Interference Archive is a social space, exhibition venue, and open stacks archive of movement culture, based in Brooklyn. Audio Interference is a podcast dedicated to the activists, artists, and organizers whose histories make up the archive.
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In this episode, volunteer Jen Hoyer explains how the archive is using donated materials to create an online presence for noteworthy, but digitally absent groups like Sister Serpents. But generating new materials and new discussions is not without a few risks. Stay tuned to find out more. To learn more about Sister Serpents, check out episode 52! Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive. Music: “The Crisper” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) “Soundboy” by 4bstr4ck3r “Scenery” by Kai Engel “Elk” by Meydän
In this episode, we speak with Interference Archive volunteer Dane Michael about his favorite zines in the archive's collection as well as his interest in collecting radical print materials and mutual aid ephemera, which he regularly donates to the archive. In particular, Dane shares experiences traveling to social centers and radical spaces in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia in Spain. He also talks about the mutual aid work he is a part of in the Bay Area in California. References from this episode of Audio Interference: Doris Zine: www.dorisdorisdoris.com Todo Por Hacer: www.todoporhacer.org Dane is part of a few mutual aid groups in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco, including: East Bay Food Not Bombs: www.eastbayfoodnotbombs.org Omni Commons: www.omnicommons.org Bound Together Bookstore: www.boundtogetherbooks.wordpress.com Prisoners Literature Project: www.prisonlit.org North Oakland Mutual Aid: www.instagram.com/northoakland_mutualaid/?hl=en Thank you to J.Cruz/COVR for creating the music for this episode, which is titled “shake shake shake”. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive.
Free City Radio contribution for Audio Interference: Asylum seekers fighting back against workplace exploitation in Montréal 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. View a silk-screen poster worked on by artist Christeen Francis, a member of Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, that is up here to support the campaign. Thank you for listening ! –– Stefan Christoff.
In this episode, we speak to Zeelie Brown, a Black, queer artist and cellist based in New York City. She creates “soulscapes”: sites and soundscapes that invoke the temporality, sacredness of connection, and layers of history embedded within feelings of refuge. Zeelie's sanctuary spaces draw on her personal and ancestral traditions of music, cuisine, scent, ritual, and community. Throughout this episode, you'll hear music that Zeelie has produced as a part of her practice. This episode stems out of a partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, where we explore how different organizations, groups, and people aim to create space for folks who are often disenfranchised and disempowered by normative systems at work in our world. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear from Tim Berrigan, a literacy advisor in the adult learning center at the Brooklyn Public Library. You can listen to the Brooklyn Public Library's episode here: www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/education-for-all You can explore and purchase Zeelie's artwork here: https://www.zeeliebrownlovesyou.com/store Her song in this episode is called “Alabama Dawn.”
In this episode, we speak with Interference Archive volunteer Dane Michael about his favorite zines in the archive's collection as well as his interest in collecting radical print materials and mutual aid ephemera, which he regularly donates to the archive. In particular, Dane shares experiences traveling to social centers and radical spaces in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia in Spain. He also talks about the mutual aid work he is a part of in the Bay Area in California. References from this episode of Audio Interference: Doris Zine: www.dorisdorisdoris.com Todo Por Hacer: www.todoporhacer.org Dane is part of a few mutual aid groups in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco, including: East Bay Food Not Bombs: www.eastbayfoodnotbombs.org Omni Commons: www.omnicommons.org Bound Together Bookstore: www.boundtogetherbooks.wordpress.com Prisoners Literature Project: www.prisonlit.org North Oakland Mutual Aid: www.instagram.com/northoakland_mutualaid/?hl=en Thank you to J.Cruz/COVR for creating the music for this episode, which is titled “shake shake shake”. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive.
Free City Radio contribution for Audio Interference: Asylum seekers fighting back against workplace exploitation in Montréal 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. View a silk-screen poster worked on by artist Christeen Francis, a member of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, that is up here to support the campaign. Thank you for listening ! –– Stefan Christoff.
In this episode, we speak to Zeelie Brown, a Black, queer artist and cellist based in New York City. She creates “soulscapes”: sites and soundscapes that invoke the temporality, sacredness of connection, and layers of history embedded within feelings of refuge. Zeelie’s sanctuary spaces draw on her personal and ancestral traditions of music, cuisine, scent, ritual, and community. Throughout this episode, you’ll hear music that Zeelie has produced as a part of her practice. This episode stems out of a partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, where we explore how different organizations, groups, and people aim to create space for folks who are often disenfranchised and disempowered by normative systems at work in our world. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear from Tim Barrigan, a literacy advisor in the adult learning center at the Brooklyn Public Library. You can listen to the Brooklyn Public Library's episode here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/education-for-all
Volunteer Coordinator Sophie Glidden-Lyon explains why handbooks are among her favorite items at Interference Archive. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive. To learn more visit www.interferencearchive.org Music in this episode: “Arizona Moon,” “Palms Down” “Calisson” “The Cornice” & “Dusting,”by Blue Dot Sessions – www.sessions.blue Theme in G” by Poddington Bear
Volunteer Coordinator Sophie Glidden-Lyon explains why handbooks are among her favorite items at Interference Archive. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive. To learn more visit www.interferencearchive.org Music in this episode: "Arizona Moon," "Palms Down" "Calisson" "The Cornice" & “Dusting,”by Blue Dot Sessions - www.sessions.blue Theme in G” by Poddington Bear
“The city had so many buildings, it had no ability to manage them themselves, no ability to even outsource the management…if you were alive and breathing and raised your hand, you could have a building in the city of New York.” — Charles Laven In New York in the early 1970s, government disinvestment coupled with widespread landlord neglect and abandonment, gave rise to squatting, urban homesteading, and other forms of self-help housing. Residents took control of city-owned land and buildings, and developed or rehabilitated their own housing. The ultimate goal for many of these tenants was to take their buildings out of the speculative housing market and own them collectively and democratically. Today, around 1,300 resident-controlled, low-income housing cooperatives exist in New York City, providing some of the most deeply affordable and stable housing in the city. The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, or UHAB, grew out of the self-help housing movement. UHAB was founded in 1973, and started by working with self-organized groups of tenants to convert homesteading projects into limited-equity cooperatives, affordable in perpetuity and owned by their tenants. In this episode, we are sharing excerpts of an oral history of UHAB, conducted by researcher Conor Snow in 2020 and featuring interviews with Charles Laven, Fernando Alarcon, Ayo Harrington, and Ann Henderson. Thank you to UHAB, and to Charles, Ayo, Ann, Fernando and Conor for granting us permission to share this audio with you. For more information about UHAB: uhab.org/ For more information about Interference Archive's exhibition in collaboration with UHAB, “Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing”: interferencearchive.org/building-for-…tive-housing/ For previous Audio Interference episodes on similar topics, check out: Episode 74, “We the People Won't Go” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…ople-wont-go/) Episode 47 “Lower East Side Community Gardens” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…nity-gardens/) Episode 31 “Squatting on the Lower East Side” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…er-east-side/) Episode 23 “Brooklyn Housing Struggle” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…ing-struggle/). Music: “Bathed in Fine Dust” by Andy G. Cohen and “Tribal” by David Szesztay, both from the Free Music Archive. Produced by Interference Archive.
