Émission Amandla du 8 août 2007/ Amandla show from August 8th 2007

Voici les thèmes qui ont été abordés pendant l’émission Amandla du 8 août 2007 sur les ondes de CKUT 90.3FM (Montréal). Vous pouvez la télécharger ici (lien valide pour deux mois seulement).

Émission en anglais.

Célébrations du 169ème anniversaire de l’Émancipation à Montréal. Le 1er août dernier, des célébrations se sont tenues dans la Petite Bourgogne (Montréal) pour marquer le 169ème anniversaire de la libération des Noirs de l’esclavage dans les colonies britanniques. L’événement a été animé par “l’Universal Negro Improvement Association of Montreal”, la plus vieille communauté noire de Montréal, ainsi que par l’Institut Alfie Roberts et Umoja Concordia. Musique, lecture, discussions et poésie ont marqué les célébrations tout en donnant un hommage à Alfie Roberts, un visionnaire et activiste de la communauté noire de Montréal. Le reportage peut être téléchargé ici (en anglais).

L’aide du Royaume-Uni à l’Afrique en baisse. L’aide britannique à l’Afrique, malgré toutes les promesses, a chuté de 1% entre 2005 et 2006. Commentaires de Doug.

Politique namibienne et la bande de Caprivi. Commentaires sur la lutte du mouvement pour l’indépendance de la bande de Caprivi menée par la Caprivi Liberation Army. Des membres de ce mouvement ont été condamnés à 32 ans de prison par le gouvernement namibien.

Here are the subjects that were addressed in the August 8th 2007 Amandla radio show on CKUT 90.3 FM (Montreal). You can download the show here (link valid for two months only).

Show in english.

169 th Emancipation Day Celebrations in Montreal. On august 1st, people gathered in Montreal’s Little Burghundy neighbourhood to celebrate emancipation day and mark 169 years of black African freedom from bondage in the British colonies. The Montreal event was hosted by the Universal Negro Improvement Association of Montreal, one of Montreal’s oldest Black community, as well as the Alfie Roberts InstituteUmoja Concordia. with music, readings, talks and poetry, it marked emancipation day while paying tribute to the late Alfie Roberts, a visionary Montreal Black community activist. The reportage can also be downloaded here. and

UK’s aid in Africa dropping. Despite the promises, the UK’s aid dropped 1% from 2005 to 2006. Comments by Doug.

Namibian politics and the Caprivi strip. The fight of the people from the Caprivi strip (Caprivi Liberation Army) against Namibia. Today, fighters from Caprivi were sentenced to 32 years in jail by the Namibian government. Comments by Doug.

Humanitarian Crisis in Ciudad Bolivar, Colombia

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CIUDAD BOLIVAR

 

150,000 Citizens Threatened in Armed Conflict

by David Parker

 Bogotá, Colombia 45 neighbourhoods in Ciudad Bolivar, a municipal district of Bogotá, are the site of a conflict between guerrillas, paramilitary groups, street gangs and the Army.  Since January there have been 94 homicides in the area, including 13 last month.  Victims were mostly youth, 19 to 27 years old, targeted as either paramilitary informants, guerrillas, drug dealers or gang leaders.  At stake is political and economic power in the region which has provided strategic access to the capital for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a guerrilla group.  For 2 decades they have used the area to smuggle firearms and provisions from Bogotá’s economic centre to the outlying areas of the Sumapaz region and the departments of Tolima, Huila and Cundinamarca.  Since October 2003, the paramilitary squadron known as Frente Capital del Bloque Centauros of United Self-Defense Colombia (AUC) have been in the region, confronting the presence of FARC Bolivarian Militias with deadly consequences.  Currently there are 8 paramilitary death squads in the neighbourhoods.            

The Citizens Defense (Defensoría del Pueblo), a governmental human rights observer, has released a document under the Early Warning System calling for immediate action from municipal, district and national levels of government, for the creation of preventive measures to neutralize the high risks faced by the civilian population.  According to the report, threats, intraurban displacement, selective and collective homicide, forced recruitment, coercion of political candidates and extortion of business and industry has 150,000 citizens in a state of fear and entrapment.  The area at risk includes the sectors Altos de Cazucá in the municipality of Soacha and 45 of the 252 neighbourhoods in the adjacent district of Ciudad Bolivar, located at the southeastern periphery of Bogotá.  The document signals a particular risk for afrodescendents in two of the neighbourhoods.   Many families in the area have been forcibly displaced from their homes in other parts of the country due to violence from armed forces. 

