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On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from author and educator Max Haiven speaking on the book : Revenge Capitalism The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts. The book is described this way: "Capitalism is in a profound state of crisis. Beyond the mere dispassionate cruelty of ‘ordinary' structural violence, it appears today as a global system bent on reckless economic revenge; its expression found in mass incarceration, climate chaos, unpayable debt, pharmaceutical violence and the relentless degradation of common life. In Revenge Capitalism, Max Haiven argues that this economic vengeance helps us explain the culture and politics of revenge we see in society more broadly. Moving from the history of colonialism and its continuing effects today, he examines the opioid crisis in the US, the growth of ‘surplus populations' worldwide and unpacks the central paradigm of unpayable debts – both as reparations owed, and as a methodology of oppression." https://www.plutobooks.com/product/revenge-capitalism 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 - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear reflections and contemporary ideas from Emma Feltes, who articulates a legal framing for understanding Canada as unceded territories. This perspective is particularly important in the context of understanding the territorial realities of lands and waterways that today are at the heart of the major national development projects that the current Liberal government of PM Mark Carney is pushing. This is a critical voice of context on the territorial realities on this point. Learn more about Emma's work here: https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/news/crimsl-welcomes-new-faculty-member-dr-emma-feltes 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 - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Feb. 2026 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Eleni Mustaklem of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music speaking about their ongoing projects in Gaza. This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from filmmaker Margarita Jimeno speaking on gentrification and cities as cinematic characters. Margarita speaks particularly about experiences working on films in Berlin, but also reflects on time in NYC. In this exchange we develop a sense of Margarita's understanding of the city landscape and character of the city as a character in a film that plays a key role in depicting the ideas and storyline of a film. Margarita also speaks about the ways that gentrification today is impacting artists and many communities today. In this interview Margarita speaks specifically about two film projects, Atalanta and Grind Reset Shine. Learn more about Margarita's work here: http://www.majimafia.com/projects This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On the Feb. 2026 edition of Art in Action São Paulo based artist Ding Musa speaks about his practice working at the intersections of personal creative practice and urban based social struggles. Ding particularly speaks about working with the gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho, a major squatted building downtown that is organized by Movimento dos Sem Teto do Centro (MSTC). This is a movement of unhoused people and communities who squat unused buildings, turning them into public housing and also social spaces. Ding with a group of artists worked together to create a gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, Palestine On the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am 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 8:30am. (cjlo.com)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Washington State based visual artist Saiyare Refaei on visualizing solidarity with the people of Gaza. Saiyare is a member of the Justseeds artists' cooperative (www.justseeds.org). Over the last years Saiyare has been creating moving and meaningful work expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and has created a couple of particular pieces that express support for Palestine as a member of the Iranian Diaspora, aiming to intervene into Iranian conversations that can hold many divergent political and cultural positions in relation to Palestine. Learn more about Saiyare Refaei's work here: https://justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaei In the interview Saiyare highlights the following artists: Ashtli Tavera, Thea Gahr (www.theagahr.com) and Tala Khanmalek (www.talakhanmalek.com) who worked on the key pomegranate graphic in solidarity with Palestine that is discussed in this interview. This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician William Ryan Fritch on creating music for documentary film in an era of major political change. William has scored many, many films both fiction and documentary. This interview addresses both the importance of the intersection of reporting and storytelling that you can find in documentary film at this time of immense political change. Also William speaks as a progressive artist about the heightening importance of such media practices in the world today, particularly in places under attack, like Palestine. Finally it is moving to hear William reflecting on his role as a musician contributing to the process of documentary cinema today. Learn more about William's work here: https://www.williamryanfritch.com This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Istanbul based photographer Larissa Araz speaking on contested identities as expressed in Istanbul's artistic archives. Larissa focuses on the work of some particular artists, including those who were expelled to Greece in the context of Greek / Turkish population exchanges in the 20th century. Overall the particular stories that Larissa highlights can be viewed as little windows into understanding a more complex and diverse reality that makes up both the past and present of Istanbul, a diversity expressed by artists like Larissa in both their work and identities. Learn more about Larissa's work here: https://www.larissaaraz.com This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A 1 hour radio broadcast for the album Tonality in Motion, out on Élan Vital label in North Macedonia, airing on Radio AlHara, on Jan. 15 at 8am eastern time, 2pm in Macedonia and 3pm in Palestine, streaming at radioalhara.net Learn more about the album here: https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/tonality-in-motion Recorded by René Pierre Allain at Scholes Street Studio, August, 2023 Mixed by Pietro Amato, March 2024 Mastering by Ryan Morey, March 2025 Cover artwork by Stefan Mladenovski Design and inlay photo by Toni Dimitrov
