Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Patrick Bond of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Bond speaks on the current mobilization in South Africa and globally against the upcoming UN climate summit to take place in Durban, South Africa between November 28th & December 9th. Activists are converging on the UN climate summit after the widely perceived failure of the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark‎ to adequately address the roots of global climate crisis. In this interview Bond details the mobilization efforts in South Africa lead-by communities directly impacted by climate change both in Durban and globally.

For more information on the Durban mobilization visit http://www.groundwork.org.za

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Desmond D'Sa from the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance speaking on grassroots organizing currently taking place in Durban, South Africa to protest the UN summit on climate change to take place between November 28th & December 9th 2011.

In this interview D'Sa outlines a climate justice from South African perspective, highlighting recent extreme weather events in the country and the fact that communities in South Africa directly impacted by climate change have not been consulted or involved in the upcoming UN conference in their city.

For more information on the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance http://www.sdcea.co.za

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Lungisile Ntsebeza specialist in land reform struggles in South Africa based at the University of Cape Town. Ntsebeza speaks on ongoing land reform struggles in South Africa after the end of official apartheid and details corporate mining projects being undertaken on the little remaining public lands in the country. In this interview we hear a critique on the current African National Congress (ANC) governments inaction on moving toward genuine land reform in South Africa despite national rights enshrined in the Freedom Charter.

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Desmond D'Sa from the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance speaking on grassroots organizing currently taking place in Durban, South Africa to protest the UN summit on climate change to take place between November 28th & December 9th 2011.

In this interview D'Sa outlines a climate justice from South African perspective, highlighting recent extreme weather events in the country and the fact that communities in South Africa directly impacted by climate change have not been consulted or involved in the upcoming UN conference in their city.

For more information on the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance http://www.sdcea.co.za

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum 2011 in Dakar, Senegal produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Patrick Bond of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Bond speaks on the current mobilization in South Africa and globally against the upcoming UN climate summit to take place in Durban, South Africa between November 28th & December 9th. Activists are converging on the UN climate summit after the widely perceived failure of the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark‎ to adequately address the roots of global climate crisis. In this interview Bond details the mobilization efforts in South Africa lead-by communities directly impacted by climate change both in Durban and globally.

For more information on the Durban mobilization visit http://www.groundwork.org.za

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we will hear from Ahmad Jaradat from the Alternative Information Center in Palestine who speaks on activities taking place at the World Solidarity Forum at Cheikh Anta Diop university in solidarity with Palestine. Specifically Jaradat speaks on the key role that the World Social Forum has played in recent years in advancing the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the Israeli state. Hundreds attended activities on Palestine at the World Social Forum in Dakar which backed a plan launched by the Boycott National Committee in Palestine for March 30th to be a BDS international day of action.

For more information on the Alternative Information Center visit http://www.alternativenews.org/english

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

Audio reports from the World Social Forum produced for broadcast on campus/community radio globally.

In this segment of Dispatches from Dakar we hear from Lungisile Ntsebeza specialist in land reform struggles in South Africa based at the University of Cape Town. Ntsebeza speaks on ongoing land reform struggles in South Africa after the end of official apartheid and details corporate mining projects being undertaken on the little remaining public lands in the country. In this interview we hear a critique on the current African National Congress (ANC) governments inaction on moving toward genuine land reform in South Africa despite national rights enshrined in the Freedom Charter.

Music featured in this report created by hip-hop artist Makkan J in Senegal.

Dispatches from Dakar interview series is produced for broadcast on campus/community radio by community organizer and journalist Stefan Christoff http://www.twitter.com/spirodon

listen to an interview with Lesley Selwood, a member of "Friends of Sinclair Laird Park" speaking about a community organizing effort to prevent the sale of one of the few remaining green spaces in parc ex, a space that is widely used for community activities including cricket.

this discussion also compares and contrasts the amount of green space in parc ex as compared to other neighbourhoods, specifically looking at the town of mount royal that borders parc ex in montreal. so this discussion gets into systemic racism as directed toward parc ex.

info on the campaign, visit this petition :

https://www.change.org/p/lesley-selwood-save-sinclair-laird-park

this discussion was recorded live on free city radio on ckut radio @radiockut in montreal, opening track on the program by j dilla, closing track by dramatik, this program was produced by stefan christoff @spirodon.

listen to an interview with Lesley Selwood, a member of "Friends of Sinclair Laird Park" speaking about a community organizing effort to prevent the sale of one of the few remaining green spaces in parc ex, a space that is widely used for community activities including cricket.

this discussion also compares and contrasts the amount of green space in parc ex as compared to other neighbourhoods, specifically looking at the town of mount royal that borders parc ex in montreal. so this discussion gets into systemic racism as directed toward parc ex.

info on the campaign, visit this petition :

https://www.change.org/p/lesley-selwood-save-sinclair-laird-park

this discussion was recorded live on free city radio on ckut radio @radiockut in montreal, opening track on the program by j dilla, closing track by dramatik, this program was produced by stefan christoff @spirodon.

listen to an interview with community organizer and artist Emrical @emricalmusic speaking on & offering reflections about 'Momentum' a new album released in Oct. 2016.

in this exchange Emrical speaks on the intersections between community activism and the arts, looking at the ways that over recent years artists have played a central role in voicing social movements, from the #blacklivesmatter movement, to struggles against corporate-driven economic injustice.

also this interview provides space to hear Emrical's insights into the creative process and musical influences that went into the creating of 'Momentum'.

info : https://emrical.bandcamp.com / @emricalmusic

this interview was recorded at parc athéna in parc ex., montreal for radio broadcast on ckut fm by stefan christoff @spirodon being uploaded here for public archiving purposes on free city radio for @radiockut