019 uprising in Lebanon taking place in the diaspora, specifically Montreal.
info on the book that Lara co-edited via Pluto press here :
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745334141/the-politics-of-sectarianism-in-postwar-lebanon
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with Samer Majzoub from the Canadian Muslim Forum on the struggle against Islamophobia and also the efforts to commemorate the Jan. 29th massacre in the mosque of Quebec City. this was recorded live on @radiockut, hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, featuring music by Kin Leonn via @kitchen-label
mix for Free City Radio on @radiockut by @vincent_vincent !
Lithops – untitled 6 Snd - 00018 old end ng Kilchhofer Anklin – Zinnen Ulla Straus (@ullastraus) – Past /f – freakafreak Mister Water Wet – Walking West Bartosz Kruczyński (@earthtraxonline) – X Daisuke Miyatani (@daisukemiyatani) – Hum Snd – untitled 6 Stephan Micus – Wings Over Water (Part 5)
listen to an interview with filmmaker Leah Borromeo on the recently completed film "The Mortician of Manila" produced for broadcast and screening, it will show on Al Jazeera English internationally on the program Witness.
info : http://disobedientfilms.com
view the trailer :
https://vimeo.com/365042952
recorded for @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with musician Thanya Iyer @thanyaiyermusic live on Free City Radio on @radiockut
info / background :
https://thanyaiyer.bandcamp.com
https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/05/04/608159634/get-lost-daydreaming-with-thanya-iyer
interview conducted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
music mix live on @radiockut for Underground Sounds, Dec. 2018.
hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
Lhasa — De Cara a la Pared Lhasa — La Celestina Lhasa — El Desierto M. Mucci — The View From Here Jean Leloup — Recommencer Leonard Cohen — The Partisan Valia Balkanska — Izlel e Delio Haidutin (original Cosmos soundtrack) Ÿuma (@yumatheduo) — Smek / يوما — سماك @huerequeque — Faasani poeg Blazer Sound System mix (Nov. 2018), excerpt (via @papercutslimited) Harrison BDP (@harrisonbdp) — Hard Boiled [Piff Records] (via @houseum) Damon Davis (@loosescrewz) — Sunkissed Icarus Damon Davis (@loosescrewz) — The Garden of Low Hanging Heavens Damon Davis (@loosescrewz) — Adam's Apple Narcy (@thenarcicyst) — Nothing (w/ Suheir Hammad) Damon Davis (@loosescrewz) — Light Years Feat. Tonina (@iamtonina) Sky or Wall — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) Pale Blue Dot — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) Coe Hill — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) Isle of Skye — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) Viktoriapark — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) Fairy Pools — Nick Schofield (@nickschofield)
listen to an interview with professor of Physics & Astronomy at UCLA speaking on the role of gravity in the universe, recent research about the activity of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, reflections on physics relation in relation to space as related to the subatomic level also. Finally we hear Mark speaking about the ways that this research provokes reflection on time in relation to the social context and politics of this time in history.
you can read about recent research that Mark has been involved in within this Guardian text :
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/13/black-hole-at-centre-of-our-galaxy-is-getting-hungrier-say-scientists
this interview was produced for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to an in-studio discussion with Haitian community activist Frantz André and author Yves Engler on the ongoing protests in Haïti. this interview highlights the issues being raised by the street demonstration, including the calls for an end to economic injustice by and for billions missing from an aid project set by government in the Americas to aid Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
info / background :
https://haitiinformationproject.net
this in-studio discussion was hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff on @radiockut and also includes music is a @laolu Remix of Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra's track Too much Information.
Mohammed Masmoudi live on Free City Radio @radiockut
this broadcast includes a live in-studio oud performance.
hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
- Foire d’art pour soutenir les prisonniers palestiniens community art sale to support Palestinian political prisoners
@radiockut co-presentation announce.
to benefit Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association
https://www.facebook.com/events/403050227034232
Jeudi 21 novembre // Thursday Nov. 21st 17h à 20h@ Casa del Popolo, 4873 St. Laurent Montréal, Quebec free / gratuit !
live CKUT music mix @radiockut on Dec. 12th, 2018.
featuring :
r beny (@rbeny) – fernwood (Dauw) (via @headphonecommute)
utopia cloak (@mynameisharry) – Monuments (via @infinitoaudiolabel)
øjeRum – An Image of a Bird Seconds Before It Appears (via @aosmosis)
broadcast of tesfa llewellyn — free city radio mix https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/free-city-radio-mix-tesfa
broadcast live on @radiockut with Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with community activist, academic and writer Mostafa Henaway speaking on the struggles of taxi drivers for worker rights in Montreal, Toronto and NYC. Mostafa gives some context and background on why taxi drivers in the contemporary moment have been struggling against Bill 17 in Quebec, that aims to "deregulate" the taxi industry. also Mostafa gives details on the ways that Uber harms taxi drivers, their families and the broader rights of all workers.
recorded for @radiockut in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
art work by Franco Grignani
an interview with filmmaker and photographer Jorge Camarotti speaking about both film and photography projects.
https://www.jorgecamarotti.com
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to an interview with multi-disciplinary artist Charline Dally who speaks on various projects including the current project le désert mauve.
recorded live at Free City Radio @radiockut
listen to an interview with photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi recorded in Beirut, Lebanon for broadcast on @radiockut
recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
accompanying photo by Tamara.
Sudanese activist Duha Elmardi speaks at spiro's space in Montreal for a Radioélectrique event, giving some background on the uprising in Sudan.
this talk was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal on Free City Radio.
listen to an audio collage of sounds recorded on my iphone in beirut, lebanon in may 2019. these sounds include moments with friends, jad hajjar in both the city and on the family land outside beirut, kholoud hussien and family in bourj el-barajneh palestinian camp, also si bemol younes, an interview with photographer tamara abdul hadi. many sounds were recorded walking around beirut and also in taxis and transport vans, there is a funny conversation with a taxi driver named yassin near the end. all these sounds are unedited, it is a direct audio experience. thank you for listening ! accompanying photo was taken off hamra street visiting my friend mansour aziz new bookshop project. take care everyone.
finally want to thank my friend joseph @thenewobjective for supporting my efforts to develop soundscape practice.
interview with artist / illustrator Jana Traboulsi recorded in May 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon. view Jana's work here : http://ayloul.blogspot.com
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
interview with producer, DJ and radio host in Beirut, Ziad Nawfal from Ruptured records @ruptured info : https://rupturedonline.com
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal, via Free City Radio.
a music mix by a long time activist against police brutality in the Montreal region, who worked for many years with the Collective Opposed to Police Brutality COBP, https://www.cobp.resist.ca
for broadcast on @radiockut
Radiothérapie — Dramatik
Reina del Caos — Rebeca Lane (@rebecalane6)
Mon Sound — Raggasonic
Peligro — Sonido Pesao (@sonidopesao) ft Cuervo BlackCaco Loomi (@cuervo-loomi) & Tomas Jensen
J'me téléporte — Convok
Acquitté — Benlabel
accompanying art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
Ahmad Jaradat, the social movement coordinator and project coordinator at the Alternative Information Centre speaks on the realities of the Israeli "separation" wall in Palestine that creates a reality of apartheid on the ground. also Ahmad speaks about the impact of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Palestine. finally Ahmad speaks to the extremist vote in the last election.
texts by Ahmad here :
https://aicnews.org/index.php/author/ahmadjaradat
accompanying art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
interview with Lucine Serhan from beit byout بيت بيوت project in Montreal, that focuses on language development through interactive arts & theatre with youth of the Arabic speaking diaspora in Montreal.
mix by Sundus Abdul Hadi against Law 21 in Quebec.
Narcy (@thenarcicyst) — Yemenade Y.A.S. and Mirwais — Yaspop 47Soul (@47soul) — Gamar DAM — Emta Njawzak Yamma Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band — Egypt Strut Alsarah and the Nubatones — Habibi Taal (via @wonderwheel-recordings) Ziad Rahbani — Un verre chez vous
text on the law.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/quebec-law-hijab-ban-religious-symbols-public-employees
accompanying art by Rupprecht Geiger.
community announce for @radiockut
toward :
Howl! — paysages sonores et poésie !
Thursday, August 8th, 2019 doors @ 20h la sotterenea 4848 St. Laurent suggested donation 10$ (no one turned away)
benefit for Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association.
soundscapes & poetry !
Maya Khamala
Samer Najari (soundscapes)
Joseph Sannicandro (soundscapes)
Stefan Christoff + Will Austin (keyboard + bass duet)
Raphael Foisy-Couture (electronics)
Tanya Tagaq — Mobilize Jordan Christoff @jordanchristoff — Wash Drift Machine — Ambler, Umor Rex (@umor) @secretpyramid — A Descent Hoda Adra — Échecs — La liberté des sens Transformations Accumulate, Deepchord + @fluxion
listen to an interview with Sudanese activist Duha Elmardi ضُحى المرضي speaking about the uprising in Sudan and the ongoing revolution, live on @radiockut in June 2019.
graphic is a pattern remix, interview conducted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, including music by Ayman Mao and Ali Hassan Kuban.
mix by @rawrussian.
@lowranger555 - camera da letto YvesSaintRoman - о том как люблю тебя Thiells - lying in ur lap @getcosy - Я Так И Не Успел Сказать Пол Харис - ПЭ№4 unknown - untitled Oleg Paskevich @hidden_folder - Juice + biggie @dfyan - cyberdyne systems
listen to an interview with the filmmakers & activists behind the documentary film project "Nos están matando (They’re killing us)"
this interview was recorded live at @radiockut with Daniel Bustos Echeverry, Emily Wright and Colombian human rights / land defender Héctor Marino Carabalí.
accompanying image is a still from the film Nos están matando (They’re killing us)
interview facilitated by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
radio announce for @radiockut
for this event !
Artistes pour la justice, ensemble contre loi vingt-et-un
dimanche 30 juin 13h, devant métro Laurier (ligne orange, sortie laurier ave.) Montréal, Québec
apportez vos pancartes, pancartes et banderoles bring your signs, placards and banners
discours, performances de /// speeches & performances by
Sameer Zuberi, Mouvement contre Loi 21 Narcy Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants / Immigrant Workers Centre Statut pour les guinéens
beaucoup plus à confirmer
(English below)
Joignez-vous à nous pour un rassemblement communautaire visant à soutenir le mouvement contre la loi 21, un projet de loi présenté par le gouvernement de la CAQ à Québec, qui malgré une opposition généralisée, criminalise activement l'expression individuelle des Québécois.
Le respect collectif de l'autonomie et de l'expression individuelles est primordial pour une ville, une société et un monde en bonne santé. Cette loi utilise le cadre du nationalisme blanc colonialiste pour désigner des personnes et des communautés spécifiques, ce qui n'est pas acceptable.
Aussi, cette loi tente de revendiquer un cadre nationaliste raciste au Québec sur les territoires autochtones qui demeurent le théâtre de luttes incessantes pour la décolonisation. Le projet de loi 21 est une tentative active de mise en place de cadres coloniaux de colonisation blanche restrictifs sur des terres qui sont en réalité indigène, malgré les cadres de l’État qui prétendent le contraire.
Les artistes montréalais ont une longue tradition de solidarité et de participation directe aux mouvements sociaux pour la justice, l'équité et le changement social transformateur. Ce rassemblement comprendra de la poésie, de la musique et des discours de nombreuses personnes différentes qui ont exprimé leur opposition au projet de loi 21.
Cette action est menée en collaboration avec les efforts en cours de la communauté pour protester contre la loi 21 et se déroule en collaboration avec Mouvement contre Loi 21.
Artists for justice, together against law twenty one
Join us for a community gathering to support the movement against law twenty-one, a bill legislated by the CAQ government in Québec City, despite widespread opposition, that actively criminalizes people in Québec for individual expression.
Collective respect for individual autonomy and expression is paramount to a healthy city, society and world, this law utilizes the framework of colonialist white nationalism to scapegoat specific people and communities, this is not acceptable.
Also this law attempts to claim a racist framework of nationalist identity in Québec over indigenous territories that remain still the site of continuous struggles to decolonize, bill twenty one is an active attempt to establish settler colonial frameworks of restrictive white nationalism over lands that are in fact indigenous, despite the frameworks of the state that claim otherwise.
Artists in Montreal have a long tradition of expressing solidarity with and directly participating in social movements for justice, equity and transformative social change. This gathering will include poetry, music and speeches from many different people expressing their opposition to bill twenty one.
This action is in collaboration with ongoing community-lead efforts to protest law twenty-one and is happening in collaboration with Mouvement contre Loi 21.
Howl! arts info (at) howlarts.net
solo piano recording of @spirodon done at La Sala Rossa by @nickschofield in 2014, elements of this recording were sampled for The Loop Pilots (@lou-piensa & @docmad) album « and then...the sea »
https://loupiensa.bandcamp.com/album/the-loop-pilot
the accompanying photo was taken while spending time with the late Charley Stimac this evening, sharing a photo taken out of the window at Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal during a difficult period of health for Charley in the last year. //// it was evening, on that day read sections of a book on Diego Rivera to Charley, who although struggling to speak, expressed excitement toward the pages documenting Rivera’s murals in Detroit, Charley’s hometown. //// such an honour to have gotten the chance to spend many days, weeks & months with Charley a life long community activist & artist who’s work spanned the labour movement, international solidarity efforts linked to the Palestinian struggle for freedom & also anti imperialist struggles in Latin America, Charley also maintained a love for the earth, nature, and the cosmos, we often watched documentaries on the oceans and the stars together. //// thank you Charley, you are always in my heart.
community organizer and activist Mohammed Barry, a non-status Guinean asylum seeker, speaking on the ongoing Guinean community struggle against deportations from Canada.
info on campaign :
https://www.facebook.com/statutpourlesguineens
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by stefan @spirodon christoff
community organizer and activist Mostafa Henaway speaking on the ongoing Guinean community struggle against deportations from Canada.
info on campaign :
https://www.facebook.com/statutpourlesguineens
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by stefan @spirodon christoff
interview with musician / songwriter Eliza Kavtion, accompanied by musician John Milchem, live on Free City Radio on @radiockut
listen / info :
https://elizakavtion.bandcamp.com
recorded live on air with stefan @spirodon christoff
mix for Free City Radio by 'ce qui nous traverse'
https://cequinoustraverse.bandcamp.com
track list.
Claude l'Anthrope - "Sentir le monde" (Pop Shit Fuck, 2017) Shortest Longest Day - "La faiblesse démasquée" (Before You Know It, 2016) BLDxCraven - "Without a Trace" (_001.9, 2017) Les Martyrs de Marde - "Ma nausée" (Extinction de foi, 2017) René Lussier/Robert Marcel Lepage/Quatuor Bozzini - "Comment faire de l'argent avec une clarinette" (Chants et danses... with strings! (Vol.III), 2016) Kee Avil (@keeavil) - "thingstill" (Kee Avil EP, 2018) Turi and the Ghosts - "Ritournelle" (Compilation CUCH FEST XIII, 2018)
photo by Thien V.
for broadcast on @radiockut
entretien en studio / session de musique live à CKUT avec le musicien Claude Maheu.
interview / live session with musician Claude Maheu.
live on @radiockut !
hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
an interview with Feroz Mehdi, from Alternatives International, on the election in India and the project India Civil Watch which is documenting human rights violations and attacks on freedom of the press by the BJP government.
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
photo by Tanya Rosa Kaur Bindra, info / follow : http://www.tanyabindra.com
an interview with Lousnak !
https://www.lousnak.com
https://www.facebook.com/LousnakArt
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by stefan @spirodon christoff
listen to an interview with journalist Faranak Amidi, a Women's Affairs Journalist at BBC World Service, recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal, by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
accompanying photo by Mojeanne Behzadi.
interview with artists Asma A Khan + Alan Kohl.
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut
by stefan @spirodon christoff
a live Free City Radio mix on @radiockut with art curator and poet Mojeanne Behzadi, this live show features poetry by Mojeanne and these tracks.
Mahalia Jackson — Amazing Grace The Swan Silvertones — Amazing Grace Ethnic Heritage Ensemble — Pharoah Tinariwen — Tamatant Tilay
Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
mix by Ziad Nawfal from Ruptured (@ruptured) music for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal, on Free City Radio
- Interbellum - Ready to dissolve
- Alko B (@alkomusicofficial) - Elephant in the room [Ruptured session]
- Heroes & Villains - The rest is history
- Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Phoenician rose
- Mme Chandelier (@mme-chandelier) - Exodus
- Munma (@munma) + Jad Atoui (@jad-atoui) - Discourse
- Sharif Sehnaoui (@sharif-sehnaoui) - Double standard
art by Franco Grignani.
listen to an in-studio interview with Jade Barshee speaking about the theatre project Bâtardes, a collaboration with Jade's sister Chloé, who write, "Combining anecdotes, poetic monologues, and video archives, Bâtardes delves into a theatrical universe where reality and the imaginary are blurred."
Jade and Chloé co-founded Théâtre Everest "a theatre company, but above all a family project for the Barshee sisters: Chloé, Fanny and Jade. Their theatre practice draws on the social context of today: a contemporary Québec where different cultural realities intermingle and coexist."
this interview was recorded live on Free City Radio on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
accompanying art by Franco Grignani.
interview with artist Karen Nine Fingers !
recorded live on @radiockut program Free City Radio
view Karen's work !
https://www.instagram.com/karen.nine.fingers
hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
mix for Free City Radio via @blunt-chunks for @radiockut broadcast
There You Were — Blunt Chunks Cartwheels — Blunt Chunks Jealous Guy — John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band cover Know Now That It’s Me with @copcarbonfire
a mix by Sarah Shoucri for free city radio, for @radiockut.
image a remix of Franco Grignani.
interview with activist historian Saku Pinta for broadcast on @radiockut.
interview was inspired by this article :
The Mysteries of a Hobo’s Life: Uncovering a Forgotten Revolutionary http://activehistory.ca/2019/01/the-mysteries-of-a-hobos-life-uncovering-a-forgotten-revolutionary/
within the article Saku writes :
"This black and white photograph appears, at first glance, to be quite ordinary. An unidentified man poses in front of a tar paper shack, possibly at a logging camp, hands clasped behind his back. His stony gaze is contemplative, confident. Perhaps even defiant. Little else is known about this individual, aside from the near certainty that he lost his life prematurely and tragically, likely dying for his convictions.
Who was this man? While it is possible that we may never know for certain, examining this photograph reveals a story interwoven with the enduring themes of class, ethnicity, justice, and memory.
The significance of the photograph, and the first clue in the difficult task of determining the man’s identity, is revealed through his inclusion in a collage of six labour martyrs. The creator(s) of the long forgotten collage, also unknown, believed that the unknown man belonged in this collection, suggesting that he too met a similar fate as the others. Yet unlike the others, the photograph of this individual is not a mass produced, postcard-sized portrait photo. Rather, it appears to be a one-off, original photograph, possibly local in origin.
The assembled photographs tell a grim tale of violent class relations in the twentieth century. The trial and execution of three of the men featured in the collage – union artist and songwriter Joe Hill and the Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti – attracted worldwide attention. All three became powerful symbols of a judicial system tarnished by an anti-immigrant bias that fueled their convictions, a prejudice further intensified by their political beliefs, and expedited by their low economic status.
While lesser known, the other three men in the collage – union organizers Frank Little , Wesley Everest, and William McKay – all lost their lives brutally at the hands of anti-union vigilantes. Since their murderers were never apprehended, their deaths appeared to confirm to others like them – poor, itinerant workers who sought to improve their incomes and working conditions through collective action – that the law did not apply equally to all people."
underground sounds on 04/03/2019 show hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff live on @radiockut
Lido Pimienta (@lido-pimienta) — Humano Narcy (@thenarcicyst) — Time (ft Mashrou Leila) Ian Kamau — Traffic Euphrates (feat. @thenarcicyst) — Told You So ft. D-Shade Lido Pimienta (@lido-pimienta) — Humano (Soy Tippi Remix) A Tribe Called Red (@a-tribe-called-red) — The Road Jordan Christoff (@jordanchristoff) — Wash (via @constellationtatsu) Julia E. Dyck (@ghoultalk) — changes made Hubert Gendron-Blais (@hubertgendron-blais) — Le désir est un exil, le désir est un désert ... LOWEBRAU (@lowebrau) — Maladroit Sam Shalabi (@mr-squishy-21) — live on @radiockut Secret Pyramid (@secretpyramid) — 'Distant Works II' excerpt JERUSALEM IN MY HEART — Yudaghdegh el-ra3ey wala al-ghanam (via @constellation-records) PJS (@pjs11) — Gates (via Aural Canyon @user-946354589) H. de Heutz — Receiver (excerpt) Xarah Dion (@zodiaquemusique) — Fugitive DJ rhythm and hues : "solidarity mix for Guinean campaign against deportations" (created for broadcast on @radiockut)
image is a photo of the moon Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.
listen to an interview with Laurence Beaudoin Morin and Alegría Lemay-Gobeil speaking about their collective work and community arts performance project Auto-workshops.
info : https://www.facebook.com/autoworkshopsurlaroute
recorded live on Free City Radio, on @radiockut, by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
all vinyl mix by @joni_void for Free City Radio, to broadcast on @radiockut.
Joni writes :
"most of it was conceived for a DJ set for a dance night organized by Jevon Voon, which was named Junk Dreams, and then I added/replaced some songs from other sets I played later. It's much more appropriate for radio/online listening anyway - there's a narrative to this mix, I basically imagine an ancient dream spirit looming over a haunted city (which in this case happens to be Montreal)"
- Delia Derbyshire - The Dreams: Running
- Arandel (@arandel) - In D # 5
- Eduard Artemiev - Meditation (from Stalker OST)
- Unknown Artist (Booma Collective) - Spirit #2
- Hiss Tracts (via @constellation-records) - Windpipe gtrs
- Tanya Tagaq (@tanya-tagaq) - Uja
- Clipping. (@clppng) - Block
- Jason Sharp (via @constellation-records) - In the Construction of the Chest, There Is a Heart
- Katsunori Sawa (@enormous-oclock) - Escape
- Vince Staples - Lift Me Up
- Jemh Circs - Persian Knives
- Goldie - Inner City Life (2017 Rebuild)
- Moor Jewelry - The City
- Decon/Recon 2 - #3
- Christoph de Babalon (@christoph-de-babalon) - High Life (Theme)
- Jen Reimer (@jenreimer) & Max Stein (@maxwell) - Victoria Metro
- Kenji Kawai - Making of Cyborg / Ghosthack
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - LIFE, LIFE
- Lea Bertucci (@lea-bertucci) - At Dawn
- Bongripper - Endless
accompanying photo is a family photo from Bulgaria, from Stefan @spirodon Christoff's family photo albums.
a little text that I wrote after being refused entry into the U.S. in late 2018, this is the text published on Dec. 7th, 2018. a version of this recorded was included in a soundscape presented by Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) in Boston.
