Podcasts about aziz choudry

Today we air a rerun from 2016. We'll be back next week with our end of year roundup. -- Social movements produce a huge amount of intellectual knowledge. Yet, in many academic circles, this knowledge is overlooked. Aziz Choudry spent most of his life working with social movements around the world. At the time of this interview, he was an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and visiting professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. His book Learning Activism: The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements was published in 2015 by the University of Toronto Press. All book proceeds will be donated to the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Professor Choudry was concerned with “making visible the dialectical relationship between ‘Research' and ‘organizing.'” Will Brehm spoke with Aziz Choudry in mid January 2016 about his new book. Aziz passed away in May 2021. Citation: Choudry, Aziz interview with Will Brehm, FreshEd, 14, podcast audio, February 8, 2016. https://freshedpodcast.com/azizchoudry/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate

On the 90th edition of Free City Radio we again are visiting the archives of interviews that I have conducted at CKUT 90.3fm over the years. I am just getting better from COVID-19 so this visit with the archives is coming to a close, but it is a pleasure to share these voices of activist scholars on the program this week. Today I am sharing a conversation that I had with Steven Salaita, an activist, scholar and author, recorded in 2009. This conversation was suggested and encouraged by my late friend, author Aziz Choudry. Steven published an important book more recently in 2016 called "Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine," and this conversation reflects some of the focus points found in this work. Steven speaks about the connections between struggles for the land from Turtle Island and Palestine, getting into the specifics on the ways that historical discourses about nationalism, land and territory have been shared by colonial politicians in the U.S., Canada and Israel. Beyond slogans, this interview insightfully speaks to the integral connections between nationalisms that work to create false narratives about empty land and horizons of opportunity, instead focusing on bringing attention to those people and communities that have been displaced and dispossessed by the discourse of the frontier that is shaped by colonialism. The music on this edition is a track that I worked on with my brother Jordan Christoff for the Anarchist Mountains project, from the latest album A Balkan Spacewalk out on Alien Garage records.

FreshEd is taking a break during the month of January. While we are away, we'll re-play some of our favourite episodes. Special Note: We need your support to keep us ad-free in 2022. If you have the means to do so, please consider donating to FreshEd by visiting freshedpodcast.com/donate. Today we look at the lessons that can be learned from radical histories. My guests are Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally. They've edited a new volume entitled: Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools (Routledge, 2018). They see history as an organizing tool and discuss the ways in which social movements have learned from the past. Aziz Choudry is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, University of Johannesburg. Salim Vally is the Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, and a Visiting Professor at the Nelson Mandela University. They are both active in various social movements and solidarity organizations around the world. https://freshedpodcast.com/azizchoudry-salimvally/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Listen to the 46th edition of Free City Radio, we hear a talk given by the late activist, academic and author Aziz Choudry, which was hosted by Free City Radio at the Concordia Co-op Bookshop in Montréal. Aziz was a friend and also a profound presence within networks of the anti-colonial left globally. This is a talk that was focused on the invaluable process of grassroots learning and knowledge production that takes place organically within social movements and the importance for spaces of formal learning in the academia to acknowledge, respect & take into consideration the grassroots knowledge developed within the context of grassroots struggle. https://utorontopress.com/ca/learning-activism-3 Thank you to Anne-Audrey Remarais for recording this talk by Aziz, originally for broadcast on @radiockut at the time. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff Music on this edition by Kiasmos.

Today we celebrate the life and work of Aziz Choudry, who died suddenly on May 26, 2021 at the age of 54. Aziz was a scholar-activist who fought injustice worldwide. He appeared on FreshEd twice, so to honor his legacy here is his first appearance from February 8, 2016. -- Social movements produce a huge amount of intellectual knowledge. Yet, in many academic circles, this knowledge is overlooked. My guest today, Aziz Choudry, has spent most of his life working with social movements around the world. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and visiting professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. His newest book Learning Activism: The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements was published in 2015 by the University of Toronto Press. All book proceeds will be donated to the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Professor Choudry is concerned with “making visible the dialectical relationship between ‘Research' and ‘organizing.'” I spoke with Aziz Choudry in mid January about his new book. https://freshedpodcast.com/azizchoudry/ -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/donate

Some initial thoughts on the sudden death of Aziz Choudry, longtime McGill University professor, prolific author, organizer, friend and comrade to many around the world, including me.

The use of secret police and informers to undermine and disrupt activism has a long history. This new book reflects on the surveillance, harassment and infiltration directed against individuals and organisations labelled as ‘threats to national security’. We speak with Aziz Choudry, editor of the book.

The use of secret police and informers to undermine and disrupt activism has a long history. This new book reflects on the surveillance, harassment and infiltration directed against individuals and organisations labelled as ‘threats to national security’. We speak with Aziz Choudry, editor of the book.

Today we look at the lessons that can be learned from radical histories. My guests are Aziz Choudry and Salim Vally. They’ve edited a new volume entitled: Reflections on Knowledge, Learning and Social Movements: History's Schools (Routledge, 2018). They see history as an organizing tool and discuss the ways in which social movements have learned from the past. Aziz Choudry is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, University of Johannesburg. Salim Vally is the Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, and a Visiting Professor at the Nelson Mandela University. They are both active in various social movements and solidarity organizations around the world.

In episode #151 of Talking Radical Radio (January 20, 2016), I speak with Aziz Choudry, a long-time activist, a scholar of social movements, and the author of the new book *Learning Activism: The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements*. He talks with me about his own involvement in activism and organizing, about his new book, and about the ways in which teaching, learning, research, and the production of new ideas are woven tightly through the everyday activities of social movements. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2016/01/20/trr-learning_activism/

Social movements produce a huge amount of intellectual knowledge. Yet, in many academic circles, this knowledge is overlooked. My guest today, Aziz Choudry, has spent most of his life working with social movements around the world. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and visiting professor at the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University of Johannesburg. His newest book Learning Activism: The Intellectual Life of Contemporary Social Movements was published in 2015 by the University of Toronto Press. All book proceeds will be donated to the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. Learning Activism is designed to encourage a deeper engagement with the intellectual life of activists who organize for social, political, and ecological justice. Professor Choudry is concerned with “making visible the dialectical relationship between ‘Research’ and ‘organizing.’” I spoke with Aziz Choudry in mid January about his new book.