In New York in the early 1970s, government disinvestment coupled with widespread landlord neglect and abandonment, gave rise to squatting, urban homesteading, and other forms of self-help housing. Residents took control of city-owned land and buildings, and developed or rehabilitated their own housing. The ultimate goal for many of these tenants was to take their buildings out of the speculative housing market and own them collectively and democratically. Today, around 1,300 resident-controlled, low-income housing cooperatives exist in New York City, providing some of the most deeply affordable and stable housing in the city. The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, or UHAB, grew out of the self-help housing movement. UHAB was founded in 1973, and started by working with self-organized groups of tenants to convert homesteading projects into limited-equity cooperatives, affordable in perpetuity and owned by their tenants. In this episode, we are sharing excerpts of an oral history of UHAB, conducted by researcher Conor Snow in 2020 and featuring interviews with Charles Laven, Fernando Alarcon, Ayo Harrington, and Ann Henderson. Thank you to UHAB, and to Charles, Ayo, Ann, Fernando and Conor for granting us permission to share this audio with you. For more information about UHAB: https://uhab.org/ For more information about Interference Archive’s exhibition in collaboration with UHAB, “Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing”: https://interferencearchive.org/building-for-us-stories-of-homesteading-and-cooperative-housing/ For previous Audio Interference episodes on similar topics, check out: Episode 74, “We the People Won’t Go” (https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-74-we-the-people-wont-go/) Episode 47 “Lower East Side Community Gardens” (https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-47-lower-east-side-community-gardens/) Episode 31 “Squatting on the Lower East Side” (https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-31-squatting-on-the-lower-east-side/) Episode 23 “Brooklyn Housing Struggle” (https://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-23-brooklyn-housing-struggle/). Music: “Bathed in Fine Dust” by Andy G. Cohen and “Tribal” by David Szesztay, both from the Free Music Archive. Produced by Interference Archive.
Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear “A Quarter of a Century,” a song by Ivie, a comrade on the inside whose story is uplifted by Survived and Punished. It references her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence and was recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. In the middle of the song, you’ll hear an accompanying rap by another comrade, Sassi, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived & Punished NY, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from Survived & Punished’s comrades on the inside, as well as a longer interview with two Survived & Punished members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY's newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie and Sassi for sharing their song. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished's newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray's Radio Riot 6/16/18
Hello comrades, In this episode of Audio Interference, we're sharing reflections from Alisha Walker, a survivor on the inside. The episode stems from a collaboration with Survived and Punished New York, a grassroots, abolitionist group that works to eradicate the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Prison walls create barriers to communication. Through our collaboration, we're bridging this information gap by sharing the experiences of folks on the inside with those on the outside, as well as archiving Survived & Punished's organizing strategies to free all who are incarcerated. Together, we came up with questions that Survived & Punished sent to their comrades. This episode is a response from Alisha Walker, written in May 2020, read by Survived and Punished volunteer, Red Schulte. A huge thank you to Alisha Walker for sharing her story with us. We'd also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Martina Abrahams Ilunga, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished, visit their website, www.survivedandpunishedny.org. If you haven't already, we encourage you to listen to the other responses from folks inside that are part of this series. We also published an in-depth interview with folks from Survived & Punished about their work. To listen, find us on itunes, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.audiointerference.org In solidarity, Audio Interference Produced by Interference Archive.
Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear "A Quarter of a Century," a song by Ivie, a comrade on the inside whose story is uplifted by Survived and Punished. It references her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence and was recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. In the middle of the song, you'll hear an accompanying rap by another comrade, Sassi, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived & Punished NY, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from Survived & Punished's comrades on the inside, as well as a longer interview with two Survived & Punished members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie and Sassi for sharing their song. We'd also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: https://www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18
Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear from Alisha Walker, a comrade on the inside whose story is uplifted by Survived and Punished. She shares her experiences as an incarcerated person and her thoughts on justice and access to information. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived & Punished NY, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from Survived & Punished's comrades on the inside, as well as a longer interview with two Survived & Punished members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Alisha Walker for sharing her story. We'd also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: https://www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18
Letters from Comrades on the Inside – In this episode, we hear from Annette Farrell, a contributor to Survived and Punished’s Inside-Outside Newsletter about her experiences as an incarcerated person and her thoughts on justice and abolition. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. A huge thank you to Annette Farrell for sharing her story with us. We'd also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyeb, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived and Punished, for working with us on this episode. Music from this episode – “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray's Radio Riot 6/16/18
Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear from Andrea Benson, a contributor to Survived and Punished’s Inside-Outside Newsletter about her experiences as an incarcerated person and her thoughts on justice and abolition. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from their comrades on the inside as well as a longer interview with two Survived and Punished Members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY's newsletters and explore their work. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished's newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray's Radio Riot 6/16/18 Release date: 3 June 2018
Hello, comrades, In this episode of Audio Interference, we're sharing reflections from Jessica Paradiso, a survivor on the inside. The episode stems from a collaboration with Survived and Punished New York, a grassroots, abolitionist group that works to eradicate the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Prison walls create barriers to communication. Through our collaboration, we're bridging this information gap by sharing the experiences of folks on the inside with those on the outside, as well as archiving Survived & Punished's organizing strategies to free all who are incarcerated. Together, we came up with questions that Survived & Punished sent to their comrades. This episode is a response from Jessica Paradiso, written in May 2020, read by Survived and Punished volunteer, Yves Tong Nguyen. A huge thank you to Jessica Paradiso for sharing her story with us. We'd also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Martina Abrahams Ilunga, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished, visit their website, survivedandpunishedny.org. If you haven't already, we encourage you to listen to the other responses from folks inside that are part of this series. We also published an in-depth interview with folks from Survived & Punished about their work. To listen, find us on itunes, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.audiointerference.org In solidarity, Audio Interference Produced by Interference Archive.
Hello, comrades, In this episode of Audio Interference, we’re sharing reflections from Jessica Paradiso, a survivor on the inside. The episode stems from a collaboration with Survived and Punished New York, a grassroots, abolitionist group that works to eradicate the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Prison walls create barriers to communication. Through our collaboration, we’re bridging this information gap by sharing the experiences of folks on the inside with those on the outside, as well as archiving Survived & Punished’s organizing strategies to free all who are incarcerated. Together, we came up with questions that Survived & Punished sent to their comrades. This episode is a response from Jessica Paradiso, written in May 2020, read by Survived and Punished volunteer, Yves Tong Nguyen. A huge thank you to Jessica Paradiso for sharing her story with us. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Martina Abrahams Ilunga, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished, visit their website, survivedandpunishedny.org. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to listen to the other responses from folks inside that are part of this series. We also published an in-depth interview with folks from Survived & Punished about their work. To listen, find us on itunes, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.audiointerference.org In solidarity, Audio Interference Produced by Interference Archive.