The majority of displaced peoples who move to Bogotá move to places where they have the least chances of being welcome, including Ciudad Bolivar, where they face poverty, solitude and fear.  According to the Citizens Defense report, there is a lack of information on forced displacement in Bogotá due to the silence and anonimity of affected persons for fear of becoming a target of armed actors.  Ciudad Bolivar has the highest rate of poverty in Bogotá, at 26%, affecting 150,000 people.             

Assassinations have occurred in neighbourhoods such as Caracolí, El Paraíso, Potosí and Sierra Morena.  Normally the homicides are committed by groups of 3 or 4, and victims are alleged drug dealers or gang leaders.  Assassins, dressed all in black, hunt their victims with a list of names in hand.  It has been a typical tactic of paramilitary groups nationwide to employ selective and collective homicide against social and political leaders.  The paramilitary groups in Ciudad Bolivar are groups that have sprung up since the demobilization of the AUC.  The 8 paramilitary groups in the region, including the Aguilas Negras, have adapted their methods to President Alvaró Uribe Velez´s policy of ‘Democratic Security’, which in fact has worsened the human rights situation.  Their tactics are: manipulating and backing delinquent gangs, threatening social leaders, declaring common criminals to be military objectives, controlling drug trafficking through money washing and legitimization, controlling storerooms for firearms and drugs and garages to handle stolen cars.  The paramilitary squads have been getting more powerful, as evidenced by the increased quotas of illegal ´security tax´ forced on businesses and public transportation, and the extortion of large industry.  Forced recruitment by the AUC is a problem in all sectors of the city.            

Other armed actors in the area are FARC militia and common criminals.  FARC guerrillas have had similar tactics in the conflict; attacks and attempted assassinations, threats and abuse, especially against suspected paramilitary informants.  Both the FARC and AUC have coerced local electoral candidates, coopted local gangs and paid them to do their dirty work.  The paramilitary objective in Ciudad Bolivar has been to eliminate the gangs linked to FARC in order to quell any illegal activity that might put into queston their authority.  The response from FARC has been similar tactics in the zones under their control.            

The paramilitaries have circulated a pamphlet saying, “if you don´t put your children to sleep by 8 pm, we will put them to sleep at 9 pm.”  One community leader had to leave the ‘La Union’ neighbourhood because his family received a death threat on their front door giving them 24 hours to leave the neighbourhood.  Visitors can only visit within certain hours and with the help of a local, and people stay inside their houses after 6 pm. 

Despite the massive repression and poverty in Ciudad Bolivar, there are at least 40 social organizations in the district, managing 1000 projects in education, nutrition, health, and elderly care.  Projects receive fundng from the European Union, UNICEF, United Nations, United States and ACNUR.  Youth in the area are organized, and the youth network of Peace Fighters Corporation (Colpaz) counts 12,000 members.  Petitioning with the help of the Citizens Defense Network of Supporters, last year they developed their own declaration of human rights, in which besides the rights to life, health and education, they emphasized a right with particular significance in Ciudad Bolivar:  the right to be heard.            

Ciudad Bolivar is but one of the many ongoing conflict zones in Colombia, including communities in the departments of Nariño, Putumayo, Chocó and Valle de Cauca, while paramilitary and guerrilla forces both have distinct strongholds in various regions of the country. The conflict between guerrillas and state-backed military and paramilitary forces has been around since the creation of guerrilla forces in the 1960’s, while State-sanctioned violence and civil war has been a part Colombia’s history for over 60 years  

PETITIONS  Source: Citizens Defense 

To the President of the Nation, Señor Álvaro Uribe Vélez: Consult and follow through on preventive measures by the national, district and local authorities. 

To the Vice-President, Señor Francisco Santos Calderón: Installation of a regional Humanitarian Table for the application of International Human Rights. 

To the Ministry of the Interior and Justice: Design, propose and implement protective measures for community leaders. 

To Territorial Affairs:    To support and observe the conservatoin of public order and give instruction to the military forces to act in the zone. 

