Free City Radio

On the Feb. 2026 edition of Art in Action São Paulo based artist Ding Musa speaks about his practice working at the intersections of personal creative practice and urban based social struggles. Ding particularly speaks about working with the gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho, a major squatted building downtown that is organized by Movimento dos Sem Teto do Centro (MSTC). This is a movement of unhoused people and communities who squat unused buildings, turning them into public housing and also social spaces. Ding with a group of artists worked together to create a gallery at Ocupação 9 de Julho.

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 from Washington State based visual artist Saiyare Refaei on visualizing solidarity with the people of Gaza. Saiyare is a member of the Justseeds artists' cooperative (www.justseeds.org). Over the last years Saiyare has been creating moving and meaningful work expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and has created a couple of particular pieces that express support for Palestine as a member of the Iranian Diaspora, aiming to intervene into Iranian conversations that can hold many divergent political and cultural positions in relation to Palestine.

Learn more about Saiyare Refaei's work here:

https://justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaei

In the interview Saiyare highlights the following artists: Ashtli Tavera, Thea Gahr (www.theagahr.com) and Tala Khanmalek (www.talakhanmalek.com) who worked on the key pomegranate graphic in solidarity with Palestine that is discussed in this interview.

This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) 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 from musician William Ryan Fritch on creating music for documentary film in an era of major political change. William has scored many, many films both fiction and documentary. This interview addresses both the importance of the intersection of reporting and storytelling that you can find in documentary film at this time of immense political change. Also William speaks as a progressive artist about the heightening importance of such media practices in the world today, particularly in places under attack, like Palestine. Finally it is moving to hear William reflecting on his role as a musician contributing to the process of documentary cinema today.

Learn more about William's work here:
https://www.williamryanfritch.com

This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) 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 from Istanbul based photographer Larissa Araz speaking on contested identities as expressed in Istanbul's artistic archives. Larissa focuses on the work of some particular artists, including those who were expelled to Greece in the context of Greek / Turkish population exchanges in the 20th century. Overall the particular stories that Larissa highlights can be viewed as little windows into understanding a more complex and diverse reality that makes up both the past and present of Istanbul, a diversity expressed by artists like Larissa in both their work and identities.

Learn more about Larissa's work here:
https://www.larissaaraz.com

This interview program is supported in 2025/2026 (winter/spring) 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

Hoy tejemos este espacio de escucha colectiva gracias a todas las voces que participaron y enviaron sus audios desde distintos territorios.

Gracias por compartir memorias, reflexiones, emociones y resistencias frente a la violencia imperial y el largo historial de intervencionismo en nuestra región.
Esta transmisión existe por y para ustedes.

Today we weave this collective listening space thanks to everyone who participated and sent in their audio pieces from different territories.

Thank you for sharing memories, reflections, emotions, and acts of resistance in response to imperial violence and the long history of interventionism in our region.
This broadcast exists because of you and for you.

Here is the playlist for the broadcast with all the artist / contributor info and also links:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19EYjj8UXU82XxUYcj-7aYpZ8ZN7Zf9Y2K4HR9znyKnc/edit?usp=sharing

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11h30-15h30 - Mexico City, Chicago
12h30-16h30 - New York, Montreal
13h30-17h30 - Venezuela
14h30-18h30 - Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
18h30-22h30 - Paris
19h30-23h30 - Palestine

Radio CASo (AR), Radio Tsonami, Chercan Radio & Radio Granizo (CL), Radio Flouka (FR), Radio Nopal, Radio Tropiezo, Ojalá (MX), Montez Press Radio (NY), Radio alHara (PS), Radio Monteaudio (UY) and Lumpen radio (US)