U.S. border agent asks if you know Nelson Mendela’s work, while examining your belongings. you respond positively with a smile, your then lead to a border zone waiting area. // snow outside is pretty, sun shining on strange glass & steel concert border post, looking like a cold industrial lego set for an imagined Walmart-style colonial fortress. // fast forward a couple hours, phone confiscated. agents sit in front of you, armed. a giant flat screen is recording you, Homeland Security guys identify themselves, tell you your being recorded, ask many questions, grandparent names, places you have visited, ”why ? why ? why ?” more questions about your art also. you start getting foggy, what is there to really say ? // no trip to Boston, but my latest zine was folded open by the Homeland Security agent, “so, is this your art?” // forced finger prints & photos, “or you can sit in a cell.” not cool. // borders no more, sunshine sees no borders, life sees no borders, that’s the truth.
mix for Free City Radio created by one half of the excellent duo project of H. de Heutz, info on the band : https://hdeheutz.bandcamp.com
Remember now, right now — mix
- Tsehaytu Beraki - Mejemeria Fikri
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Almost (Hannett Cargo Studios version)
- Pre Fix - Underneathica
- Lord Tang - Drips
- Maria Monti - Dove
- Hugo Largo - It's Unclear (live at the Knitting Factory, 19/05/91)
artist talk by Martin Akwiranoron Loft as part of the Radioélectrique series hosted by Free City Radio !
recorded for broadcast on @radioCKUT !
mix for Free City Radio via @anthene for broadcast on @radioCKUT !
Ryuichi Sakamoto (@ryuichi_sakamoto) — Solari Shida Shahabi (@shida-shahabi) — Pretty in Plums Laurie Spiegel — Three Sonic Spaces III Sarah Davachi (@sarahdavachi) — Evensong Richard Skelton — Calm Bearer Ian William Craig — The Last Wesbrook Lament
graphic by stefan @spirodon christoff.
free city radio music mix by Antonio Denis !
charles fenckler (@charlesfenckler) — stellar acid pier (@pierparis) — late rave FJAAK (@fjaak) — the tube checkpoint 303 (@checkpoint303) — abraj elias rahbani — dance of maria al massrieen — sah neşe karaböcek — yali yali (@toddterje edit) house of jazz — hold your head up acid arab (@acid-arab) feat. @saeid-shanbehzadeh — amal schwefelgelb (@schwefelgelb) — es zieht mich [aw XI] casablanca shuffle — belbao moodymann — sunday morning she's a bad mama jama — carl carlton
graphic by stefan @spirodon christoff
musical experimentations at fattal loft with Will Austin, playing synth, Will is playing electric bass & drum machine.
Secret Pyramid (@secretpyramid) mix for Free City Radio. for broadcast on @radiockut
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fullmoon Mary Lattimore (@maryphilly) - The Quiet at Night Labradford - S Bernard Parmegiani - Incidences/Resonances CV & JAB - Fingers Of Thought Otto Totland - Enter Andrew Chalk - Sleeping Stillness
interview with artist, dancer and choreographer Kim-Sanh Châu speaking on Free City Radio on @radiockut about current projects, creative process and collaborations with local musicians like Hazy Montagne Mystique.
this interview broadcast live on CKUT radio, interview recorded by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, it features music by Hazy Montagne Mystique.
shaun weadick (@coyotemusic-1) playing live on Free City Radio + also a discussion on creative practice, song writing and the world !
recorded live on @radioCKUT with Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a live sound mix by sound artist Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) live on @radioCKUT in Montreal.
00:00-4:13 Stefan Christoff @spirodon + Joseph Sannicandro (temps de travail, syncope, 2018)
4:13-4:45 Joseph Sannicandro - "Prostrate Prayer" [fx] (Cathedrals Project, 2015)
4:30-6:13 John Fahey "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (The New Possibility, 1968)
6:00-7:15 PJS (@pjs11) "glows" (2018)
6:56-8:55 Low "If You were born today (song for little baby Jesus)" (Christmas, 1998)
8:03-9:27 Joseph Sannicandro "doorway drone" (Cathedrals Project, 2015)
9:07 - 9:40 Joseph Sannicandro "Pisciotta at 19h" (unreleased field-recording, 2018)
9:30 - 10:22 the new objective - "Madras" (le maitre ignorant, 2012)
10:01-12:00 Luciano Cilio "Study for Winds" (Dialoghi del presente, 1977/2004)
10:30- 11:30 Joseph Sannicandro - "crutch drone" (Cathedrals Project, 2015)
11:30-13:08 Joseph Sannicandro - "the limits of solidarity" [sample from Jonas Carpignano's film Mediterranea (2012)]
12:15-13:30 Walter Marchetti - "nei mari del sud musica in secca" (nei mari del sud musica in secca, 1999)
13:10-14:20 Joseph Sannicandro - "Pisciotta bells and sewer and cars (unreleased field-recording, 2018)
13:37- 14:38 Halim El-Dabh - "Wire Recorder Piece" (excerpt) (1944)
14:25-15:35 Fabrizio De André - "Sidun" (opening samples of crowd, Ariel Sharon, Ronald Reagan and short melody (Creuza de ma, 1984/2014)
15:09-16:37 Jerusalem in my Heart (via @constellation-records) "Yudaghdegh El-ra3ey Walal-Ghanam" (mo7it al-mo7it, 2013)
16:15-18:18 Futuro Antico - "Schirak" (Futuro Antico, 1980/2014)
17:28-18:28 Joseph Sannicandro - "cloud of bugs" (unreleased field-recording, 2017)
18:07-18:35 Joseph Sannicandro - "aventino trombetta" (unreleased field-recording, 2015)
18:20-19:15 Francesco Messina - "Harem" (Medio Occidente, 1983)
19:05-21:15 Dissói Lógoi – "Da Occidente A Oriente" (Da Occidente A Orient, 1993)
21:00-22:33 Paolo Fresu, Daniele di Bonaventura, A Filetta Corsican Voices - "Sanctus" (Mistico Mediterraneo, 2011)
21:48-21:22:30 Joseph Sannicandro - "McCarren Park at night" (unreleased field-recording, 2017)
22:30-24:26:40 Heroin in Tahiti - "Elba" (Sun and Violence, 2015)
23:00-26:20 JS - "Monti, Roma" (unreleased field-recording, 2015)
26:17-27:20 Cheikha Rimitti - "Bakhta" (Aux Sources Du Raï, 1999)
27:07-29:55 Francesco Messina / Raul Lovisoni "Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo" (Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo, 1979)
29:26-31:53 Franca Sacchi - "Danza mia cara" (En, 1971/2004)
30:20-33:10 Joseph Sannicandro "Piazza Pinto, Pisciotta: Children playing in the late evening 1020pm (unreleased field-recording, 2018)
31:28-32:30 Claudio Rocchi - "Tarantella" (Suoni Di Frontiera, 1976/2017)
32:12-32:55 Alan Lomax & Diego Carpitella - "Tammurinata" (Italian Treasury: Sicily, 2000)
32:40-34:22 Futuro Antico - "Concrete music / oa-oa" (Dai primitivi all’elettronica, 1990/2014)
33:10 (and repeating) Small sample from Lucio Battisti - "Anima Latina" (Anima Latina, 1974)
33:57-35:11 Luciano Cilio - "Interludio" (Dialoghi del presente, 1977/2004)
34:22-34:56 Joseph Sannicandro "Tarrytown horn" (unreleased field-recording, 2018)
34:57-37:12 Arif Sağ – "Yandim seker" (Anadolu Döktürmeler, 2000)
36:01-37:45 Muqata'a (@muqataa) - "Istihdar" (Inkanakuntu, 2018)
37:45-39:13 Machinefabriek (@machinefabriek) - "Sirocco" (Sahara Mixtape, 2018)
38:30-40:10 Joseph Sannicandro "click clack" (unreleased field-recording, 2015)
39:10-41:12 Joseph Sannicandro - "The Sun Sets in the West pt 1" (The Sun Sets in the West, 2017)
39:38-42:30 Sicilian field-recordings
40:12-41:15 Joseph Sannicandro - "written history, white light" (galaverna, 2015)
41:19-42:20 Pergolesi - "Stabat Mater"
41:40-42:35 JS - "BLM speeches for Philando Castile, Gov Mansion protest, St-Paul" (unreleased field-recording, 2016)
42:22-43:15 the new objective - "matt wivviott remix" (unreleased, 2013)
listen to a @radioCKUT interview with artist Christine Francis, live on Free City Radio.
recorded live by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
live in-studio interview with artist Freda Guttman.
Freda is a Montreal artists who has deep roots in exploring the intersections between social justice struggles and the arts, info on Freda's work at : https://www.fredaguttman.com
recorded at @radioCKUT by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a live in-studio session with @grhmbvrl on Free City Radio !
info on grhmbvrl's recent release via Quiet Bedrooms at :
https://qtqb.bandcamp.com/album/grhmbvrl-xiao-xuan-split-qb004
live on @radioCKUT with Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with activist and artist Gabriel Allahdua, a migrant farmworker from St. Lucia who works with Justice for Migrant Workers and contributed to 'Speaking Fruit' a trans disciplinary project by artist Farrah Miranda, which Farrah describes as "a mobile road-side fruit-stand and design studio that feeds the movement for migrant farmworker rights."
full info : http://farrahmiranda.com
this interview was recorded for CKUT radio broadcast in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
interview avec Hazy Montagne Mystique ! @hazy-montagne-mystique
live on Free City Radio @radioCKUT
interview with Kiva Stimac on the Charley Stimac honorary Fund for Peace and Justice in the Arts, recorded live on @radiockut for the Montréal Sessions within the context of the Suoni per il Popolo festival.
listen to an interview with choreographer Heryka Miranda who worked on the dance elements involved in the work Speaking Fruit a trans disciplinary project by artist Farrah Miranda, which Farrah describes as "a mobile road-side fruit-stand and design studio that feeds the movement for migrant farmworker rights."
full info : http://farrahmiranda.com
this interview was recorded for CKUT radio broadcast in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to an interview with trans disciplinary artist Farrah Miranda sharing ideas, background and context on Speaking Fruit, that Farrah describes as "a mobile road-side fruit-stand and design studio that feeds the movement for migrant farmworker rights."
full info : http://farrahmiranda.com
this interview was recorded for CKUT radio broadcast in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a mix selected by Kawtare Bihya for Free City Radio !
below is the track listing !
Yusef Lateef — Like It Is Oum — Aji El Far3i (@el-far3i) — Tghayarti / الفرعي - تغيرتي Expression Direkt — La roue tourne Kery James — Banlieusards
Free City Radio mix by Steve Bates (@steve-bates) ! for broadcast on @radioCKUT
Kali Malone (@kali-malone) — Prelude — Organ Dirges 2016-2017 Toshimaru Nakamura — NIMB #56 — NIMB #9 Yiorgis Sakellariou (@mecha_orga) — A1 (excerpt) — Diapsalmata: A Collection Of Short Works MMMD (@mohammadsound) — Akvo De — Hagazussa The Dead C — Mighty (acoustic) — Trapdoor Fucking Exit Ut — Evangelist — In Gut’s House Body/Head — You Don’t Need — The Switch Hidup Damai — Senyawa — Menjadi Mamman Sani — Samari Da Yan Matan — Unreleased Tapes 1981-1984 Loren Connors — Mother & Son — Hell’s Kitchen Park
accompanying graphic by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, a night time sky photo remixed.
an in-studio interview @radioCKUT with Dana El Masri the force behind Parfums Jazmin Saraï !
info on the project : https://www.jazminsarai.com
accompanying this interview are two songs selected by Dana, one by Fairuz the other by Abdel Halim Hafez.
accompanying image is a photo of a nighttime flower remixed.
a live guitar set on Free City Radio 02/01/2019 by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, thanks to Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) for recording this set ! graphic is based on a hand written flyer for the in-studio set at @radioCKUT.
soundscape including both a CNN & Al Jazeera live news sample played at home computer, a piano / double bass excerpt from a practice with Peter Burton, sounds from Guy-Concordia metro with a busker.
Philippe Manasseh (@wakeisland) worked on a free city radio mix
Boot & Tax (@bootandtax) — Confuzed House Omar Souleyman — Wenu Wenu Said Mrad (@djsaidmrad) — One Thousand & One Nights (Alf Leyla We Layla) [Club Version] Dreems & @jamieblanco — Percussive Racing Cars (@moscoman Remix) Yasmine Hamdan (@yasminehamdan) — Get it Right Haifa Wehbe — Agoul Ahwak Sash! — Encore Une Fois Bendaly Family — Do You Love Me? Do You Do You?
ForRawanInGaza — is a grassroots effort in Montréal to support Rawan, a medical student studying at Al-Azhar university in Gaza, Palestine. Rawan is an eighteen-year-old Palestinian student, who is a part of community efforts to strengthen local medical infrastructure in Gaza, Palestine & is currently studying to be a doctor, but needs financial solidarity & support, due to a low family income within the context of the ongoing Israeli military siege & navel blockade on Gaza. working right now with a Palestinian family in Montréal to support Rawan. till date we have raised $495.68 Canadian, we aim to raise more, if you want to support please write at stefan.christoff [ a t ] gmail . com
thank you !
worked on this mix with Tesfa David Llewellyn while we worked together at La Sala Rosa resturant, these are some of tracks that Tesfa would play at work and we worked on curating this mix together during a quiet shift during the summer 2018. thanks for listening, Stefan @spirodon Christoff, below is the track listing !
The Durutti Column — Never Know Echo and the Bunnymen — The Killing Moon Omar Rodriguez Lopez & John Frusciante — 0 Bad Brains — Big Takeover Fear — Foreign Policy Mecano — Barco a Venus A Flock of Seagulls — Nightmares MC5 — Skunk (Sonically Speaking) Jim Sullivan — UFO
an interview with photographer Ahmad Naser-Eldein.
https://www.ahmadnasereldein.com
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
a sonic experimentation recorded today, involving organ keys (no electronics), sounds from Mars and a greeting to the universe in Polish that plays on the Voyager spacecraft.
thanks for listening !
— stefan @spirodon
interview with artist, dancer & musician Adam Kinner (@adam-kinner) speaking about the exhibition Artexte described below :
"This exhibition at Artexte experiments with the paradoxical notion of the outside. At once an escape and an inevitable recuperation, at once an impossible imaginary and the only option for a future, the notion of an outside animates and distinguishes artistic, cultural and political practices. What is at stake in this delimitation between inside and outside, this world and others? We want to leave, but how and where to?
Starting from the idea that the outside is a performance, this exhibition brings together traces of actions that rethink leaving, that perform outness in all its circumscribed and impossible glory. Coming from jazz improvisation, the term outness is most directly understood as a temporary leaving (of the harmony, the rhythm, or the melody) that produces the enclosure it simultaneously escapes or denies. Across the borders of nations, institutions, collections, disciplines, careers and lives, outness—here—is a multiplicity of practices that help to redraw boundaries and rethink our enclosures."
radio electrique event II
a live recordings from the second Radioélectrique concert at 'Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café' — this show featured Amir Amiri and Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) on guitar.
thank you to Nick Schofield @nickschofield for recording the show for broadcast on @radiockut !
Ian de Souza (@lalforest) mix for Free City Radio on @radioCKUT !
- ‘Over The Hillside’
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The Blue Nile (@the-blue-nile-official)
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‘Retrograde’
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James Blake (@jamesblakeofficial)
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‘Courtship’
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Björk (@bjork)
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‘Perfect Darkness’
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Fink (@fink)
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‘Lost And Found’
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Lianne La Havas (@liannelahavas)
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Silence Is The Way
- Laura Mvula (@lauramvula)
listen to a live edition of Free City Radio on @radioCKUT with Dayna Danger speaking on the Missing Justice campaign.
vous pouvez y écouter une interview de l'artiste Stella Adjokê, enregistrée pour diffusion à la @radiockut.
an interview with artist / community activist Stella Adjokê.
in-studio discussion on the struggle for more accessible public transit in Montreal within the context of the Projet Montréal administration & also a critique toward the federal Liberal government's implication of private finance capital profit mechanisms within the federal infrastructure bank.
this discussion was broadcast live on CKUT fm with Dru Oja Jay who is a researcher and writer (and a founding activist from Comité d'action solidaire contre l'austerité - CASA) and Cathy Inouye from Project Genesis and also representing Le Mouvement pour un transport public abordable (MTPA) in Montreal.
recorded live on @radiockut's program Free City Radio, hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
interview / live in-studio performance with singer-songwriter Pedro Diaz, live on Free City Radio on @CKUTFM
recorded with Stefan @spirodon Christoff
interview with A. Hadi Qaderi on "In my head your fields of ruins"
écoutez une interview de l'écrivain A. Hadi Qaderi à la @radiockut.
listen to an interview with community activist & artists Amanada Ruiz speaking on the Letters for Lucy project & the ongoing efforts to support Lucy Granados who was deported from Canada in 2018.
more info on the Letters for Lucy project visit :
http://howlarts.net
this interview was recorded live on @radiockut on the Tuesday Morning After.
listen to an interview with Beatriz Paz speaking on the realities of indigenous land rights in Mexico today & the efforts by indigenous people to preserve their cultural heritage & rights.
Beatriz Paz is a Mexican researcher and publisher. She is the co-founder of INDIGENIA, a non-profit organization whose main campaign aims to expand recognition of the Wixárika culture through exhibitions of art and design, lectures, workshops, festivals and culinary activities; and who collaborates directly with a Wixárika community in the state of Jalisco that is facing life-threatening problems of drought and occupation of their territories.
She works in the fields of communication studies, social communication and contemporary art. She collaborates as a translator in the construction of a news platform between Mexican and US anarchists: http://voicesinmovement.org
Her main lines of research are printed publications of anarchism in Mexico; the construction of propaganda by the government and its official forms of communication as well as the emergence of channels of counter-propaganda, and the distinct phases of the Dirty War from its beginning in the early 60’s up until the present moment. She bilingually edits art books, audiobooks and zines about post-civilization, manifestos, gender, and news of liberation struggles.
recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a mix by @sound-and-process for Free City Radio on @radiockut !
Emily A. Sprague (@mlesprg) — Synth 3 glia (@glia) — cosmophonic phonofunk Joshua Andrew — Modular Sketchbook: Beverly Beach, OR Cool Maritime — Mossage (via @leavingrecords) warm human (@warmhuman) — dog years Nick Turner (@tyrestasounds) — Union Pier Winter Meng Qi (@mengqimusic) — 晚风 wanfeng andrew c.s. / Irving Park (@andrew-shike) — Settling Noises
Sound + Process collaborates with this project : http://llllllll.co
Listen to an interview with Antonio Tujan of IBON an independent research organization based in Manila. The interview explores the current social, economic and political effects of the WTO on the Philippines, while reflecting on the recent WTO negotiations in Geneva, which concluded on July 31st.
The WTO negotiations have been projected as a breakthrough by economic and political elites around the world, while social movements in the Philippines and throughout the Global South stress that the Geneva negotiations only illustrate the neo-colonial nature of the WTO.
The Geneva negotiations focused on key trade policy issues, which lead to the collapse of the September 2003 WTO Ministerial negotiations in Cancun Mexico, such as large Agricultural Subsidies maintained by northern countries and the TRIPS Agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights).
YlangYlang (@ylangylang) en direct sur Free City Radio ! live on Free City Radio !
une émission en direct sur @radiockut, animée par Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a live broadcast on CKUT, hosted by Stefan Christoff.
listen to an interview with Bill V. from Solidarity Across Borders speaking about the struggle against the deportation of Lucy Granados.
recorded live on @radiockut
stefan @spirodon
listen to an in-studio interview with musician Bryan Highbloom how also performs a solo piece on saxophone on Free City Radio, broadcast live on @radiockut by stefan @spirodon christoff.
a music mix for CKUT radio (@radiockut)
Gam̈a͇ (@gvmv) — live @voodoohop - ressonar #8 (excerpt) Shinya Sugimoto, Jeremy Young (@palavermusic) + @julia-kent — Fictional Shinya Sugimoto, Jeremy Young (@palavermusic) + @julia-kent — Archived Heart CJ Boyd — precariat — Entropy Rising part 2 (via @joyful-noise-recordings) Zusaan Kali Fasteau — From Above Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg — part III PortableCosmoShrine — # 1 Bedia Akartürk — Özür diliyorum senden Bedia Akartürk — İğdeler Göğerdi Bedia Akartürk — Sal Allahım Bedia Akartürk — Al Fadimem Bedia Akartürk — Bademler Ziad Rahbani — Mais El Rim
this mix was created for broadcast on CKUT by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
an interview with photographer Philippe Teixeira St Cyr & host of Free City Radio (Stefan Christoff) on the current photo exhibition taking place at KazaMaza in Montreal, featuring guests from live Free City Radio broadcasts in Montreal, live on @radiockut
interview conducted by community radio host & Concordia University professor Elena Razlogova on the Tuesday Morning After.
info on exhibition :
https://www.pteixcyr.com/freecityradio
mix from DJ set at Casa del Popolo.
Töria (@k-toria) — The Sound Of Chains, via @thebrvtalistxx Mozhgan (@mozhgan) — Sunset Campout 2014 live (excerpt from mix) Lusca San (@luscasan) — Antecipação اسلام شيبسي خالد ماندو آسلام تآتآ - مولد الغول [EEK MOULID EL GHOUL (@islamchipsyeek)] MORANA (@m-o-r-a-n-a) - РАЗУМ ЗАМИРАЕТ, via @rawrussian Ksetdex (@ksetdex) — Marathon, via @sound-transitions Jean Michel Jarre — Equinoxe Part 5 (single edit) Ziad Rahbani — Abu Ali
listen to an interview with Jordan Arseneault (@jordan-arseneault) speaking on the http://mediaqueer.ca project, the ideas, artists & cultural moments in queer cinema / artistic history that the project is working to share & archive.
for broadcast on @ckutfm // image from Michael McGarry.
écouter une interview de l'écrivain Raphaël Hubert sur le projet de livre :
La charge de l'air (en suspension)
via Collectif d'édition Sabotart.
pour @radiockut
Julia E Dyck (@ghoultalk & also from @xxfilesradio) worked on a mix for Free City Radio on @radiockut
Thick Pigeon — Subway Caterina Barbieri (@caterinabarbieri) — Scratches on the Readable Surface Experimental Housewife (@experimental-housewife) — Scared of the Midwest (Never a Land Without People Compilation) Zoe Mc Pherson (@zoemcpherson) — vi.Inoui (and free) Soeur Acéphale — Un Florilège de Tissus Cicatriciels, 3 (Never a Land Without People Compilation) Ghoultalk — foolish pleasure Puce Mary — red desert Lucrecia Dalt (@lucreciadalt) — Liminalidad Inga Copeland — I Am Your Ambient Wife Kee Avil (@keeavil) — Thinkstill
radio announce @radiockut for Free City Radio photo exhibition.
Free City Radio — in photo an exhibition at KazaMaza
KazaMaza, 4629 Ave. Du Parc Montreal, doors 20h suggested donation 10$ no one turned away
featuring photos from live studio sessions on CKUT 90.3FM photographs by P. Teixcyr.
exhibition launch featuring performances by :
Hoda Adra Amir Amiri Valerie Curro Khayat
presentations by :
Amru Salahuddien - عمرو صلاح الدين Sameer Zuberi
this exhibition features photos of live radio sessions at CKUT & also one live concert hosted by Free City Radio at Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café, the exhibition features photographs of :
Hoda Adra (@h-o-d-a) Amir Amiri (@amiramiri) Buffalo Hat Singers Catherine Debard (@ylangylang) Tamara Filyavich (@istorm98) Freda Guttman Valerie Curro Khayat (@valeriecurrokhayatmusic) Amru Salahuddien Sameer Zuberi Zafer Zephyr (@zaferviola)
join us !
info freecityradio.org
this is a CKUT radio co-presentation.
