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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-zine 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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.ca Learn more about the book that Phil co-authored on Mohawk Indigenous art and resistance here: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1266 This 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.net This 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-zine 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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.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.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.com Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is "Passage" by Anarchist Mountains. This program 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, Montréal On the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca) CJLO 1690 AM, Montreal On 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-Kurd Aymen Benbouzid, Bike for Palestine (Montreal) Sonya Ben Yahmed, activist, writer and researcher Sami Basbous, poet, reading original material Jordan 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.org Thank 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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. Thank 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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 Dances 02. Glacis - The World Is All Mine 03. O₩LS - Give Me Your Stare 04. Low Flung - Energy 05. THE SOFT MOON - Dead Love 06. Ariadne Randall - [h1.3] dark way bird path open hand 07. Lebanon Hanover - The Last Thing 08. Ploho - Город устал 09. Ariadne Randall - [h2.3] on that last shore 10. Martina Lussi - Soundwalk Weiertal 11. Katie McBride - Remember, Surrender 12. Low Flung - Understanding 13. 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 Saadeh, who participants in Bikers for Palestine, Montreal Aymen Benbouzid, who also participants in Bikers for Palestine, Montreal Nizar, 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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.net Music 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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-deforestation https://amplifierfilms.ca/a-monday-of-resistance-the-nehirowisiw-blockade-at-wemotaci 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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! 01. 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 - vein 09. 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.collective This 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm CHMA 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-sky Track listing (artist name / track name) 01. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Lightening 02. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Prism 03. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Ghazal 04. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Atavistic Rites 05. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Eclipse 06. Stefan Christoff & Jarrett Martineau - Cloud Formation 07. shaun weadick - neil gow's lament for his second wife 08. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Theme from Verdun II 09. shaun weadick - yé ou le char- 10. WZRDRYAV - Resource 2.0 11. 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 Palestine 02. Atmosphere at Palestine solidarity action, recorded by Stefan Christoff 03. An interview with Palestinian activist Samar Alkhdour, recorded by Stefan Christoff in April 2025 04. William Ryan Fritch - Substrata 05. A Palestine solidarity protest at Concordia University winter 2025, recorded by Leon Louder 06. William Ryan Fritch - Cling to One Another 07. Interviews recorded at kite protest for Gaza by Sandra Hercegová 08. William Ryan Fritch - Adhesion 09. Cyrus Bayandor - Part 2 10. Amir ElSaffar - The People of Gaza Will Be Free (No Silence) 11. daniela solís introducing Ruido por Palestina Libre mixtape 12. Puzz Amatizta - con la mano en la tierra 13. Lucía R. - higos y espuma 14. Albania Juárez - algarabía de las especies 15. daniela solís - paloma regresa 16. Astrid Runa - Saladgima 17. Fritanny - ORAR 18. Prisma - k-rma 19. (CiYi) - System Memory Failure 20. Ehab Lotayef - Burning Hills (poetry reading) 21. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga 22. Sloan Lucas - Le Feat avec Niyagi 23. 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 pianga 02. anthéne - illuminated 03. D. Marion - Ey Iran, blown-out 04. Jakob Rehlinger - Baṭṭīkh Threnody 05. Hazy Montagne Mystique x Melina Spiga - Quand les voix se rejoignent au crépuscule 06. Stefan Christoff - Appel à la manif 07. M. Mucci - Defuse the bombs, destroy the guns, and clip the wings of all the drones 08. Joël Lavoie x Érick d'Orion - Gambit 09. 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.boo 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm

