Podcast appearances and mentions of Seth Tobocman

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 Free City Radio we hear from Catherine Lussier the coordinator of Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) who speaks about the urgency of both collective grassroots action on housing but also on the needs to have the advancement of the mobilization of public funds to massively construct social housing units in Quebec and beyond. The artwork is by Seth Tobocman. This interview series takes place in collaboration with SEIZE and takes place as part of an effort to asses and speak to the realities, challenges and critical importance of networking across housing justice struggles in Canada. Learn more about SEIZE and the work on this issue here: www.solidarityeconomy.ca Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Get more information about FRAPRU here: https://www.frapru.qc.ca/le-frapru Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

The year was 1999. Seth Tobocman's landmark graphic novel, War in the Neighborhood was published by Autonomedia. We ordered some copies. Quickly, we noticed a strange problem: the pages kept falling out of the cover. Turns out that this problem affected at least a third of the print run. Suddenly, all of the good copies were gone and we were making trips to New York to pick up the bad copies, dealing with the problem that few others wanted to and selling the book back into the trade. This is a cornerstone tale of Microcosm that made us so successful, because we think differently than the rest of our industry.************Thank you for watching the People's Guide to Publishing vlogcast!  Get the book: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...Get the workbook: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catal...More from Microcosm: http://microcosmpublishing.comMore by Joe Biel: http://joebiel.netMore by Elly Blue: http://takingthelane.comSubscribe to our monthly email newsletter: https://confirmsubscription.com/h/r/0...Find us on social mediaFacebook: http://facebook.com/microcosmpublishingTwitter: http://twitter.com/microcosmmmInstagram: http://instagram.com/microcosm_pub************

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from NYC based artist Seth Tobocman who shares reflections on grassroots organizing against the forces of gentrification in NYC particularly in the East Village. Seth has long chronicled these grassroots movements and published an important book on the squatter movement in the East Village called War in the Neighbourhood, info: https://www.akpress.org/war-in-the-neighborhood.html This interview was recorded as part of a project called "Réverbérations d'une crise en cours: une enquête sonore sur le logement," that aims to inquire through sound about the housing crisis in the city. More information on this project on Free City Radio in the upcoming months. Music on this edition is by TV On The Radio. Art by Seth Tobocman, info: https://www.sethtobocman.com Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3m and @cjlo1690am in Tiohti:áke/Montréal, on @ckuwradio 95.9 in Winnipeg and on @cfrc 101.9 fm in Kingston, Ontario. Also Free City Radio is a podcast through both Spotify and Apple Podcasts, please encourage a friend to tune-in !

In this essay, Frankie Hines argues that an anarchist literary theory requires engaging with the anarchist critique of representation and considering possibilities for non-representational literary modes. Rather than looking for representations of reality, he argues anarchist literature should instead be read for the political effects it produces; that is, as a form of direct action. Frankie Hines received his PhD in English Literature from the University of Westminster in 2021, submitting a thesis entitled Evading Representation: The Literature of Contemporary U.S. Anarchism. He is the author of  "‘A movement that renovates people, as well as buildings': squatting and neodomestic space in Seth Tobocman's War in the Neighborhood”, published in Textual Practice in 2021. Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group. Follow us on Twitter @arglboro Artwork by Sam G.

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from longtime housing rights activist François Saillant (speaking in French) who works with Le Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) over decades to organize protests and popular power to fight for social housing and gentrification. François speaks in French about the broader social implications of gentrification and the importance of collective action to challenge the harsh realities of gentrification taking place today in many cities, particularly in Montréal. Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains from the album Fire Waves. Art work is by Seth Tobocman.

On the 101st edition of Free City Radio we highlight an interview with NYC street artist Seth Tobocman speaking about working with social activist movements in the lower east side of NYC, particularly around struggles against gentrification in the city and the displacement of low income residents in the working class Manhattan area. Seth also speaks about the development of specific book projects, including War In the Neighbourhood out via AK Press a seminal work in the Anarchist comic art world. I recorded this interview in person in 2014 during a series of community discussions between activists in NYC and Montreal that I was involved in at the time. I thought to share this from the archives for this edition of Free City Radio. Music on this edition is by Cat Power one of Seth's friends from the Lower East Side arts scene. Accompanying art work by Seth. Free City Radio is hosted by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts 11am on Wednesdays CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal, 1pm on Tuesdays on CJLO 1690am starting in April, and now also on Tuesdays, 8-9am on CKUW, 95.9fm in Winnipeg.