This episode of Audio Interference is about Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. We’re speaking with two members of the New York chapter of the group, Will Willis and Maureen Silverman. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit https://survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/newsletter-store To learn more about Mia Mingus’ work and writings on transformative justice: www.leavingevidence.wordpress.com Tits and Sass blog, which Will quotes from in this episode: www.titsandsass.com Memorial for Darlene “Lulu” Benson-Seay, who Will remembers in this episode: www.mourningourlosses.org/memorials/darlene-lulu-benson-seay?fbclid=IwAR2wA8dCuIi_p_AmyYkg5Sv_4iLTTg-uAL7L4EPYGuRoWkJMv4r-6saIQrA This episode is part of a series of episodes about Survived and Punished’s work. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to letters from their comrades on the inside. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie, Sassii, Maureen Silverman, and Will Willis for contributing to this episode. And a huge thank you to all other Survived and Punished volunteers. Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18 "A quarter of a century” by Survived and Punished comrade Ivié, a song that she wrote about her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence, recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. Accompanying rap by Survived and Punished comrade, Sassii, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. Produced by Interference Archive. From all of us at Audio Interference, thanks for listening.
This episode of Audio Interference is about Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. We're speaking with two members of the New York chapter of the group, Will Willis and Maureen Silverman. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished's newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter…tter-store To learn more about Mia Mingus' work and writings on transformative justice: www.leavingevidence.wordpress.com Tits and Sass blog, which Will quotes from in this episode: www.titsandsass.com Memorial for Darlene “Lulu” Benson-Seay, who Will remembers in this episode: www.mourningourlosses.org/memorials/da…Mv4r-6saIQrA This episode is part of a series of episodes about Survived and Punished's work. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to letters from their comrades on the inside. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY's newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie, Sassii, Maureen Silverman, and Will Willis for contributing to this episode. And a huge thank you to all other Survived and Punished volunteers. Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray's Radio Riot 6/16/18 “A quarter of a century” by Survived and Punished comrade Ivié, a song that she wrote about her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence, recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. Accompanying rap by Survived and Punished comrade, Sassii, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. In this episode, we give a shoutout to Brooklyn Public Library’s podcast, Borrowed. Check out their episodes here: www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts Produced by Interference Archive. From all of us at Audio Interference, thanks for listening.
The Sanctuary City Project is a research-led participatory art project from San Francisco based artists Chris Treggiari and Sergio De La Torre. They work to create inclusive spaces for dialogue and debate about sanctuary cities and immigration. As you'll hear, the Sanctuary City Project collects stories of immigration, detention, and resistance and then shares those narratives with the public through video projections, installations, mobile food projects, billboards, banners, and pop-up print shops. Some of those posters are now housed in the Interference Archive collection in Brooklyn, New York. More information at: www.sanctuarycityproject.com/ Produced by Interference Archive. Music in this episode: “Dusting,” “Stilt,” “Borough” & “Hickory Interlude” by Blue Dot Sessions – www.sessions.blue “I. Allegro non molto” by Gavin Gamboa “Theme in G” by Poddington Bear
The Sanctuary City Project is a research-led participatory art project from San Francisco based artists Chris Treggiari and Sergio De La Torre. They work to create inclusive spaces for dialogue and debate about sanctuary cities and immigration. As you’ll hear, the Sanctuary City Project collects stories of immigration, detention, and resistance and then shares those narratives with the public through video projections, installations, mobile food projects, billboards, banners, and pop-up print shops. Some of those posters are now housed in the Interference Archive collection in Brooklyn, New York. More information at: https://www.sanctuarycityproject.com/ Produced by Interference Archive. Music in this episode: “Dusting,” “Stilt,” “Borough” & “Hickory Interlude” by Blue Dot Sessions - www.sessions.blue "I. Allegro non molto" by Gavin Gamboa "Theme in G” by Poddington Bear
On April 30th, 1970, US President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into the neighboring country of Cambodia. This resulted in a wave of student strikes across the country throughout the month of May, 1970. On May 4th, the US National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Eleven days later, Mississippi state police opened fire on student protesters at Jackson State University, a historically black college. Together, six students were killed in the shootings. In this episode, an Interference Archive volunteer, Jen Hoyer, interviews activist Dennis O’Neil. Dennis grew up in New York City and was a student at New York University in May, 1970. He tells us about the events leading up to the student strike, as well as the aftermath of the shootings at Kent and Jackson State. This episode is part of a forthcoming exhibit at Interference Archive about the 50 year anniversary of the student strikes of May, 1970. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this exhibit has been moved online. For updates about the exhibit, subscribe to our mailing list at www.interferencearchive.org. To read more about the student strikes of May 1970, You can read series of retrospective articles written by Dennis at: firemtn.blogspot.com/2010/04/may-70…n-our-own.html Music: Rompamos Los Carteles Electorales by Joaquin. Produced By Interference Archive. Further Reading Greensboro sit-in: www.blackpast.org/african-american…ro-sit-ins-1960/ The Panther 21: hiphopandpolitics.com/2015/12/14/the…ce-repression/ Bobby Seale: connecticuthistory.org/free-bobby-fr…nther-trials/ Black Panther Party Community News Service at Freedom Archives: search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?…ction_id=90 Black Panther Party bulletin with information on Bobby Seale: freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finde…y_Free_Huey.pdf
On April 30th, 1970, US President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into the neighboring country of Cambodia. This resulted in a wave of student strikes across the country throughout the month of May, 1970. On May 4th, the US National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Eleven days later, Mississippi state police opened fire on student protesters at Jackson State University, a historically black college. Together, six students were killed in the shootings. In this episode, an Interference Archive volunteer, Jen Hoyer, interviews activist Dennis O'Neil. Dennis grew up in New York City and was a student at New York University in May, 1970. He tells us about the events leading up to the student strike, as well as the aftermath of the shootings at Kent and Jackson State. This episode is part of a forthcoming exhibit at Interference Archive about the 50 year anniversary of the student strikes of May, 1970. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this exhibit has been moved online. For updates about the exhibit, subscribe to our mailing list at www.interferencearchive.org. To read more about the student strikes of May 1970, You can read series of retrospective articles written by Dennis at: firemtn.blogspot.com/2010/04/may-70-finally-on-our-own.html Music: Rompamos Los Carteles Electorales by Joaquin. Produced By Interference Archive.