Free City Radio music mix via @alexiaavina for broadcast on @radiockut
Lisa/Liza (@lisa-liza) — Encounters Sufjan Stevens — Should Have Known Better (via @asthmatickitty) Kate Bush — Moving Arthur Russell — That's Us / Wild Combination Nick Drake — Place To Be Jennifer Castle — Texas (via @paradise-of-bachelors)
underground sounds on @radiockut (27/08/2018) hosted by @anarchistmountains (Jordan Christoff (@jordanchristoff) + Stefan @spirodon Christoff)
Le Révélateur (@le-revelateur) — Bleu Nuit Markus Floats (@markusfloats) — excerpts via "First Album" anthéne (@anthene) — astrid RAMZi (@ramzihouti) feat. Hashman Deejay (@hashmandeejay) — Warhasu YlangYlang (@ylangylang) — Yearning (via @crashsymbols) Temple Volant (@templevolant) — Bioluminescence Petra Glynt (@petra-glynt) — Up To The People (@doldrumss remix, via @vibeovermethod) Sam Binga (@sam_binga) & Rider Shafique Ft Stush — King & Queen (@taal-mala RMX) Seb Wildblood (@sebwildblood) - :~^ (@yu_su remix) (@stampthewax Premiere) Blunt Chunks (@blunt-chunks) — Morning I Was Supposed to Leave Leticia Trandafir (@softcoresoft) — Gut Feeling Femminielli Noir (@femminielli) — Fianchettoed Hustle (via @mindrecords-1) Cop Car Bonfire (@copcarbonfire) — Stellar Nursery Rhyme Jesse Osborne-Lanthier (@jesseosbornelanthier) & Grischa Lichtenberger (@grischenka) — 4% (Maurice) Audio Architect (@audio-architech) — Keeping it Unreal Cop Car Bonfire (@copcarbonfire) — Day Sleeping YlangYlang (@ylangylang) + Doldrums (@doldrumss) — (a rehearsal excerpt.) Drama Lost (@the-librarian) — (via @eastvandigital) Self Evident (@self_evident) — Nightglow Text Chunk (@textchunk) — No Fun The Mountain Has Overturned — (Balkan folk song)
Little Ann — Deep Shadows Lee Moses — Bad Girl Kansas City Express — This Is The Place Jackie Wilson — Higher and Higher Curtis Mayfield — Little Child Running Wild Sons Of Kemet (@sons-of-kemet) — My Queen Is Mamie Phipps Clark (via @naimrecs) Le Couleur (@lecouleur) — L'amour le jour (via @lisbon-lux-records) Sixth June — Night Before (via @mannequin-label) Morte Psíquica — O Túnel Drab Majesty (@drab-majesty) — Behind the Wall (via @daisrecords) Handsome Furs — I'm confused
music mix via spirodon.
Bobby Hutcherson — Clockwork Of The Spirits Azymuth — Linha Do Horizonte Nujabes — Feather Jinsang — Journey Souls Of Mischief — 93 'Til Infinity High Tone (@hightone) — Hempro 905 The Creators — Kronkite (Instrumental) Ty (@tymusical) — Let's Start Roger Molls (@roger-molls) — Rewind Minutemen — Cohesion Knowledge — Sentry I Jah Solomon — Jahoviah In Crowd — Born In Ethiopia Dub Chronixx & Protoje — Who Knows
spirodon mix 17/08/2018
Areski Belkacem — Un beau matin Arvo Pärt — Für Alina Caterina Barbieri (@caterinabarbieri) — Scratches on the Readable Surface (via @importantrecords) Eleven Pond (@elevenpond) — Watching Trees New Order — Your Silent Face Angelo Taylor — Pulsation of Light (excerpt) Polar Inertia (@polarinertia) — Parallel Transport (via @dement3d) Silent Servant — Invocation Of Lust Schwefelgelb (@schwefelgelb) — Fokus (excerpt) (via @aufnahme-wiedergabe) Marcel Khalifé — Granada (excerpt) Ziad Al Ahmadie — Sahra Bomba Estereo (@bombaestereo) — Pure Love (@cero39 rmx) KiFF KENZO (@kiffkenzo) — Je La Veux Damso (@damsoofficial) — Noir Meilleur
Hands in the Dark (records) @hitd-3 mix for Free City Radio !
Tomaga — A Perspective With No End Brian Case — RU? Matt Jencik — The Future Door Egyptology (@egyptology) — A Remarkable Dream Bitchin Bajas (@bitchin-bajas) — No Tabac Byron Westbrook (@corridors) — Dance in Free Fall Mayerling — Persistence Rétinienne
art work by Franz Kline, also to broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal.
mix for Free City Radio via Unperceived records (@unperceived-records)
below are the tracks included & the times, as outlined by Unperceived records records !
00:00-01:30 | Jacob Pavek (@jacob-pavek) - Dreams of Light
01:30-04:50 | Niklas Paschburg (@niklas-paschburg) - Holtnevel
04:50-08:45 | Mechanitis (@mechanitis) - Mechanitis (feat. Tanya Batt @tanyabatt) [Tom Adams @aswefallintostatic RMX]
08:45-14:05 | Memum (@memum) - Illuminate
14:05-18:20 | Himmelsrandt (@himmelsrandt) - End of all Life
18:20-21:20 | Harnes Kretzer (@harneskretzer) - Fucked Up Anthem
21:20-25:20 | Kryshe (@kryshe) - Salutation
art work by Seth Tobocman : http://www.sethtobocman.com
CKUT radio mix !
Waak Waak Djungi — White Cockatoo (via @efficientspace) SABRINA & SAMANTHA (@sabrinaandsamantha) — "Oakisland" (via @edbangerrecords) TOMAGA — Memory In Vivo Exposure (Parts 1 & 2) (via @hitd-3) SAÅAD (@saaadnotes) — Offline Migrations (via @hitd-3) anthéne (@anthene) — astrid (via @assemblyfield) Minism — via @12k Lluvia de estrellas — via @12k Kin Leonn (@kin-leonn) — Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Rework) via @kitchen-label Heads/Shackles — Endless (End Remix) via @vikingsade
a radio tribute to the late Dave Deporis broadcast live on @radiockut on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, on "If You Got Ears"
featuring the following tracks :
Dave Deporis — Plywood Door Dave Deporis — Swan King in the Snow Dave Deporis — Ghost Song excerpt from Counted : An Oakland Story via @snapjudgment Dave Deporis — All Night Dave Deporis — We Are Like Wolves Dave Deporis — Emancipation Dave Deporis — Be Strong Dave Deporis — Mastodon Dave Deporis — Rainbows Diane Cluck (@dianecluck) — Sara Dave Deporis — At the End of the Tunnel Dave Deporis — Violent Dancing Dave Deporis — The Fidgeteers' Anthem Dave Deporis — Black Geese ep Dave Deporis — Swan King in the Snow Dave Deporis — Plywood Door
Underground Sounds radio mix !
Jordan Christoff — Angel Flow Amir Amiri (@amiramiri) — Lullaby for Azar Cris Derksen (@cris-derksen) — Fires Graham Beverley (@grhmbvrl) — éphémère [fragment] Le Berger (@leberger)+ @static — A pond begging you to leap - Celeste's Fall (via @futuresequence) Alex Ookpik (@alexookpik) — Wild live synth bit (of "Widow'sWalk") Nick Kuepfer (@kuepfer) — Perros De Uspallata (via @constellation-records) Jordan Christoff — Bones
music mix broadcast on CKUT, on July 13th, 2018, music selections via Stefan @spirodon with suggestions from Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) via @acloserlisten.
Mario Batkovic — Quatere (via @invadauk) ILIVEHERE. (@iliveheremusic) — two Matthewdavid (@matthewdavid) & EMV (@ericvallely) — Waxing Gibbous Moon (via @leavingrecords) Charbonneau / Amato — A. Sound Asleep (via @paper-bag-records) Shuta Yasukochi (@shuta-yasukochi) — Leaving (via @archives-5) Shuta Yasukochi (@shuta-yasukochi) — Yoru (Alex Bober @boberalx Remix) (via @archives-5) Mario Batkovic — Restrictus (via @invadauk) Ryuichi Sakamoto (@ryuichi-sakamoto-official) / Illuha / Taylor Deupree (@taylordeupree) — Perpetual (via @12k) Ahmed Malek — Atlassi Tomutonttu (@tomutonttu) — Katukissan puhe (via @leavingrecords) Altin Gün — Tatli Dile Guler Yuze (via @bongojoerecordshop) Dave Deporis (@youhavepowers) — Plywood Door
CANADIANS QUESTIONING ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN This past weekend marked the highest combat-related death toll for Canadian troops in a twenty-four-hour period since the Korean War. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Canada has an estimated 2300 troops operating in Afghanistan; the majority are directly involved in ongoing combat activities in southern Afghanistan dubbed “Operation Medusa”. Four Canadian soldiers were killed in gun battles on Sunday. Another died Monday due to a U.S. air strike in an incident that has been described as “friendly-fire”. Sid Lacombe of the Canadian Peace Alliance. (audio) “We will see more Canadians coming home in body bags and we will also see more Afghan civilians being killed. As we have seen over the course of recent weeks there have been a number of cases.” Military officials estimate that NATO forces have killed over 200 Afghan fighters since the beginning of “Operation Medusa”. Major political parties in Canada are calling for the full withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News from Montreal.
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and The Right of Return (3:49)
As much of the world’s focus has turned toward the Israeli withdrawal of illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon – the majority of whom were displaced through the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, continue to demand their right to return to their villages, towns and cities throughout Palestine. Mohammed Shublaq and Stefan Christoff visited the Lebanese refugee camps and file this report.
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Settlement: Canadians Wronged Indigenous People The Canadian Government & the Anglican Church of Canada have recently struck a deal to share the costs of the over 12,000 of law suits filed by indigenous people who were abused at residential schools. The deal will force the Anglican Church to pay 30 per cent of the settlements amounting to over $25-million dollars, Ottawa will pay the other 70 percent. Stefan Cristoff reports from Montreal, Canada.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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Canadians Protest Condaleeza Rice (3:20)
While George Bush spoke to the nation last night, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice marked the 5 years anniversary of 9/11 north of the border in Halifax, Canada illustrating the growing political relationship between the Canada’s Conservative government & the Bush Administration. Questions regarding Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan were brought to the streets by hundreds of protesters in Halifax who called for a withdrawal of Canadian forces from participation from the “War on Terror”. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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SHOOTING RAMPAGE IN MONTREAL A college in downtown Montreal was the scene of a deadly shooting rampage yesterday. Stefan Christoff reports.
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Canada: Hearings Over Immigration Spark Debate(3:26)
In Canada, a series of government-sponsored hearings on the cultural rights and religious practices of new immigrants, particularly Muslims, has ignited fierce debate. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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a 2003 report for Free Speech Radio News on the Safe Third Country Agreement between the U.S. & Canada & the detrimental impacts on immigrants & refugees. below is the intro text for the report :
Safe 3rd Country Begins (3:50)
The Safe 3rd Country Agreement was signed between Canada & the United States during the G8 Summit in Kananaskis Alberta in June of 2002. The agreement gives the ability to both Canada & the US to automatically deport asylum seekers back to their point of entry, the safe third county. As the Safe Third Country Agreement comes into practice the effects are being illustrated by the case of the thousands of Pakistani’s who are currently fleeing the United States to Canada. For many of the Pakistani asylum seekers their Safe Third Country is returning to the United States where they face INS registration. This agreement now embedded in both Canadian & American law leaves asylum seekers in a much more vulnerable position and with little options when it comes to seeking asylum in North America. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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a report on the struggle against "Security Certificates" in the post 9/11 political environmental in Canada, below is the written intro :
Canada Joins Detention Bandwagon (3:29)
"Within the last few months Canadian police and security officials have made a series of arrests of Muslim community members under what is called a “Security Certificate”. The “Security Certificate” allows the Canadian government to arrest, detain and deport landed immigrants, who are charged with being a “national security” threat. There is no chance of bail, detention can be indefinite and neither the person detained under the “Security Certificate” nor their defence lawyer is allowed to access the “evidence”. And as Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal, the “Security Certificate” is being increasingly used to arrest, detain and deport members of Muslim communities in Canada."
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a report recorded at the protests against the deportation of Pakistani refugees from Montreal in the post 9/11 political atmosphere.
Pakistanis deported from Canada to the US (4:19)
"Currently in Montreal there are hundreds of Pakistani refugees facing deportation to the United States and Pakistan in the coming days, weeks and months. These Pakistani refugees who are mainly Shi’ia Muslim, fleeing religious persecution in Pakistan, are organizing to fight against the efforts of Citizenship and Immigration Canada to deport them. Today one Pakistani family with three children is scheduled for deportation to the US, their case has become a defining point in the fight to stop Pakistani deportations in Montreal. Stefan Christoff reports."
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a report on the first annual Solidarity Across Borders protest in Montreal.
Protests over Refugee Policies in Canada – (2:49)
"This past weekend, refugees from Algeria, Palestine and Pakistan who are facing mass deportation from Canada, marched through the streets of downtown Montreal protesting the policies of the Canadian government. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal."
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a report on the struggle against Security Certificates in Canada in 2004.
Security Certificates in Canada
The recently released Amnesty International Annual Report for 2004 outlined a harsh criticism of the use of “Security Certificates” by the Canadian government. Security Certificates increasingly used after September 11th, allow the indefinite detention and ultimately deportation of foreign nationals, who the Canadian government deems a serious risk to national security of the country. Stefan Christoff reports.
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a report on a Palestinian family that took sanctuary in a Montreal church to fight for refugee status, this is the write-up ...
Palestinian Sanctuary in Canada
Sanctuary in Canadian churches for refugees facing deportation is becoming a growing practice. Currently, there are six cases of refugees in church sanctuaries throughout the country, sparking a national debate on the practice, while also highlighting the growing rejection rates of refugees claiming asylum in Canada post September 11. In Montreal, a family of Palestinian refugees has been in sanctuary for more than six months. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports.
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a report on the struggle against Canada joining a space based U.S. missile system, this was produced in 2004.
Canada-US Missile Defence
In early August, the Canada-U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, was amended toward what critics say pushes Canada toward directly participating in US led plans for a North American Missile Defense Shield. Involvement in Missile Defense and the increased militarization of space as part of the “War on Terror” has become an issue of national debate in Canada. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Police Killing of Aboriginal Man in Canada Sparks Outrage 3:32
The new year began on the Norway House First Nation in northern Manitoba, Canada, with the shooting of an aboriginal man Dennis St. Paul by an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Aboriginal communities in Manitoba and throughout Canada are demanding a public inquiry into the RCMP shooting death, which also has many aboriginal community activists reflecting on the long history of documented police brutality against aboriginal people at the hands of the RCMP. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Proposed Oil Pipeline Affects Indigenous Canadian Community (3:41)
The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline stands to be the largest single industrial development project in the history of Canada. Currently being pushed by the Canadian Government in cooperation with Imperial Oil, the Pipeline – if constructed – could access the largest untapped natural gas reserve on the planet. The Mackenzie Pipeline has sparked controversy in Canada, as its construction path is entirely on indigenous territory and is being met with fierce opposition from indigenous communities throughout Canada’s northern region. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Former leader of the Lebanese Community Party, George Hawi was assassinated in a car bomb in the Kola district of Beirut today. The violence comes one day after the win of Hariri, of the anti-Syrian party. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Beirut.
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Update in Lebanese Elections (4:05) In the shadow of the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, people across Lebanon went to the polls last Sunday in the last of five rounds of regional voting for theParliamentary elections in Lebanon. With a voter turnout estimated by most observers at between 40-50%, Saad Hariri of the Future Movement and son of the slain former Prime Minster lead the Opposition block to a majority in the Lebanese Parliament. In Beirut, Lebanon, FSRN’s Stefan Christoff provides this post-election report.
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon May Have Chance for More Jobs (3:07) Lebanon’s Labor Minister proposed ground-breaking changes to the country’s labor laws this past June. If implemented, the changes will allow hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees residing in Lebanon to work in certain professions. Palestinian refugees in Lebanon do not currently have the right to work in over 70 professions, which has resulted in miserable social-economic conditions, that the UN has outlined as even worse than those in the Occupied Territories. In Beirut, Mohammed Shublaq and Stefan Christoff report.
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Lebanese Government Emerges Out of Economic Crises (3:39)
It has been one month since Lebanon’s 2005 Parliamentary elections saw the anti-Syrian “opposition” coalition lead by Saad Hariri, son of the assassinated former Prime Minister, win a majority of seats. This past week, politicians announced the government’s formation, after a long delay in the shadow of a serious economic crisis. Stefan Christoff and Mohammed Shublaq report from Beirut.
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Canada’s Growing Debate in Afghanistan Involvement Afghanistan is facing the most violent period since the 2001 U.S. lead military invasion. 2 French soldiers, 1 British & 1 Canadian soldier have died this past week sparking growing debate in Canada, responsible for one of the largest foreign troop deployments in the country. Stefan Christoff reports on the reactions in Canada to the growing violence in Afghanistan.
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Canada Considers Sending Troops to Lebanon
Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said today his country only pull its troops out of Southern Lebanon when 5,000 United Nations troops are stationed there. The UN has been having trouble assembling such a force. In Canada, Stefan Christoff reports, opposition parties are calling for the deployment of more than 1,000 Canadian troops.
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NATO Calls for More Troops in Afghanistan
NATO’S top commander today urged member states to send more troops to Afghanistan. This, as a growing death toll is fueling debate within Canada about involvement in the occupation. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Canada maintains one of the most significant NATO-lead forces in Afghanistan with approximately 2300 troops. Growing anger throughout the country at the increasing Canadian death toll in Afghanistan & the U.S. killing of a Canadian soldier has forced organizers of an international air-show in Halifax, Canada to remove the participation of a U.S. war plane. The A-10 Thunderbolt II plane, which has been pulled from the Halifax International Airshow, is the same type of plane that took the life of a Canadian soldier on Monday. Growing anger at the militarization of the Canadian role in Afghanistan is present throughout the country. Stewart Neatby of the Halifax Peace Coalition in Nova Scotia. (sound) “There have been military families in Nova Scotia that have spoken-out critically about the mission, who call for a removal of Canadian troops.” This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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Controversial National Security Law Introduced in Canada (2:35)
Canada’s conservative government has introduced a new national security law, which human rights groups say will amount to racial and religious profiling. The legislation was introduced after the Canadian Supreme Court struck the 30-year-old “security certificate” law that allowed for the indefinite detention of alleged terrorists in Canada. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Indigenous Protestors Sentenced in Canada for Opposing Mining Operation on Their Land In Canada, seven indigenous activists have been sentenced to six months in prison for their role in the struggle against platinum mining activities on their traditional land. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
A remote indigenous community located in northwestern Ontario, known as Big Trout Lake, has been engaged in a months-long struggle against Platinex Inc., an exploratory drilling company, which holds more than 220 mining claims in the area. Mining laws in Ontario allow corporations to stake out territory for potential mines without direct consultation with local indigenous communities, which has been a major source of conflict between native residents and the provincial government over the past year. On Monday, a Canadian judge sentenced Chief Donny Morris and six council members to six months in jail each. The judge found the indigenous activists guilty of violating a court order to stay away from the area of their territory where Platinex had set up operations without community consultation. Chief Morris says that a lawsuit filed by the mining company has depleted the tribal coffers as legal bills have soared into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Despite the legal and financial pressures the first nation’s community, Big Trout Lake, has vowed to continue their protests against corporate mining on traditional territories. For Free Speech Radio News this is Stefan Christoff reporting in Montreal.
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Mohawk Activists Blockade Major Canadian Highway A tense stand off at a Mohawk community in southeastern Ontario has lead to the blockade of one of Canada’s busiest highways. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
The blockade on Highway 6 is the latest action in the fight over a contested tract of land in Southern Ontario. Residents from the Mohawk community of Tyendinaga have maintained a year-long presence at the site known as the Culbertson land tract, a 928 acre piece of territory, which Canadian authorities took from the Mohawks in 1832. Canadian government documents illustrate the Mohawk’s legal ownership over the land. A protest Mohawk activists had called for this past weekend later escalated to an ongoing tense stand-off, a major road blockade, and the arrest of Shawn Brant a well-known Mohawk activist in Canada. Brant spoke to reporters as he was arrested by Ontario Provincial Police. (clip) “This is it; justice for First Nations communities, ‘lock us up’. Anyone who speaks up, lock them up. Lock them up. Don’t fix the problems just lock us up.” The land reclamation began after a private corporation opened a gravel pit on the disputed Mohawk territory without community consultation. For Free Speech Radio News in Montreal, this is Stefan Christoff.
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Palestinians Deported (3:38) Yesterday, 55 years ago a UN mandate created the state of Israel, wherein some 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were forcibly expelled or fled from the militias. A condition of Israel’s admission to the United Nations is repatriation and compensation for the Palestinian refugees, yet to this day nothing has been done nor do the Palestinians have a state. And as Israelis began its so called “Independence Day” celebrations yesterday, an 18 month old Palestinian was shot by the IDF in southern Gaza. The ongoing crisis of the over 4.5 million Palestinian refugees throughout the world who have been illegally denied the right of return to Palestine by Israel has come into focus in Montreal Canada where there are currently over 100 Palestinian refugees facing deportation in the coming days, weeks and months. The refugees are predominantly from the Occupied Territories and the many Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon. Stefan Christoff reports.
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Environmentalists Vs. Canadian Government Since December 2002 the Ojibway community of Grassy Narrows in North Western Ontario has maintained a major road Blockade to cut access to their traditional indigenous territory from Abtibi Consolidated Inc. Abtibi, a Montreal based corporation with the go-ahead of the Provincial Government of Ontario has been clear cutting the traditional lands of the Grassy Narrows Ojibway people. Within the last week, numerous road blockades were struck by the community of Grassy Narrows, almost completely blocking Abtibi Consolidated access to the indigenous lands, which they have been clear- cutting. The Provincial government of Ontario and regional police departments has made it clear that they are prepared to take action against the Grassy Narrows community if the Blockades’ intensity is increased in the coming days. Stefan Cristoff reports from Montreal.
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Protestors in Montreal are objecting to the pending deportation of up to 100 Algerians refugees from Canada. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Canadians Rally to Support Jean Bertrand Aristide (2:40) In one of the largest demonstrations outside of Haiti, over 500 people took to the streets of downtown Montreal last Saturday, marking the one-year anniversary of the ousting of Haiti’s democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was forced by U.S. soldiers onto a military plane and into exile in South Africa. Free Speech Radio News correspondent Stephan Christoff files this report from Montreal.
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Canadians Rally Against Colin Powell (2:39) About 15,000 Lebanese troops have headed to the south of their country to take control of Hezbollah bastions alongside UN peacekeepers as Israeli forces gradually withdraw after a 34-day war. But even as the fighting calms down, global fallout from the conflict continues. When former Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Montreal this week as a key note speaker at a large scale event organized by the Jewish National Fund, hundreds of protesters gathered outside to protest. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff was there.