To the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá: Adopt measures to save and protect the Rights of the population in order to create accessible public spaces. 

To the Municipalities of Bogotá and Soacha: Continue to strenghten the activity of local committees.    

 Sources for the article: 

Conflicto en Ciudad Bolivar, Redaccion Bogotá.  El Espectador, Saturday June 9th, 2007.

http://www.elespectador.com/elespectador/Secciones/Detalles.aspx?idNoticia=10749&idSeccion=24 http://www.elespectador.com El Riesgo de Ser Joven en Ciudad Bolivar, Revisto Población Civil, Nº 2.  Defensoría del Pueblo.http://www.defensoria.org.co/red/anexos/pdf/03/pc/ciudad_bolivar.pdfhttp://www.defensoria.org.co/red/?_item=030402&_secc=03&ts=1

Canada’s Role in Supplying Lab Animals for Testing

Canada’s role in supplying specially-bred animals for laboratory testing both in Canada and abroad remains a tightly-knit secret. Recently, an article in The Gazette appeared and exposed how passengers on a flight to Paris became aware of a shipment of beagles on their Air Canada jet when they heard the dogs screaming from the belly of the plane. Canada does laboratory testing on up to 2 million animals each year. It also supplies an unspecified amount of animals to Europe for this same purpose.

“We were shocked to hear some flight attendants say this goes on regularly – dogs get shipped to Paris for experiments.” Because Quebec’s animal protection law is vague and weakly enforced, the province provides a steady source of dogs for laboratories both here and abroad, animal rights activists said.

Liz White, a Director at the Animal Alliance of Canada, joined Joe Broadhurst of CKUT Radio in Montreal to discuss some of the issues surrounding this practice and the efforts of animal activist groups to learn the truth. (11:30)

mp3 of Interview is HERE

Émission Amandla du 9 mai 2007/ Amandla show from May 9th 2007

 

Voici les thèmes qui ont été abordés pendant l’émission Amandla du 9 mai dernier sur les ondes de CKUT 90.3FM (Montréal). Vous pouvez la télécharger ici (lien valide pour deux mois seulement).

Interview avec la présidente d’AMARC-Africa (World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa): Grace Githaiga – en anglais. Elle est aussi directrice-exécutive d’Econews Africa. Elle nous parle de l’impact des radios communautaires en Afrique de l’Est (Ouganda, Kenya, Tanzanie). Elles opèrent dans différents contextes politiques et abordent les sujets liés à la justice sociale.

Analyse sur une division au sein du parti d’opposition zimbabwéen, le MDC – en anglais. Analyse tirée du New-York Times. Le Movement for Democratic Change vit un tumulte interne, alors que la situation sur le terrain s’aggrave. En effet, depuis longtemps déjà, la population du Zimbabwe est affamée et rien n’est fait pour améliorer sa condition (voir Zimonline).

Mini-revue de la musique ghanéenne – en anglais.

Les agro-industries, nourrir la planète ou gonfler les profits?- en français. Analyse de l’industrie agro-alimentaire tirée du site d’Agoravox. On s’inquiète de la mainmise des multinationales de l’alimentation qui contrôlent la chaîne alimentaire et qui transforment la faim en marché.

Scandale à la Banque Mondiale - en français. Analyse du pétrin dans lequel Paul Wolfowitz, président de la Banque Mondiale s’est mis.
Here are the subjects that were addressed in the May 9th Amandla radio show on CKUT 90.3 FM (Montreal). You can download the show here (link valid for two months only).

Interview with the president of l’AMARC-Africa (World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa): Grace Githaiga – in english. She’s also the executive director of Econews Africa. She talks about the impacts of community radios in eastern Africa (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania). They operate in different political contexts and are located in places where there are no other radios. They address social justice issues which makes them popular and the public response is important.

Mini-review on music in Ghana – in english.

Analysis of a split within the MDC, the zimbawean opposition party – in english. Taken from the New-York Times. A split occurs within the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) while the situation in Zimbawe worsen. People are starving and nothing seems to be done.

The agrobusiness, feeding the world or pumping up profits ? - in french. Analysis of the agrobusiness from the Agoravox website. The influence of that industry is worrying. The agro-multinationals control the food chain and turns hunger into a market.