This Episode is a recording of the event “We the People won't go: LES Artists on the Squatter Movement.” Amy Starecheski moderates a discussion with Seth Tobocman, Fly, and Maggie Wrigley. They share their experiences as both squatters and artists in the LES of NY in the 80's. They talk about the role of art in the fight to stay in the neighborhood, in the fight for affordable and safe housing for themselves and their neighbors. To see more of Seth Tobocman’s work: www.sethtobocman.com/ To read about Maggie’s book: An Architecture of Change, Building a Better world: unmpress.com/books/architecture…ange/9780826346865 To see more of Fly’s work: flyoart.blogspot.com/ This panel was a part of an exhibition and series of events at the archive in Oct 2019-Feb 2020 called Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing. Audio Interference is produced by the Interference Archive, an all volunteer run archive of social movement material. Music: “Stuck in New York” Three Chord Monte with Joe Block, live at WFMU September, 2005
This Episode is a recording of the event “We the People won’t go: LES Artists on the Squatter Movement.” Amy Starecheski moderates a discussion with Seth Tobocman, Fly, and Maggie Wrigley. They share their experiences as both squatters and artists in the LES of NY in the 80’s. They talk about the role of art in the fight to stay in the neighborhood, in the fight for affordable and safe housing for themselves and their neighbors. To see more of Seth Tobocman's work: https://www.sethtobocman.com/ To read about Maggie's book: An Architecture of Change, Building a Better world: https://unmpress.com/books/architecture-change/9780826346865 To see more of Fly's work: http://flyoart.blogspot.com/ This panel was a part of an exhibition and series of events at the archive in Oct 2019-Feb 2020 called Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing. Audio Interference is produced by the Interference Archive, an all volunteer run archive of social movement material. Music: "Stuck in New York" Three Chord Monte with Joe Block, live at WFMU September, 2005
“We don’t want to have to put up ghost bikes anymore.” 27 cyclists were killed in New York City in 2019, more than twice as many as in 2018. In this episode of Audio Interference, we speak with volunteers Ellen Belcher and Steve Scofield from the New York City chapter of Ghost Bikes, who install street memorials for cyclists who have been killed in traffic violence. We travel with them up to 125th to install a bike and learn about the history and current movement of Ghost Bikes. For more information on the memorials in NYC and around the world, check out their website: ghostbikes.org/ Thank you to Steve Scofield and Ellen Belcher for speaking with us. To learn more about the 27 cyclists who lost their lives in 2019, we recommend this profile by Gothamist: gothamist.com/news/2019-was-extr…-are-their-stories Music and Audio in this Episode: – Detailing by Blue Dot Sessions Produced by Interference Archive
"We don't want to have to put up ghost bikes anymore." 27 cyclists were killed in New York City in 2019, more than twice as many as in 2018. In this episode of Audio Interference, we speak with volunteers Ellen Belcher and Steve Scofield from the New York City chapter of Ghost Bikes, who install street memorials for cyclists who have been killed in traffic violence. We travel with them up to 125th to install a bike and learn about the history and current movement of Ghost Bikes. For more information on the memorials in NYC and around the world, check out their website: http://ghostbikes.org/ Thank you to Steve Scofield and Ellen Belcher for speaking with us. To learn more about the 27 cyclists who lost their lives in 2019, we recommend this profile by Gothamist: https://gothamist.com/news/2019-was-extremely-deadly-year-nyc-cyclists-here-are-their-stories Music and Audio in this Episode: - Detailing by Blue Dot Sessions Produced by Interference Archive.
“Areas that are now very affluent in London like Notting Hill or Camden Town, these would have been full of squatted places. Literally streets, like whole blocks of terraced housing that were squatted. From the 1960-70s onward there's lots of people that ended up in possession of properties having initially squatted there.” Dissident Island is an anarchist radio show broadcasting on the first and third Friday of every month from the London Action Resource Centre. Since 2007, Dissident Island has covered anarchist life in London, including the rise and fall of squatted social centers, and the Dissident Island archives offer a picture of the way squatters have changed the city, and the ways in which they've been affected by new laws and policing. Dissident Island also presents benefit shows in squatted venues, produces a zine, and offers radio workshops. This episode includes excerpts from an interview with Patrick Evans, one of the creators of Dissident Island, as well as clips from the show. The voices you heard in this episode included Phoenix from Raven's Ait, Paul from ANAL, Ben Rampart and Ben 52 from rampART, Lou and Matt from Made Possible by Squatting, and Dissident Island hosts John, Chick Pea, Bryn, Patrick IW. Thank you to Patrick Evans and everyone at Dissident Island for making this audio available to us. Music: “Cataclysm” by the Flying Luttenbachers, “Hundred Years in Helheim” by Tri-Tachyon, and “The Pharaos Theme” by The Pharaos, all from the Free Music Archive. Produced by Interference Archive. LINKS Dissident Island: www.dissidentisland.org/ Squatted Social Centres in London, 2007-2017, with Dissident Island Radio: socialcentreslondon.wixsite.com/interfere…cearchive This episode was created by Patrick for the recent Interference Archive exhibition, Resistance Radio: The People's Airwaves. (interferencearchive.org/resistance-ra…les-airwaves/) For more on the history of squatting in London, you can listen to Episode 20 of Audio Interference: interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…ng-in-london/ Raven's Ait: “Squatters in the Stream,” on BBC News: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7999287.stm “Green-living Squatters: Revolution in Surbiton,” on the Independent: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…n-1671326.html Social Centre Plus: “Anti-cuts jobcentre squatters resist bailiffs,” East London Lines: www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2011/04/unti…d-jobcentre/ ANAL: “Squatters turn oligarch’s empty London property into homeless shelter,” The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/ja…oidApp_Facebook rampART on squat!net: en.squat.net/tag/rampart/ Made Possible by Squatting: Blog post and lots of pictures on urban75.org: www.urban75.org/blog/made-possibl…street-london-e1/ London Action Resource Center: larc.space/ Advisory Service for Squatters: www.squatter.org.uk/
