Free City Radio

Radio más allá de las fronteras coloniales / Radio Beyond Colonial Borderlines / La radio sans frontières coloniales

Hoy, a las 14:00 (hora de Ciudad de México, 16:00 hora de Montreal), se transmitirá una charla del fundador de @radionopal, Diego Aguirre Fernández @holadiego, que sucedio en la Librairie Résonance de Montréal @librairie.resonance.bookstore

Esta presentación se realizó durante el Festival Flux de Montreal, organizado por Arts in the Margins. La introducción al evento estuvo a cargo del artista sonoro Martín Rodríguez @rdzmartin.

El otoño pasado, durante este evento, se lanzó una revista independiente diseñada por Diego. La revista incluye una conversación entre Stefan Christoff y Diego sobre movimientos sociales y radio. La revista ya está disponible a través de la cooperativa de artistas Justseeds. Las fotografías que compartimos hoy son de @amrusalahuddien.

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Today a talk by Radio Nopal founder Diego Aguirre Fernández that took place in Montreal at Librairie Résonance airing 2pm Mexico City time, 4pm Mtl. time.

This presentation took place during the Flux Festival in Montreal, hosted by Arts in the Margins. The introduction to the event is by sound artist Martín Rodríguez.

A zine publication that Diego designed was launched at this event last fall. The zine features a conversation between Stefan Christoff and Diego about social movements and radio. The zine is now available through the @justseeds (link in bio). The accompanying photos that we are sharing today are by Amru Salahuddien.

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Aujourd'hui, une conférence de Diego Aguirre Fernández, fondateur de Radio Nopal, donnée à la Librairie Résonance de Montréal, sera diffusée à 14 h (heure

Cette présentation a eu lieu dans le cadre du festival Flux de Montréal, organisé par Arts in the Margins. L'introduction est signée par l'artiste sonore Martín Rodríguez. Un fanzine conçu par Diego a été lancé lors de cet événement l'automne dernier. Ce fanzine présente une conversation entre Stefan Christoff et Diego sur les mouvements sociaux et la radio. Il est désormais disponible auprès de la coopérative d'artistes Justseeds. Les photos qui accompagnent ce texte sont d'Amru Salahuddien.

On the April 2026 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear about The Lost Paintings Project with two of the project co-curators, Jolle Tomb and Haidi Motola. The project is described this way:

"The Lost Paintings, a Prelude to Return is an imagined recreation of the last exhibition held in Palestine by Palestinian-Lebanese artist Maroun Tomb, which opened on November 29, 1947 in Haifa.

The 1947 opening coincided with the very day in which the UN approved the Partition Plan of Palestine, igniting the war and events that will later become known as the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, and during which, some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland. Shortly after the opening, Tomb and his family were, too, forced into exile and never allowed to return to their homes. The fate of the 53 oil paintings presented in the exhibition, as well as most of Tomb’s pre-1948 body of work, was lost to the war and its pillage. "

Learn more about the project here:

www.thelostpaintings.com/about-1

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 airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net

On the April 2026 edition of the Art in Action interview series we hear from Clément Libes from the band BRUIT ≤. This interview addresses some of the key themes that the band has looked at within their latest album The Age Of Ephemerality. After the interview we hear the track "Ephemeral." Clément speaks on the challenges that AI presents to independent artists, the voice of a band that also has criticized publicly the corporate control of music distribution through corporations like Spotify, a company that Clément describes as parasitic.

Listen to the album here:

https://bruitofficial.bandcamp.com

Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:

Radio AlHara, Palestine
On the first Friday of each month at 4:30pm in Bethlehem and 9:30am eastern time (radioalhara.net)

CKUT 90.3 FM, Montréal
On the third Friday of each month at 11am (ckut.ca)

CJLO 1690 AM, Montreal
On the second Thursday of each month at 8:30am. (cjlo.com)

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with filmmaker Michael T. Workman who speaks about the documentary film The Encampments. This film explores and addresses the wide range of Gaza solidarity encampments across cities in North America (Turtle Island) particularly in New York City.

Learn more about the project here:
https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films/the-encampments

This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.

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

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a window into the Palestine solidarity movement in Montreal. Recorded at the launch of a zine publication that highlighted the voices of participants in the ongoing protests in Montreal, reflected also in cities around the world, of the Palestine solidarity movement.

This is the zine:
https://justseeds.org/solidarity-zine/

In this program Norma Rantisi who works on the Academics and Staff for Palestine project, also we hear from Michelle Hartman, a professor at McGill who tirelessly supported the Gaza solidarity encampment, also we hear from Vijay Kolinjivadi, Assistant Professor in Sustainable and Equitable Economies at the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia, as well as Nael an active member of the Palestinian community in Montreal.

This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.

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