Scandal at the Worldbank – in french. Analysis of the trouble that Paul Wolfowitz, president of the Worldbank, has fallen into.

 

 

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“ON THE UPLOAD” :: La Rage du Peuple! Audio

LA RAGE DU PEUPLE — a look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements in 2006, and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007 — was a special 12-hour New Year’s Day broadcast on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal.

Below, you will find links to the uploaded interviews, discussions and music, in English and French, from LA RAGE DU PEUPLE.

Re-broadcasts of LA RAGE DU PEUPLE segments are welcomed and encouraged; just let us know by e-mail.

Happy New Year! In solidarity and struggle,

– Jaggi (jaggisingh@gmail.com) & Mostafa (mostafah@riseup.net)

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SEGMENTS OF LA RAGE DU PEUPLE
January 1, 2007, 8am-8pm, on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal

* Interview with Aarti Shahani, organizer with Families for Freedom in New York City

Families for Freedom is a New York-based multi-ethnic defense network by and for immigrants facing and fighting deportation. Aarti, who herself has fought against the detention and deportation of her close family members, speaks about the recent immigrant rights and racial justice mobilization in the USA in 2006 and the challenges for 2007, as well as the specific role of South Asian migrants in the struggle. She was interviewed on December 29, 2006 for La Rage du Peuple. (28:42; English).

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21199

* Live phone interview with Biplam Halim from Kolkata, West Bengal

Recently thousands of peasants of Singur, a farming community in West Bengal in India, were forcibly evicted by the government. The eviction of the peasants from the fertile land is to make way for an automobile factory for Tata Motors, a subsidiary of Tata Group, India’s largest and oldest business conglomerate. However, the peasants of Singur are actively resisting the occupation of this land. We speak with Biplab Halim, live on the phone from India about what is happening in Singur. He is active in the resistance with the Institute for Motivating Self-Employment in West Bengal. (16:46; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21199

* Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women’s Mission on the occupation of Afghanistan

Sonali organizes with the Afghan Women’s Mission and is the host of Uprising Radio at KPFK in Los Angeles. In this presentation Kolhatkar offers a critique of Canada´s military role in Afghanistan, while specifically focusing on the situation facing Afghani women and the organizing of RAWA [the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan]. The presentation was recorded by Stefan Christoff on April 9, 2006 at Sala Rossa in Montreal at an event organized by CKUT Radio’s Community News Collective. (22:55; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21200

* In-studio interview with Abdelhadi Qaderi on the current occupation Afghanistan

Abdelhadi was born in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and currently resides in Montreal. He is a member of L’Observatoire de l’Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient. In this live in-studio interview, he talks about the current NATO occupation of Afghanistan. (17:15; French)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21200

* Amandla Radio: Alternative views and perspectives about Africa

Hosted by Doug Miller and Gwen Schulman, this year-end retrospective includes an interview with Aziz Fall of the Justice for Thomas Sankara Campaign. Other topics include: the growing links between China and Africa, diamonds and land claims in Africa, and the victory of the San people of Botswana. (39:23; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21201

* Interview with prison lifer Peter Collins by Prison Radio

Peter Collins is currently on life sentence at the Bath Penitentiary in Ontario. He has served 23 years of his sentence. Inside, he is an artist whose drawings are available at buriedaliveillustrations.com. The following interview was recorded by Charlie O’Connor on September 24, 2006 for Prison Radio at CKUT. (18:56; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21201

* Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: Presentations by Rafeef Ziadah, Salim Vally and Jamal Juma’

Rafeef Ziadah, of the Sumoud Political Prisoner Solidarity Group and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) in Toronto. Rafeef speaks at the opening of the “Boycotting Israeli Apartheid: The Struggle Continues” conference (October 6-8 in Toronto) dedicated to promoting the growing anti-apartheid movement in Palestine and abroad through a comprehensive boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting Israeli apartheid. (26:29; English). On the upload, we also include the two other opening addresses at the conference: Salim Vally, a campaigner with the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa (32:45; English) & Jamal Juma’ of Stop the Wall Campaign in Palestine (44:07; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21202

* Solidarity with Lebanon and Gaza; reports from 2006 Montreal demos and in-studio interview with Leila Ali of Tadamon