“Areas that are now very affluent in London like Notting Hill or Camden Town, these would have been full of squatted places. Literally streets, like whole blocks of terraced housing that were squatted. From the 1960-70s onward there’s lots of people that ended up in possession of properties having initially squatted there.” Dissident Island is an anarchist radio show broadcasting on the first and third Friday of every month from the London Action Resource Centre. Since 2007, Dissident Island has covered anarchist life in London, including the rise and fall of squatted social centers, and the Dissident Island archives offer a picture of the way squatters have changed the city, and the ways in which they’ve been affected by new laws and policing. Dissident Island also presents benefit shows in squatted venues, produces a zine, and offers radio workshops. This episode includes excerpts from an interview with Patrick Evans, one of the creators of Dissident Island, as well as clips from the show. The voices you heard in this episode included Phoenix from Raven’s Ait, Paul from ANAL, Ben Rampart and Ben 52 from rampART, Lou and Matt from Made Possible by Squatting, and Dissident Island hosts John, Chick Pea, Bryn, Patrick IW. Thank you to Patrick Evans and everyone at Dissident Island for making this audio available to us. Music: “Cataclysm” by the Flying Luttenbachers, “Hundred Years in Helheim” by Tri-Tachyon, and “The Pharaos Theme” by The Pharaos, all from the Free Music Archive. Produced by Interference Archive. LINKS Dissident Island: http://www.dissidentisland.org/ Squatted Social Centres in London, 2007-2017, with Dissident Island Radio: https://socialcentreslondon.wixsite.com/interferencearchive This episode was created by Patrick for the recent Interference Archive exhibition, Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves. (http://interferencearchive.org/resistance-radio-the-peoples-airwaves/) For more on the history of squatting in London, you can listen to Episode 20 of Audio Interference: http://interferencearchive.org/audio-interference-20-squatting-in-london/ Raven’s Ait: “Squatters in the Stream,” on BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7999287.stm “Green-living Squatters: Revolution in Surbiton,” on the Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/green-living-squatters-revolution-in-surbiton-1671326.html Social Centre Plus: “Anti-cuts jobcentre squatters resist bailiffs,” East London Lines: https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2011/04/unti-cuts-squatters-resisted-eviction-from-deptford-jobcentre/ ANAL: “Squatters turn oligarch's empty London property into homeless shelter,” The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/27/squatters-open-oligarchs-empty-london-property-as-homeless-shelter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook rampART on squat!net: https://en.squat.net/tag/rampart/ Made Possible by Squatting: Blog post and lots of pictures on urban75.org: http://www.urban75.org/blog/made-possible-by-squatting-exhibition-15-dock-street-london-e1/ London Action Resource Center: http://larc.space/ Advisory Service for Squatters: https://www.squatter.org.uk/
In this episode of Audio Interference, we speak with Vanessa Nosie, activist, and Carrie Curley, activist and artist, about the Apache Stronghold and their spiritual movement to protect Oak Flat from the foreign mining company Resolution Copper. A huge thank you to Carrie Curley, Vanessa Nosie, Naelyn Pike, Wendsler Nosie, and the Apache Stronghold for their important and determined fight to protect their land, and for the important message this has for indigneous communities around the world, and for all communities, regarding the way we should respect and relate to our land, environment, and to each other. Thank you Amy Harwood for your support and audio from the walk that is part of this episode. Thank you Cruz for your production help. We encourage you to call your Senators and Representatives to be sure they support the protection of sacred sites. Ask them to sign on as sponsors of the Save Oak Flat Act, which would repeal the land exchange bill. Save Oak Flat Act: www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congr…s/house-bill/665 To learn more about the Apache Stronghold, visit their website and social media platforms: Website: www.apache-stronghold.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Apache-Stronghol…802193869856079/ Instagram: @protectoakflat For additional articles and resources about Oak Flat, we recommend: www.huffpost.com/entry/oak-flat-a…u1SPL_F9CXUyOXW2 kairoscenter.org/wendsler-nosie-save-oak-flat/ truthout.org/articles/the-apach…march-to-oak-flat/ vimeo.com/120753081 tucson.com/opinion/local/local…1-05f6aad17aa6.html truthout.org/articles/the-apach…march-to-oak-flat/ www.indianz.com/News/2015/07/20/i…los-apache-tr.asp www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/opinio…he-holy-land.html cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/02/12/oa…fGb5Wa0RhXlKk www.vice.com/en_us/article/aejj…o-protect-oak-flat sacredland.org/oak-flat-united-states/ www.democracynow.org/2015/7/17/apac…lls_to_protect To learn more about the mural by Carrie Curley on the water tower in Oak Flat: www.globemiamitimes.com/san-carlos-mural/ Music and Audio in this Episode (in order): Into the Sea by Macroform (intro music) In a Pinch by Macroform (transition music) Tina Anderson walking during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Drumming and walking during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Speech by Naelyn Pike during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Into the Sea by Macroform (outro music) Produced by Interference Archive.
In this episode of Audio Interference, we speak with Vanessa Nosie, activist, and Carrie Curley, activist and artist, about the Apache Stronghold and their spiritual movement to protect Oak Flat from the foreign mining company Resolution Copper. A huge thank you to Carrie Curley, Vanessa Nosie, Naelyn Pike, Wendsler Nosie, and the Apache Stronghold for their important and determined fight to protect their land, and for the important message this has for indigneous communities around the world, and for all communities, regarding the way we should respect and relate to our land, environment, and to each other. Thank you Amy Harwood for your support and audio from the walk that is part of this episode. Thank you Cruz for your production help. We encourage you to call your Senators and Representatives to be sure they support the protection of sacred sites. Ask them to sign on as sponsors of the Save Oak Flat Act, which would repeal the land exchange bill. Save Oak Flat Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/665 To learn more about the Apache Stronghold, visit their website and social media platforms: Website: www.apache-stronghold.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Apache-Stronghold-802193869856079/ Instagram: @protectoakflat For additional articles and resources about Oak Flat, we recommend: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oak-flat-arizona-apache-mining_n_5dfa9a7be4b006dceaa7e48c?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL2FwYWNoZS1zdHJvbmdob2xkLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy5odG1s&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFgF1vqhkwFfVe_3oyVFi0zdK_cTjnyOBmO73vuidVgZzWT690YSD1yPZJgEQDMrQ1B9ijdALkhZeYuPydSelgsBaY1udpOhLbZAUbigMZLmOYPf6rq_SoPh9jgLE99oGrB0nB8mMQq4WFxJE_qyJzQ6N5jGu1SPL_F9CXUyOXW2 https://kairoscenter.org/wendsler-nosie-save-oak-flat/ https://truthout.org/articles/the-apache-way-the-march-to-oak-flat/ https://vimeo.com/120753081 https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-speak-up-for-oak-flat-before-a-copper/article_3b43fa5f-40c6-5761-afe1-05f6aad17aa6.html https://truthout.org/articles/the-apache-way-the-march-to-oak-flat/ http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/07/20/interview-san-carlos-apache-tr.asp https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/opinion/selling-off-apache-holy-land.html https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2019/02/12/oak-flat-solidarity-walk/?fbclid=IwAR1kwVmHR_EupbVWOyT45hmcpZEj7wG7R6IXez9JLpVpZofGb5Wa0RhXlKk https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/aejjxg/fighting-to-protect-oak-flat https://sacredland.org/oak-flat-united-states/ https://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/17/apache_stronghold_caravan_calls_to_protect To learn more about the mural by Carrie Curley on the water tower in Oak Flat: https://www.globemiamitimes.com/san-carlos-mural/ Music and Audio in this Episode (in order): Into the Sea by Macroform (intro music) In a Pinch by Macroform (transition music) Tina Anderson walking during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Drumming and walking during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Speech by Naelyn Pike during the 5th Walk to Oak Flat, recorded by Amy Harwood Into the Sea by Macroform (outro music) Produced by Interference Archive.
