A live panel discussion at Concordia University, that took place at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation and was recorded for broadcast on CKUT 90.3 FM. This discussion took place on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 and broadcast on Friday, Feb. 28 from 5-6pm on Off the Hour.

The discussion features the participation of the following speakers:

Faiz Abhuani, Founder and director at Brique par brique

Fenton (zLadybug) Benjamin, Poet and Montreal resident struggling to find stable housing

Hubert Gendron-Blais, Réverbérations d’une crise : une enquête sonore sur le logement à Montréal

Jules Bugiel is the journalist in residence at CKUT Radio. With the support of the Local Journalism Initiative through the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

This discussion was hosted by Stefan Christoff with an introduction by Christiane Bailey of the Social Justice Centre.

This discussion aimed at exploring the realities of the housing crisis facing Montreal today and hear voices from community networks who are struggling for housing justice. This panel is focused on lifting up voices in the arts speaking out about housing rights and also work taking place, in the community, to create alternative institutions that challenge housing as a commodity.

The event took place in the build up to the Housing justice gathering which will be taking place at Concordia University from March 7-9, for more information visit: https://housingjustice.now

The accompanying image is by Josh MacPhee of Justseeds artists' cooperative. The technical support, broadcast set up and recording was done by CKUT volunteer Nic Trnka.

Listen to a panel discussion recorded at OT301 in Amsterdam, specifically at the Ventilator Cinema, an alternative screening room and cultural space in the city.

This conversation was hosted by Stefan Christoff and explores the intersections of art and activism that has taken place over the last year to support the movement for Palestinian freedom. It was aired live 5-6pm Amsterdam time and stream on Radio AlHara airing live in Bethlehem 6-7pm Palestine time on Friday, Nov. 8, info:

https://www.ot301.nl/agenda/16996

The live discussion featured a network of awesome folks including Ahmad Mallah, a Palestinian artist based in Amsterdam, a voice from Workers for Palestine NL, artist Alina Lupu, Jarmo Berkhout an activist involved in publishing collective Mokum Kraakt and Adil a community print artist working on the project NotShitPrint.

Event logistics and programming support from Sarah Teixeira, Ivo from Amsterdam Alternative, Ibrahim from Ventilator Cinema and artist Zara Kanaan who designed the poster / graphics for the event. Technical support in Bethlehem from Yousef Anastas of Radio AlHara.

Info on the participants:

Ahmad Mallah

https://artahmadmallah.com

Workers for Palestine NL

https://www.instagram.com/workersforpalestine.nl

Alina Lupu

https://theofficeofalinalupu.com/

Mokum Kraakt

https://www.instagram.com/mokumkraakt

NotShitPrint

https://notshit.nl/

On this edition of Art in Action we hear from Brazilian poet, spoken word artist and performer Rodrigo Brandão. In this interview Rodrigo speaks about the music worlds of São Paulo that have been important to the creative process for projects he had worked on. Also Rodrigo speaks on being based in Lisbon and some recent work. Specifically we hear about collaborations with the Chicago based artist Rob Mazurek who originally introduced me to Rodrigo. You can listen to Rodrigo's latest project here:

https://groovierecords.bandcamp.com/album/brand-o-outros-estado-lp

Stefan produces this monthly artist interview series, Art in Action, that broadcasts monthly on Radio AlHara in regular programming on the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem, Palestine and 9:30am eastern time. This series also airs on the third Friday of each month at 11am on CKUT in Montreal (ckut.ca) and on the second Thursday of each month on CJLO 1690 AM at 8am also in Montreal.

A discussion with two Montreal artists who were involved in bringing together voices and contributions for the No Silence zine project to support Radio AlHara and specifically a residency project as part of Sounds of Places at the Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem, info: https://wondercabinet.space

Airing Monday, Dec. 2 on Radio AlHara at radioalhara.net

For this edition we hear from artist Rickie Leach and also Raphael Foisy-Couture of Small Scale music which supported the benefit project which you can find here:

https://smallscalemusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-silence-a-benefit-compilation-for-radio-alhara

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 will start to air on a network of community radio stations, specifically CKUT 90.3 FM in Jan. 2025. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net

A report for CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg on a community panel that took place in Montreal entitled "Community Voices Respond To Poilievre’s Corporate Agenda For Canada." This report has been produced for broadcast by Stefan Christoff, the host of the weekly program Free City Radio. The conference audio was originally recorded by Jules Bugiel at CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal.

This panel featured the voices of:

Ehab Lotayef, a community activist and poet

Nakuset, of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal / Resilience Montreal

Anaïs Zeledon Montenegro, community worker at Action Santé Travesti(e)s et Transexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTT(e)Q)

Sandra Wesley, the executive director of Stella Montréal

Dolores Chew, founding member of the South Asian Women’s Community Centre (SAWCC)

Listen to an interview with Celeste Lezcano of the Bolivia Por Palestina project that aims to mobilize support for Palestinians in Gaza in the context of Bolivia. This project has specifically supported the work of a Palestinian medical doctor Refaat Alathamna who has worked on the ground in Gaza during the war. Refaat trained in Bolivia and has relationships to the Palestine solidarity movement in the Bolivian context. This project is about creating a solidarity initiative on the ground across global south contexts.