This segment, in French, includes: a) a report from August by En Profondeur, during the large Montreal demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Lebanon; b) an interview with Bruce Katz of Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) after the killing of civilians by Israeli forces in Beit Hanoun in November; and c) a live in-studio interview with Leila Ali of Tadamon, about solidarity efforts between Montreal and Lebanon. (43:40; French)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21203

* In-studio interview with Tess Tesalona of the Center for Philippine Concerns

Tess is a Montreal-based organizer and activist, with the Center for Philippine Concerns, the Immigrant Workers Center and other groups. She was part of a delegation to the Philippines in 2006, attending the International Labour Solidarity Mission. She speaks about the human rights situation in the Philippines, and international solidarity efforts. (19:58; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204

* Interview with Arnoldo Garcia, immigrant rights organizer from Oakland, California

Arnoldo, a long-time immigrant rights organizer based in Oakland, California, assesses the past year of organizing in the USA, which were marked by the largest protests in US history. (32:04; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204

* In-studio interview with Sarita Ahooja of the Migrant Workers Support Center

Sarita speaks about the conditions of migrant workers in Quebec, and about the immigrant justice movement locally. She is an organizer with the Migrant Workers Support Center, Solidarity Across Borders and No One Is Illegal-Montreal. (31:19; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21204

* Justice for Mohamed Anas Bennis; demo report by En Profendeur

On December 1, 2005, Mohamed Anas Bennis left a neighbourhood mosque, just minutes from his home in Cote-des-Neiges and was shot and killed by Montreal police in still unexplained circumstances. The mystery and secrecy surrounding this case reinforces the belief by many in the Montreal community that Mohamed Anas Bennis was killed by police in a case of racial profiling. The following audio is by En Profondeur from the January 7, 2006 demonstration, attended by thousands, to denounce Anas’ death. (11:52; French)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21205

* Organizing against the proposed casino near Point St-Charles; a report by En Profondeur

The community of Point-St-Charles, a poor working class area of Montreal, mobilized against a proposed casino in the area. Sophie Toupin of En Profondeur reported community efforts against the casino on February 23, 2006. (16:44; French)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21205

* Interview with Racha Moumneh of the Beirut Collective

Racha is a member of the Beirut Collective; one of their first projects has been the “I’m somebody with nobody” campaign, which rejects political parties and tries to chart an independent leftist path within Lebanon’s current political deadlock. Racha is an activist in Beirut, formerly involved with Helem, a group working on LGBT issues in Lebanon; and most recently was involved in grassroots relief efforts in the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Lebanon this summer. Racha spoke to CKUT on December 29, 2006 for La Rage du Peuple. (Part 1: 28:22; Part 2: 14:29; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21206

* Live-to-air interview with Amjad Shawa from Gaza City

Amjad Shawa is the coordinator of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza. He was interviewed on January 1, 2007 by Mostafa Henaway about the past year in Gaza for La Rage du Peuple. (32:13; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21206

* Interview with Patrick Elie from Port-au-Prince

Patrick was interviewed by Aaron Lakoff on December 27, 2006 for La Rage du Peuple. Patrick is a political rights activist and former Minister of the first government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991-96). Aaron spoke to Patrick from Port-au-Prince, in the aftermath of a pre-Christmas assault by UN troops on the impoverished neighbourhood of Cite Soleil. (17:48; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207

* Interview with Jean St-Vil of the Canada Haiti Action Network

Jean is part of the Haitian diaspora in Canada, based in Ottawa. He is a community radio programmer, as well as a member of the Canada Haiti Action Network. In this two-part interview, recorded on December 20, 2006, Jean shares his views on the 2006 Haitian elections, the “responsibility to protect”, the political use of kidnapping, colonialism and neo-colonialism in Haiti, the role of NGOs, and the solidarity movement in Canada. (Part 1: 31:16; Part 2: 22:11; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207

* En Profondeur interviews with Montreal-based Haitian activists Magalie X and Mr. Emmanuel

An interview by En Profondeur with Magalie X and Mr. Emmanuel of Vwa Zanset (Voice of the Ancestors) in February 2006, about the intervention of Haitian activists in the federal election campaign. (20:05, French)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21207

* Live phone interview with Kahntinehta, about the continuing resistance at Six Nations