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We spend the hour with the artist who brings us the cover of the summer issue of the Fifth Estate magazine, co-founder of World War 3 Illustrated and author of War In The Neighborhood, illustrator of After The Crash and many other books, Seth Tobocman, speaking to us from New York City.

Free City Radio podcast 12. On this edition of Free City Radio we visit the responses to the global pandemic in three places in the world, first we go to Brazil, for a discussion with Andrew Fishman who is a reporter at The Intercept and is the managing editor of The Intercept Brazil. Andrew discusses the ways that the current pandemic illustrates the deep social and economic inequalities within Brazil that are been deepened by the current right wing government. Read Andrew's work here : https://theintercept.com/staff/andrew-fishman Intercept Brazil : https://theintercept.com/brasil Second segment on this show is a discussion with NYC artist Seth Toboman who shares reflections on both the community activist response to the pandemic in NYC and the ways that the pandemic has also exposed the pre existing inequalities within New York City. Also Seth speaks about the intersections between community responses to the pandemic crisis and the movement to #DefundThePolice and to support #BlackLivesMatter, reflecting on the struggles to support calls for accountability of police over generations, look back at the case of Michael Jerome Stewart in 1983 and the community protests that took place at that time which Seth participated in. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/16/221821224/it-could-have-been-me-the-1983-death-of-a-nyc-graffiti-artist Mariya Petkova who speaks on impacts of pandemic in Balkans, specifically Mariya details the challenges that public healthcare workers in Bulgaria faced during the peak of the pandemic in Europe. This interview is particularly relevant right now as it addresses the shortcomings of public institutions in the late spring, a reality that speaks to institutional corruption in Bulgaria, the subject of mass protests right now. Also this interview explores the ways that international power relations have impacted the response to the pandemic in the Balkans, from the E.U., the U.S. and specifically the Chinese state all offering aid to regions within the former Yugoslavia. Also in this exchange Mariya speaks about the responses to the pandemic by the Turkish government, the challenges facing Turkey also as the pandemic extends. Music : "Flor do Real" by Sessa from the album Grandeza. https://sessa.bandcamp.com/ New Orbit by Matthew Shipp. Opening by Jordan Christoff. https://salmonuniverse.bandcamp.com/album/water produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff

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

The comic book artist and editor discusses his vastly overlooked and long-running comics magazine (founded with childhood best friend Peter Kuper), WW3 Illustrated, and his relationship with the Greatest City in the World, and a lifetime of activism.

In this interview Seth Tobocman talked about art and gentrification, his experiences in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the squatting movement, police violence, landlords, Hurricane Katrina, mutual aid, and foreign policy. Seth Tobocman's latest Releases: Len from Ak Press and War in the Neighborhood from Ad Astra Comix Music by AwareNess, follow him on Instagram, Spotify or Soundcloud.  For more content, follow me on Instagram Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Time Talks is also part of the Channel Zero Network

mix for Free City Radio via Unperceived records (@unperceived-records) below are the tracks included & the times, as outlined by Unperceived records records ! 00:00-01:30 | Jacob Pavek (@jacob-pavek) - Dreams of Light 01:30-04:50 | Niklas Paschburg (@niklas-paschburg) - Holtnevel 04:50-08:45 | Mechanitis (@mechanitis) - Mechanitis (feat. Tanya Batt @tanyabatt) [Tom Adams @aswefallintostatic RMX] 08:45-14:05 | Memum (@memum) - Illuminate 14:05-18:20 | Himmelsrandt (@himmelsrandt) - End of all Life 18:20-21:20 | Harnes Kretzer (@harneskretzer) - Fucked Up Anthem 21:20-25:20 | Kryshe (@kryshe) - Salutation art work by Seth Tobocman : http://www.sethtobocman.com

Joshua and Joe review Len: A Lawyer in History by Seth Tobocman, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann, and Six Days in Cincinnati by Dan Mendez Moore.

