Free City Radio

On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from author Leila Marshy who speaks on the collective book project "Razing Palestine: Punishing Solidarity and Dissent in Canada." The book is described this way:

"For two years, the world watched in horror as 2 million people on 140 square miles of land bore an unprecedented and unfathomable pummelling by the Israeli Army. More bombs were dropped on Gaza than in World War II; more children killed, wounded and orphaned than in any other conflict of this century; more journalists and healthcare workers killed than in any other conflict ever; and entire towns and districts were reduced to dust.

Those who spoke about the carnage were punished by censure, sanction, smearing and worse. Across the country, journalists were muzzled, academics were stifled, doctors were fired, activists were arrested, and artists were banned. Words such as genocide and ceasefire were excised from the vocabulary, and criticism of the conflict invited accusations of antisemitism."

Info:

https://www.barakabooks.com/catalogue/razing-palestine

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Palestinian solidarity organizer Safa Chebbi who speaks about the sustaining political relevance and impact of a series of Gaza solidarity encampments in Montreal over the last years.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm
CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
CKMS 102.7 FM, Radio Waterloo on Mondays at 10am

This discussion with scholar and sound artist Nicola Di Croce looks at the ways that we can understand the role that sound plays in our collective conception of space. This discussion looks at the ways that we define certain types of sound as discordant and how a conception of force silence as central to a neoliberal cultural ethos that defines gentrification as a good thing, despite it being driven by displacement frameworks that target lower classes.

Nicola's practice also involves creating neighbourhood-based collective sound improvisations as a way of communally addressing these dynamics. "Creative Urban Atmospheres
Sensory Interventions and Tactical Imaginaries" is Nicola's recently published book.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm
CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
CKMS 102.7 FM, Radio Waterloo on Mondays at 10am

Audio recorded at an event on October 12, 2026 in Montreal called "Anti-AI Organizing and Cultural Resistance from São Paulo to Montréal." This audio is edited to be broadcast on community and online radio stations globally. It has aired on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal on Friday, Oct. 23 at 11am.

The event took place at Brique par Brique (633 Av. Beaumont) in Montreal.

Organized in collaboration with the Civil Society Hub for Tech and Justice and AI Platforms, PropTech and the Housing Crisis.

This gathering focused on learning about anti AI organizing across two key points in the Americas, São Paulo and Montreal. Dru Oja Jay of the Civil Society Hub for Tech. Justice spoke on local organizing efforts while Henrique Parra about organizing against AI data centres in the Brazilian context. Activist scholar Alessandra Renzi will speak on the intersections of the AI industry and the housing crisis, locally and globally.

The graphic is from TOCAIA publication in Brazil which Henrique is involved in, information here: https://tocaia.info

This interview is part of a series of exchanges aimed to bring together different scholars in thinking through the ways that progressive movements and left activism can address the question of infrastructure in this time of fascism in the US and beyond. The series is about addressing the shortcomings of left organizing spaces in recent years and the ways that alternative institution building and learning is important. Max Haiven is responding to scholar Bengı Akbulut, interviewed earlier on in this series.

Learn more about Max's work here:
https://maxhaiven.com

This interview series will come out as a zine in 2027.

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on:

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Thursdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am, Fridays 1:30pm
CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Tuesdays at 4pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am
CKMS 102.7 FM, Radio Waterloo on Mondays at 10am