AK Thompson is an author, activist, and social theorist. Over the summer, he came to Interference Archive to speak about his newest book, Premonitions. Drawing on that material, he explored the relationship between citation and social movements and brought out a new understanding of the political role of archivists. For accompanying slides, visit: docs.google.com/presentation/d/1V…/edit?usp=sharing Music: Better Things by Cool Runnings Produced by Interference Archive
AK Thompson is an author, activist, and social theorist. Over the summer, he came to Interference Archive to speak about his newest book, Premonitions. Drawing on that material, he explored the relationship between citation and social movements and brought out a new understanding of the political role of archivists. For accompanying slides, visit: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vrn2-lsRpR-zKhHye8apmWj-6D8NLR4Do7Aeaf25VNI/edit?usp=sharing Music: Better Things by Cool Runnings Produced by Interference Archive
Audio Interference 69: What a DJ really is —- Microbroadcasting with Radio CPR and Prometheus Radio Project The following is a recording of an event that happened in july of 2019. Archive volunteer Colin moderated a conversation with founding members Marnie Brady, Amanda Huron, and Athena Viscusi of radio CPR a pirate radio station in Mt. pleasant D.C. and Petri Dish, of Radio Mutiny and Prometheus Radio Project. Speaker Bios: Marnie Brady / DJ Poinsettia launched the Neighborhood Power Hour as part of Radio CPR, Washington, DC where she converged her work in community organizing for immigrant rights, land, & housing with action research interviews & mix tapes over the airwaves. As part of Radio CPR, Marnie started a tech club to learn more about how sound travels. Now in Brooklyn, Marnie is part of the organizing committee for the national Homes for All campaign. She's starting a job as assistant professor in politics & human rights at Marymount Manhattan in the fall. DJ Maude Ontario (AKA Amanda Huron) is a co-founder of Radio CPR, a community radio station that broadcast from D.C.'s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, 1998-2018. She currently works as an associate professor of interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of the District of Columbia, the public university serving Washington, D.C. Her research interests are in urban geography, housing justice, and D.C. history. She plays drums in the bands Puff Pieces and Weed Tree, and is a native of Washington, D.C. PeteTridish has built studios, raised towers, drafted regulations, passed a law through congress, been the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against media consolidation, started non-profits, and been arrested as a protester on various occasions. He has been a radio pirate, a policy advocate for community media, a carpenter, an environmental educator, a solar energy system installer, a squatter, a homeless shelter volunteer and an activist in many social movements since the age of 16. Athena Viscusi, Radio Free Mount Pleasant DJ and member of Stand for Our Neighbors.
Audio Interference 69: What a DJ really is —- Microbroadcasting with Radio CPR and Prometheus Radio Project The following is a recording of an event that happened in july of 2019. Archive volunteer Colin moderated a conversation with founding members Marnie Brady, Amanda Huron, and Athena Viscusi of radio CPR a pirate radio station in Mt. pleasant D.C. and Petri Dish, of Radio Mutiny and Prometheus Radio Project. Speaker Bios: Marnie Brady / DJ Poinsettia launched the Neighborhood Power Hour as part of Radio CPR, Washington, DC where she converged her work in community organizing for immigrant rights, land, & housing with action research interviews & mix tapes over the airwaves. As part of Radio CPR, Marnie started a tech club to learn more about how sound travels. Now in Brooklyn, Marnie is part of the organizing committee for the national Homes for All campaign. She’s starting a job as assistant professor in politics & human rights at Marymount Manhattan in the fall. DJ Maude Ontario (AKA Amanda Huron) is a co-founder of Radio CPR, a community radio station that broadcast from D.C.’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, 1998-2018. She currently works as an associate professor of interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of the District of Columbia, the public university serving Washington, D.C. Her research interests are in urban geography, housing justice, and D.C. history. She plays drums in the bands Puff Pieces and Weed Tree, and is a native of Washington, D.C. PeteTridish has built studios, raised towers, drafted regulations, passed a law through congress, been the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit against media consolidation, started non-profits, and been arrested as a protester on various occasions. He has been a radio pirate, a policy advocate for community media, a carpenter, an environmental educator, a solar energy system installer, a squatter, a homeless shelter volunteer and an activist in many social movements since the age of 16. Athena Viscusi, Radio Free Mount Pleasant DJ and member of Stand for Our Neighbors.
You can't see them, but the skies above New York City hold a tangle of transgressive, culture-bearing radio signals. They're sent from secret rooftop transmitters and pulse imperceptibly across the five boroughs, bringing familiar sounds to simple FM radios in homes and shops throughout tight-knit immigrant neighborhoods. These underground stations are often called pirates for broadcasting on the FM band without a government-issued license.In this episode, we're sharing excerpts from an event at Interference Archive in July, which featured a conversation between David Goren and Joan Martinez. The event was presented in relation to our summer exhibition, Resistance Radio: The People's Airwaves, which looked at the history of radio as a medium for grassroots movements and their organizing work. David Goren is an award winning radio producer and audio archivist based in Brooklyn, NY. He's created programming for the BBC World Service, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Wall Street Journal magazine, NPR's Lost and Found Sound series, On the Media, and Afropop Worldwide as well as audio-based installations for the Proteus Gowanus gallery, and the Ethnographic Terminalia Collective. In 2016 he was an artist-in-residence at Wave Farm, a center for the Transmission Arts. Over the past two years David has released “Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD” for KCRW's Lost Notes Podcast and The Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map which was featured in The New Yorker Magazine. Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map: www.pirateradiomap.com/ David Goren’s audio documentary, “New York City Pirates of the Air”: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076bp3y “Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD”: www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/lost…radio-station-wbad Joan “Radio Free Joanie” Martinez is a Brooklyn-born-and-raised Haitian-American. She attended Brooklyn College twice as an undergrad and is currently working on her Master's Thesis about “pirate radio” in Brooklyn. She's laid the groundwork to becoming a successful on-air talent as a podcast host. Pegged as opinionated since a teenager and a smart alec, she brings a perspective that is usually elusive to the diaspora– a female voice that represents the children of Haiti's “Lost Generation.” She straddles two worlds–the traditional Haitian household and an American growing up in America. She is an enigma at first. Her last name confuses the people she tries to talk to–she's often pegged as a Latino that just happens to know Haitian-Kreyol. But after a minute of talking to her, people are at ease and fascinated that she is Haitian-American. She speaks the language though her name is Latino and her citizenship is American. Some are still standoffish to her and brush her off. She remains resilient however, a trait found in the Haitian people. They thrive from adversity and feed off obstacles. She is the product of her environment and brings this to her radio broadcasting. Produced by Interference Archive.