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Demonstrations Against Trilateral SPP(4:13)
The trilateral summit between President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon closed in Montabello, Canada yesterday. During the summit over one thousand protesters converged to oppose the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP). The accord is a trilateral trade and security initiative which critics say will be a blow to labor, health, environmental standards and more. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from the streets of Montabello.
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Accidentally Distributed Classified Documents Weaken Case Against Canadian Detainee at Guantanamo Lawyers for Canadian citizen Omar Khadr today called on US military prosecutors to drop all charges against their client. The move comes after an unusual mix-up resulted in the distribution of top-secret documents to courtroom reporters attending Khadr’s hearing. Stefan Cristoff has more.
The US military has been holding the Canadian citizen at Guantanamo Bay since his capture in Afghanistan 5 years ago. Khadr is accused of killing a US soldier after throwing a hand grenade during a firefight. The documents accidentally leaked yesterday include an interview with a US agent who was at the scene of the battle. Sameer Zuberi is with the Canada Council on American Islamic Relations, CAIR Canada: (clip) “The latest revelations is that, Omar Khadr was shot twice in the back and that would indicate that he was not a combatant possibly in this fire-fight.” The anonymous agent whose interview appears in the document also says he did not witness Khadr throw the grenade and that – contrary to previous claims – Khadr was not the only person alive at the time US forces stormed the building. For Free Speech Radio News this is Stefan Christoff.
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Canadian President Introduces Motion to Recognize Québec as a Nation (3:05) Canada’s conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, introduced a controversial motion to Parliament this week to recognize Quebec as a nation within a united Canada. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Resigns over Torture Canada’s top police officer resigned admits major political pressure Wednesday over the case of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen deported by U.S. authorities to Syria. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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SIX NATIONS PROTEST A Provincial court in Canada has ruled that protestors at the indigenous community of Six Nations in Ontario can legally continue a land reclamation protest which has sparked a national debate within Canada concerning land rights. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
In February 2006, the indigenous community of Six Nations reclaimed a tract of south of Toronto which had been the location of a major housing development. The land granted to Six Nations by British authorities in the late 19th century had been occupied by a Canadian construction project. For almost one year, indigenous protestors and their allies have camped outside at the location demanding that the Federal government recognize their rights to the land, sparking condemnation from Canadian politicians. This week, the Ontario Provincial court of appeal ruled that the land protest can continue indefinitely without being in contempt of court, a legal victory for the indigenous protestors. Ongoing negotiations sponsored by Canadian authorities continue as the Six Nations protest enters its eleventh month. Jacqueline House is a spokesperson for the protest site in Six Nations. (sound) “It is a small step, in favor of what’s right. We aren’t foreigners to the land and stop treating us like we are.” The protest of Six Nations has highlighted serious questions across the country about Canada’s colonial history. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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MOHAWKS PROTEST ANOTHER PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF DISPUTED LAND Indigenous protesters in Canada erected a blockade late last week in protest of ongoing land developments in the Canadian Provence of Ontario. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Members of the Mohawk nation in Ontario erected barricades late last week outside of a gravel quarry west of Kingston, Ontario in protest of plans to build luxury condominiums on disputed land. Provincial police intervened on Friday, arresting and then releasing two protestors, while native communities across Canada remain on edge. Mohawk protesters say that Canadian authorities illegally took over the disputed land, known as the as the Culbertson Land Tract, in 1836 and 1837. Historical claims on indigenous land have become an increasingly high-profile issue throughout Ontario and other Canadian provinces. Indigenous protestors at a land reclamation site south of Toronto known as Six Nations have held blockade lines in protest of a Canadian housing development for upwards of 1 year. The protesters who erected last week’s barricades have stated they will take similar actions in the future. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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“Guantanamo North” Detainees Hunger Strike in Canada (3:30) In Canada a group of detainees held under controversial national legislation entitled ‘Security Certificates’ are on a hunger strike. Three detainees are participating in the strike at a prison in Kingston, Ontario built exclusively for the detainees which activists in Canada label ‘Guantanamo North’. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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MOHAWK BLOCKADE OF CANADIAN RAIL LINE Mohawk activists in southern Ontario, Canada, blockaded a major rail-line over the weekend as part of a land reclamation effort directed at the Canadian government. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Throughout Friday and Saturday, members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk community blockaded a major Canadian National Railway line; paralyzing all railway traffic between Montreal and Toronto. The action sparked a national debate on the issue of indigenous land claims. Just over 1 month ago, the Mohawks community of the Bay of Quinte in southern Ontario reclaimed a portion of the Culbertson land tract, a 925 acre piece of territory, which Canadian authorities took from Mohawk Territory in 1832. Official documents from Canadian governmental authorities point to the Mohawks’s legal ownership of the land, which lead to a position of non-intervention against the major rail-line blockade. Shawn Brant is a spokesperson for the Tyendinaga Mohawk protesters. (audio) “The shut-down of the main was our first hit, it was considered our soft hit. It was done as a kick-off a campaign of economic disruption targeting the federal government, provincial government and the local municipal government of the town.” Tyendinaga Mohawks have announced plans to protest the ongoing work of a privately owned gravel quarry inside of their territory which removes 100,000 tonnes of land each year. They say their actions will continue until all digging work has stopped. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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AFGHAN TORTURE CONTROVERSY An investigative report published this week in one of Canada’s top newspapers has accused Canada’s Conservative government of complicity in the torture of Afghan prisoners and has created a national controversy. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Canadian support for the mission in Afghanistan has wavered as the war drags on and an investigative report published this week by The Globe and Mail has sparked intense debate. The report alleges that Afghans detained by Canadian soldiers and transferred to Afghan jails have been beaten, whipped, starved, frozen, choked and subjected to electric shocks during interrogation. Graeme Smith is the Globe and Mail reporter in Kandahar who broke the story. [Graeme Smith Clip] “The people told me that they were often beaten with electrical cables, this was the most common complaint. Others said that they were electrocuted and one man make a particularly graphic description of being electrocuted with a hand-crank generator and flopping around on the floor like a fish.” Opposition political parties in Canada are calling for the resignation of the Defense Minister. An internal Canadian government report made public yesterday outlines that Canadian military and governmental authorities have been aware of the torture committed by subordinate Afghan authorities prior to the publication of the Globe and Mail report. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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INDIGENOUS DAY OF ACTION IN CANADA Indigenous people throughout Canada are participating in a national ‘Day of Action’ to bring attention to issues facing the country’s native communities. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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First Nations Fight Poverty in Canada (3:28) Across Canada a national day of action has been observed to focus on the ‘First Nations’ fight against poverty and the continual persecution facing the indigenous population. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Opposition to Canadian Participation in Afghan Mission
Meanwhile, opposition to Canadian participation in the Afghan mission has been on the rise. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Six Canadian soldiers killed in a road-side bomb on Wednesday are the latest in a growing list of Canadian casualties in Afghanistan. The deaths are fueling a movement that has been calling for a full withdrawal of Canadian military forces from the country. A coalition of organizations in Quebec recently mailed 2500 copies of an open letter to soldiers at the Canadian Forces Base in Valcartier calling on them to refuse deployment to southern Afghanistan. Sophie Schoen is an activist with Block the Empire in Montreal. (sound) “The whole occupation in Afghanistan is on the one hand part of the U.S.’s so-called ‘War on Terror’ and on the other hand the whole rhetoric that Canada is using to justify being in Afghanistan is about liberating women or re-building failed states is Canada is using to justify Canada’s participation in the war in Afghanistan.” A recent poll conducted in Quebec suggests that over 70% of the French-speaking province opposes the deployment of further troops to Afghanistan. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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CANADIAN GOVT AND CREE NATION REACH SETTLEMENT The Canadian government and the indigenous Cree Nation of Northern Quebec have signed a landmark agreement to settle outstanding lawsuits against the Canadian government. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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CANADA RENEWS FUNDING FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Canada’s Conservative government has announced it will resume financial aid for the Palestinian Authority, weeks after Pro-Western President Mahmoud Abbas expelled Hamas legislators. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
The Canadian government HAS pledged a limited $7.6 million towards the Palestinian Authority, 18 months after Canada became the 1st western government to cut all financial and diplomatic ties with the PA. The Canadian government launched a western boycott of the PA, just days after Hamas won a parliamentary majority in legislative elections in January of 2006. Khaled Mouammar is the President of the Canadian Arab Federation. (audio) “By imposing this blockade and boycott against the Palestinians, they wanted to encourage civil-strife, to try to remove the democratically elected government of Ismail Haneyeh.” None of the resumed Canadian aid will be directed toward the 1.5 million Palestinian residents of the impoverished Gaza Strip, WHERE [CUT:in which] Hamas maintains political control. This is Stefan Christoff in Montreal, reporting for FSRN.
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PIPELINE DEAL STRUCK IN CANADA The Canadian government and the Dene First Nation of northwestern Canada have reached an agreement on the controversial Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
The proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline once described as “the biggest project in the history of free enterprise” in Canada has been a major source of tension between the first peoples of northern Canada & the federal government for decades. The pipeline would stretch 1,200 kilometers from the Northern Beaufort Sea to Alberta. The agreement announced between the Dene and the federal government of Canada does not include multiple indigenous nations, which continue to oppose the pipeline on the grounds that it threatens local environmental habitats essential to their way of life. Wesley Hardisty of the Arctic Indigenous Youth Alliance continues to oppose the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline. (sound) “Without the Mackenzie Valley pipeline the northwest territories will still exist and if you are going to go ahead an go back on thousands & thousands of year of people actually living in co-existence with the land you are looking at a catastrophe waiting to happen.” World Wildlife Fund & the Sierra Club of Canada are calling for an independent review of the environmental effects proposed Mackenzie natural gas project. This is Stefan Christoff in Montreal reporting for FSRN.
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RUSSIA AND CANADA EYE ARCTIC WEALTH
Canada may soon join Russia in exerting claims to parts of the Arctic. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
The planting of a Russian flag last week on the North Pole seabed could be opening salvo in a scramble by northern countries to claim arctic territory. The U.S., Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all indicated an interest in parts of the North Pole. With the retreat of polar ice caps due to global warming comes an emerging drive to claim and access the Arctic’s vast reserves of gas and mineral wealth. Canada’s Conservative government in Ottawa recently announcing plans to establish a major military sea port in the far north, as an attempt to assert political control in the melting north. At the same time, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay criticized the recent Russian territory grab. (audio) “This isn’t the 15th century. You can’t go around the world and plant flags and say ‘we are claiming this’.” Lost in the recent international debate are the Inuit, an indigenous people to the Arctic territories estimated at 150,000 people, who continue to maintain sovereignty over certain Arctic territories. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REPLACED
Canada has a new Defense Minister as a result of changes made in the Prime Minister’s cabinet. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Canada’s Minister of National Defense Gordon O’Connor was the first to go in a re-shuffle of the country’s Conservative Cabinet. O’Connor has been implicated in a number of scandals regarding the behavior of Canadian armed forces in Afghanistan. In April, the Globe and Mail newspaper released a detailed report documenting the torture of former Afghan detainees while in government custody in Kandahar. The report held Canadian military forces responsible for the transfer of detainees to the Afghan cells where the torture took place. Opposition political parties and anti-war activists have been calling for the resignation of Canada’s Minister of Defense ever since. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay, has replaced Gordon O’Conner as Defense Minister. O’Conner has been demoted to the portfolio of National Revenue. The move is widely regarded as the result of mounting pressure on the Conservative government over the controversial Afghan military mission. But anti-war activists in in Canada argue that the shift in the cabinet offers no fundamental change to the political direction of the government. This is Stefan Christoff reporting for Free Speech Radio News in Montreal.
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Who Will Prosper from the Security and Prosperity Partnership? (4:00)
The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) is a tri-lateral North American initiative between the governments of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Ahead of a summit between President Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Canada next week, FSRN’s Stefan Christoff brings us a report on the impacts of the SPP on North American border controls and migration.
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Police Infiltrators in Canadian SPP Protest (2:40)
A controversy surrounding the trilateral North American summit in Canada between President George Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón, has been making headlines throughout the week in Canada. Quebec Provincial Police are accused of sending agent provocateurs into the demonstrations opposing trilateral summit. Quebec police officials admitted that undercover agents dressed as protesters infiltrated the demonstration. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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Indigenous Activists Blockade Mining Operation
In Ontario, a dispute between indigenous protestors and a Canadian mining corporation has reached a new level of tension. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Algonquin protestors set up a blockade two months ago along on a road leading toward disputed territory in Ontario after learning that the Canadian mining corporation Frontenac Ventures planned to begin operations on the land. The proposed uranium mine is unpopular with both native and non-native local communities. Ontario mining laws stipulate that a corporation can explore territory for a potential mine after informing provincial authorities of their intent. Algonquin community leaders say they never received prior notification of the mining company’s plans. They argue that the lack of communication on the matter constitutes a violation of Canadian law regarding indigenous land claims. Lawyer Christopher Reid represents the Algonquin in this case. (audio) “This is aboriginal title land which is protected under section 25 of Canada’s constitution. The Algonquin people have never surrendered this land, they have lived on this land and occupied it and governed it since long before any settlers arrived here.” Despite past legal precedent, an Ontario judge on Monday ordered that the mining corporation Frontenac Ventures, “shall have immediate, unfettered access to the property”. The Algonquin demonstrators plan to remain at the protest camp on the access road and have vowed to keep the mining company out of their territory. For Free Speech Radio News this is Stefan Christoff in Montreal.
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Canada May End Military Mission in Afghanistan
Canada’s Minister of Defense stated yesterday that the country’s military mission in southern Afghanistan will effectively end in 2009, a potential blow to NATO military operations there. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Canada’s Defense Minister announced in a national TV interview that Canadian military forces will halt their military mission in Afghanistan in 2009 unless parliament votes for an extension. Canadian troops are currently engaged in a NATO-led military campaign in the southern province of Kandahar. Most of the 70 Canadian deaths in Afghanistan have occurred in the past year – a fact that has contributed to increased questioning of Canadian participation in the 5 year old mission. Polls show that on a nationwide level, the majority of Canadians favor an alternative to the NATO-led combat operation in Afghanistan. Jaggi Singh is an activist with Block the Empire in Montreal. (audio) “People involved in the anti-war movement in Quebec and in Canada have demanded an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan. This mission itself is problematic in so many ways, particularly in so far as it’s essentially serving a mis-guided war on terror led and directed by the United States.” British military officials recently estimated that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the past 6 months. In June, the Associated Press reported that civilian causalities caused by foreign troops outnumbered those caused by militants. Neither NATO nor US forces keep track of civilian deaths. For Free Speech Radio News, I am Stefan Christoff, in Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
Quebec Hearings on "Reasonable Accommodation"
A series of government-initiated public hearings on cultural differences and immigrant integration began this week in Quebec. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
Immigrants in Quebec have faced a growing political storm throughout the past year, as a Provincial debate on what is referred to as ‘reasonable accommodation’ has attracted international headlines. A series of public hearings will occur throughout the coming months in Quebec, as part of the state commission lead by two Quebec academics who are not new immigrants. Nazila Bettache is with No One is Illegal Montreal. (sound) “Using the term accommodation simply put really, sort of implies to me a hierarchy of identities, where by, the identity the one that has been framed in the mainstream media as the so-called Quebcoies national identity, so the identity of the white settler prevails and the action of quote / unquote, “allowing” the expression of religious or faith based identity that of the quote / unquote “new-comer” is an accommodation to begin with.” Debate on immigration in Quebec reached extremes in the past year, when the rural town of Herouxville passed a resolution which demanded that “new arrivals, abandon the way of life from their countries of origin, as it cannot be recreated” in Quebec. Civil liberties groups throughout Canada slammed the resolution as racist. For Free Speech Radio News, this is Stefan Christoff, in Montreal.
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listen to reports produced for Free Speech Radio News between 2002 - 2012, the flagship Pacifica radio daily news program, these reports were produced in Montreal, but also in Beirut, Lebanon.
putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
Proposed Free Trade Agreement Causing Debate in Canada (3:38) A national free trade and investment agreement is at the center of a growing controversy in Canada. The country’s conservative government and Provincial counter parts are pushing for the NAFTA-like agreement that labor unions and citizens groups across the country stand in opposition to. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
CANADA TO TAKEOVER AFGHAN POLICE PAYROLL
Canadian military forces in Afghanistan have started paying the salaries of Afghan police directly in cash; completely bypassing the Afghan government. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
The decision to pay Afghan police salaries directly has raised criticism in that it could undercut the already limited authority the Afghan government has in the context of the ongoing NATO operation. Canadian military officials argue that the move is not to compromise the legitimacy of the Afghan authorities, but to bypass corruption within local governments. Canada currently plays a major role in training the Afghan national police. Anti-war activists calling for a full troop withdrawal say that putting Canadian troops in charge of police payroll only further entrenches the 6 year-long occupation. For Free Speech Radio News, this is Stefan Christoff in Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
Quebec government ends negotiations with students
In Canada, the government in Quebec called off negotiations with student unions aimed at resolving the crisis over tuition fee hikes. In response, thousands of people again took to the streets. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports.
Up to 10 000 people took to the streets last night in Montreal to protest the Quebec government’s refusal to back-down on proposed hikes to university tuition fees. The failure of negotiations between student unions and the government comes after after 16 weeks of an open ended student strike. In what is becoming a nightly event, demonstrators banged pots and pans as they marched through downtown Montreal. Government officials are attempting to push hikes to tuition fees that will see tuition rates rise over 80%. On the streets many student associations are demanding not only an end to tuition hikes but for an end to tuition fees all together. Protests on the streets are taking place in open defiance of Law 78, a controversial piece of legislation which places tough restrictions on protests. Amnesty International describe the law as granting police quote “unprecedented powers,”. With the failure of negotiations, further demonstrations are being planned. In Montreal students are planning to hold a major rally this weekend backed by community groups and trade unions. Stefan Christoff, FSRN, Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
UN Approves Legal Inquiry into Burkina Faso Presidential Assassination (3:35)
This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary and former President of Burkina Faso who was assassinated in 1987.
Sankara was known as the Che of Africa. He gave Burkina Faso its name – changing it from Upper Volta – and personally wrote the country’s national anthem. He was popular for not living extravagantly; he traded in the government’s fleet of Mercedes for Renaults and rode his bike to work. He also stood up to Western Imperialism, countering the World Bank and IMF.
Circumstances surrounding Sankara’s death remain a mystery, however recently the UN Human Rights Commission ruled in favor of an international legal inquiry into the assassination, as presented by an internal legal team coordinated in Canada. FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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Lawsuit Filed in Canada over Treatment of Afghan Detainees Human rights organizations in Canada have filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government over allegations that prisoners captured by Canadian forces were facing torture in Afghan prisons. Stefan Cristoff reports from Montreal.
Canada’s Federal Court this week ruled the lawsuit has grounds on which to move forward, despite major legal maneuvers from the government to have the challenge dismissed. Earlier this year, Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper published a series of interviews with former Afghan detainees who gave gripping testimonies of torture after their capture by Canadian forces. Alex Neve is the Secretary General of Amnesty Canada: (audio) “It’s very likely that a good number of those who are transferred from Canadian custody into the Afghan prison system end up being tortured. If the risk of torture is a real one, and we believe it is, it’s incumbent upon Canada and we would say actually is a matter of international legal obligation not to hand the prisoners over.” Canada currently maintains over 2500 troops in Afghanistan, mostly in the southern province of Kandahar. Recent opinion polls indicate that a majority of Canadians do not support the military mission. For Free Speech Radio news, I am Stefan Christoff in Montreal.
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
selections from a DJ set at Casa del Popolo in June 2018.
Monsieur Doumani (@monsieur-doumani) — Καμώματα - Antics (Ft. A.Gagatsis) Bombino (@bombino-official) — Imuhar Tinariwen (@tinariwenemmaar) from Timadrit In Sahara Algiers (@algiers) — Blood Santana — Waiting Black Violin (@black-violin) — Gypse KRS-One — Step Into A World (Raptures Delight) J Dilla — Stop Amara Touré — Lamento Cubano Astor Piazzolla — Libertango Cheb Khaled + Safy Boutella — Hana-Hana
a report on the Montreal protests against the mini-ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2003, below is the report :
Montreal WTO Meetings Wrap-Up (4:08)
"A mini-Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization is wrapping up today in Montreal after three days of negotiations at a downtown Montreal hotel, which were met with a series of large street demonstrations organized to oppose the meetings by the Popular Mobilization Against the WTO. There have been 5 days of protests to oppose the two meetings in Montreal and on Sunday, the eve of the WTO mini-ministerial, some 2000 people took to the streets under the banner of No One is Illegal. This as Montreal’s mini-ministerial which was organized in the lead up to Septembers WTO Ministerial meetings to be held in Cancun Mexico, focused on building consensus on key issues to the WTO such as migration and agriculture, central to insuring that September’s meetings do not collapse as did the WTO Ministerial in Seattle in 1999. Stefan Christoff reports from Montreal."
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putting these reports up for archiving purposes, they address numerous grassroots struggles for justice and against oppression, particularly looking at struggles surrounding migrant justice, also indigenous movements for land and rights, while also struggles against colonialist wars today & the persisting impacts of wars past.
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stefan @spirodon
Montreal Demonstrates Against the Free Trade Areas of the Americas (2:30)
As the Summit of the Americas came to an end in Argentina this weekend, negotiations on the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the hemispheric free-trade accord collapsed amid massive demonstrations. Demonstrators took the streets not only of Mar del Plata and neighboring cities, but throughout the Hemisphere over the weekend, rejecting the proposed FTAA accord. As FSRN’s Stefan Christoff reports, upwards of 400 people took the streets on Friday evening in Montreal, in solidarity with protestors in Argentina.