Ad Astra Comix is a Canadian comics publisher specializing in comics with social justice themes. It was a mission first ignited in founder Nicole Marie Burton while reading the pulitzer-prize winning holocaust graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman way back in elementary school and hasn’t really stopped since. The latest books in her slate include a republishing of War in the Neighbourhood by Seth Tobocman and the anthology Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back! She comes to us while on a roadtrip across Canada meeting with shop owners about how they can better engage their customers towards comics dealing with social justice issues. To that end, we talk about diversity in comics, the power of comics journalism and how comics fandom is very much a political microcosm of our own society.

Every time I speak to Peter Kuper, the conversation invariably turns to New York — or, as is often the case, begins there. It’s my own fault. I’ve got this insatiable need to ask fellow residents, artists in particular, what keeps them in the city’s orbit. Kuper is a particularly interesting case study, having left the city — and country — in 2006, for a life in Mexico. It was, as one might, expect, a multifaceted decision to move his entire family down to Oaxaca, in part an attempt to expose his daughter to another language and culture — and certainly leaving the country at the height of George W. Bush’s second term was seen as a net positive for the oft political cartoonist. A few years later, the Kupers found themselves back in New York, but the experience generated, amongst other things, the lovely Diario De Oaxaca, a sketchbook diary chronicling Kuper’s time in Mexico, immersed himself in the area’s stunning counter-cultural murals. More recently, Kuper returned to the book’s publisher, PM Press, in hopes of helping to anthologize World War 3 Illustrated, the progressive comics anthology he co-founded with fellow New York cartoonist, Seth Tobocman. The process was a touch more complicated, and when we sat down to speak at the MoCCA Arts Festival back in April, the duo had recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign. Even outside the long-running anthology, Kuper’s career has long been both fascinating and diverse, from multiple Kafka adaptations and his 2007 semi-autobiographical Stop Forgetting To Remember to an on-going stint as Mad Magazine’s Spy Versus Spy artist. So, you know, plenty to talk about.

This week on The Comics Alternative, Derek and Gene put on their happy faces to review three titles concerned with the positive and uplifting sides of life. First, they go through Loïc Dauvillier and Marc Lizano's Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust (First Second), a new graphic novel focusing on genocide. A translation of the 2012 French album, L'enfant cachée, this is the story of a survivor telling her young granddaughter the traumas she underwent in 1940s France. Perhaps even more significantly, it's a story about hiding: hiding from terror, hiding who you are, hiding your experiences, and hiding from your family. Among other facets of the book, the guys focus on the possible audience assumptions with this story, how it's crafted for younger readers while at the same time having an all-age appeal. Next, they turn to Genesis (Image Comics), the new one-shot from Nathan Edmondson and Alison Sampson. Gene is uncertain about the issue, feeling that the story reaches for a deeper significance that it never really earns. Derek is a little more positive, arguing that Sampson's intriguing (and at times, surreal) art goes a long way in carrying the weight of this quasi-parable. The story has everything to do with death and destruction…much like Hidden, and much like the next title that the Two Guys review. The latest issue of World War 3 Illustrated (distributed through Top Shelf Productions), #45, is described by editors Peter Kuper and Scott Cunningham as “the death issue.” All of the 31 contributions to this anthology have something to do with death, whether it be the passing of a family member, the “death” of an idea or identity, coming to terms with the end of life, or the presence of death in art and literature. As Derek and Gene discuss, some of the most moving, and most notable, pieces in this latest issue of World War 3 Illustrated include comics by Kuper, Rosalie Lightning and Tom Hart, Hayley Gold, Seth Tobocman, Sandy Jimenez, and Kevin C. Pyle. The tone of the comics discussed in this episode may be dark or heavy, but the stories are all fascinatingly told and well worth reading.

Click to Play An edit of a live performance by Seth Tobocman at the Sanctuary for Independent Media.  - What more is a nation-state than a prison with a flag on it?