You can’t see them, but the skies above New York City hold a tangle of transgressive, culture-bearing radio signals. They’re sent from secret rooftop transmitters and pulse imperceptibly across the five boroughs, bringing familiar sounds to simple FM radios in homes and shops throughout tight-knit immigrant neighborhoods. These underground stations are often called pirates for broadcasting on the FM band without a government-issued license.In this episode, we’re sharing excerpts from an event at Interference Archive in July, which featured a conversation between David Goren and Joan Martinez. The event was presented in relation to our summer exhibition, Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves, which looked at the history of radio as a medium for grassroots movements and their organizing work. David Goren is an award winning radio producer and audio archivist based in Brooklyn, NY. He’s created programming for the BBC World Service, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Wall Street Journal magazine, NPR’s Lost and Found Sound series, On the Media, and Afropop Worldwide as well as audio-based installations for the Proteus Gowanus gallery, and the Ethnographic Terminalia Collective. In 2016 he was an artist-in-residence at Wave Farm, a center for the Transmission Arts. Over the past two years David has released “Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD” for KCRW’s Lost Notes Podcast and The Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map which was featured in The New Yorker Magazine. Brooklyn Pirate Radio Sound Map: https://www.pirateradiomap.com/ David Goren's audio documentary, "New York City Pirates of the Air": https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076bp3y "Outlaws of the Airwaves: The Rise of Pirate Radio Station WBAD": https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/lost-notes/outlaws-of-the-airwaves-the-rise-of-pirate-radio-station-wbad Joan “Radio Free Joanie” Martinez is a Brooklyn-born-and-raised Haitian-American. She attended Brooklyn College twice as an undergrad and is currently working on her Master’s Thesis about “pirate radio” in Brooklyn. She’s laid the groundwork to becoming a successful on-air talent as a podcast host. Pegged as opinionated since a teenager and a smart alec, she brings a perspective that is usually elusive to the diaspora– a female voice that represents the children of Haiti’s “Lost Generation.” She straddles two worlds–the traditional Haitian household and an American growing up in America. She is an enigma at first. Her last name confuses the people she tries to talk to–she’s often pegged as a Latino that just happens to know Haitian-Kreyol. But after a minute of talking to her, people are at ease and fascinated that she is Haitian-American. She speaks the language though her name is Latino and her citizenship is American. Some are still standoffish to her and brush her off. She remains resilient however, a trait found in the Haitian people. They thrive from adversity and feed off obstacles. She is the product of her environment and brings this to her radio broadcasting. Produced by Interference Archive.
Audio Interference is excited to be bringing you an episode from a guest podcast, Radio Survivor. Radio Survivor is a group of individuals organized to shed light on the ongoing importance of radio. They have a weekly podcast where they interview people involved in wide-ranging and international community radio efforts. Back in July 2019, Interference Archive volunteers Celia Easton Koehler and Elena Levi spoke with Jennifer Waits and Eric Klein of Radio Survivor about our latest exhibition at Interference Archive. It’s called Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves and it’s about the history of radio as a medium for grassroots movements. They spoke with Radio Survivor about the stations, communities and contexts featured in the exhibition, and the process, labor, and networks involved. Some of the seeds of our research actually came from Radio Survivor interviews! Resistance Radio is on view at the archive through September 29. If you are in New York, come check it out during our open hours: Thursday 1-9pm or Friday through Sunday 12-5pm. You can also check out our website for events or look out for recordings from some events in the fall season of Audio Interference. A huge thank you to Erik Klein, Jennifer Waits, and everyone from Radio Survivor for speaking with us about Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves. More information about Radio Survivor and the original interview: radiosurvivor.com http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2019/07/30/podcast-204-resistance-radio-the-peoples-airwaves/ More information about Resistance Radio: The Peoples Airwaves: http://interferencearchive.org/resistance-radio-the-peoples-airwaves/ resistanceradio.online Produced by Interference Archive.
Audio Interference is excited to be bringing you an episode from a guest podcast, Radio Survivor. Radio Survivor is a group of individuals organized to shed light on the ongoing importance of radio. They have a weekly podcast where they interview people involved in wide-ranging and international community radio efforts. Back in July 2019, Interference Archive volunteers Celia Easton Koehler and Elena Levi spoke with Jennifer Waits and Eric Klein of Radio Survivor about our latest exhibition at Interference Archive. It's called Resistance Radio: The People's Airwaves and it's about the history of radio as a medium for grassroots movements. They spoke with Radio Survivor about the stations, communities and contexts featured in the exhibition, and the process, labor, and networks involved. Some of the seeds of our research actually came from Radio Survivor interviews! Resistance Radio is on view at the archive through September 29. If you are in New York, come check it out during our open hours: Thursday 1-9pm or Friday through Sunday 12-5pm. You can also check out our website for events or look out for recordings from some events in the fall season of Audio Interference. A huge thank you to Erik Klein, Jennifer Waits, and everyone from Radio Survivor for speaking with us about Resistance Radio: The People's Airwaves. More information about Radio Survivor and the original interview: radiosurvivor.com www.radiosurvivor.com/2019/07/30/pod…ples-airwaves/ More information about Resistance Radio: The Peoples Airwaves: interferencearchive.org/resistance-ra…les-airwaves/ resistanceradio.online Produced by Interference Archive.
In this episode, we're speaking with activists, organizers, musicians and artists who are a part of The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The movement is building on the Poor People's Campaign of 1968, a national movement led by Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Junior to unite the poor. We focus our conversation on the role music and art plays, and has played, in this movement. A huge thank you to Ciara Taylor, Pauline PIsano, and Charon Hribrar for speaking with for this episode. To learn more about the Poor People's Campaign, visit their website at www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/. To download a copy of the songbook, produced by the Poor People's Campaign with artwork by Justseeds collective: www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/wp-content/…ongbook.pdf This episode coincides with the exhibition at Interference Archive Everybody's Got A Right To Live: The Poor People's Campaign 1968 & Now: interferencearchive.org/everybodys-go…ign-1968-now/ This is the last episode of spring 2019 Audio Interference season. We're taking a break for the summer, but we'll be back again in the fall with a brand new season that explores the culture of social movements globally. While we're off enjoying the summer sun, we'd love to hear from you with feedback about our episodes so far, and about what you're interested in listening to in the future! Please fill out this survey to tell us why you love audio interference, and what topics you would like us to cover in the year ahead: docs.google.com/forms/d/1QUf3nPwd…it_requested=true Thanks, and have a nice summer! Music you heard today is by: 50 Years After MLK's Poor People's Campaign, 2,500+ Arrested Over 6 Weeks Calling for Moral Revival, Democracy Now, June 25, 2018 Audio recordings from an action at Wall Street in March 2018, with help by Lu Aya from the Peace Poets and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. Ciara and Paulina sing “I want to Lift My People Up” by Vi Rose.
In this episode, we’re speaking with activists, organizers, musicians and artists who are a part of The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The movement is building on the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968, a national movement led by Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Junior to unite the poor. We focus our conversation on the role music and art plays, and has played, in this movement. A huge thank you to Ciara Taylor, Pauline PIsano, and Charon Hribrar for speaking with for this episode. To learn more about the Poor People’s Campaign, visit their website at https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/. To download a copy of the songbook, produced by the Poor People’s Campaign with artwork by Justseeds collective: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SON001_Songbook.pdf This episode coincides with the exhibition at Interference Archive Everybody’s Got A Right To Live: The Poor People’s Campaign 1968 & Now: http://interferencearchive.org/everybodys-got-a-right-to-live-the-poor-peoples-campaign-1968-now/ This is the last episode of spring 2019 Audio Interference season. We’re taking a break for the summer, but we’ll be back again in the fall with a brand new season that explores the culture of social movements globally. While we’re off enjoying the summer sun, we’d love to hear from you with feedback about our episodes so far, and about what you’re interested in listening to in the future! Please fill out this survey to tell us why you love audio interference, and what topics you would like us to cover in the year ahead: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QUf3nPwdo7ewDaymPsgW73biPu-42iWwlF4Z-FI3QoE/viewform?edit_requested=true Thanks, and have a nice summer! Music you heard today is by: 50 Years After MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, 2,500+ Arrested Over 6 Weeks Calling for Moral Revival, Democracy Now, June 25, 2018 Audio recordings from an action at Wall Street in March 2018, with help by Lu Aya from the Peace Poets and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. Ciara and Paulina sing “I want to Lift My People Up” by Vi Rose.