Info on the project here:

https://www.instagram.com/porpalestina.bo

The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Artwork is by Junieawan Bagaskara and is from "Palestine will be free! Graphics Care-Package #4" which you can find online via justseeds artists' cooperative here:

https://justseeds.org/graphic/palestine-will-be-free-graphics-care-package-4/

Also thank you to Omar Jabary Salamanca, Alejandra Rocabado and Tomaso Ferrando for helping to arrange this interview.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

A joint mix with the Montréal based duo Bibi Club, thank you for the collaboration and to Mischa Karam for helping to facilitate this mix. Artwork by Sarah Fathallah from justseeds.org

Broadcast on Radio AlHara

Thanks for listening. - Stefan.

Below is the track listing:

01. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, Ballad of the spirits

02. Blonde Redhead, 23

03. Aquaserge, Si loin Si proche

04. Moondog, Do your thing

05. Willie Trasher, Silent Inuit

06. Bibi Club, Ce qui va disparaître

07. Manja Ristić, The Witching Hour (excerpt)

08. Soledad Coyoli, Poema de luna, no.2

09. Badawi, Qaher III

10. Daniel Carter and Stefan Christoff, I can see it all turning now

11. Matteo Uggeri, ...and Then This Wonder

12. Matteo Uggeri, ...for God

13. Sonny Singh, Koi Bol Ram

14. Steve Bates, Seduction - Descent - The gloomy pits - Copper crown (excerpt)

A mix for the program Underground sounds, airing Mondays from 8-10pm on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal, below is the track listing, thank you for listening!

Artwork is from the DIY for Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) benefit compilation (https://lumpensoup.bandcamp.com/album/diy-for-dulf) and is by Toast (https://www.instagram.com/crustytoast.art)

01. Goats And Lasers, Why Oh Why Bry Lovejoy Goats Amp Lasers Remix

02. Cranberry Virgin, Evermore Bathroom

03. PISS, a little girl's horse craze betrays her

04. Emma Goldman, Irrational Exuberance or Something Like That

05. TJ Felix, I'VE SEEN THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DIE PREVENTABLE OVERDOSE DEATHS

06. Goats & Lasers, lottery

07. Roach McGuirk, Coulrophobia

08. The Heterosexuals, If

09. Magda Baker, Bon's Off Broadway

10. Natlak, Vermin with Badges

11. Lumpen Soup, The Tower

12. 2 Dollar Jesus, thirteen forty-two

13. Low Dead Space, Die in Vancouver

14. TJ Felix, Throw my Ashes at the Sun

15 M01E, W.A.A.O.D

16. Girlwife, Church-State

17. June Hawthorn, punch

18. Chaos Disorder & Panic, Homes not Games

19. Soledad Coyoli, Quédate

20. Andrew Hurst, Lonely Hunter

21. Julia Cohen, When You Spot The Shore, The Palm

22. Matthew Blair, In A Windowless Room At Dusk

23. Philippe Battikha & Mitch Van Dusen, Bludgeon

24. Errance, Fulminance

25. Errance, Nord

26. Errance, Et si elles n'y arrivaient jamais...

27. Errance, Sans aller

28. Errance, Les possibles finalités

29. Errance, Rage

30. Errance, Lorsque se dispersent les tempêtes

31. Errance, Fracas de nous

32. Totenbaum Träger, EyIran, blown-out

33. Totenbaum Träger, Escalades

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the reflections of Amman based singer and songwriter Macadi Nahhas speaking about the ways that music in the Arabic speaking world exists beyond borderlines. The work of artists like Macadi is important in this moment of the extreme enforcement of colonially shaped territory lines as pushed by the Israeli state project.

The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also thank you to my friend Mazen Chamseddine for helping to arrange this interview.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

Listen to an interview with Kahn-Tineta Horn, a long time Indigenous voice for justice. Specifically this interview is about the push by the Mohawk Mothers to push for justice in the case of unmarked graves within parts of McGill University that are currently under renovation. The Mohawk Mothers have pushed for historical redress of the fact that large parts of Canadian national infrastructure were built on loans from the Indian Trust Fund that were never paid back. Additionally this interview looks at the specific calls for justice around the intergenerational narratives around missing Indigenous children who were lost to psychological experiments at the Allan Memorial Institute at McGill. These experiments were part of a process that also was connected to the CIA through the MKUltra which is well documented in an important chapter within Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine.

For more information on the Indian Trust Fund and calls for payback visit:

https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/

For more information on the work of the Mohawk Mothers visit:

https://www.mohawkmothers.ca

The accompanying music is by Anarchist Mountains. Thanks to the Social Justice Centre for supporting my work on this weekly program. Also a particular thank you to author / activist Philippe Blouin for helping to arrange this interview.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!