Kahntinehta is an elder from Kahnawake, and a writer with Mohawk Nation News. In this live interview, Kahntinehta speaks about the historic events of January 1, 2007, when members of the Six Nations community at Grand River moved back into their old Confederacy Council house which dates back to 1864. The Confederacy Council was ousted in 1924 by the Canadian-government imposed colonial band council system. (22:21; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21208

* Interview with Barucha Calamity Peller from Chiapas, Mexico

Barucha speaks from the Intergalactica Gathering in Chiapas, Mexico. She was present during he people’s uprising in Oaxaca in 2006, which was defended by barricades. In this interview, recorded on December 27, 2006 for La Rage du Peuple, she speaks about the barricade, the role of women in the uprising, and the ensuing repression by paramilitaries. Barucha has 4 years of experience organizing with anti-authoritarian collectives in Mexico. (22:15; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21212

* In-studio interview with Jose of La Otra Campana-Montreal and Radio Sabotaje-Mexico City

Jose, currently residing in Montreal, is a community radio activist originally from Mexico City, where he was active with Radio Sabotaje. He currently organizes with the Zapatista-inspired La Otra Campana in Montreal. (16:11; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21212

* Interview with “Andres” about the Oaxaca Commune

“Andres”, a pseudonym, was involved in the uprising in Oaxaca, where he has lived for the past four years. He speaks from an undisclosed location somewhere in Mexico about the significance of what he calls the Oaxaca Commune, the current climate of repression, and the links to other movements in Mexico. (Part 1: 22:49; Part 2: 18:32; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21213

* Interview with two members of the CIPO-RFM from Oaxaca

An in-studio interview, recorded on October 16, 2006 by En Profondeur, with Pedro Bautista and Asuncion Lopez of the Indigenous Council of the People of Oaxaca-Ricardo Flores Magon (CIPO-RFM), one of the active groups in the Popular Assemby of the People of Oaxaca (APPO). Pedro and Asuncion where in Montreal as part of a caravan to raise awareness about the situation in Oaxaca. (16:10; Spanish to French translation)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21213

* Live in-studio music performance by Iqi Balam of La Banda de Gaza, accompanied by Ketzali

Iqi Balam of the Montreal-based “La Banda de Gaza” performs in our studio, accompanied by his 7 year-old daughter Ketzali. Iqi plays the songs “Poivre de cayenne”, “La course aux larmes” and “El meringue de Bush a Bush”. We also play “Condoleeza Mona Risa” from the La Banda de Gaza CD. To end, Ketzali improvises a beautiful poem. (30:16; French and Spanish)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21233

* Speech by immigrant justice activist Amir Hodhod and extro to studio portion of La Rage du Peuple

To end the studio portion of La Rage du Peuple, we play a short speech by Amir Hodhod of Solidarity Across Borders and the Workers Solidarity Network. Amir spoke outside the offices of Immigration Canada on April 3, 2006, as part of efforts to stop his pending deportation. (12:26; English)

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21236

* Excerpts of Radio Sanctuary! with Kader Belaouni

Kader Belaouni hosts the last two hours of La Rage du Peuple from the St-Gabriel’s Church in Point-Saint-Charles where he has been in sanctuary for one-year, defying a deportation order. This New Year’s edition of Radio Sanctuary is his fifth show on CKUT. We’ve included clips of Kader’s chat with Tatiana Gomez about Solidarity Across Borders (18:03); Kader’s own editorial about French politician Nicolas Sarkozy (3:03); an interview with Brett Story about her documentary about gentrification in Montreal (3:54); and an interview with Mostafa Henaway about organizing taxi drivers in Toronto (16:38). These segments are in both English and French.

LISTEN AT: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=21236

Some of the music played from studio during LA RAGE DU PEUPLE included: Asian Dub Foundation, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Saul Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder, D’bi Young, Berurier Noir, Sniper, Cavaliers Noirs, Muzion, Blackstar, Two Gallants, Sapphires in the Mud, Immortal Technique, John Akpata, Public Enemy, Manu Chao, Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Rhythm Activism, Damien Saez, Submission Hold, Propagandhi and, throughout the day, Keny Arkana’s LA RAGE DU PEUPLE!