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a music mix worked on for KazaMaza restaurant.
hope you enjoy ! — @spirodon
Makadi Nahas — Khala Shakou Ibrahim Maalouf (@ibrahim-maalouf) — Nomade Slang El Far3i (@el-far3i) الفرعي — Dallik Malak ضلك ملاك Maryam Saleh (@maryamsaleh) — Nouh Al Hamam Ÿuma (@yumatheduo) — سماك — (Smek) Shalabi Effect — Mending Holes in a Wooden Heart Maurice Louca (@maurice-louca) — The Golden Age Almultahiat — Shibren — الملتحيات — شبرين (via @samer-jaradat-productions) Malika Zarra — No Borders El Rass (@el-rass-the-head) — الراس — إبدال Amir Amiri — Sar Saz Faran Ensemble @faran-ensemble Adriana Calcanhotto (@adriana-calcanhotto-official) — Clandestino Altin Gün — Kaymakamin Kizlari (via @bongojoerecordshop) Aziza Brahim — Lagi (via @glitterbeat) Tamikrest — Tisnant an Chatma (via @glitterbeat) Reem Kelani (@reem-kelani) — Sprinting Gazelle يا ريم الغزلان - ريم كيلاني Saïd Chraibi — from Taqasim Oud Ruba Shamshoum (@uba-raouf-shamshoum) ربى شمشوم — في الأعماق Nadim Mishlawi — from 'Works' (via @annihaya-records) Youmna Saba (@youmna-saba) — Madd W Jazr El Far3i (@el-far3i) — الفرعي - الرجل الخشبي - تغيّرتي Hoda Adra (@h-o-d-a) — Montre @mashrou3leila — مشروع ليلى — فساتين Ÿuma (@yumatheduo)— يوما — نغير عليك Youssra El Hawary (@youssraelhawary) — يسرا الهواري — العلم رشا — مين بنت صغيره — Rasha Nahas (@rashalpha) Hindi Zahra — Ahiwa Yasmeen Hamdan (@yasminehamdan) — ياسمين حمدان — إنت فين Youssra El Hawary (@youssraelhawary) — يسرا الهواري — المهم Fanfare Ciocârlia — Asfalt Tango Rizan Said — The Impossible Arab Kurd (via @annihaya-records) Sophie Hunger (@sophiehungerofficial) — Le Vent Nous Portera هوا دافي — فراغ — Hawa Dafi (@hawa-dafi-1) — Space هوا دافي — انت مين — Hawa Dafi (@hawa-dafi-1) — Enta Meen
(note this mix is not made with any commercial intentions, simply sharing the music, all the rights to the music belong to the artists or applicable copy right / rights holders)
a new music mix, for broadcast on @radioCKUT (long live community radio !).
below is the play list, thank you for listening !
Alice Coltrane & Charlie Haden — For Turiya Fatima Yamaha (@fatimayamaha) — Half Moon Rising Alveol — 123 (released by @rhrosie) Deru (@deru) — The Future Never Comes (released by @fofmusic) Cymande — Dove Lonnie Liston Smith — Sais (Egypt) Baligh Hamdi — Esmaouni (Adventures in Sound edit) Omar Khorshid — Rakset El Fadaa (Adventures in Sound edit) Neşe Karaböcek — Günün Birinde Ajda Pekkan — Baksana Talihe Kamuran Akkor — Sev Yeter Hülya Süer — Şeker Oğlan Özdemir Erdoğan — Gurbet Zafer Dilek — Yekte Rachid et Fethi — (1976 recording) Yasmine Hamdan (@yasminehamdan) — Beirut Gábor Szabó — Galatea's Guitar Deru (@deru) — 1979 Hoda Adra (@h-o-d-a) — Montre Rubba – Way Star Maii Waleed & Zeid Hamdan (@maiiandzeid) — Neptune Narcy (@thenarcicyst) — Free Abyusif أبيوسف - Amal 2 / أمل 2
listen to an interview with Egyptian photographer Amru Salahuddien, recorded live in-studio at @radioCKUT, accompanying photo by Amru Salahuddien.
accompanying music on this show by @maurice-louca to close & by @leberger to open.
a live electric guitar session on @radiockut on poet Vince Tinguely's show "The Kitchen Bang Bang Law" !
thank you for listening ! stefan @spirodon christoff
an audio mix / musical / sound exploration for Free City Radio via @ylangylang ! for @radioCKUT broadcast !
an in-studio interview with professor Ted Rutland on the recently released book "Displacing Blackness: Planning, Power, and Race in Twentieth-Century Halifax" info :
https://utorontopress.com/ca/displacing-blackness-2
recorded live on @radiockut !
music mix broadcast live on @radiockut on June 7th, 2018, was guest hosting the program Sleepy King, thanks for tuning in !
Thomas Ragsdale (@thomasragsdalemusic) — Warning Mass Matthew Barlow (@matthewbarlow) — Tracing Le Berger (@leberger) — June 2018 mix Jordan Christoff — Gold Yuko Fujiyama — Night Wave — Premonition (via @innovadotmu records) Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio — Close but No Cigar — Little Booker T Up & Bustle & Out — Coffee Contamination Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio — Close But No Cigar — Raymond to Bring the Greens
excerpts from a musical session with artist Asma A Khan (shruti box) and Stefan Christoff (acoustic guitar), from a musical session recorded in winter in the Mile End, the session is mixed with bird / street sounds recorded around Jean Talon metro in spring. thanks for listening !
Kalmunity Vibe Collective playing live at the CKUT radio studios in 2005, for the annual funding drive, a live performance on Off the Hour.
featuring Fabrice Koffy on vocals, Jason Blackbird Selman on trumpet, Jahsun on drums, David Ryshpan on keyboards.
accompanying painting by Alma Thomas.
this edition of Off the Hour was produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff as part of the Community News Collective at CKUT radio.
musical tracks selected for the Suoni per il Popolo festival's event hosted by Underground Sounds, presenting outdoor music selections at the Arcade Park just off St. Laurent.
thanks for listening ! — stefan @spirodon christoff
Alain Goraguer — La Planete Sauvage — Déshominisation Jean-Michel Jarre — Oxygène — Oxygène II Narcy (@thenarcicyst) — World War Free Now — World War Marvin Gaye — What's Going On — Inner City Blues Exuma — Exuma — Dambala Monsieur Doumani (@monsieur-doumani) — Antics / Καμώματα (ft. Alexandros Gagatsis) Third World — Third World — Sun Won't Shine Maii and Zeid — Kalam El Leil (via @lebaneseunderground) The Selecter — Celebrate the Bullet — Celebrate the Bullet Altin Gün — On — Tatli Dile Guler Yuze (via @bongojoerecordshop) Mana (@manarec) — De Leon — B1
listen to a live in-studio performance and interview with the Buffalo Hat Singers, recorded on Free City Radio, broadcasting live on @radiockut
live radio mix, broadcast on Terminal Five on May 30, 2018.
below is the set list, thank you for listening ! - stefan @spirodon christoff
Nick Schofield (@nickschofield) — Water Sine — Balsam Lake Post Global Trio (@postglobaltrio) — Post Global Trio Shao Yanpeng (@dead-j) — Sensi Alt version demo Kate Carr (@katecarr) — The US border fence with Mexico at Playas de Tijuana Gonima (@gonima) — h Mana (@manarec) — De Leon — B1 Loxy (@loxy_) — CX:19 Loxy ... Jan Kees Helms (@jan-kees-helms) — De Cirkels — Wind Jonas Reinhardt (@elplacebo) — 01 — Balk Moreau David August (@davidaugust) — Patria feat. Sissi Rada Dmitry Evgrafov (@dmitryevgrafov) — Birds Tamara Filyavich (@istorm98) — Valentines For Herbert Yuna Yuna (@yuna_yuna) — Hana Miranda y Tobar (@miranda-y-tobar) — Nostalgia de la Luz — B / A
Écoutez une entrevue avec Carmelo Monge Rosas, un organisateur du Centre des Travailleurs et Travailleuses Immigrant.e.s de Montréal, de Solidarité Sans Frontières, ainsi que des Mexicains Unis pour la Régularisation (MUR), qui parle des réalités auxquelles sont confrontés les immigrants sans statut et les réfugiés vivant cachés au Canada aujourd'hui. Cette interview tente d'établir une distance claire, fondée sur la discussion des réalités vécues, entre le discours du gouvernement libéral, vs. la réalité des personnes sans statut qui luttent pour une justice collective et pour vivre dans la dignité.
Cette interview a été enregistrée pour diffusion sur la @radiockut à Montréal par Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
listen to an interview with Samuel Kuhn speaking on organizing for Quebec gov. to deepen therapy for autistic children. Sam speaks specifically about the struggle that the Kuhn family has taken up to fight for access to get more therapy for their daughter Charlotte, but also puts the struggle of their family within a broader context & looks at the ways that the lack of access to government support for families autistic children relates to class and race.
info on Charlotte's case & the Kuhn family via CBC : http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-parents-of-autistic-child-call-therapy-wait-times-appalling-1.3821216
this interview was recorded for interview on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, accompanying art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
listen to an live in-studio interview with poet and community activist Shanice Nicole, bio below. this was recorded live on CKUT fm @radiockut
Shanice Nicole is a Black feminist educator, facilitator, writer, and spoken word artist living and loving in Montreal. She discovered poetry in the summer of 2015 and now uses it as a form of expression, healing and resistance in her fight for social justice. Shanice Nicole's writing explores race, feminism, mental health and sexuality but most importantly represents the many layers of her Black womanhood. Connect with her on Instagram at @ThatsWhatShaSaid.
accompanying painting by Alma Thomas.
live recordings from the first Radioélectrique concert at 'Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café' — this show features Tamara Filyavich (@istorm98) on synth & electronics, Zafer Zephyr (@zaferviola) on viola and Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) on guitar.
thank you to Nick Schofield @nickschofield for recording the show for broadcast on @radiockut !
live recordings from the first Radioélectrique concert at 'Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café' — this show features Tamara Filyavich (@istorm98) on synth & electronics, Zafer Zephyr (@zaferviola) on viola and Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) on guitar.
thank you to Nick Schofield @nickschofield for recording the show for broadcast on @radiockut !
live recordings from the first Radioélectrique concert at 'Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café' — this show features Tamara Filyavich (@istorm98) on synth & electronics, Zafer Zephyr (@zaferviola) on viola and Stefan Christoff (@spirodon) on guitar.
thank you to Nick Schofield @nickschofield for recording the show for broadcast on @radiockut !
a music mix created for the annual MayWorks event hosted by the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal, the track listing is below.
thanks for listening & thank you to @mostafa-henaway for inviting me to work on this mix for the IWC MayWorks event !
take care. stefan @spirodon christoff.
Issac Hayes — Ike's Mood Let My People Go Album — Darondo Mexican Institute of Sound @mexicaninstituteofsound — Mexico Sudan Archives @sudanarchives — Paid Monsieur Doumani @monsieur-doumani — Μεθύσιν τζαι φιλίν / Drinking and kissing Neşe Karaböcek — Yali Yali Wendy Rene — After Laughter Baby Huey — Hard Times Donny Hathaway — The Ghetto Segments Of Time — Song To The System SOUL — Tell It Like It Is The Staple Singers — Brand New Day Theme From The Landlord Curtis Mayfield — Move On Up
art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
an evening of live performances being recorded for broadcast on Free City Radio via CKUT 90.3FM !
the second in the Radioélectrique ! community event series Montréal hosted by Free City Radio, live concerts recorded for radio broadcast on @radiockut
Tuesday, May 29 at 7 PM suggested donation 10$ (nobody turned away) Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café 1951 rue Saint-Zotique Est Montréal, Quebec
solo sets by :
Amir Amiri (santur)
Amiri @amiramiri was born in Tehran, Iran where much of his youth was spent studying the santur, a 72-string hammer dulcimer that lies at the heart of Persian classical music.Classically trained, Amiri has always sought to explore the limits of his music, stretching beyond the constraints of classical thought. Arriving in Canada in 1996, Amiri found the ability to do just that while in residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, a haven of inspiration to which he has returned many times. Since then, Amiri has worked extensively as a performer, composer, musical director and consultant for numerous Canadian dance and theatre companies, orchestras, concert series, and has considerable experience in film and television. While continuously exploring the limits of his music, Amir keeps coming back to the conclusion that there are none. info : http://amiramiri.com/
Stefan @spirodon Christoff (guitar)
Stefan is a musician, media maker & community activist living in Montreal, you can listen to work by Stefan at : http://soundcloud.com/spirodon
listen to an interview with Tony Asimakopoulos speaking on the film Return to Parc Ex, live on @radiockut
more info on the film "Return to Parc Ex" live at :
http://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/montreal-park-ex-resident-embodies-canadas-multicultural-endeavour
this interview was produced for broadcast on CKUT by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
featured music : "Glika Glika" artist : Effy Thodi starts the show // "Nai Kai To Pelekouthi" (live recording) artist: Prothromos Tsaousakis
announce for the first Radioélectrique ! concert, featuring Tamara Filyavich / Zafer Zephyr / Stefan @spirodon Christoff, info :
Tuesday, May 15 at 7 PM suggested donation 10$ (nobody turned away) Du Pain et Des Roses - épicerie-café 1951 rue Saint-Zotique Est Montréal, Quebec
the first in the Radioélectrique ! community event series Montréal hosted by Free City Radio, live concerts recorded for radio broadcast on @radiockut !
DJ Rhythm & Hues prepared this mix after spinning tunes at a Howl! concert in April 2018 to support Guinean refugees facing deportation from Canada organized in collaboration with the Immigrant Workers Centre. this is the mix that also will be broadcast on @radiockut
Bembeya Jazz National - Kouledegbe Georges Ouédraogo - Wubri Victor Uwaifo & The Titibitis - Titibiti Tide Orchestre du Bawobab - Nijaay Les Freres Soki & Orchestre Bella-Bella - Houleux-Houleux Kante Manfila & Salif Keita - Toura-Makan
a solo piano set at Casa del Popolo by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, at a show to benefit Palestinian father, artist & community activist Omar Ben Ali who is currently struggling for status in Canada. more info on the campaign to support Omar live via Tadamon! (@tadamon-montreal)
http://www.tadamon.ca/omar
thanks to Pamela Hart from the @foreverchorus for the sound mixing live during the event and also for recording, thanks to Ian Ferrier for lending the recorder. accompanying image is a floral fabric pattern based on Balkan styles.
listen to a soundscape mix created for broadcast on Underground Sounds radio on CKUT on March, 26th, 2018. this mix includes the following soundscape tracks from an ongoing project to create / document soundscape based on the urban landscape, recordings from practices / music experimentations, as well as the voices of poets. mixed live on Underground Sounds radio by @spirodon, thanks to program host @nickschofield for the broadcast time to work on this mix.
listen to an interview with ce qui nous traverse !
https://cequinoustraverse.bandcamp.com
accompanying image by La Salière collective :
http://lapasse.org/ateliers
listen to an interview with Sheryl Anne Montano speaking on healthcare crisis in the Philippines. Sheryl Anne is the Anakbayan Montreal Health Committee coordinator.
accompanying photo taken in Manila by Pierre-Emmanuel Michel, this interview was produced for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
a piano session recorded at « The Paper Factory » in Montreal, recorded by Ian Ferrier, some of these themes I have been working out over the past year & included in some ensemble performances within Howl! benefit events. thank you for listening, the photo is of the sun.
organ improvisations recorded at the paper factory by Ian Ferrier, thank you to Samer Najari my co-worker at KazaMaza for helping with the conversational inspiration for this piece. important to note that the following phrase was part of the spiritual inspiration for this piece : السلام على من اتّـبع الهدى — the accompanying image is one taken of Titan, the Jupiter moon, taken by Voyager space craft. thank you to Xarah Dion @zodiaquemusique and Pierre Guerineau @essaiepas for sharing this lovely organ over the years.
Listen to an interview with Montreal-based musician and composer Sam Shalabi.
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm (@radiockut) by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
music mix from 07/02/2018 ! broadcast live on @radiockut
below is the playlist ! thank you for listening ! stefan @spirodon
dirty three - horse stories - sue's last ride buffy sainte-marie - illuminations - god is alive, magic is afoot jordan christoff - flipside (out soon via @shimmering-moods-records) siavash amini (@the-waterfront) - subsiding - nonexistent vicinities swoop and cross @swoopandcross - stories of disintegration - st. no (via @time-released-sound) @ylangylang - i have the flames @dasha-rush - ocean shy @o_wojciechowska - to feel much more than now the grodeck whipperjenny - conclussions louis hardin "moondog" - synchrony #2 - performed by the @kronosquartet toumani diabaté & sidiki diabaté - live toumani diabaté - the mande variations
listen to an interview with Bern Jagunos from the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines speaking about the human rights crisis in the Philippines in 2018.
info : http://www.humanrightsphilippines.net
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by stefan @spirodon christoff. the accompanying photo was taken in manila, philippines by stefan.
listen to an interview with artist / activist Aaron Hughes from Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and also Iraq Veterans Against the War. in this interview Aaron speaks about various portfolio projects including the collaboration between Iraq Veterans Against the War and Justseeds, as well as other initiatives, info :
info on Justseeds and Aaron's work at : https://justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughes
info on the Iraq Veterans Against the War / Justseeds collaboration : https://justseeds.org/portfolio/celebrate-peoples-history-iraq-veterans-against-the-war
info on Aaron's work : http://www.aarhughes.org
listen to an interview with Faiz Abhuani speaking on the Brique Par Brique project in Parc Ex. !
http://www.briqueparbrique.com
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in Montreal !
listen to the Underground Sounds broadcast on Jan. 23rd, 2018, guest hosted by Stefan @spirodon Christoff, below is the play list !
jordan christoff — intermediaries @scatteredclouds — the first empire — floating under water @leberger — music for guitar and patience — # 2 xarah dion — fugitive — derive @zodiaquemusique xarah dion — le mal nécessaire — xxx @zodiaquemusique shalabi effect — shalabi effect — mending holes in a wooden heart @mmucci — don't be afraid — don't be afraid @emrical — cheval de trois — combien de morts beatrice deer — fox — relocation @beatrice-deer-band @loonmusique — dance — "oh hi" compilation @ohhicollective @ylangylang — echo systems — next day is worth the wait @oldhaunt — refuge — come ye sinners @sandhillbeats — free city radio mix excerpt
accompanying illustration by Franco Grignani.
listen to an interview with physicist Heather Fong, a PhD student at the University of Toronto, speaking on research work & international collaborative efforts to further the studies of gravitational waves in the cosmos.
accompanying illustration by Franco Grignani.
listen to a synth set created for broadcast on Free City Radio via @radiockut by Le Berger @leberger !
photo is an early image of the Orion nebula.
a music mix for Charley Stimac, put together in the days after Charley's passing on New Year's Day 2018, this mix features some loved songs by Charley & also songs that we listened together a lot over the last year, thank you for listening, love & solidarity. -- stefan spirodon.
tracy chapman - across the lines john lee hooker - dirty ground hog the jimi hendrix experience - all along the watchtower sunny ade - ja funmi buena vista social club - candela umm kulthum - enta omri sam shalabi - oud solo miles davis - générique john coltrane - wise one alice coltrane - turiya and ramakrishna
écoutez une interview / performance en direct de N NAO sur la radio CKUT.
listen to a live interview / performance by N NAO on CKUT radio.
listen to a mix of Terminal Five by @spirodon from 27/12/2017.
maiya hershey - breathe away jordan christoff - taticev kamen sona jobarteh - jarabi kenya special - hafusa abasi & slim ali & the kikulacho yahoo' band - sina raha anouar brahem trio - liqua anton batagov - weather forecast michael nyman - fish beach gevorg dabaghyan - tsarere tsahgum en narges dehghani - solo izlel ye delyo haydutin - valya balkanska - golden record vangelis - alpha exuma - baäl
photo taken by stefan in griffintown, montreal.
listen to a mix of Terminal Five by @spirodon from 19/10/2017.
John Coltrane - Coltrane - Out of This World Jacques Loussier Trio - Play Bach II - Prelude No. 16 John Coltrane - Coltrane - Chronic Blues Marcia Bassett + Samara Lubelski - Ghosts in the Machine Snake Whiskey - Million d'éléphants Pierre Dutour - Deer Forest Wiwichu - Zeigarnik Effect - Useful Fictions An Uncommon Nature - Dave Knott - St. Mary's County Rafael Anton Irisarri - Empire Systems Third World - Sun Won't Shine Peter Tosh - Down Pressor Man Jimmy Cliff - Power & the Glory - Piece of the Pie The Selecter - Celebrate the Bullet
listen to an in-studio discussion with two artists, ted strauss & dwayne peterkin, who both participated in a public intervention in response to the trump presidency that took place at métro lionel-groulx surrounding the trump inauguration.
the intervention / performance was called "I'm not OKAY" view it online here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlREyW4y8I
this live in-studio discussion was hosted by stefan christoff @spirodon live on CKUT fm @radiockut in montreal for free city radio.
listen to rehearsal ambiance recorded by @ylangylang at la plante during a silver shadow counsel @silvershadowcounsel practice.
listen to a live in-studio session of vie & daniela charles playing live in CKUT radio @radiockut studios, plus also an interview with the sisters / artists about their work. this interview was recorded during black history month in 2017.
this interview / session was recorded live in studio by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying photo of via charles.
listen to an interview with author david austin who offers reflections on the #blacklivesmatter movement generally but also the specific implications for struggles for justice & against systemic racism in canada and quebec.
david, the author of "fear of a black nation" (a very important book looking into histories of black activism in quebec) speaks in this exchange on this contemporary political moment and how is relates to quebec & the long arch of black struggles here.
info on "Fear of a Black Nation : Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal"
https://btlbooks.com/book/fear-of-a-black-nation
this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.
listen to an interview with eda düzgün who spoke at the world social forum 2016 in montreal. in this interview eda offers some thoughts about the role of feminist struggle within the larger kurdish struggle for autonomy and freedom taking place in syria and beyond. eda offers thoughts about the role of feminism within the broader kurdish struggle.
thank you to rojava solidarity Montreal / rojava solidarité Montréal for helping set-up this interview.
this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.
art work by Rupprecht Geiger.
Noé Arteaga Santos, activiste de la communauté vivant à Montréal, s'exprime en solidarité avec la lutte de Omar Ben Ali pour le statut au Canada.
info : http://tadamon.ca
accompanying graphic by ZOLA, info :
http://zolamtl.tumblr.com
Ecoutez un entretien avec l'activiste communautaire Beatriz Muñoz, qui parle de la crise politique en cours en Colombie. Beatriz donne un contexte historique aux conflits civils en Colombie, en examinant les racines des enjeux abordés, principalement les façons dont les communautés régionales sont défavorisées, ainsi que les façons dont les terres nationales sont réparties inéquitablement.
Beatriz aborde également les façons dont le capitalisme colonial a créé un contexte de guerre en Colombie, que les médias traditionnels présentent souvent ex nihilo. Toutes ces réflexions sont présentées dans le cadre des négociations de «paix» en cours en Colombie, afin de fournir un contexte et un historique sur la situation, directement à partir d'une voix colombienne.
Photo d'accompagnement: COLOMBIA, tierra de luz / Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo : http://www.colombialandoflight.org
listen to an interview with Nicole Marie Burton, an artist and activist who founded Ad Astra Comix !
full info : https://adastracomix.com
this interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to an interview with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto speaking on the ways that federal Liberal policies under Justin Trudeau work to compound & deepen poverty in Canada, from skewed priorities around spending choices, i.e. pouring billions in spending increases into military spending v.s. putting those funds into supporting public institutions like social housing, education and health care.
more info on OCAP at : http://www.ocap.ca
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to a live in-studio session of Nja (Nadine Altounji) on guitar / voice, joined by Ali El Farouk on oud. this session highlights the recent album Nja released called 'I still'
info : https://nja-music.bandcamp.com/releases
photo taken by Stefan @spirodon Christoff of the sky above Montreal.
Listen to an interview with Firaz Abu Zamal a stateless Palestinian refugee, who was deported from Canada on Tuesday May 3rd, 2005. This interview was recorded live on CKUT Radio, while Firaz was incarcerated at Citizenship & Immigration Canada’s jail in Montreal – the “Immigration Prevention Center” in Laval. Firaz, originally from Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, was deported back to the life of statelessness and persecution from which he fled.
