listen to an interview with independent reporter Anjali Kamat, a current producer at Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, speaking about the 2008/09 Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Anjali speaks about visiting Gaza during this period and the impacts of the bombing on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

info on Anjali Kamat http://america.aljazeera.com/profiles/k/anjali-kamat.html

this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio in 2009 by Stefan Christoff being uploaded here for public archiving purposes http://freecityradio.org

listen to an interview with journalist and author Jordan Flaherty speaking about his book Floodlines. in the book Flaherty explores culture, community and resistance in Floodlines, an inspiring read on Katrina and all the under-reported stories of social justice struggles in the years after the storm. Flaherty writes in a lyrical style, illustrating a deep connection to the arts, while also communicating the urgent realities facing the poor majority in New Orleans, a predominantly African-American city — realities that today have fallen far from the headline glare.

Floodlines is a key read for anyone interested in reading a critical contemporary history on Katrina and also for all involved in community organizing. It is an eye-opening examination on the hope, struggles and conflicts that revolve around community-led movements for social justice.

read an interview transcript on Art Threat

http://artthreat.net/2011/05/floodlines-new-orleans-jordan-flaherty/

info on the book : http://jordanflaherty.org/books/

this interview was recorded in Montreal for broadcast on CKUT radio and is now being uploaded here on Free City Radio for public archiving purposes. http://freecityradio.org

listen to a speech by Elaine Brown given at the National Conference for Organized Resistance in DC in 2004. Elaine speaks about the history of community organizing within the Black Panther Party and why that history is important for contemporary social movements. this speech particularly focuses on the struggle against the prison industrial complex in the US.

recorded in DC for broadcast on CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff, now being uploaded for public archiving purposes by Stefan, for Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org/

listen to a radio documentary about Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, exploring a variety of issues directly relating to life and death. featuring interviews recorded in February 2004, with community organizers, which focus on a various issues, from police brutality, homelessness, indigenous self-determination, poverty, safe injection sites for drug users, the human rights of sex workers and many other issues directly relating to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, from the perspective of the neighbourhoods residents.

feat. from the Anti-Poverty Committee and the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU).

music featured in the documentary is recorded on the street + also music by Hangedup via @constellation-records

this radio documentary was produced for broadcast on @radiockut in spring 2004 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon, being uploaded here for public archiving purposes. photo taken at Main / Hastings by Stefan.

listen to an interview with independent journalist Dahr Jamail recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm in 2004. in this interview Dahr speaks about experiences reporting on the ground in US occupied Iraq, looking at the realities of the military occupation, civilian deaths and the growing political sectarianism in the country spurred on by the US occupation.

this report is an interesting reference point over a decade later, a small signal to understanding some of the recent historical context for the current situation in Iraq.

recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal in 2004 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon being uploaded for public archiving purposes now on Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org/

original interview link : http://www.radio4all.net:8080/index.php/program/8605

photo by Alexandra Boulat.

écoutez une entrevue avec le militant Noé Arteaga Santos qui parle de la campagne actuelle pour la justice qui a été lancée contre la compagnie agro-alimentaire Savoura, qui a globalement violé les droits des travailleurs-euses migrant-es au Québec, plus spécifiquement, a refusé de respecter une importante victoire légale de Noé contre l'entreprise à la Commission des relations du travail du Québec, qui s'élève à plus de 60 000$.

info sur la campagne ici:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/justice-pour-noe-et-tous-les-travailleurs-migrants#/story/

cette entrevue a été produite pour diffusion sur CKUT fm par Stefan Christoff, enregistrée en direct en juillet 2015 sur Free City Radio, info: http://freecityradio.org/ merci Edith for the translation.

listen to an interview with Sam Habeeb, an activist in Gaza who has been involved with the Popular Committee Against the Siege, a grassroots initiative that has been protesting the Israeli military siege on Gaza over recent years. this interview was recorded shortly after activists in Gaza organized a human chain to protest the siege in Feb. 2008.

this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT fm in Montreal in 2008 by Stefan Christoff @spirodon and is now be uploaded for public archiving purposes.

listen to an interview with independent researcher, translator & activist Nancy Piñeiro, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. in this interview Nancy speaks about contemporary struggles against extractivism in Argentina, specifically looking at destructive corporate farming practices & shale gas extraction projects. particularly focusing on the struggle against US multi-national corporation Chevron which is pushing for shale gas projects on indigenous Mapuche territories.

also this broadcast includes the track Fuerza del agua (Strength of the water), by several independent musicians (among them the group Puel Kona), in memory of the death Cristina Linkopan, Mapuche leader of the community where the first fracking well was opened in Argentina in 2010 by the US company Apache. She died three years later at the age of 30, after being slowly poisoned. The community demanded an investigation of the causes of the death (for them it was always clear that it was due to poisoning) but nothing was done.

report by Opsur and Friends of the Earth Europe on corporate fracking in Argentina :

http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/publications/shalegas_heading_south_june2014.pdf

this interview was recorded live in CKUT radio studios in July 2015 on Free City Radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon info http://freecityradio.org/

accompanying graphic is a Mapuche flag design.

listen to an interview with performance artist Kubra Khademi speaking about the performance art piece "armour" performed in Kabul, Afghanistan this past year. in this interview Kubra speaks about the role that performance art has played in a personal process of individual and political exploration. Kubra speaks critically about the contemporary political realities in Afghanistan, highlighting struggles against gender oppression.

read a Guardian article on the project at :

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/12/afghan-artist-armour-street-harassment-walk-kubra-khademi-kabul

this interview was recorded for broadcast on CKUT radio in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon

listen to an interview with journalist / filmmaker Zahra Moloo who speaks on the contemporary political realities in Kenya. specifically Zahra highlights systemic human rights abuses taking place in the country within the context of "anti-terror" legislation that has particularly targeted Muslim communities in Kenya. this interview highlights an alternative narrative to the mainstream claims that Kenya is a strong liberal democracy in Africa, in this interview we hear about some of the more hidden realities of institutional political violence taking place.

to read / view Zahra's work visit : http://zahra-moloo.com/ accompanying photo by Zahra.

this interview was recorded and produced for broadcast in Montreal by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for Free City Radio http://freecityradio.org/

Al Jazeera produced an important report on these issues, view at: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/12/8/kenyan-counter-terrorismpoliceconfesstoextrajudicialkillings.html