Poesía y sonidos del pueblo - Radio Nopal x Radio AlHara This 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 Christoff Track listing (artist name / track name) Mireya Bayancela - Live poetry reading in Montréal Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Cloud Formation Jeremy Young - Whirld, Pt. I Ezra Teboul - Frosin Nicholas 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.com About the Interference Archive at http://interferencearchive.org Also the Fiber Friends of Falastin https://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.net Music 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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-winds 01. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forever 02. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forest 03. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Balkan Winds 04. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Taste Becomes Force 05 David Parker & Graham Beverley - Left Standing 06. 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.ca Track listing (artist name / track name) 1. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga, from Make Fuzz Not War compilation 2. ​​Nelly Bassily reading poems by Shahd Alnaami (Gaza) recorded at a community benefit for Sudan on April 27, 2025 3. anthéne - illuminated (excerpt) 4. A poet reading from Where the Hibiscus Still Blooms zine project 5. 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 Johnson 8. 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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 Blata 02. Dragana Mirković i Juzni Vetar - Treba mi neko 03. Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic - Licis Na Mog Oca 04. Viki Miljković - Hajde vodi me odavde 05. Viktorija - Daj Ne Pitaj 06. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forever 07. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Ghazal 08. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Floralia Finale 09. 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 ljude 11. Pasi - Odavno 12. WZRDRYAV - Resource 6.0 13. 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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.net Accompanying artwork by Valentina Gonzo. This is the track listing (artist name / track name) 01. Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo - Gaiaphilia 02. Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie - Mani Mani 03. Präsens Editionen - Unglued 04. Abdullah Miniawy - Jayhano Al Kawahi جيهن الكوهِ 05. Jako Maron - Paré po saviré 06. Charlatan - Parallel Orbits 07. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Cloud Formation 08. Raphaël Foisy - Internal Organ - Orgue Interne (excerpt) 09. JOHANNES MALFATTI - Fragments IV-VI 10. David Parker & Graham Beverley - Played by Water 11. 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.org Artwork by Seth Tobocman, info: https://www.sethtobocman.com 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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.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.net Music 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/brussels4palestine Thank 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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.com The 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.pdf 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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 Justseeds.org and their ongoing Palestine solidarity graphics packages. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on : CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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-ghosn 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 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 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 Christoff 02. A shadow signal - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 03. Open channels - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 04. Another time is now - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 05. Where are you from - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 06. Harmonics at sea - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 07. No silence - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 08. Ships on the horizon - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 09. Narrative flipsides - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 10. Every moment - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 11. Cascading effects - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 12. Moieties - William Ryan Fritch 13. Resisting Rupture - William Ryan Fritch 14. slow burn - Thanya Iyer 15. Early Spring - Luke Loseth and Stefan Christoff 16. Palestine Sunday, The Ring - Rickie Leach (field recording excerpt) 17. Qaher III - Badawi 18. 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/erikruin Also visit Erik's website here: https://www.erikruin.info 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, 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.net Music 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-zine The launch of the project was recorded at Casa del Popolo 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 @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 Renzi An educator and researcher on housing justice https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/maps John Clarke A long time community organizer in Toronto, currently working on the 230 FightBack project http://230fightback.com Fenton Benjamin A poet and community radio volunteer facing struggles of precarious housing Dru Oja Jay A member of the organizing team of the housing justice gathering Lisa Freeman Canadian Labour Congress housing researcher Hubert Gendron-Blais Réverbérations d'une crise: une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal https://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.net This 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 Confession 03. Sayf - Brutale Wave 04. Bantu - Excavating The Future 05. evicshen - Fever Pitch 06. Shersh - High Exposure 07. Oiro Pena - Kaiju Kaiju 08. Selvhenter - Rundhyl 09. Yussef Dayes - The Light feat. Bahia Dayes 10. jaimie branch - take over the world 11. Elisapie - Qimatsilunga (I Want to Break Free) 12. Nour Sokhon & Stefan Christoff - A shadow signal 13. Marion-Mucci - Rinnovato con la prossima primavera I (excerpt)

Изгражадане на солидарност отвъд границите Building solidarity across borders Среща и разговор със Стефан Христов в автономно читалище коприва. A gathering at коприва (kopriva) space with Stefan Christoff in downtown Sofia Recordings 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 Workers Migration, Capitalism and Class" here: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/essential-work-disposable-workers Graphic 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!

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.net 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 : radioalahra.net

Never stop acting for Palestine - CKUT 90.3 FM broadcast Saturday March 1, 2025 Darren Ell, Photographer Ehab Lotayef, Poet and community organizer Rickie Leach, Musician and photographer Emma, community organizer and activist Hosted by Stefan Christoff Kawalees (كواليس) 5175A Park Ave Montreal, Quebec H2V 4G3 This 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 nights Fadi Tabbal - I am all that is left Michel Banabila - Where Old Meets New William Ryan Fritch - Phototropic koeosaeme - 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 speakers Rickie 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.

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.ca Graphic is Expedition Press in Seattle https://expedition.press/en-ca/products/no-to-war 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!

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.ca This 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.com Free 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.

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 Hughes https://justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughes Damon Locks https://damonlocks.black Sheena Hoszko https://www.sheenahoszko.com The Prisoner Correspondence Project https://prisonercorrespondenceproject.com The Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP) https://p-nap.org/ Choosing Real Safety https://www.choosingrealsafety.com This 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 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 Concierto 2. Jordan Christoff - Glitch Love 3. Quarter Tones - Day 1 in Bingen 4. Julia E. Dyck - Induction 5. Quarter Tones - Fountain Of Youth 6.Quarter Tones - Habibi Beirut (Homage to Lev Knipper & Fairuz)