The case of Firaz Abu Zamal represents another stark illustration of the ongoing injustices against Palestinian refugees committed by Immigration Canada. Currently in Canada more than 100 Palestinian refugee faced eportation at the hands of Immigration Canada. For more than 2 years the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees has been organizing against the perpetual crisis of deportation within the Palestinian community in Montreal & throughout Canada.
produced for CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for broadcast on @radiockut accompanying image is a photo from an exhibition by Sheena called 'laval immigration holding centre' by Sheena Hoszko, info : https://www.sheenahoszko.com/laval
listen to an interview with Lucas Huang and Six who are jointly working on community education efforts to raise awareness about the struggle for digital privacy rights in Canada, specifically under the Liberal government in Canada. one key government institution in Canada that plays a similar role to the NSA in the U.S.A. is the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) which is highlighted in this interview and exchange.
piano experimentations recorded january 4th 2017 on Avenue de l'Épée at Coopérative d'habitation Nos Rêves.
écoutez une entrevue avec Marya Zarif, une amie et une confidente de Saadallah Maksoud récemment décédée. Dans cette interview, Marya parle de la vie de Saadallah, des contributions à la vie culturelle à Montréal et aussi à la poésie de Saadallah.
enregistré pour diffusion radio sur @radiockut
listen to a special broadcast of Grey Matters on June 29th, 2017, featuring voices from the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Montreal and beyond.
listen to an interview with artist Martin Akwiranoron Loft, who speaks about the rising realities of indigenous artistic practice in urban indigenous communities and beyond. Martin also speaks about specific projects, efforts and exhibitions that are upcoming in the next weeks and months.
this interview was recorded for CKUT radio broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
accompanying art work by Martin Akwiranoron Loft.
listen to a music set / mix by @templevolant created for broadcast on Free City Radio live on @radiockut !
a little sonic experimentation mixing an acoustic guitar recording and sounds from jean talon street.
listen to an interview with interdisciplinary artist Amanda Ruiz speaking about various exhibitions and art installations in both Mexico City and Montreal. Amanda also speaks about collaborations with the activist organization Mexicans United for Regularization which has been fighting the deportation of Mexican asylum seeker and for the regularization of non-status Mexican people.
this interview was recorded / produced for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to a live all vinyl mix of music broadcast on CKUT radio @radiockut on Sept. 20th, 2017 by Stefan @spirodon Christoff !
philippe entremont - a debussy piano recital - la cathédrale engloutie keith jarrett - sacred hymns of g.i. gurdjieff - orthodox hymn for asia minor maurizio pollini - chopin : polonaises - op. 26, no. 2 musique folklorique du monde : grèce - danse de ponteus collin walcott - grazing dreams - gold sun billy cobham - spectrum - to the women in my life + le lis rahsaan roland kirk - blacknuss - ain't no sunshine + what's going on milton nascimento - courage - tres pontas conjunto macchu picchu – una quena a traves de los andes - recuerdo de calahuayo musique folklorique du monde : grèce - pontiago
listen to an interview with artist Leila Abdelrazaq who speaks about a variety of projects including the book Baddawi + also various recent graphic projects in support of migrant justice struggles & also the Palestinian struggle for freedom & liberation.
info on Leila's work at : http://lalaleila.com
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
listen to an interview with artist Jarrett Key !
info : "Born and raised in Seale, AL, these southern roots charm and influence the work Jarrett Key creates. He is a multi-disciplinary artist who integrates movement, music, and heightened language in many of his pieces. He is currently the Assistant to the Associate Producer at the Public Theater, and the Producing Director of Codify Art, a Brooklyn based art collective. Jarrett is a graduate of Brown University, where he double concentrated in Theater Arts and Public Policy. Since arriving to NYC, Jarrett has produced, performed, curated and presented various art pieces and performances. He just finished a Gallery Show at Bau Haus in Brooklyn."
http://jarrettkey.com
this interview was recorded / produced for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to a documentary about filmmaker Anne Makepeace speaking about the documentary film 'Tribal Justice' an important feature highlighting the work of two indigenous Chief Justices in California, one is Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe on the North Coast of California and the other is Judge White has served as Chief Judge for the Quechan Tribal Court since 2005.
this documentary film was featured at the annual Festival Présence Autochtone, info on the film :
http://www.pbs.org/pov/tribaljustice
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff photo is of indigenous ancestral lands in California.
listen to an interview with Jennifer Moore from Mining Watch Canada speaking about the environmental and culturally damaging practices of Tahoe resource operations in Guatemala & also about a lawsuit against Tahoe resources that is underway.
more background / information at :
https://miningwatch.ca/news/2017/7/7/tahoe-licenses-suspended-lack-consultation-indigenous-communities-while-company-denies
this interview was produced for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff
George Kurian’s THE CROSSING follows a group of Syrian refugees fleeing war and persecution with the hope of finding refuge in Europe. Often neglected in mainstream depictions of refugees re-settling, Kurian’s film provides an important and complex portrait of the obstacles faced by refugees after finding refuge.
Cinema Politica’s Stefan Christoff interviewed filmmaker George Kurian and they spoke about his doc, engaged filmmaking and mainstream representations of the refugee crisis. Read the interview or listen to it recorded below! THE CROSSING is now available to Canadian locals in the CP Network so make sure to add it to your fall programming.
info on The Crossing & George Kurian :
http://www.georgekurian.net
https://ff.hrw.org/film/crossing
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT Radio @radiockut in Montréal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon. the accompanying image is by artist Huguette Caland.
listen to an interview with indigenous scholar and community arts organizer Jarrett Martineau speaking on the creation & ideas driving Revolutions Per Minute records @RPMfm.
for more information / context visit :
http://rpm.fm
this interview was recorded in Montreal just off Mont Royal street by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
a music mix put together by Avi Grenadier for Free City Radio !
Jacob Gegna - Taxim Reena Katz - two blaze-clouds of breath with Emma Goldman speech "On Nationalism" read by Sandra Oh Epryhme - The Impossible Dream with Kevin Coval poem "Family Feud" Michael Alpert And Stuart Brotman - Dybbuk Nign Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band - Doyne Istanbul with Suheir Hammad poem "Mike Check" Ahava Raba - Armenian 5 with Allen Ginsberg poem "Amerika" Black Ox Orkester - Tsvey Taybelakh
Avi Grenadier is a klezmer purveyor committed to Yiddishkeit, anarchy, and good food. Avi lives on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory known as Montréal. He regularly guest djs for World Skip the Beat on CKUT 90.3fm and is a member of the radio613 collective.
listen to an interview with Cam about Unceded Voices 2017 !
info :
https://decolonizingstreetart.com
this interview was recorded for CKUT radio broadcast by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to a music mix created for Free City Radio broadcast by Hadi Adel (Bad Weather) !
erykah badu & rahzel - southern girl janet jackson - what have you done for me lately bahamadia - innovation (prod. by da beatminerz) grace jones - slave to the rhythm - don't cry, it's only the rhythm hortense ellis - i'm just a girl joni mitchell - you turn me on, i'm a radio
listen to an interview with Sundus Abdul Hadi speaking on the Take Care of Yourself exhibition that took place in Montreal in July 2017.
full info / background : http://sundusah.tumblr.com
listen to an interview with street artist Zola, who speaks about the relationship between social movements & street art, offers a critical perspective on the ways that corporate & state power have attempted to depoliticize and corporatize street art.
info on Zola : http://zolamtl.tumblr.com
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.
listen to « dromotexte » broadcast on July 13th, 2017 live on CKUT radio @radiockut, featuring work by Hoda Adra @h-o-d-a & Kaie Kellough @kaiaiak. below is the track listing !
A Tribe Called Red — The Road H O D A — La liberté des sens — La liberté des sens H O D A — La liberté des sens — Échecs H O D A — La liberté des sens — Vol H O D A — La liberté des sens — Space Shepherd H O D A — La liberté des sens — Sanscible H O D A — La liberté des sens — Camel Shepherd H O D A — La liberté des sens — Tu es H O D A — La liberté des sens — Voice Shepherd H O D A — La liberté des sens — Radwaniyat H O D A — La liberté des sens — Parfois H O D A — La liberté des sens — Family Shepherd H O D A — La liberté des sens — Montre Kaie Kellough — accordéon launch: audio excerpt 2 Kaie Kellough — accordéon launch
accompanying photo taken at the La liberté des sens album launch at Casa del Popolo.
listen to a mix by Valeda created for a Free City Radio broadcast.
follow Valeda at :
@user-valeda / https://valeda.bandcamp.com
listen to an interview with community activist and artist Olivia Dumas speaking on the Prisoner Correspondence Project.
info : https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com
also please check out the recent petition by Prisoner Correspondence Project in support of Trans prisoner rights :
https://www.change.org/p/correctional-services-of-canada-action-for-trans-prisoners
vous pouvez écouter ici une interview avec l'artiste Hoda Adra @h-o-d-a, qui parle sur l'album « La liberté des sens »
info : https://vimeo.com/hoda
Rester à Pointe saint-Charles, à tout prix
La journée des déménagements du 1er juillet est une tradition bien connue à Montréal et Pointe-Saint- Charles, ou La Pointe, n’y échappe pas. Ce quartier du Sud-Ouest a l’un des réseaux d’organismes et de groupes sociaux les plus dynamiques en ville, et depuis le déclin de sa gloire, a toujours été défendu les droits et la dignité de ses résidents.
Mais comme les autres secteurs ouvriers à Montréal, la menace de la gentrification plane. Le premier juillet dernier, le collectif Hexen s’est armé de micros et d’enregistreuses et a arpenté les rues afin de documenter la perception des gens de la Pointe sur ces changements. Dans ce projet mené par des femmes, la première radiophonique du collectif, nous explorons les relations entre histoire et bouleversements, et entre ceux qui arrivent et ceux qui restent.
Le collectif Hexen est le projet de trois journalites indépendantes : Sophie Chartier, Nadia Koromyslova et Marie-Pier Frappier, avec la participation de Sabrian Ménard. La mission du collectif est d’aborder les féminismes et l’univers médiatique sous des angles différents.
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Moving day on 1st of July is a well know tradition in Montreal and Pointe-Saint- Charles, aka the Pointe, is no different. The South-west neighborhoods has one of the most active network of social organizations and groups in the city and since the decline of its industrial glory, has always fought for the rights and dignity of its inhabitants.
But like any other working class neighborhoods in Montreal, gentrification is just around the corner. The Hexen collective has picked up mics on July 1st 2017, and hit the streets to document how the people of the Pointe view these changes. This women-run project, the radio first of the collective, is an exploration of the conflicting relationships between change and history, those who arrive and those who stay.
Hexen collective is the project of independent journalists Sophie Chartier, Nadia Koromyslova, and Marie-Pier Frappier, with the participation of Sabrina Menard. The collective's aim is to present different angles around feminism and media.
sharing a live set by Skin Tone performed at Casa del Popolo during Suoni per il Popolo 2017. this performance was broadcast on Free City Radio, live on @radiockut on Wednesday, July 5th, 2017.
Skin Tone, is a project by James Goddard, who sent this text to describe this track :
« Here is the live set, recorded on June 17th at Casa Del Popolo, part of Slut Island's co-presentation with Suoni per il Popolo. It's been post-facto titled "Butchering The Sun God". The Sun Ra line I'm referencing was from a statement he made on Scanadanavian television in the 70s. An accurate transcription of the line would be : "It's all about people doing something else other than what they have already done, cause what they have done is the possible. And the world the way it is today is the results of the possible that they did." »
listen to a special broadcast of dromotexte on CKUT radio guest hosted by stefan @spirodon christoff.
alice coltrane - ptah, the el daoud - turiya and ramakrishna david s. ware quartet - aquarian sound - 1/4 matthew shipp - new orbit - new orbit lonnie liston smith - sais (egypt) bombino - agamgam - imuhar tamikrest - aratane n'ddagh anouar brahem trio - astrakan café - trakan café bembeya jazz national - ballake
listen to an in-studio interview & live reading by John Arthur Sweet recorded on @radiockut live on Free City Radio.
listen to 'dromotexte' from June 15th, 2017, guest hosted by Stefan Christoff @spirodon, below is the track listening ! thanks for listening !
accompanying photo by la salière collective.
orchestra baobab - n'wolof - aduna jarul naawo idir - a vava inouva kaie kellough @kaiaiak - accordéon launch: audio excerpt 1 kaie kellough @kaiaiak - accordéon launch: audio excerpt 2 sam shalabi @mr-squishy-21 - ne pas plier pjs @tigerox - мирната
« terminal five » music broadcast on wednesday, june 28th, 2017, thanks for listening ! below is the track listing ! take care. — stefan @spirodon
brian eno — thursday afternoon (@brian-eno-official) @youmna-saba — arb'een — 40-1 meredith monk — book of days — early morning melody meredith monk — book of days — travelers 1,2,3 meredith monk — book of days — dawn yoshi wada — earth horns with electronic drone moondog — new amsterdam moondog — caribea moondog — lullaby moondog — tree trail the dwarfs of east agouza — bes — baka of the future (via @nawarecordings) exuma — baäl yanka dyagileva — my sorrow is luminous valeda — unearth — under ice (@user-valeda) valeda — unearth — sore (@user-valeda) valeda — unearth — convent/peril (@user-valeda)
listen to an interview with Honduran journalist & human rights defender Felix Molina speaking about the contemporary human rights situation in Honduras post 2009 coup. in 2016 Felix survived two assassination attempts, which are discussed in this interview, shortly after Felix traveled to Canada & claimed asylum.
this interview is live translated from Spanish by documentary filmmaker Jesse Freeston (http://jessefreeston.com) & took place live on CKUT fm @radiockut during a Free City Radio broadcast via @spirodon. this broadcast features music by Aurelio Martínez.
mercredi, wednesday 12 juillet, 20h30 @ Casa del Popolo, 4873 St. Laurent community benefit for Palestinian political prisoners supporting Addameer Prisoner Support & Human Rights Association $10 (no one turned away)
feat.
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Shanice Nicole
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Lamia Yared + Nathaniel Huard
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Skin Tone — Jaames Nicholas Dumile Willoughby (saxophone & electronics)
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Mixed with Dust (Kaie Kellough & Stefan Christoff)
accompanying photo by Nour Ouayda.
bios :
Chanteuse d'origine libanaise, Lamia Yared puise son répertoire dans les chants traditionnels et folkloriques arabes. Elle s'accompagne au oud pour chanter ces mélodies syriennes et égyptiennes. Avec son groupe Zaman, elle présente des concerts depuis 2014. Cette performance sera présentée en collaboration avec le percussioniste Nathaniel Huard. / A singer of Lebanese origin, Lamia Yared's work is rooted in a repertoire of traditional and folkloric arabic songs. Lamia plays oud while also singing Syrian and Egyptian melodies. With l'Ensemble Zaman, Lamia has played concerts since 2014, this coming performance will be presented with the collaboration of percussionist Nathaniel Huard.
Shanice Nicole is a Black feminist educator, facilitator, writer, and spoken word artist living and loving in Montreal. She discovered poetry in the summer of 2015 and now uses it as a form of expression, healing and resistance in her fight for social justice. Shanice Nicole's writing explores race, feminism, mental health and sexuality but most importantly represents the many layers of her Black womanhood. Connect with her on Instagram at @ThatsWhatShaSaid.
Mixed with Dust is Kaie Kellough (http://kaie.ca/) on voice / elections & Stefan Christoff on echo guitar / keyboards.
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Acessibility: Casa Del Popolo is located on ground level. There are ramps on both the venue and bar front entrances for wheelchair accessibility. Washrooms are gender neutral and one is wheelchair accessible. There are no automatic doors however. // * Accessibilité: Casa Del Popolo se situe au sol - il y a des rampes disponibles pour l'entrée de la salle et du bar pour les chaises roulantes. Les salles de bains sont "Genre-neutre" et une est accessible pour les chaises roulantes. Il n'y a cependant pas de portes automatiques.
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Safe Space Policy: There will be zero tolerance for racist, sexist, transphobic and any oppressive behaviour. Casa Del Popolo has staff ready to assist you if ever you feel unsafe and/or you notice anything unusual/problematic. You can also reach out personally to the organizers or the artists, and we will try to help you as best as we can. // * Politique d'Espace sécuritaire: Il n'y aura aucune tolérance pour des comportements racistes, sexistes, transphobiques et n'importe quel autre comportement oprresant. Le personnel de Casa Del popolo est prêt à vous assister si jamais vous craignez pour votre sécurité, et/ou que vous apercevez quelque chose de problématique/troublant. Vous pouvez aussi contacter les organisateurs ou les artistes, et nous essayerons de vous aider autant que possible.
interview with Jahsun from Kalmunity Vibe Collective speaking on the collective power of Kalmunity, the struggle to create a Black-focused music space in Montreal for over a decade & also the daily struggles against racism within the Montreal music scene.
photo by http://loungeurbain.com
recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
" from the river to the sea, palestine will be free ! "
chant at a tadamon! protest in solidarity with the palestinian struggle for freedom, accompanying photo taken at montreal solidarity protest for palestine.
listen to a track produced by Brandon Hurtado @bhurtado based on piano recordings by Stefan Christoff @spirodon -- recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio @radiockut
photo of spring clouds in montreal by @spirodon
listen to a piano recording done at La Sala Rossa, this is a recording that was done during the session in 2012 for Temps libre, but wasn't included on the ep release, info on that release : http://howlarts.net/temps-libre
this recording was also incorporated info the cassette release 'les rumeurs de la montagne rouge, en chœur, convergent' a collaboration with Joseph Sannicandro, a sound artist, academic & editor @acloserlisten info on the release : http://howlarts.net/lesrumeurs
this recording was done by adrian roy taylor @a-r-t-sounds & took place within the context of the ongoing protests against austerity in Quebec in the spring of 2015. photo taken on st. laurent street in montreal by @spirodon
listen to an interview with Hadi Eid the father of Bissan Eid, a Concordia graduate student, young mother & Palestinian Montréaler who remains stuck in Gaza since January 2017. a grassroots campaign to support Bissan's struggle for freedom of movement is ongoing, you can find context / background at :
http://tadamon.ca
this interview was recorded & produced live on Free City Radio @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to an interview with Michael Nardone speaking on the Sonic Materialities info :
http://soundobject.net/projects/sonic-materialities
Michael speaks about the project & features sonic work within the project, also outlining some reflections on the politics of sound & the relationship between sound and protest, the sonic environments of resistance.
this interview was recorded & produced live on Free City Radio @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to a special radio mix, original selections prepared by @sandhillbeats for a free city radio broadcast on @radiockut !
accompanying photo taken by @spirodon of the night sky above montréal.
Écoutez un bref échange avec l'organisateur communautaire et activiste Noé Arteaga Santos qui parle de l'importance d'exprimer son soutien à la lutte de l'étudiante de Concordia, Bissan Eid, pour rentrer chez elle. Noé est un organisateur au Centre des travailleurs immigrants.
listen to an discussion with writer & community activist Rosano Coutinho speaking on this article :
Redefining Racism http://rosano.ca/redefining-racism
this interview was recorded & produced live on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to a live set by @joni_void on free city radio on @radiockut !
below is the track info / listing via joni void !
'dedicated to Ogun'
- "The Original Tazered Less" video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_U9HECYIyU&t=1s
- Clipping. - Bout that (Joni Void "Yung Werther" live remix)
- Time Lapse (Unreleased/from forthcoming EP)
- untitled unreleased demo with Ogun/Emerald Dove
- Bassem Masri Ferguson Protest Livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-DBOKUStRk
- Doppler
- C'est Pas Fini (Stefan's Song)
- Van Jones "Oil is death" speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fze4cFR2Yk
listen to an interview with author, activist & professor Francis Dupuis-Déri sharing reflections on the growing level of systemic police and political repression in Montréal over recent years. in this exchange Francis speaks specifically about the street level repression against the 2012 mass student strike to protest austerity measures and neo-liberal hikes in tuition fees in Quebec, while this interview also looks more generally at the systemic ways that the state in Quebec and Canada has been utilizing repression as a tool to impose neo-liberal, austerity-driven policies that detrimentally impact public institutions, collective well being and social justice.
info / background :
http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php/francisdupuisderi
this interview was recorded at UQAM in Montreal for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to a duet by Zayid Al-Baghdadi on nay & Nicolas Royer-Artuso on oud performing interpretations on Iraqi music live at La Sala Rossa for the Free City Radio benefit for CKUT radio on Sunday, Nov. 6th, full info on the concert : http://freecityradio.org/post/152579507415/ckutbenefit
this recording was registered & produced by Nick Schofield @nickschofield accompanying image a photo of beautiful mediterranean post card tones at monastiraki in montreal !
listen to an interview with Émilie Monnet on This Time Will Be Different, a collaborative interactive theatre piece done in collaboration with Lara Kramer.
full info : http://onishka.org/en/ics-2017-2nd-edition/this-time-will-be-differentttwbd
Performance and sound installation by Lara Kramer and Émilie Monnet.
A co-presentation with OFFTA
This Time Will Be Different denounces Canadian government discourse on Indigenous Peoples and takes a critical look at the “national reconciliation industry.” From one inquiry to the next, from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has anything really changed in the relationship between the Government of Canada and this land’s first inhabitants?
Canadian critics have heaped high praise on choreographer Lara Kramer’s (Oji-Cree) articulate and outspoken works, including Native Girl Syndrome, which drew an uncompromising picture of itinerant aboriginal women. Interdisciplinary artist and founder of Onishka Productions, Émilie Monnet (Anishnaabe/French) collaborates with artists from different indigenous nations from here and across borders to offer innovative performances on issues of identity, memory, history, and transformation.
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon accompanying photo is iron rock within a mountain in Guinea.
listen to an interview with Mohamed Barry speaking on the public campaign to fight the deportation of refugees from Canada to Guinea that publicly launched in May 2017. this committee is a group of Guinean refugees who are struggling against deportations being enforced by the Liberal government of Canada.
info / background :
http://newswiremtl.info/guinean-community-demand-an-end-to-deportations-to-guinea
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this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon accompanying photo is iron rock within a mountain in Guinea.
listen to an interview with community artist / print maker kiva stimac ! recorded at kiva's studio above casa del popolo, this interview explores the role of handmade poster art within grassroots arts communities & also specifically looks at the battle for public space to poster in the context of the Montreal city admin cracking down on people's right to poster. this interview also explores the history of both popolo press & casa del popolo.
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon !
listen to an in-studio discussion with Dru Oja Jay speaking on the federal Liberal government's massive public infastruture initative amounting to $120 billion planned out. this interview looks critically at the ways that the Liberals are directing the finances around the project toward "public-private partnerships" which will see the privitization of public works and also massive profits being directed toward the private section as opposed to public institutions.