INFO: jaggisingh@gmail.com AND mostafah@riseup.net

! LA RAGE DU PEUPLE ! 12 hours of Special New Year’s Day Programming on CKUT 90.3FM MONTREAL (updated info)

! LA RAGE DU PEUPLE !
NEW YEAR’S DAY ON CKUT 90.3FM
12 hours of Special Programming
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2007, 8am-8pm (E.s.t )

–> Listen in MONTREAL at 90.3FM
–> Listen EVERYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca

LA RAGE DU PEUPLE is a look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements … and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007.

–> Includes a special 2-hour edition of RADIO SANCTUARY (6-8pm), with Kader Belaouni, live from the St-Gabriel’s Church in Point St-Charles where Kader has been in sanctuary, defying a deportation order, since January 2006.

–> A live in-studio perfomance by Iqi Balam of LA BANDA DE GAZA (at 2pm).

The LA RAGE DU PEUPLE New Year’s Day Special will include interviews, reports and reflections from organizers involved in social justice struggles in Montreal and around the world. We will hear voices from the frontlines. We will reflect on current movements against war and for migrant justice, as well as ongoing popular rebellions and grassroots resistance movements. From Montreal, we will also speak with local organizers and activists as they reflect on the past year, and look ahead to 2007.

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Some of the scheduled programming on LA RAGE DU PEUPLE, in English and French, includes:

–> Interviews from around the planet including:
Hazel Hill from Six Nations, Turtle Island;
Jamal Jumaa from Occupied Palestine;
Patrick Elie from Port-au-Prince,Haiti;
Biplab Halim from Kolkata, India;
Racha Moumneh from Beirut, Lebanon;
Andres Garcia & Barucha Calamity Peller from Mexico.

–> More interviews and audio with:
Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Oakland);
Sonali Kolhatkar, on Canada’s role in Afghanistan;
Aarti Shahani of Families for Freedom (New York City);
Jean St-Vil of the Canada Haiti Action Network (Ottawa);
Rafeef Ziadah, from the Boycotting Israeli Apartheid Conference (Toronto);

–> In-studio conversations and discussions with Montreal-based organizers and activists:
Andrea Gozales, La Otra Campana;
Anita Schoepp, Head & Hands;
Hadi Qaderi, L’Observatoire de l’Asie Centrale et du Moyen-Orient;
Jose Rodriguez, Radio Sabotaje (Mexico City) & La Otra Campana;
Leila Ali, Tadamon! Montreal;
Sarita Ahooja, Migrant Workers Support Center & No One Is Illegal;
Tatiana Gomez, Solidarity Across Borders & the People’s Commission into Immigration Security Measures;
Tess Tesalona, Center for Philippine Concerns.

–> From Amandla!:
the Justice for Sankara campaign;
the victory of the San people of Botswana;
and more.

–> From Prison Radio:
an interview with Peter Collins, a life-term prisoner at the Bath Penitentiary (Ontario).

–> From En Profondeur:
l’affaire Mohamed Anas Bennis;
le casino à Pointe-St-Charles et sa mort;
le dernier baillon éhonté de Jean Charest;
tout sur le transport en commun;
et plus.

–> AND, as much music from the Block the Empire anti-imperialist bloc benefit CD that we can fit in, including: Keny Arkana, Asian Dub Foundation, Bérurier Noir, Blackstar, Cavaliers Noir, Damien Saez, D’bi Young, Muzion, Nina Simone, Propagandhi, Rhythm Activism, Sniper, Submission Hold …

[[[ The promo ad for our New Year's Day special, with Keny Arkana's "La rage du peuple", is available to listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20956 ; check out her video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92o_Bn4Uw-w ]]]
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Tune-in to LA RAGE DU PEUPLE between 8am-8pm (E.s.t.) on JANUARY 1, 2007.

–> Listen in MONTREAL at 90.3FM
–> Listen EVERYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca

Hosted and produced by members of the CKUT Community News Collective.

