listen to a live performance of 'Jenin' as sang by activist singer / songwriter David Rovics, recorded live in Montreal in 2002 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for CKUT radio http://ckut.ca

listen to a live performance by singer songwriter David Rovics of the piece "Palestine" recorded live in Montreal in 2002 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for CKUT radio.

listen to an interview with community organizer Nicolas Phebus speaking on the role of community organizations in fighting state-driven austerity measures in Quebec. specifically highlighting the cuts to community groups who provide front-line services for poor and marginalized people, those generally most impacted by broader austerity measures.

this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon info http://freecityradio.org photo by thien v. https://quelquesnotes.wordpress.com

listen to a discussion with academic and community activist Brian Aboud speaking on the Syrian struggle for freedom within the context of political events in Oct. 2015. this interview addresses the importance of progressives seeking out voices on the ground in Syria voicing progressive, democratic demands within the context of consolidating international support for the Syrian regime and the growing power of the Islamic State.

recorded on parc ave. in Montreal for broadcast on CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon info Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org

a sound walk along Jean Talon street in the fall of 2015 toward métro Parc ! recorded this on a busy day, thx for listening. -- stefan.

image taken in Montreal at night time in Montréal !

listen to sounds from the streets recorded during a major public sector workers protest against austerity in Montreal on Oct. 3, 2015, an action also strongly supported by community groups, activists and student unions. this action was organized to protest the Liberal government cuts to public insitutions in the name of austerity currently taking place in Quebec.

this audio was recorded walking along Sherbrooke street, then up Parc ave. in Montreal, added a short guitar introduction. thx. for listening. -- stefan.

info http://unmouvement.org/

recorded by stefan christoff @spirodon photo taken at ‪#‎unmouvement‬ protest by stefan.

listen to an interview with Palestinian artist Najat Elkhairy speaking about Palestinian cultural heritage, specifically her artistic practice of replicating / interpreting Palestinian traditional motifs with paint on porcelain. this interview explores the significance of cultural life within the context of the ongoing Palestinian struggle for freedom.

also we hear a recorded reflection by Najat on the significance of Palestine within her life as a member and artist of the Palestinian diaspora.

this interview was recorded at CKUT radio in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org

accompanying art work by Najar Elkhairy.

listen to an interview with Free City Radio host Stefan Christoff describing the 2015 community conference series taking place in collaboration with La Passe in Montreal. this interview particularly focuses on the first discussion taking place in Oct. 2015 looking at "Artists, gentrification and the city." interview recorded live on CKUT radio with poet Vincent Tinguely.

full info / background on lecture series live at :

http://freecityradio.org/post/130236780195/free-city-radio-2015-community-conference-series

Free City Radio is produced by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for more info / background http://freecityradio.org

listen to an interview with community activist / artist Freda Guttman speaking on remembering the disappeared through art, from from Ayotzinapa to Syria. Freda speaks about new works now up at Casa del Popolo in Montreal that address the struggle to find the missing 43 Mexican student activists from Ayotzinapa, while also Freda speaks through her art work and in this interview about the ways that colonialism and capitalism have always used the oceans and seas to disappear excess people, as we now see with the Syrian refugee crisis.

this interview was recorded at Casa del Popolo by Stefan Christoff @spirodon as part of an exhibition of art work in Oct. hosted by Howl! arts collective & Popolo Press.

recorded for CKUT radio info http://freecityradio.org

listen to an interview with Lesley J. Wood, long time community activist and associate professor of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada. In this interview Lesley speaks about research on systems of police repression that went into the recently published book "Crisis and Control : The Militarization of Protest Policing."

this interview details research done about systems of police repression and changing police tactics in response to growing social protest movements, specifically looking at Toronto, Montreal, New York City and DC.

info on the book :

https://btlbooks.com/book/crisis-and-control

this interview was recorded in Montreal in Oct. 2015 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for CKUT radio / Free City Radio, info http://freecityradio.org

photo thien v. https://quelquesnotes.wordpress.com/