Dru works with Courage Coalition, full info : http://www.couragecoalition.ca
this discussion was produced for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio freecityradio.org opening / closing music via @sandhillbeats
listen to a live broadcast / soundscape mix that was produced live in studio @radiockut on dromotexte. all the recordings / soundscapes were produced by @spirodon & you can listen to all the tracks & get specific information on all pieces included via this playlist :
https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/sets/mtl-soundscapes
listen to Mostafa Henaway speaking about the Montréal struggle to fight against the deportation of Guinean workers and refugees, a campaign that will launch tomorrow, May 23rd at the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal, full info on the campaign launch :
http://newswiremtl.info/guinean-community-demand-an-end-to-deportations-to-guinea
As Montreal celebrates the 375th anniversary of its "founding," Cinema Politica’s Stefan Christoff @spirodon interviewed Inuk visual artist Stephen Puskas @agluvak about Inuit cultural resistance to colonialism in Québec in 2017. In this interview, Stephen Puskas confronts the comfortable truth* that anyone can take Inuit land, culture and stories. As some Canadian mediamakers celebrate the creation of an "Appropriation Prize," this interview is especially urgent in its powerful challenge of the corporate cultural appropriation of Inuit cultural symbols.
Stephen Puskas is a visual artist, filmmaker and researcher who recently finished work as a project manager for Nunalijjuaq and producer for Montreal's Inuit radio show Nipivut.
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ComfortableTruths are mainstream attitudes and ideas about nationhood, belonging and identity that, despite not being true (such as "immigrants have it easy in Canada"), have become so engrained in the Canadian imaginary and mainstream culture that they become orthodoxy. As part of Cinema Politica's Nations & Migrations project we reached out to activists and artists across the country and asked them to share their thoughts and reactions to these so-called truths.
listen to an interview with Billy Mavreas speaking about the Monastiraki shop on St. Laurent street in Montreal, full info : http://monastiraki.blogspot.ca
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to an in-studio discussion with Melis Çağan and Irmak Taner speaking on the recent referendum in Turkey from a social justice perspective. this discussion roots recent political events in Turkey within a historical context & highlights ongoing struggles for justice & against oppression within the context of the AKP-driven government.
you can read the article that Melis Çağan and Irmak Taner wrote on the situation live at : http://graphitepublications.com/turkeys-referendum
this discussion was produced for broadcast on @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org accompanying photo by Sabrien Amrov.
hope that you are all doing well, wanted to share with you the last 'Terminal Five' program that I hosted, broadcasting in the lead-up to the Howl! arts festival 2017. this broadcast includes many tracks of artists who were featured during the festival, below is the track listing, hope that you enjoy ! take care. -- stefan spirodon.
exuma - II - baäl @sandhillbeats - sandhill - 1981 @sandhillbeats - sandhill - beirut @sandhillbeats - sandhill - blue mosque @sandhillbeats - sandhill - sandhill funk @sandhillbeats - sandhill - everytime @sandhillbeats - sandhill - port of call @sandhillbeats - sandhill - drink the water @sandhillbeats - sandhill - helen hyde @sandhillbeats - sandhill - ojala (inshallah) @sandhillbeats - sandhill - tarantino @sandhillbeats - sandhill - stanley kubrick @sandhillbeats - sandhill - ms. marvel @sandhillbeats - sandhill - grace @sandhillbeats - sandhill - hobson jobson @sandhillbeats - sandhill - gods & monsters @sandhillbeats - sandhill - dead man walking @sandhillbeats - sandhill - how sam shalabi - ne pas plier @tamarasandor - tynes - tines beatrice deer @beatrice-deer-band - relocation odaya - live at missing justice protest @joni_void - a void portable cosmoshrine @cosmoshrine - the original soundtrack of the mahoroba geeks - metro avec guitar xarah dion @zodiaquemusique - sillage et caprice kaie kellough @kaiaiak - accordéon live excerpt
Listen to “My Body was not Built for this Cold,” a poem by Shanice Nicole. Shanice Nicole is a Black feminist writer, artist, and educator who is living, loving, and learning in Montreal. She discovered poetry in the summer of 2015 and uses it to heal and dream of social justice. You can follow her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thatswhatshasaid/
This poem was recorded as part of the Cinema Politica’s Nations & Migrations, a media project looking at stories of borders, bodies and resistance. Within Nations & Migrations is a campaign called Comfortable Truths*, for which this audio was produced, recorded by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
ComfortableTruths are mainstream attitudes and ideas about nationhood, belonging and identity that, despite not being true (such as "immigrants have it easy in Canada"), have become so engrained in the Canadian imaginary and mainstream culture that they become orthodoxy. As part of the Nations & Migrations project, we reached out to activists and artists across the country and asked them to share their thoughts and reactions to these so-called truths.
To learn more about Cinema Politica and the Nations & Migrations project, check out their website here: https://www.cinemapolitica.org/special-events/nations-and-migrations
listen to some organ / synth experimentations with xarah dion recorded on an spring afternoon in 2014 with xarah dion @zodiaquemusique !
photo by Philippe Teixeira St. Cyr.
listen to an interview with graphic designer and artist kevin yuen kit lo speaking on a recent graphic project worked on in montreal surrounding the anti-racist protest mobilization against the far right organizing taking place in quebec and beyond.
accompanying graphic via kevin, info :
http://lokidesign.net
this interview was recorded on monday, april 3rd in montreal by stefan christoff @spirodon for broadcast on @radiockut
listen to an interview with artist, musician, poet & activist norman nawrocki on his latest album 'displaced / misplaced' an album that is a benefit project for both the immigrant workers centre and also solidarity across borders. this album by nawrocki mixes stories spoken by migrant justice activists about their experiences fighting for justice.
this interview was recorded by stefan christoff @spirodon for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut accompanying art work by lina gamache.
listen to a discussion with artist sarah mangle speaking about / reflecting on the possibilities for artists to resist trump & more generally social injustice. in this exchange, sarah really offers personal reflections on being a socially engaged artist at this time & also visits historical reference points like the ACTUP campaign that took place during the HIV/AIDS crisis, lead by queer artists at the time.
one of the most amazing quotes from this interview with sarah is when sarah says, "we need to go outside" in response to what artists need to be doing at this time in response to the persisting crisis of trump, social injustice, climate injustice & beyond. you could take this to mean that we need to spend less time on our screens and on the streets, but you could also take it other ways, just wanted to highlight that quote from sarah.
info on sarah's work :
http://www.theaffirmationscolouringbook.com/
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying image is from a book by sarah mangle.
listen to an interview with artist Eduardo Velázquez speaking on #postcolonialbooty, an exhibition / installation that was shown at articule gallery in Montreal in winter 2017. also within this interview Eduardo speaks about the artistic process that was involved in creating the exhibition, as well as offering perspectives & reflections on finding ways to contribute to movements for social justice today in the context of NYC and Trump being president.
for some more info / background visit :
http://www.articule.org/en/article/interview-eduardo-velazquez
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan Christoff @spirodon
listen to building harmonics recorded at the top of concordia's hall building, this was recorded within the stairs close to the roof at concordia's hall building montreal, what crazy is that the notes of the industrial drone in the building could form the basis for a minimalist music piece. -- stefan.
an acoustic guitar recording done at the bed side of artist Charley Stimac in Montreal, thanks for listening ! take care. -- stefan. @spirodon
listen to an interview with marisa berry méndez, staff at the canadian council for refugees, who offers perspective and critique on the human impacts of canada's "temporary foreign worker program." specifically marisa highlights the problematic & abusive practices by employers that have become common under this program, like the holding of pay & identity documents by the employers.
this interview was recorded within the context of the federal review of the program, largely pushed by employers, but also a review process in which organizations like the canadian council for refugees intervened in to highlight systemic injustices taking place within the program and the ways that it impacts migrant workers.
this interview was recorded within the context of the organizing effort taking place toward the montréal premiere of the documentary film migrant dreams by min sook lee, that took place at cinema politica at concordia university. info on the film project :
https://www.cinemapolitica.org/distribution/migrant-dreams
this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.
Listen to an interview with Dr. Das @dr-das, musician and founding member of Asian Dub Foundation. in this exchange Dr. Das speaks on the inherent militancy to the sound of dub bass, looking at the cultural origins within the sound-system culture of the Caribbean & extending to the ways that was incorporated into cultural experiences within the U.K. Aniruddha Das (Dr. Das) speaks on the "militancy, compassion & solidarity" inherent to the melodic bass lines of dub bass.
Also in this interview we hear about contemporary experiences within Asian Dub Foundation in their attempts to deploy a full bass sound within major music festivals in Europe. Finally we hear perspectives on the populist, racist right-wing forces in Europe and how contemporary struggles against them are simply a continuation of anti-colonial movements past.
info on Dr. Das :
http://www.soundcloud.com/dr-das
info on Asian Dub Foundation :
http://asiandubfoundation.com
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon. accompanying photo by Aniruddha Das.
listen to a morning soundscape recorded at metro jean-talon in nov. 2016 !
accompanying sketch is by stefan christoff @spirodon to accompany a poem in a zine by kaie kellough released in 2000.
listen to Naomi Klein giving a speech in Montréal on the "Shock Doctrine" recorded on September 5th, 2007 for broadcast on Alternative Radio & CKUT radio.
"Catastrophes from Katrina to Iraq from Afghanistan to the Asian Tsunami clear the way for corporations to move in and operate in newly privatized zones, pushing local government overboard. Kind of like shock and awe economics. Privatize, privatize, privatize is intoned like a mantra by the economic high priests of neoliberalism. The belief in the so-called free market is almost akin religious dogma. Abuses, shoddy work and rampant profiteering rule with little or no oversight or accountability. Governments sub-contract and outsource their essential functions and services as jobs float downstream from the public sector into the private. Free market neoliberalism is synonymous with democracy and since everyone loves the latter what's not to like about the former? But what it really is, is a get rich quick crusade."
this lecture was recorded by stefan christoff @spirodon for @radiockut & Alternative Radio broadcast. accompanying photo was taken in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, we are seeing an Israeli occupation force night flare during an Israeli military operation, via : http://activestills.org
ALLER RETOUR AFRIQUE-AMERIQUE
On dit souvent que la musique africaine américaine est influencée par la musique africaine, mais on oublie souvent qu'aujourd'hui la musique africaine peut aussi être influencée par la musique africaine américaine, et en faire encore autre chose. C'est ce qu'on va montrer aujourd'hui. Tous les morceaux de musique éthiopienne a été trouvée et très bien rassemblée par Francis Falceto sur la collection de CDs Ethiopiques, chez Buda Musique (22 volumes à ce jour et ce n'est pas fini).
01) mahmoud ahmed (ethiopiques 8), mar tèb yelal kafesh (ethiopia) 02) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 9), mèkèyèrshin salawq (ethiopia) 03) little richard, lucille (usa) 04) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 9), nèfas endaygèban (ethiopia) 05) sam cooke, wonderful world (usa) 06) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 8), ayalqem tèdènqo (ethiopia) 07) georgie fame, yeh yeh (uk) 08) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 8), betchayén tègodahu (ethiopia) 09) clarence carter, looking for a fox (usa) 10) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 9), yèlbén betayiw (ethiopia) 11) james brown, i got you (i feel good) (usa) 12) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 8), tchero adari nègn (ethiopia) 13) james brown, say it loud (usa) 14) hakim and james brown (el yomen dol), lela (egypt) 15) tlahoun gèssèssè (ethiopiques 17), alègntayè (ethiopia) 16) isaac hayes (shaft soundtrack), theme from shaft (usa) 17) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 8), honey baby (ethiopia) 18) jimmmy oihid (jimmy oihid), halwa (algeria) 19) wilson pickett (soul to soul), in the midnight hour (usa) 20) tèsfa-maryam kidané (ethiopiques 8), yètèsfa tezata (ethiopia) 21) booker t. and the mgs, green onions (usa) 22) alèmayèhu eshèté (ethiopiques 13), wèdèdku afqèrkush (ethiopia) 23) otis redding (sings soul ballads), for your precious love (usa) 24) papa wemba (emotion), fa fa fa fa (congo-kinshasa) 25) hassan el hadi (salam québec), habiba (morocco) 26) samuel belay (ethiopiques 8), aynotchesh yerèfu (ethiopia) 27) budos band (budos band), aynotchesh yerèfu (usa)
accompanying photo is of the Atlantic Ocean upside down.
listen to a speech by garik ruiz given during the world social forum in Montreal on the international boycott, divestment & sanctions movement.
accompanying image is a text reading "palestine"
listen to an interview with artist dayna danger recorded in fall 2016. in this interview dayna speaks about artistic practice, various ongoing art projects & the struggles involved to express complicated identities, including indigenous cultures, in a contemporary artistic & social landscape.
for more info on dayna's work :
http://www.daynadanger.com
accompanying music by @cris-derksen
http://crisderksen.virb.com
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying art work by damon.
listen to an interview with musician Shaun Weadick @coyotemusic-1 speaking on shaun's most recent release "sparrow's by the cross at mena'sen"
info : https://shaunweadick.bandcamp.com
this was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying photo is by Shaun Weadick.
écoutez une discussion en studio sur Montréal, la culture et la gentrification avec des artistes / activistes communautaires impliqués dans deux projets culturels autonomes d’importance : La Passe et KABANE77.
dans cette discussion, nous entendrons des critiques anti-coloniales des célébrations du 375e “anniversaire” de Montréal, qui justement ne se préoccupent pas de la nature coloniale de cette ville. nous entendrons aussi comment l’administration municipale soutient des espaces culturels officiels et corporatifs, tout en restant hostile aux lieux artistiques autonomes et ingouvernables.
L’O.S.B.L KABANE77 veut faire du bâtiment sans piliers intérieurs, situé au 77 Bernard Est, un espace public dédié à l'éducation, la production et la diffusion libre en contrepoint à l'industrie culturelle dominante. Cette démarche se fait dans l'esprit de la fabrication des circonstances de culture, avec les habitants des environs. KABANE77 propose un véritable champ d'action et un espace de rencontre pour raviver les pratiques indépendantes et expérimentales dans un espace autonome dédié aux arts du cinéma et de l'imprimerie, à la musique et à la photographie.
Les militantes et militants oeuvrant au sein du collectif s’activent dans le but d’ouvrir et de partager le lieu avec les groupes du quartier et les groupes provenant de différentes communautés avec qui le contact s’établit au fil des évènements et des rencontres. Depuis 2012, le combat pour l'usage de ce bâtiment s'est matérialisé en une lutte contre sa destruction, contre sa possible expropriation par des initiatives allant dans le sens de la gentrification du quartier et contre l'éviction des créatrices et créateurs non corporatifs. http://www.kabane77.org/
KABANE77 met au défi la Ville de Montréal et ses élus de laisser vivre un espace où les formes, les idées et les façons de faire se développent librement.
this in studio discussion was hosted by Stefan Christoff @spirodon live on CKUT fm @radiockut the intro music is by Cop Car Bonfire, while the last song is by Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes. photo : Martin Ouellet
happy to share this edition of Terminal Five with you, from March 8th, 2017, on International Women's Day. this is the play list below, thanks for listening ! -- stefan.
catherine ribeiro + alpes - paix - jusqu'à ce que la force de t'aimer me manque catherine ribeiro + alpes - paix - paix sarah pagé - dose curves - dose curves brian eno robert fripp - evening star - wind on water sarah pagé - dose curves - stasis sarah pagé - dose curves - lithium taper sarah pagé - dose curves - ephemeris data sarah pagé - dose curves - pleiades lhasa de sela - lhasa - rising fairuz - jerusalem in my heart - فيروز - زهرة المدائن fairuz - فيروز يا طير le mystere des voix bulgares - пиленце пее le mystere des voix bulgares - сватба le mystere des voix bulgares - калиманко денко le mystere des voix bulgares - страти на ангелак думаше
listen to an interview with author, academic & activist joseph daher, recorded in montreal in feb. 2016, speaking on the current situation in syria. joseph details ideas on the syrian popular uprising against authoritarianism under the assad regime.
joseph is the author of the recently published book "Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon's Party of God" info :
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/H/bo25052798.html
this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio, info http://freecityradio.org the accompanying illustration is by jana traboulsi, thx to @mostafa-henaway for helping to set-up the interview !
listen to the Jan. 26th edition of Terminal Five, this mix visits many musical spaces & vibes, including a classic track that I thought it was important to play given the Trump disaster, "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson. the accompanying photo was taken just before dawn on Parc Ave. in Montreal. hope that you enjoy this mix friends !
willy mitchell - native north america vol. 1 - call of the moose willy mitchell - live at casa del popolo alain goraguer - la planète sauvage - déshominisation graham beverley - descending / offset sontag shogun - 2015, new york city - improvisation sontag shogun - 2015, new york city - plagues sontag shogun - 2015, new york city - lament shaun weadick - sparrows by the cross at mena'sen - sparrows by the cross at mena'sen shaun weadick - sparrows by the cross at mena'sen - she moved through the fair tamara sandor - tynes - tynes tamara sandor - tynes - magpie laurie anderson - o superman kaie kellough - creole continuum - alphabeta cop car bonfire - deep forest - healer cop car bonfire - deep forest - reflections
listen to an interview with academic and artist Ayşegül Koç, currently teaching in Istanbul, speaking on the recent history of political turbulence in Turkey. Ayşegül specifically offers analysis on the recent attempt at a military coup in the country this past summer, while also drawing the roots to the contemporary political crisis as connected to unanswered questions on the identity of the Turkish nation dating back to 1923. Ayşegül also speaks specifically the ways that the current government has utilized the political crisis of the moment to crack down on dissent, looking specifically at the cases of academics and artists.
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying art work by damon. accompanying photo taken in istanbul by sabrien amrov.
listen to an interview with artist yen-chao lin speaking on a recent zine project called "paper almanac" while also speaking more generally about artistic practice and collective community arts initiatives including atelier céladon. also yen-chao speaks about an upcoming installation / performance taking place at oboro gallery in montréal.
this interview was recorded live on CKUT fm @radiockut in montreal by stefan christoff @spirodon for free city radio : http://freecityradio.org
listen to sounds from the # 80 bus riding on parc ave. in summer 2016 in this recording you can hear the music on the bus, the city sounds & the general atmosphere.
accompanying image is of a montreal bus transfer, via billy mavreas's blog :
billymavreas.blogspot.ca/2006/01/mont…ansfers.html
écoutez cette entrevue avec l'organisatrice communautaire et productrice de documentaires Fatima Idhammou, qui nous parle du documentaire web acclamé de 2015 qui traite de la vie dans la banlieue de Sarcelles, au nord de Paris, France. dans cet échange, Fatima nous parle de ce qui a inspiré le documentaire web: les inégalités sociales, le racisme structurel et les défis économiques que cette classe populaire et cette communauté très diverse doivent affronter.
Fatima nous parle également du processus de création du documentaire web Sarcellopolis, de l'engagement de la communauté impliquée durant 3 ans, tout en décrivant le processus orienté vers la communauté qui a mené ce projet de film.
listen to an interview with community activist and documentary film producer Fatima Idhammou speaking about the celebrated 2015 web documentary on life in the suburb city of Sarcelles in the north of Paris, France. in this exchange Fatima speaks about the inspiration behind the web documentary, the social inequalities, structural racism and economic challenges that this working class and very diverse community faces. Fatima speaks also about the process of creating the web documentary Sarcellopolis, the community engagement involved over three years, while also describing the community oriented process that drove the film project.
info / voyez Sarcellopolis @ : http://sarcellopolis.com/en
cette entrevue a été enregistrée / produite pour diffusion sur CKUT fm à Montréal par Stefan Christoff en direct sur Free City Radio, info freecityradio.org -- this interview was recorded / produced for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon live on Free City Radio, info http://freecityradio.org
listen to a music mix broadcast on ckut fm selected for « terminal five » — this selection includes sounds from around the world & visits different moods, below is the playlist, hope that you enjoy friends ! — stefan @spirodon.
christopher bissonnette @christopherbissonnette - essays in idleness - greenish in its light christopher bissonnette @christopherbissonnette - essays in idleness - a deplorable corruption christopher bissonnette @christopherbissonnette - essays in idleness - entanglements christopher bissonnette @christopherbissonnette - essays in idleness - delusions naghmeh farahmand @naghmehfarahmand - unbound - unbound pejman zahedian @pejman-zahedian - leaning against the breeze secret pyramid @secretpyramid - movements of night - quiet sky jordan christoff - endless mixtape - bones ahmed malek (via @habibifunk) - # 1 sandhill @sandhillbeats - opus 5 narcy @thenarcicyst - world war free - world war black violin @black-violin - black violin - gypsy damon davis @farfetched - loa: act III - love (featuring laren loveless) ebony bones @ebonybones - what difference does it make (ft. the new london children's choir) king ghazi presents abu sayah - houran - via @versatile-records le mystère des voix bulgares - nonesuch - Пиленце пее nabil hilaneh @nabil-hilana - حمص مقام الشوق leanne betasamosake simpson - f(l)ight - constellation via @rpmfm leanne betasamosake simpson - f(l)ight - road salt via @rpmfm translucent grapes - pink maybes - born tall
listen to an interview with community artist, musician & activist damon davis (@farfetched) recorded during a visit to montréal in fall 2016. this interview highlights reflections from damon about the context & practice of street art in st. louis over the past years within the context of the #blacklivesmatter movement.
this interview was recorded in montréal while damon was in the city to give the keynote lecture at culture shock, an event series organized by qpirg mcgill every year, the lecture was co-organized by howl! arts collective & co-sponsored by ckut fm.
info on damon's musical projects / collective :
http://wearefarfetched.net
this interview was recorded for broadcast on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon accompanying art work by damon.
an excerpt from an organ recording done at home, prepared a longer session for my friend nawar @sandhillbeats who is working this into a beat. sharing an excerpt here on free city radio, the accompanying graphic is from : http://lokimon.tumblr.com
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
Audio reports on struggles for environmental justice, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio stations globally, featuring voices from around the world engaged in front-line struggles for climate justice recorded in 2011 at the Cochabamba +1 conference in Montreal.
accompanying graphic by Jesse Purcell from JustSeeds via this project : http://climateprints.org
report from street protest in Montreal marking global action day for Syria
Listen to an audio report from the Montreal protest on Saturday, June 11th, 2011, as part of an international day of action in solidarity with ongoing democracy protests in Syria. This report features voices of protest organizers in Montreal, including Buschra Jalabi a human rights lawyer and Brian Aboud a professor of sociology in Montreal. In this radio report you also hear street sining and chants recorded live on the streets in Montreal.
In this report you hear Montreal perspectives on the ongoing uprising in Syria and words of solidarity for sustained popular protest movements across the region from Tunisia, to Egypt, to Palestine. Participants at the protest also voiced opposition to any NATO or US-driven military intervention in Syria as seen in Libya.
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for more info on intl. solidarity actions with Syria visit: http://cfsmtl.wordpress.com
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CKUT community radio broadcasts on-line at http://www.ckut.ca
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produced at CKUT radio for broadcast on campus/community radio stations by Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
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accompanying graphic by Mouneer Al Shaarani, reading : "out of hearts's abundance."
listen to an interview series recorded during the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, produced for broadcast on campus / community radio stations globally.
this interview series was recorded & produced for broadcast by Stefan Christoff while visiting in Dakar in Feb. 2011 for the World Social Forum. music featured in these reports was created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal. accompanying image is a fabric print from Senegal.
Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Blessing J. Karumbidza activist and researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa speaking on contemporary corporate land grabs in Africa and grassroots struggles for food and economic sovereignty in Africa. In this interview Karumbidza speaks on the relationship between current international corporate land practices in Africa in a historical context of European colonization.
For more information visit http://www.seri-sa.org/
Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.
Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal, produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Mamy Rakotondrainibe an activist from Collectif pour la Défense des terres malgaches working to raise awareness and struggle against mass corporate land grabs in Madagascar. In recent years land contracts have been signed between the government of Madagascar and major corporations, often in the name of economic development, that will lead to millions of hectares of Madagascar lands being lost to the people of the country.
For more information visit http://farmlandgrab.org
Music in this report was created by Senegal artist Makkan J
This interview has been produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Lungisile Ntsebeza specialist in land reform struggles in South Africa based at the University of Cape Town. Ntsebeza speaks on ongoing land reform struggles in South Africa after the end of official apartheid and details corporate mining projects being undertaken on the little remaining public lands in the country. In this interview we hear a critique on the current African National Congress (ANC) governments inaction on moving toward genuine land reform in South Africa despite national rights enshrined in the Freedom Charter.
Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.
Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Ahmad Jaradat from the Alternative Information Center in Palestine who speaks on activities taking place at the World Solidarity Forum at Cheikh Anta Diop university in solidarity with Palestine. Specifically Jaradat speaks on the key role that the World Social Forum has played in recent years in advancing the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli state. Hundreds attended activities on Palestine at the World Social Forum in Dakar which backed a plan launched by the Boycott National Committee in Palestine for March 30th to be a BDS international day of action.
For more information on the Alternative Information Center visit http://www.alternativenews.org/english
Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.
Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Patrick Bond of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Bond speaks on the current mobilization in South Africa and globally against the upcoming UN climate summit to take place in Durban, South Africa between November 28th & December 9th. Activists are converging on the UN climate summit after the widely perceived failure of the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to adequately address the roots of global climate crisis. In this interview Bond details the mobilization efforts in South Africa lead-by communities directly impacted by climate change both in Durban and globally.
For more information on the Durban mobilization visit http://www.groundwork.org.za
Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.
Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.
In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Desmond D'Sa from the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance speaking on grassroots organizing currently taking place in Durban, South Africa to protest the UN summit on climate change to take place between November 28th & December 9th 2011.
In this interview D'Sa outlines a climate justice from South African perspective, highlighting recent extreme weather events in the country and the fact that communities in South Africa directly impacted by climate change have not been consulted or involved in the upcoming UN conference in their city.
For more information on the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance http://www.sdcea.co.za
Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.
Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon
listen to an interview with Lesley Selwood, a member of "Friends of Sinclair Laird Park" speaking about a community organizing effort to prevent the sale of one of the few remaining green spaces in parc ex, a space that is widely used for community activities including cricket.
this discussion also compares and contrasts the amount of green space in parc ex as compared to other neighbourhoods, specifically looking at the town of mount royal that borders parc ex in montreal. so this discussion gets into systemic racism as directed toward parc ex.
info on the campaign, visit this petition :
https://www.change.org/p/lesley-selwood-save-sinclair-laird-park
this discussion was recorded live on free city radio on ckut radio @radiockut in montreal, opening track on the program by j dilla, closing track by dramatik, this program was produced by stefan christoff @spirodon.
listen to an interview with community organizer and artist Emrical @emricalmusic speaking on & offering reflections about 'Momentum' a new album released in Oct. 2016.
in this exchange Emrical speaks on the intersections between community activism and the arts, looking at the ways that over recent years artists have played a central role in voicing social movements, from the #blacklivesmatter movement, to struggles against corporate-driven economic injustice.
also this interview provides space to hear Emrical's insights into the creative process and musical influences that went into the creating of 'Momentum'.
info : https://emrical.bandcamp.com / @emricalmusic
this interview was recorded at parc athéna in parc ex., montreal for radio broadcast on ckut fm by stefan christoff @spirodon being uploaded here for public archiving purposes on free city radio for @radiockut
listen to an interview with filmmaker min sook lee speaking about the recent film project migrant dreams, a documentary film on the struggles for justice of migrant agricultural workers within the context of canada's temporary foreign workers program.
this film is being distributed in collaboration with cinema politica network, info : https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/migrant-dreams
this interview was recorded at the montreal premiere for migrant dreams in collaboration with the cinema politica network, for broadcast on ckut fm @radiockut by stefan christoff @spirodon.
listen to a mix compiled by sandhill (@sandhillbeats) for a free city radio community fundraising concert to support ckut fm for the 2016 annual funding drive. the benefit took place at la sala rossa in nov. 2016.
below is the track listing, thx. to nawar (sandhill) for this amazing selection !
- abdel halim hafez - tkhounouh
- asmahan - ya habibi ta3ala
- farid al atrash - saa beorb el habib
- majida el roumi - kil shi 3am yikhlas
- kamuran akkor - ikimiz bir fidaniz
- mogollar - muzik mogollar
- vigen derderian - mara beboos
- @bei_ru - kez hamar (for you)
- @bei_ru - yeraz (dream)
- @mahdyar - ye rooze khoob miad
- portishead - wandering star
- dj shadow - midnight in a perfect world
- necro - agent orange
- adrian younge - death’s invitation interlude
- adrian younge - let the record spin
listen to a live session of shalabi effect on ckut radio recorded in 2000, featuring sam shalabi, alexandre st-onge, will eizlini & anthony seck. this broadcast took place in the months after the release of the first shalabi effect full album on alien8 records.
this in-studio performance on the ckut new music program "new shit" this program was produced & hosted by steve guimond & stefan christoff. uploading it here, found recently. thanks for listening !
grève illimitée 12/07/2016 ckut special broadcast.
in december, 2011, the first major moves toward the 2012 student strike began to take shape. just months before the strike began, 60,000 students formed the temporary coalition called classé (coalition large de l'association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante) which became the major organizing engine for the historic strike.
today, many of the issues raised during the strike remain. cuts to education / health care / public services continue in québec.
to remember and reflect on the strike, but also examine the contemporary context, tune-in to free city radio on CKUT fm on wednesday dec. 7th at 11am, for a special broadcast. info : http://freecityradio.org
listen to musical selections from the "terminal five" broadcast on nov. 16, 2016, full track listing below, thanks for listening ! -- stefan christoff.
thomas ragsdale - bait - warning mass pole - 3 - silberfisch brian eno - music for airports - ambient 1 (remix via slow motion radio) ghosting season - remixes ep - far end of the graveyard (3am version) aphex twin - selected ambient works - blue calx pye corner audio - sleep games - the black mill video tape thomas mapfumo & the blacks unlimited - spirits to bite our ears - kuyaura thomas mapfumo & the blacks unlimited - ndangariro - nyarara mukadzi wangu scientist and prince jammy - dub landing - time passage roots radics, scientist - scientist meets the roots radics - fighting radics scientist roots manuva - run come save me - ital visions
announce for CKUT radio benefit concert at La Sala Rossa on Nov. 6th, featuring :
Will Eizlini (tablas) Zoë Thomas (violin) Anthony von Seck (guitar / setar) Stefan Christoff (piano / bells)
sunday, nov. 6th, 2016 La Sala Rossa, 4848 st. laurent doors 20h30 performance starts at 21h30 suggested donation $10-20 no one turned away
this concert will be based on some graphic notation worked on by stefan & a collective process of improvisation. certainly this will be a beautiful evening, look forward to seeing you there friends !
listen to an interview with Manuel Rozenthal who is a medical doctor & remains active in social activist movements in Toronto who are working to challenge corporate agriculture, injustices on the work place and generally for social justice.
Manuel Rozental : Activist with indigenous and popular movements in his native Colombia and throughout the Americas since the early 1970s. Researcher, writer, speaker and communicator. A practicing general and colorectal surgeon, forced into exile on several occasions from Colombia, he became a Canadian citizen while working with indigenous communities in Northern Saskatchewan and has been part of several initiatives including the Community Health and Development Process in Saskatchewan, the Canada-Colombia solidarity campaign and various other initiatives regarding resistance and alternatives to capital. Manuel has been part of multiple efforts including the indigenous and popular movement known as Minga for popular and community resistance since the first decade of 2000, a massive national mobilization leading to the Peoples´Congress around a 5 point agenda facing the economic interests of the free trade neoliberal model.
Pueblos en Camino, an initiative to weave peoples and processes through the Americas and beyond grew out of the contacts and counterparts established in this lifelong process as activist and communicator. Manuel was one of the founding members of this process since 2008, now expanding and weaving analysis, organizations, reciprocal learning and actions to resist while displaying alternatives to capital. Manuel has been gifted with the opportunity to learn and teach theory and practice in academic, popular and activist environments acquiring experience in strategic planning, situation and context analysis and grassroots non-commercial communication initiatives at the service of collective efforts. His ongoing commitment to read contexts at the service of struggles to resist and overcome capitalism at a time where alternatives are urgently needed guides his life as part of collective undertakings.
this interview is part of a series done as a collaboration between the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute & Free City Radio, created for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut -- ckut.ca & for distribution online by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
listen to an interview with Graham Russel from Rights Action speaking on the overt and also indirect role that human rights activists point re : Canada's support for the coup in Honduras.
Grahame Russell is a non-practicing Canadian lawyer, author, adjunct professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and, since 1995, director of Rights Action (www.rightsaction.org).
this interview is part of a series done as a collaboration between the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute & Free City Radio, created for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut -- ckut.ca & for distribution online by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
listen to an interview with Jennifer Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator at Mining Watch Canada, part of a series of interviews recorded for broadcast on Free City Radio on CKUT fm in collaboration with the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute.
in this interview Jennifer speaks on the detrimental impacts that Canadian mining corporations have had on Latin America, looking specifically at the role of Goldcorp in Guatemala, which have pushed forward with a mine opposed by indigenous voices in the country. Canada's Guatemalan embassy has been directly involved in creating political space for the Goldcorp mine, Jen speaks to this in detail.
Jennifer Moore is Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada where she coordinates research and campaigns with communities, organizations, and networks struggling with mining issues in Latin America, especially in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Prior to joining MiningWatch, she worked as a freelance print and broadcast journalist with strong interests in media democracy, collective rights and Canadian foreign policy in Latin America.
http://miningwatch.ca/users/jen
this interview is part of a series done as a collaboration between the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute & Free City Radio, created for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut -- http://ckut.ca & for distribution online by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
Rebecca Migdal and Andy Laties, two contributors and collaborators with the New York City-based activist comic publication World War 3 Illustrated speak on their contribution to the upcoming issue which tells the story of Andy witnessing an act of extreme police brutality in the south side of Chicago in the early 1980s.
this interview was recorded in Little Italy, Montreal in summer 2016 & it offers important insights into this particular contribution to World War 3 Illustrated and the publication more broadly, info : http://www.ww3.nyc
this special issue is described by World War 3 Illustrated in this way :
"This edition of the ground breaking political comic book World War 3 Illustrated explores the intersection of two of the most pressing issues of our time, Catastrophic Climate Change and Systemic Racism. Like every edition it is both intellectually challenging and artistically innovative and features the work of brilliant and committed artists both new and established. Features include: Award winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper and cartoonist Kate Evans illustrating the story of global warming. Death row journalist Mumia Abu Jamal on animal rights with illustrations by Sue Coe. Steve Brodner on Trump, Poster artist Josh Yoder on Standing Rock. Seth Tobocman, Sue Simensky Bietila and Sabrina Jones on exploding oil trains. Songe Riddle, Rebecca Migdal and Chris Kindred on police brutality. Egyptian poster designer Ganzeer reinvents the comic book page. Beehive collective cartoonist Meg Lemieur on Flint, Michigan. Former Black Panther Wayne Curtis on the privatization of water. Political art by David Solnit and Favianna Rodriguez. Nicolas Lampert on the role of art in protesting the Paris climate summit."
recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon on Free City Radio, info : http://freecityradio.org
listen to an interview with writer, researcher and activist Nikolas Barry-Shaw speak about Canada's political role in Haiti over the past decade, from the 2004 coups d'état against Aristide, to the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Nik Barry-Shaw is an independent researcher and has been very involved in Haiti Action Montreal. Nik is the co-author of "Paved with Good Intentions" exploring "Canada's development NGOs from Idealism to Imperialism." info :
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/authors/view/nikolas-barry-shaw
this interview is part of a series done as a collaboration between the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute & Free City Radio, created for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut -- ckut.ca & for distribution online by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
listen to an interview with writer and academic Dawn Paley who offers critical perspectives on Canadian policy in Latin America. Dawn offers specific examples & insights into the interconnections between the Canadian governmental & corporate world in regards to policy regarding Canadian mining corporations in the region. specifically Dawn offers a critical take on Goldcorp's environmentally & politically destructive role in Guatemala.
also in this interview Dawn speaks critically on Canada's role in supporting the 2009 coup d'état in Honduras, while also looking at how general Canadian policy in Honduras and throughout the region has followed a relatively consistent political line between both Liberal and Conservative governments.
Dawn Paley is a journalist and author of Drug War Capitalism, full info :
https://dawnpaley.ca/about
this interview is part of a series done as a collaboration between the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute & Free City Radio, created for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut -- http://ckut.ca & for distribution online by Stefan Christoff @spirodon.
listen to the oct. 5th edition of "terminal five" broadcast live on CKUT radio from 9-11am, track listing below, thanks for listening ! -- stefan.
nadim mishlawi - works - memory 1 anton batagov - post production - weather forecast olga wojciechowska - maps and mazes - resonating memories cop car bonfire - deep forest - earth problems kiasmos (ólafur arnalds & janus rasmussen) - kiasmos batalha (nuno moita & matteo uggeri) - annoying animals pt. 1 shanyio - pribegie laurindo almeida & salli terri - duets with spanish guitar - villa-lobos munir bashir - l'art du oud - taqsim dasht charbel rouhana - sourat trait d'union - solitude rima khcheich - orient express - isobel xylouris white - goats - old school sousta the dirty three - ocean songs - sirena the dirty three - ocean songs - the restless waves the dirty three - ocean songs - distant shores maurice ravel - string quartet in f - assez vif, très rythmé claude debussy - clair de lune - reflects dans l'eau claude debussy - clair de lune - l'ile joyeuse claude debussy - clair de lune - danseuses de delphes
listen to a special edition of "World Skip the Beat" on CKUT Radio, broadcast on Monday, Sept. 6, a collaboration with Dror (who blogs at entrelesoreilles.blogspot.ca). also parker mah (dj rhythm and hues) a regular host on world skip the beat sat on for this show briefly.
this edition highlights the works & songs of voices of political resistance to injustice around the world, looking at artists from different regions around the world. specifically these selections point to artists and groups who have faced political persecution for their words, from prison, to harassment, to political assassination; these are all important tracks.
thanks for listening. -- stefan.
1) cálice - chico buarque - live - brazil (1973) 2) el pueblo unido jamás será vencido - quilapayún - el pueblo unido jamás será vencido - chile (1973) 3) manifiesto - victor jara - manifiesto - chile (1974) 4) le bûcheron - franklin boukaka - le bûcheron - congo (1970) 5) zombie - fela kuti - zombie - nigeria (1976) 6) rajiou al-talamza (the students have returned) - sheikh imam - with ahmad fouad najm - egypt (1972) 7) el visa - cheb hasni - algeria (1992) 8) ak°it ay arrac nneɣ (wake up, comrades!) - matoub lounès - ay aḥlili - kabylie (1979) 9) karwan (caravan) - ahmet kaya - hosçakalin gözüm - kurdistan (2001) 10) quitte le pouvoir - tiken jah fakoly - coup de gueule - ivory coast (2004) 11) fuck tha police - NWA - straight outta compton - us (1988) 12) je connais tes cauchemars - la rumeur - l'ombre sur la mesure - français (2002) 13) nique la france - ZEP - devoir d'insolence - france (2009) 14) ahlâ fîk bi-l-mukhayamât (welcome to the camps) - katibe 5 - palestine/lebanon (2007) 15) pause - rafeef ziadah - we teach life - palestine (2015) 16) rayes le bled (head of state) - el general - tunisia (2011) 17) mgharba Iqu (moroccans, wake up!) - lhaqed - morocco (2011) 18) yalla irhal ya bachar! (leave now, ya bashar!) - hama streets - hama streets sing Ibrahim qashoush, june 2011 - syria (2011)
listen to an interview with Ramsey Kanaan, founder at PM Press, speaking about the inspiration, ideas and context behind the anarchist publisher. Ramsey gives some insights on the relationship between the publishing project and social movements, speaking about the fluidity of the practice of organizing and the ideas that come from grassroots movements for change. Ramsey also speaks to the challenges and difficulties facing the press, the constent battle to keep an anarchist publishing project alive within a capitalist system.
finally Ramsey gives some ideas and perspectives on electoral politics in the US right now within the context of the run-up to the 2016 election, looking at the actual policy similarities in regards to labour, the environment and militarism between the Republicans and Democrats.
info on PM Press : http://www.pmpress.org
this interview was recorded during the World Social Forum 2016 in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for broadcast on CKUT radio @radiockut via Free City Radio, info http://freecityradio.org
listen to an interview with Leon Dulce from Kalikasan - People's Network for the Environment, who was visiting Montreal for the World Social Forum in August 2016. in this exchange Leon offers critical informations in regards to the malpractices of Canadian mining companies in the Philippines, specifically highlighting environmental destruction & terrible working conditions at the mining locations of the Canadian-Australian mining company OceanaGold. this discussion is placed within a neo-colonial context of looking at international corporation's neo-colonial relationship with the Philippines, in regards to land and labour.
info on Kalikasan - People's Network for the Environment http://www.kalikasan.net
this interview was recorded & produced for broadcast on CKUT fm @radiockut by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org
accompanying photo taken by Mark Henry on the San Juanico bridge in Tacloban City, Philippines.
listen to a soundscape mixing a poem by palestinian poet rana salah read live at a rally in support of the global campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (bds) in summer 2016 in montreal. the poem was recorded on st. denis street and is accompanied here by a piano recording done at home. thanks for listening ! -- stefan.
info on rana : http://silkroadinstitute.ca/en/rana-salah
accompanying photo of sky over jerusalem, taken by jamil freij via http://jamilfreij.tumblr.com
listen to an interview with Sameer Dossani, ActionAid’s expert on the ‘BRICS’ (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa). in this exchange Sameer speaks about the emergence of bilateral and regional trade agreements as pathways for the neo-liberal order to enforce economic realities. Sameer also reflects on broader topics of social & economic justice struggles and their interconnections all around the world.
info : http://www.actionaid.org/profiles/sameer-dossani
listen to an interview with attorney Jan Susler, based at the People's Law Office, speaking on the grassroots campaign for clemency for Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. in this interview Jan provides general historical context on the sustaining, violent & unjust colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, placing the Rivera campaign in this context.
info on the Campaign to Free Oscar López Rivera National : http://boricuahumanrights.org
info on the People's Law Office : http://peopleslawoffice.com
this interview was recorded / produced by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for CKUT radio @radiockut info http://freecityradio.org - http://ckut.ca
recent article on Oscar López Rivera in Vibe : http://www.vibe.com/2016/08/oscar-lopez-rivera-puerto-ricans-demand-release-political-prisoner
accompanying photo of US prison bars.
listen to an interview with progressive economist and academic Patrick Bond who offers a critical take on BRICS bank as an integral element to contemporary neo-colonial capitalism around the world, challenging claims that BRICS will act independently, pointing to the BRICS bank failure to address the recent moves to overthrow the PT (workers party) in Brazil.
also Patrick offers thoughts on the inter-connected relationship between economic systems of colonial capitalism and climate change, pointing to UN-drive market based solutions of carbon markets and carbon trading as failing to provide real alternatives to the burning crisis that faces the world.
this interview was recorded in Montreal during the World Social Forum by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for broadcast on CKUT @radiockut info via Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org
listen to the August 24th, 2016 edition of Terminal Five broadcast live on CKUT fm @radiockut in Montreal, hosted by Stefan Christoff @spirodon you can find the full track listing below, accompanying photo by Sabrien Amrov, thank you for listening (!)
ahmed fakroun - soleil soleil - 7" hülya süer - şeker oğlan (kozmonot rework) arşivplak – turkish disco folk volga nehri erkut taçkın - sevmek istiyorum - hamam house 1 remix selda bağcan - ince ince - bir kar yağar selda bağcan - tatlı dillim exuma - exuma - the obeah man exuma - exuma - dambala exuma - exuma - mama loi, papa loi thelonious monk - criss cross herbie hancock - inventions and dimensions - succotash david s. ware quartet - aquarian sound don cherry and latif khan - sangam - sangam les mystère des voix bulgares - sableyalo mi agontze les mystère des voix bulgares - prïtourïtze planinata les mystère des voix bulgares - mir stanke le goran bregović - underground - wedding cocek goran bregović - underground - war goran bregović - underground - underground-čoček
Ecoutez une discussion avec un groupe d'activistes impliqués dans la campagne de Boycott, Désinvestissement et Sanctions (BDS) en France. Dans cet échange enregistré lors du Forum social mondial 2016 à Montréal, Jean-Pierre Bouché, Mohamed Paz et Imen Habib soulignent les réalités actuelles auquel le mouvement BDS en France doit faire face, en particulier les batailles juridiques que le mouvement BDS mène face à l'Etat français. Cette entrevue donne également un aperçu du succès grandissant de la campagne BDS dans le monde.
Pour plus d'informations sur BDS France: www.bdsfrance.org
Cette entrevue a été enregistrée pour diffusion sur les ondes de CKUT fm @radiockut à Montréal par Stefan Christoff @spirodon pour Free City Radio, infos: freecityradio.org photo par ActiveStills http://activestills.org
a special edition of world skip the beat, on CKUT radio in montreal, which explores music and song from around the world inspired by immigration, diaspora and migration. featuring music from all corners of the world, this special program offers unique and rare musical selections from diverse artists from algeria, canada, cap verde, egypt, france, ivory coast, jamaica, lebanon, peru, slovakia and spain.
a special edition of world skip the beat produced by dror that broadcast in june 2008, being uploaded here on free city radio for archiving purposes, accompanying photo is of a solar eclipse.
01: poc li dente é tcheu, mayra andrade, cape verde 02: la carte de résidence, slimane azem & nourredine meziane, algeria 03: anfas mouss & hakim, origines contrôlées, algeria / france 04: maison blanche, mouss & hakim, origines contrôlées, algeria / france 05: el mayoral (slave driver), susana baca, peru 06: i feel like going home, muddy waters, u.s. 07: come, let us go back to god, the soul stirrers, u.s. 08: ya rayah, dahmane el harrachi, algeria 09: ach adani (dahmane el harrachi), rachid taha, algeria / france 10: adieu la france, mouss & hakim, origines contrôlées, algeria / france 11: ya dorah shami, nile musicians, egypt 12: auschwitz, marichka, slovakia 13: naci en alamo, remedios silva pisa, spain 14: a la sierra de armenia (seguiriya), niña de los peines, spain 15: sodade, cesaria evora, cap verde 16: assouf, tinariwen, mali 17: sawah (the wanderer), abdel halim hafez, egypt 18: sanarjaou yaoumann, fairouz, lebanon 19: africa unite, bob marley, jamaica 20: u veux-tu que j’aille, tiken jah fakoly et mouss & hakim ivory coast / algeria / france 21: maktoubi (my destiny), 23 and kader, algeria / canada 22: oran marseille, khaled et IAM, algeria / france