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from photographer André Penteado on the textures of Brazilian life today and in the past. André's projects have focused on both the personal and the social, visiting unaddressed points of Brazilian history, like uprisings of Indigenous and formally enslaved Black communities in the North of the country, to taboo topics like the impacts of contemporary suicide rates on families, a point that André has experienced directly when his father took his own life. André is also an educator and has worked hard to create collective spaces of learning surrounding contemporary photographic practices in Brazil today. Learn more about André Penteado's work here: https://andrepenteado.com This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 - Tuesdays at 4pm CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
A joint mix with Chicago based artist, musician and community worker Damon Locks for Radio AlHara, the first six tracks were selected by Damon and the remaining by Stefan. Airing on Radio AlHara on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 6am eastern time, 1pm Palestine time at radioalhara.net Accompanying artwork from Damon Locks website: https://damonlocks.black/ 01. Eddie Gale - A Song of Will 02. Duke Ellington - Afrique 03. El Michels Affair & Black Thought - I'm Still Somehow 04. Chicago Underground Quartet - Strange Wing 05. New Future City Radio (Damon Locks and Rob Mazure) - New Future 06. Broadcast - Follow the Light 07. Sijya (Leather And Brass) - do i know 08. melondruie - It's Raining Again (via Cruel Nature Recordings) 09. Stefan Christoff and Jarrett Martineau - Eclipse (via Pyramid Blood) 10. spalarnia - Taka (via Präsens Editionen) 11. Esse Ran - System Failure 12. Dissociative Identity Quartet - A spark of hope (via Mahorka) 13. Rinnovare - Fall Away (via Pyramid Blood) 14. Selective Hearing - Dreams of Milk (via Mahorka) 15 .Herbaceous Borders - H.B. - Part 3
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine I feature different content from the usual broadcast, focusing on the mobilizations for Palestine that took place in Belém, Brazil during the COP30 UN summit on climate that took place in Belém, Brazil. As there is a stunning amount of creativity that goes into the thinking, organizing and actions within such institutional spaces which are often cold, or openly hostile to addressing the voices of peoples and struggles that are marginalized. Badra speaks about the on-the-ground alliances between Palestinian activists and Indigenous people in Brazil, both involved in critical struggles for land rights. Also Badra speaks about the ways that the climate justice struggle and the Palestinian struggle are critically interwoven at this time. Badra works with the Palestinian Institute of Public Diplomacy. https://www.thepipd.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 this edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Emiddio Vasquez speaking on the current and historical dynamics on the ways that colonial forces, particularly the British, have used the territory of Cyprus for colonial and now neo-colonial transmissions projects. This interview speaks to a collective presentation and publication project that Emiddio worked on for the Cyprus pavilion at the Venice biennial in 2024 called "On a wildflower-lined gravel track off a quiet thoroughfare..." This project visits both this transmission history that addresses colonial dynamics and the scandal in Cyprus surrounding the presence of an Israeli government connected intelligence gathering operation discovered not far from the international airport in Cyprus. Learn more about the project and publication here: https://emiddiovasquez.info https://foreverinformed.com/artists-bio-1 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 artist Julia E. Dyck for making the connection surrounding this broadcast. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 Brazilian educator and author Henrique Parra in Sao Paulo. Henrique raises a key and important critique surrounding the urgency of understanding and engaging with the demand for digital sovereignty. In the context of Brazil this is important, as US based tech giants want to impose and influence politics in Brazil, this equals repression. Recently Henrique supported the publication of an important paper: THE DIGITAL AND THE SOUTH: QUESTIONINGS Thank you to Mariana Marcassa for your support in making this connection. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 photographer Mahmoud Khattab, who reflects on Egypt today. Mahmoud has recently published a beautiful photo book, that also includes some writing, which is drawn from Mahmoud's experiences as a conscript in the Egyptian army. Mahmoud subtly documented his experiences in Egypt, facing conscription time, through a set of intimate and beautiful photographs. The book is described this way: "The Dog Sat Where We Parted is a photography book: a visual narrative of my time in conscription as I venture into the desert as a soldier with a dog, a head shaved and a camouflage that appealed to sand. Questioning times of following orders and sharing a plate and a story with strangers who dressed and shaved their heads just like me. Through photographs discretely taken together with journal writings, I echoed my solitude as I pay my debt to a country with servitude of my body and time." Learn more about Mahmoud's work here: https://mahmoudkhatab.com/Books 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, Fridays 1:30pm 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 about the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network. This interview highlights the wide geographical scope where meaningful Palestine solidarity work is happening in the face of genocide in Gaza. This interview also meaningfully addresses the critical importance of understanding both the interconnections and need for solidarity across borders between anti colonial struggles in the context of both Australia and Palestine. In this example, where Indigenous communities face sustained political forces that push for erasure, making such connections is important. This focus has been key to work that the Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network has been doing. Learn more about their work here: https://tpan.