In the past few weeks, regular listeners to the podcast have heard an episode on community internet, and another celebrating libraries. This week, we'll combine the best of both worlds. Today, we’ll chat with Alison Macrina, Founder and Executive Director of the Library Freedom Project, an organization that's making an impact in local communities, helping reduce the harm that people face online from hackers, law enforcement and major corporations. We'll learn of the organization’s showdown with the Department of Homeland Security and hear of its efforts to scale up to a library near you. To learn more about Library Freedom Project and Library Freedom Institute, visit www.libraryfreedom.org. Music in this episode (“Dusting,” “Stilt,” “Borough” & “Hickory Interlude”) by Blue Dot Sessions – www.sessions.blue Produced by Interference Archive.
In the past few weeks, regular listeners to the podcast have heard an episode on community internet, and another celebrating libraries. This week, we’ll combine the best of both worlds. Today, we'll chat with Alison Macrina, Founder and Executive Director of the Library Freedom Project, an organization that’s making an impact in local communities, helping reduce the harm that people face online from hackers, law enforcement and major corporations. We’ll learn of the organization's showdown with the Department of Homeland Security and hear of its efforts to scale up to a library near you. To learn more about Library Freedom Project and Library Freedom Institute, visit www.libraryfreedom.org. Music in this episode (“Dusting,” “Stilt,” “Borough” & “Hickory Interlude”) by Blue Dot Sessions - www.sessions.blue Produced by Interference Archive.
In today’s episode, we’ll learn about community networks around the world, including NYC Mesh, FunkFeuer, and Rhizomatica. Community Networks offer local communities the opportunity to own and control their communication infrastructure. To learn more about NYC Mesh visit www.nycmesh.net. To learn more about Rhizomatica, including projects outside of Oaxaca, Mexico, visit www.rhizomatica.org. To learn more about FunkFeuer, visit www.funkfeuer.at. Thanks to Jonathan Dahan, Myf Ma, Aaron Kaplan, and Peter Bloom for speaking with us for this episode. Music – Onward and Upward by junior85. Produced by Interference Archive.
In today’s episode, we’ll learn about community networks around the world, including NYC Mesh, FunkFeuer, and Rhizomatica. Community Networks offer local communities the opportunity to own and control their communication infrastructure. To learn more about NYC Mesh visit www.nycmesh.net. To learn more about Rhizomatica, including projects outside of Oaxaca, Mexico, visit www.rhizomatica.org. To learn more about FunkFeuer, visit www.funkfeuer.at. Thanks to Jonathan Dahan, Myf Ma, Aaron Kaplan, and Peter Bloom for speaking with us for this episode. Music: Onward & Upward by junior85. Produced by Interference Archive.
We're back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women's Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women's Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here's a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.
We’re back to continue our series on radical, community libraries! In this episode, we chat with Ola Ronke Akinmowo of the Free Black Women’s Library, Dev Aujla of Sorted Library, and Jen Hoyer and Daniel Pecoraro from our own Interference Archive library. To learn more about the Free Black Women’s Library, stay up to date about future pop ups, and find out where to donate books, visit her site, follow the library on social media @thefreeblackwomenslibrary, and consider supporting the project via Patreon. Here’s a short list of reading recommendations from Ola Ronke: Audre Lorde, Gloria Naylor, Buchi Emecheta, Pat Parker, June Jordan, Nnedi Okorafor, especially Who Fears Death, Octavia Butler, especially Parable of the Sower, Zora Neale Hurston, especially Dust Tracks on the Road, This Thing Around My Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sula by Toni Morrison, Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi, Things We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons, All About Love by bell hooks, Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. To learn more about the Sorted Library, including the date of their next open house, you can follow them on Instagram @SortedLibrary or visit them at sortedlibrary.com. To learn more about the Interference Archive library, visit our website, or visit us in person. The archive (and library) is open to the public Thursdays-Sundays. A huge thank you to Ola Ronke Akinmowo, Dev Aujla, Jen Hoyer, and Daniel Pecoraro for talking with us and the important and exciting work you do! Music: “Good Times” and “Laid Back Fuzz” Podington Bear Produced by Interference Archive.
This episode features an interview with artist and collector Alison Alder, recorded last summer when Alison visited New York. Alison Alder is a visual artist whose work blurs the line between studio, community and social/political art practice. Her formative years as an artist were spent working in the screen-printing workshops of Megalo (Canberra) and Redback Graphix (Wollongong/Sydney) where she was co-director from 1985–1993. The next major period of her art practice was spent working within Indigenous organisations in the Northern Territory, primarily for Julalikari Council in Tennant Creek. Alder received an International Year of Tolerance Fellowship from the Australia Council in recognition of her work toward social justice and equity through art practice. Alder is currently Head of the Printmedia and Drawing Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art. Alison is also the organizer of Interference Archive's current exhibition, Hi-Viz: Australian Political Posters 1979-2019. Hi-Viz, an exhibition of screen-printed posters that provide a visual commentary of politics and life in Australia over the last four decades, is on display through April 14. Here's an image of the Redback Graphix poster Alison refers to: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/85.1983/ Music: "Amends" by Mere Women. Produced by Interference Archive.
This episode features an interview with artist and collector Alison Alder, recorded last summer when Alison visited New York. Alison Alder is a visual artist whose work blurs the line between studio, community and social/political art practice. Her formative years as an artist were spent working in the screen-printing workshops of Megalo (Canberra) and Redback Graphix (Wollongong/Sydney) where she was co-director from 1985–1993. The next major period of her art practice was spent working within Indigenous organisations in the Northern Territory, primarily for Julalikari Council in Tennant Creek. Alder received an International Year of Tolerance Fellowship from the Australia Council in recognition of her work toward social justice and equity through art practice. Alder is currently Head of the Printmedia and Drawing Workshop at the Australian National University School of Art. Alison is also the organizer of Interference Archive’s current exhibition, Hi-Viz: Australian Political Posters 1979-2019. Hi-Viz, an exhibition of screen-printed posters that provide a visual commentary of politics and life in Australia over the last four decades, is on display through April 14. Here’s an image of the Redback Graphix poster Alison refers to: www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/w…rks/85.1983/ Music: “Amends” by Mere Women. Produced by Interference Archive.