This interview with Tess Tesalona is a part of a two part series focused on the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. These recordings aim to create a reference point of the perspectives of some of the co-founders of an important workers centre in Canada.

For more information on archival / oral history work on the IWC you can visit:

https://deindustrialization.org/voices-of-the-iwc/

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 Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from Graham Arendse (Boeta Gee) in Cape Town speaking about independent cultural work in the post-apartheid context in South Africa. Graham offers reflections on the ways that artists in South Africa also have been mobilizing and speaking out about the Palestinian struggle and intersections between struggles, locally and globally.

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

Nancy Durán Orizaba speaks on cultural work in the centre and margins of Mexico City today. Nancy worked for sometime as the coordinator of the Casa Rafael Galván, a cultural center operated by the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Mexico City. This space prioritized the voices of students from the margins of Mexico City who were studying at UAM.

This interview is part of the TRANSBORDAR series focused on the voices of independent cultural workers in Mexico City.

This series has also been published as a zine, also called TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal.

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

José Cortés Ortega speaks on alternative cultural venues in Mexico City today. This interview is part of the TRANSBORDAR series focused on the voices of independent cultural workers in Mexico City. José was a founding member of the alternative music venue 316centro in the heart of Mexico City.

This series has also been published as a zine, also called TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal.

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

CERRUCHA speaks on the intersections of cultural worker and organizing in relation to Feminist movements in Mexico today. This interview is part of a series focused on the voices of cultural workers today in Mexico City.

This series has also been published as a zine, called TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal.

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 the second in a series of 5 interviews with cultural workers in Mexico City. This series has also been published as a zine, TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal.

Cinthya García Leyva speaks on alternative cultural work today in Mexico City. Cinthya has worked for many cultural organizations in Mexico City including Casa del Lago.

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 the first in a series of 5 interviews with cultural workers in Mexico City. This series has also been published as a zine, TRANSBORDAR, during the Suoni per il Popolo festival in 2026 in Montreal.

The first in the series is with Diego Aguirre Fernández the founder of Radio Nopal in Mexico City.

https://www.radionopal.com

The accompanying music is from the album chapultepec atmósferas by stefan christoff and daniela solís.

https://jeunessecosmique.bandcamp.com/album/chapultepec-atmo-sferas

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 the Art in Action interview series we hear from Indigenous composer and musician Laura Ortman. Laura is a key voice within the contemporary Indigenous music worlds of Turtle Island today. Laura is a White Mountain Apache, originally from East Fork, Arizona, who grew up outside of St. Louis and currently lives in Brooklyn.

Here are some recordings by Laura:

https://thedustdiveflash.bandcamp.com

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)

A conversation with cultural worker, music selector and writer Atiyyah Khan speaking in Cape Town, South Africa. Atiyyah speaks on the interconnections between struggle in South Africa and Palestine, today and in the past.

Listen to a mix by Atiyyah on Stegi radio here:

https://stegi.radio/artist/atiyya-khan

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 directly from Alex Nelson, a frontline housing researcher in London, Ontario who is actively working to bridge the social and economic gaps between the many researchers looking at the crisis along with those holding direct frontline experience on the ground. Alex speaks to the active policy decisions by successive Liberal and Conservative governments who have failed not only to address the crisis but have propelled the depths of the crisis in the context of the financialization of housing.

Thank you to researcher and educator Jayne Malenfant for making this connection originally.

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