INFO: news@ckut.ca / 514-448-4041 x6788
http://ckutnews.wordpress.com

! LA RAGE DU PEUPLE ! New Year’s Day Special Programming (9am-8pm)

! LA RAGE DU PEUPLE !
NEW YEAR’S DAY ON CKUT 90.3FM
11 hours of Special Programming
MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 2007, 9am-8pm (E.s.t)

–> Listen in MONTREAL at 90.3FM
–> Listen EVERYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca

[[[ The promo ad for our New Year's Day special, with Keny Arkana's "La rage du peuple", is available to listen at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=20956 ]]]

LA RAGE DU PEUPLE is look back at the resistance of local and global social justice movements … and a look ahead to the struggles to come in 2007.

Includes a special 2-hour edition of RADIO SANCTUARY (6-8pm), with Kader Belaouni, live from the St-Gabriel’s Church in Point St-Charles where Kader has been in sanctuary, defying a deportation order, since January 2006.

And live in-studio perfomances by Iqi Balam of LA BANDA DE GAZA (at 2pm) and other local musicians.

The LA RAGE DU PEUPLE New Year’s Day Special will include interviews, reports and reflections from organizers involved in social justice struggles in Montreal and around the world. We will hear voices from the frontlines. We will reflect on current movements against war and for migrant justice, as well as ongoing popular rebellions and grassroots resistance movements. From Montreal, we will also speak with local organizers and activists as they reflect on the past year, and look ahead to 2007.

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Some of the scheduled programming on LA RAGE DU PEUPLE, in English and French, includes:

- Interviews from Port-au Prince, Haiti; Oaxaca, Mexico; Six Nations, Turtle Island; Beirut, Lebanon; the Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine; Kahnawake, Turtle Island and elsewhere ….

- In-studio interviews with local organizers and activists on topics ranging from international solidarity, racial profiling, immigrant justice, Canada in Afghanistan, police brutality, poverty, prisons, and more …

- The New Year’s Day special will include a selection of CKUT Community News programming from 2006, including audio from the People’s Commission into Immigration “Security” Measures (Montreal), the Boycotting Israeli Apartheid Conference (Toronto), Prisoner Justice Day programming, the best of En Profondeur, as well as other events, conferences and protests covered by the CKUT news crew.

[A updated schedule of New Year's Day programming will be posted shortly, and updated on the CKUT News Collective website: http://ckutnews.wordpress.com]
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Tune-in to LA RAGE DU PEUPLE between 9am-8pm (E.s.t.) on JANUARY 1, 2007.

–> Listen in MONTREAL at 90.3FM
–> Listen EVERYWHERE online at www.ckut.ca

Hosted and produced by members of the CKUT Community News Collective.

INFO: news@ckut.ca / 514-448-4041 x6788
http://ckutnews.wordpress.com

Military Coup d’État in Fiji

On Tuesday, December 5^th, Fiji’s military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, removed the civilian government, declaring himself interim president and suspending parts of the Constitution. Sophie Toupin discusses with Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, FemLink Women’s Media Initiative coordinator in Suva, Fiji and a 2005 Nobel Peace prize nominee, about the current situation in Fiji. Length: 12:43, Format: MP3, Language: English

Listen to the interview with Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls

État d’urgence déclaré au Tchad

L’état d’urgence déclaré le 14 novembre dernier par le président tchadien Idris Déby a entraîné entre autres la suspension de toute liberté de presse au Tchad et ce, pour les 6 prochains mois. Zara Yacoub directrice de la radio communautaire Dja Fm localisée à Ndjamena au Tchad discute avec Sophie Toupin des répercussions et des conséquences de cette décision dans ce pays enclavé entre le Soudan et la République Centre Africaine. Durée: 16:06, Format : MP3, Langue: Français.

Écoutez l’entrevue avec Zara Yacoub

La situation des médias communautaires en RDC

Le 8 novembre 2006, la Haute Autorité des Médias (HAM) a suspendu le droit d’émettre de la Radio Réveil FM en plus de six autres radios et trois chaînes de télévision congolaises basées à Kinshasa en République Démocratique du Congo. Freddy Mulongo directeur de Radio Réveil Fm et président de l’Association des Radios Communautaires et Associatives du Congo (ARCO) discute avec Sophie Toupin de la situation des médias communautaires en RDC lors de la Conférence Mondiale d’AMARC 9 qui s’est déroulée à Amman en Jordanie du 11 au 17 novembre 2006. Durée: 21:45, Format: MP3, Langue: Français.

Écoutez l’entrevue avec Freddy Mulongo