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 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, Fridays 1:30pm 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 collaborative mix with Meryem Yildiz aired on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 on Radio AlHara in Palestine. Selda Bağcan - Adaletin Bu mu Dünya Erkin Koray - Seni Her Gördüğümde She Past Away - Durdu Dünya Craig Einhorn - Milonguea del Ayer The Cure - The Figurehead Juan D'Arienzo - La Cumparsita Nick Schofield - Magic Touch Nick Schofield - Blue Hour Ana Quiroga - As Above (Loula Yorke Remix) Ana Quiroga - Inner City Light (Nik Colk Void Remix) Ana Quiroga - Tensegrity (Tribal Mix) Ana Quiroga, We, The Witches (Lila Tirando A Violeta & Sin Maldita Remix) Remo Helfenstein - 333 Remo Helfenstein - Tremor (via Präsens Editionen)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from sound artist and activist Nicolas Montgermont. Nicolas shares reflections on the ways that projects he has worked on aim to challenge the frameworks of hegemony that are expressed through technological infrastructures. Also Nicolas speaks about the dynamics of contemporary art networks and political activism in France, offering a critique on a lack of connection that is in fact needed in the contemporary context of political crisis. Learn more about Nicolas's work here: https://nimon.org/en There is an excerpt at the end of the program from a work released on Long Waves Scan an album by Nicolas Montgermont out on Dinzu Artefacts, info: https://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/long-waves-scan 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, Fridays 1:30pm 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 Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from the band KAZDOURA كزدورة. This interview speaks to the complexities of the ways that diaspora communities impact the music scene in western cities like Toronto, where diasporas are reshaping contemporary music. Also we speak about the ways that Arabic language music projects have started to reshaped contemporary discussion about Palestine within music communities. This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from educator and researcher Michael Ekers who speaks on The Great Land Grab research project and colonialism in Canada today. This is a look at the ways that finance capital and contemporary investment market mechanisms are directly involved in undercutting Indigenous land rights today in British Columbia. More info on a project that Michael works on, The Great Land Grab, can be found here: https://www.greatlandgrab.com Thank you to researcher and writer Kevin Skerrett for suggesting this feature interview. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm 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 musician Richard Skelton who shares reflections on both the creative process surrounding a four part soundscape and music project called Imperial Valley. The project is connected to a set of photos taken in California during the Great Depression, one of the largest periods of internal economic migration in the United States. This is a meaningful and important reference point because it points to the historical conditions of migration that informed the family history of many Americans at a time when the Trump administration is pushing to criminalize migration as a process and specifically migrant peoples. Learn more about Richard's beautiful project here: https://www.richardskelton.net/land-music/imperial-valley-i-iv 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 sound artists Ludwig Berger and Pablo Diserens speaking on the Crying Glacier sound album and climate change. This work documents the complex and surprising sounds of glaciers beyond stereotypical images of glaciers deconstructing that are common in the media. This project is a meaningful window into accessing a fuller understanding of both the sonic character of glaciers while it also creates space to reflect in profound ways on how artists can take action in the crisis of climate change today. Learn more about this project here: https://f-o-m.bandcamp.com/album/crying-glacier 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 we hear from migrant labour organizer Gabriel Allahdua who speaks on the book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada. Gabriel has direct first hand experience of doing migrant agricultural work in Canada and has published a book both on the conditions of that work and also offers a broader political critique on the systemic lack of labour rights for certain groups of racialized workers in Canada. Learn more about this book title here: https://btlbooks.com/book/harvesting-freedom 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 Nov. 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from poet Fortner Anderson speaking on a series of recent projects that experiment with poetics in the contemporary moment. Fortner has been an important contributor to the experimental spoken-word scene in Montreal over decades and is also a longterm contributor to CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, 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)
