listen to an interview with author david austin who offers reflections on the #blacklivesmatter movement generally but also the specific implications for struggles for justice & against systemic racism in canada and quebec.

david, the author of "fear of a black nation" (a very important book looking into histories of black activism in quebec) speaks in this exchange on this contemporary political moment and how is relates to quebec & the long arch of black struggles here.

info on "Fear of a Black Nation : Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal"

https://btlbooks.com/book/fear-of-a-black-nation

this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.

listen to an interview with eda düzgün who spoke at the world social forum 2016 in montreal. in this interview eda offers some thoughts about the role of feminist struggle within the larger kurdish struggle for autonomy and freedom taking place in syria and beyond. eda offers thoughts about the role of feminism within the broader kurdish struggle.

thank you to rojava solidarity Montreal / rojava solidarité Montréal for helping set-up this interview.

this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.

art work by Rupprecht Geiger.

listen to an interview with eda düzgün who spoke at the world social forum 2016 in montreal. in this interview eda offers some thoughts about the role of feminist struggle within the larger kurdish struggle for autonomy and freedom taking place in syria and beyond. eda offers thoughts about the role of feminism within the broader kurdish struggle.

thank you to rojava solidarity Montreal / rojava solidarité Montréal for helping set-up this interview.

this interview was recorded live on the monday morning after on @radiockut in montréal by stefan christoff @spirodon.

art work by Rupprecht Geiger.

Noé Arteaga Santos, activiste de la communauté vivant à Montréal, s'exprime en solidarité avec la lutte de Omar Ben Ali pour le statut au Canada.

info : http://tadamon.ca

accompanying graphic by ZOLA, info :

http://zolamtl.tumblr.com

Ecoutez un entretien avec l'activiste communautaire Beatriz Muñoz, qui parle de la crise politique en cours en Colombie. Beatriz donne un contexte historique aux conflits civils en Colombie, en examinant les racines des enjeux abordés, principalement les façons dont les communautés régionales sont défavorisées, ainsi que les façons dont les terres nationales sont réparties inéquitablement.

Beatriz aborde également les façons dont le capitalisme colonial a créé un contexte de guerre en Colombie, que les médias traditionnels présentent souvent ex nihilo. Toutes ces réflexions sont présentées dans le cadre des négociations de «paix» en cours en Colombie, afin de fournir un contexte et un historique sur la situation, directement à partir d'une voix colombienne.

Photo d'accompagnement: COLOMBIA, tierra de luz / Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo : http://www.colombialandoflight.org

listen to an interview with Nicole Marie Burton, an artist and activist who founded Ad Astra Comix !

full info : https://adastracomix.com

this interview was recorded and produced for broadcast on CKUT fm by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.

listen to an interview with John Clarke from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) in Toronto speaking on the ways that federal Liberal policies under Justin Trudeau work to compound & deepen poverty in Canada, from skewed priorities around spending choices, i.e. pouring billions in spending increases into military spending v.s. putting those funds into supporting public institutions like social housing, education and health care.

more info on OCAP at : http://www.ocap.ca

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

listen to a live in-studio session of Nja (Nadine Altounji) on guitar / voice, joined by Ali El Farouk on oud. this session highlights the recent album Nja released called 'I still'

info : https://nja-music.bandcamp.com/releases

photo taken by Stefan @spirodon Christoff of the sky above Montreal.

Listen to an interview with Firaz Abu Zamal a stateless Palestinian refugee, who was deported from Canada on Tuesday May 3rd, 2005. This interview was recorded live on CKUT Radio, while Firaz was incarcerated at Citizenship & Immigration Canada’s jail in Montreal – the “Immigration Prevention Center” in Laval. Firaz, originally from Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, was deported back to the life of statelessness and persecution from which he fled.

The case of Firaz Abu Zamal represents another stark illustration of the ongoing injustices against Palestinian refugees committed by Immigration Canada. Currently in Canada more than 100 Palestinian refugee faced eportation at the hands of Immigration Canada. For more than 2 years the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees has been organizing against the perpetual crisis of deportation within the Palestinian community in Montreal & throughout Canada.

produced for CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for broadcast on @radiockut accompanying image is a photo from an exhibition by Sheena called 'laval immigration holding centre' by Sheena Hoszko, info : https://www.sheenahoszko.com/laval

Listen to an interview with Firaz Abu Zamal a stateless Palestinian refugee, who was deported from Canada on Tuesday May 3rd, 2005. This interview was recorded live on CKUT Radio, while Firaz was incarcerated at Citizenship & Immigration Canada’s jail in Montreal – the “Immigration Prevention Center” in Laval. Firaz, originally from Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, was deported back to the life of statelessness and persecution from which he fled.

The case of Firaz Abu Zamal represents another stark illustration of the ongoing injustices against Palestinian refugees committed by Immigration Canada. Currently in Canada more than 100 Palestinian refugee faced eportation at the hands of Immigration Canada. For more than 2 years the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees has been organizing against the perpetual crisis of deportation within the Palestinian community in Montreal & throughout Canada.

produced for CKUT radio by Stefan Christoff @spirodon for broadcast on @radiockut accompanying image is a photo from an exhibition by Sheena called 'laval immigration holding centre' by Sheena Hoszko, info : https://www.sheenahoszko.com/laval