On the Nov. edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear reflections from Palestinian American poet and physician Fady Joudah. In this conversation Fady offers some extremely insightful reflections on the ways that the Palestinian experience remains solidly outside of the western framework of hegemony. Also Fady shares critical reflections on the ways that sympathy for the Palestinian experience today most often does not extend into a real space of resistance to the structures of western neo-colonial power that are both enabling and playing a role in the genocide of the Palestinian people of Gaza today. Learn more about Fady's work here: https://milkweed.org/author/fady-joudah This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from artist Hala Alsalman speaking on a recent multimedia project called "The Rod and The Ring." This project examines the connections between contemporary Iraqi identity and culture to ancient times, particularly exploring the depth of Mesopotamian wisdom. Learn more about this project here: https://www.halaalsalman.com/the-rod-and-the-ring 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
Zoe Alexandra works on the People's Dispatch media project and is based in NY. Zoe reflects on this moment of unprecedented grassroots mobilization to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom from the vantage point of someone who has been reporting on and participating in grassroots events to support Palestine and to stand against genocide in Gaza. Learn more about the project that Zoe works on here: https://peoplesdispatch.org 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 educator, writer and author Nalini Mohabir speaking on the collective book The Fire That Time which Nalini co-edited. This work focuses on the anti racist student uprising at Concordia University in Montreal in 1969 which is known as the Sir George Williams affair. Nalini connects the anti racist struggles of students from this era to the current struggles by students against sustained racist backlashes on the part of the US government and many university administrations toward the Palestine solidarity movement. Learn more about The Fire That Time project here: https://blackrosebooks.com/products/cummings_mohabir-the-fire-that-time 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 Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights who connects the structural racism of post 9/11 policies in the US, under Republican President George HW Bush to the wide ranging systemic racist violence that the Trump administration is pushing forward today. Learn more about the Center for Constitutional Rights here : https://ccrjustice.org 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 Oct. 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Palestinian poet Ahmad Almallah. Ahmad speaks on the Palestinian resistance to cultural erasure and genocide. Also Ahmad speaks about the critical importance of direct frontline activism as a tool to fight the colonization of Palestine. Learn more about Ahmad's work here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ahmad-almallah This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net
On this edition of Free City Radio author and educator Pasha Malla shares reflections on this global political moment of crisis in the context o Canada. Pasha speaks on the importance of challenging of political complacency in Canada at this time of rising extreme right politics. Learn more about Pasha's work here: https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/pmalla https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/125849/pasha-malla 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 Art in Action, for the October 2025 edition, we hear from cultural curator Miguel Ribeiro who works at the Casa do Comum do Bairro Alto in Lisbon, Portugal, speaks on the role that alternative nightlife spaces and cultural venues plays in developing both critical thinking and the social context for the emergence of progressive social movements. Miguel also speaks on the role that a space like Casa do Comum plays in lifting up alternative cultural voices and marginalized experiences within a key European city, Lisbon. Finally Miguel offers some reflections on the ways that gentrification and the housing crisis in Lisbon impacts the cultural sphere. Thank you to cultural curator Jule Kurbjeweit for helping to facilitate this connection. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, 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)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Indigenous filmmaker Nicolas Renaud critiques Quebec government push to expand corporate clearcutting in Quebec. This discussion focuses specifically on the proposed Bill 97 that will move approximately 1/3 of Quebec's actual territory into what has been described by the right wing government as a 'special economic zone,' which will remove all regulations around both Indigenous land rights and environmental regulations. Indigenous communities have been on the frontlines protesting this bill and the broader colonialist approach to Quebec's remaining forested lands. View a detailed presentation by Nicolas about this bill that was presented at Concordia University here: https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/offices/provost/fourth-space/2025/07/18/forestry-plan.html 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 historian Aviva Guttmann who discusses her research work surrounding the recently released book "Operation Wrath of God: The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign." The book is described this way : "In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War, Aviva Guttmann uncovers the key role of European intelligence agencies in facilitating Mossad's Operation Wrath of God. She reveals how, in the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorism were hunted and killed by Mossad with active European cooperation." This book is important to consider in the current context of ongoing intelligence agency sharing between western agencies and the Israeli state that has been taking place 2023-2025. https://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/history/diplomatic-and-international-history/operation-wrath-god-secret-history-european-intelligence-and-mossads-assassination-campaign 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 Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian writer and long time progressive voice on Syria speaking from the ground in Damascus. Razan speaks on the key challenges that progressive activists face today in Syria, looking at the importance of voices which are addressing the politics of Sunni victimization that the current government, lead by Ahmed al-Sharaa, has legitimized in some points of political discourse. Particularly Razan speaks about the importance of speaking to realities like the March 2025 massacres that targeted Alawite majority areas along the western coastal regions of the country. Also the lack of systemic action to address wild fires in the hot season of 2025 is addressed by Razan. Critically Razan speaks about new contemporary political autonomous efforts of social justice activists working today in Syria. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 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 journalist Isabeau Doucet who speaks about reporting on the limbo Palestinians face in the US asylum process. Isabeau worked on a feature article in the Guardian addressing the legal quagmire that Palestinian refugees face when running up against discriminatory frameworks at play that work to exclude many stateless Palestinians from accessing asylum in the country. Read Isabeau's piece here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/palestinians-gaza-immigration-system 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
The Art in Action interview for Sept. 2025 features a conversation with poet, photographer and health care worker “Zibz” Neil Guilding. Zibz has played an important role in creating space for Black spoken-word scenes in the city through participating in the launching and sustaining of the Kalmunity Vibe Collective and beyond. This interveiw focuses on Zibz as an artist but also as a community advocate. Zibz speaks about the killing of Nicous D'Andre Spring, a Black youth who died after being illegally detained in a youth detention facility while being forced into a "spit-mask" and being pepper sprayed. Also Zibz speaks about working in healthcare in a major public hospital in downtown Montreal. This interview was recorded at La Sotterenea cultural venue in Montreal in winter 2024/25 just before launching into a duet set to support a community benefit to support Palestinian youth in Lebanon who are living with disabilities, within the community of Burj Al Barajneh. Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on: Radio AlHara, 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)
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Guardian journalist Oliver Laughland who speaks on his frontline reporting on the local politics of disinformation in the US. Oliver particularly speaks about the piece that examines the ways that the Trump family has been profiting off the Trump Presidency. Also we hear about the realities of the mass deportation policies taking place particularly around the dangerous Florida detention camps where thousands of people are being detained, often without access to due legal process. Read Oliver's reporting here: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/laughland-oliver This is a recent report by Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx99Sg6SnlY&t=699s 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 Sept. 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Palestinian artist Malak Mattar. Malak speaks about Palestinian cultural creation as a part of resistance to the genocidal policies of the Israeli state targeting the Palestinian people of Gaza and beyond. Malak also speaks on recent works and painting in the face of genocide. Learn more about Malak's work here: https://www.malak-mattar.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 this edition of of Free City Radio we hear from Rabab Abdulhadi an educator and long term Palestinian activist in the diaspora. Rabab speaks about the repression that has targeted Palestinian voices within academic institutions in the US during both the Trump and Biden administrations. Rabab speaks on the importance of internationalism and building a collective analysis that links struggles against colonization past and present, from Palestine to Indigenous struggles for decolonizing the Americans that persist today. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 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 artist Joyce Joumaa for Radio AlHara. Learn more about the work of Joyce here: https://joycejoumaa.com Accompanying photo taken in Beirut is by Joyce Joumaa. 1. Fairuz, Wahdon - وحدن 2. MF DOOM, Gazzillion Ear (Acapella), remixed by Poltergeist 3. Cyrus Bayandor, Part 1, Approach 4. Muslimgauze, Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip 5. Vijay Iyer + Wadada Leo Smith, Kite (for Refaat Alareer) 6. Mansour Rahbani, غسان صليبا - صرخ الدّيب البحري – لمعت أبواق الثّورة (مسرحية صيف ٨٤٠) 7. yourfriendkas, Qan - Qanat 8. Leyya Mona Tawil and John King, Love Songs for a Free Palestine (excerpt) 9. Jake Muir, Erzklang (excerpt) 10. SITES, Internet Explorers
On this edition of Free City Radio author, musician and community organizer Hubert Gendron-Blais reflects on 2012 student strike and current importance. This conversation looks at the contemporary political landscape in Quebec and the importance of looking to collective action to challenge some of the neoliberal oriented policies that are working to break any remaining environmental protection frameworks and undercut the sustainability of public institutions. Hubert also reflects on the role that grassroots collective action on the streets plays in creating political change in Quebec and beyond. This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on: CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 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 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
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
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
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
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
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