Dicussion on tax evasion, corruption surrounding aid monies, and the need to create more sustainable development using local resources. Recorded at the World Social Forum. English, 11:41 minutes.
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Month: January 2007
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Community Radio in Eatern Africa
Listen to a discussion of the importance of community radio stations and Indymedia Center in eastern Africa. Recorded at the World Social Forum. English, 12:52 minutes.
http://www.ncra.ca/exchange/dspProgramDetail.cfm?programID=51890
Dr. Kennette Benedict explains the advancement of the Doomsday Clock. Depleted Uranium, Nuclear Energy, and Nuclear Armament have all lead to this moment. 16m36s, aired on OTH Friday Jan. 26, 2007.
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OTH Revue (26.01.2007) – 29m03s
OTH Revue (26.01.2007) – 29m03s
http://www.ncra.ca/exchange/dspProgramDetail.cfm?programID=51776
Khadija Bennis on Seeking Truth from the Police (bi-lingual interview) … aired Thursday Jan. 25th.
Pickton Media Unspun by Sexworkers from Vancouver and Montreal … aired Friday Jan. 26th.
plus Sound Ecology Praising Mr. Smith … aired Wednesday Jan. 24th.
These excerpts are from CKUT’s Community News Program «OFF THE HOUR», which airs weekdays from 17-18h00. To listen to the full show or to download the entire interviews excerpted here, visit:
http://secure.ckut.ca/cgi-bin/ckut-grid.pl
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Analyse sur la situation au Liban
Karim Beit Haroun du Lendemain de la veille analyse la situation actuelle au Liban
Cette semaine les déclarations de Ségolène Royal ont reçu une bonne attention des médias québécois et français. Le premier ministre Harper s’est empressé de critiquer cette intrusion dans les affaires d’un autre état… comme si le Canada était immunisé en matière de non ingérence à l’étranger. Entrevue avec Aurore Lachaux, journaliste indépendente basée à Montréal.
From Lendemain de la veille. (interview in french)
Daniele Ganser is a Swiss historian who specializes in international relations and international history from 1945 to today. His research interests are peace research, geostrategy, secret warfare, resource wars, globalization and human rights. He teaches at Swiss universities, including the history department of Basel University. His current research is focusing on the so called “war on terror” and peak oil (www.peakoil.ch).
Lendemain de la veille asked him about NATO’s interference in Europe over the past 60 years.
Kabir a 13 year old explores the Canadian destabilization of Haiti and describes the Canadian Haiti Action Organization. Produced by Chris Keefer, CFRU Guelph University.
Listen to the interview : http://documents.amarc.org/getfile?id=1069
Here is an interview with McGill professor of economics R.T. Naylor, author of “The Satanic Purses: Money, Myth and Misinformation in the war on terror”.
On this month’s show: the re-opening of the Confederacy Council at Six Nations; the hunger strike at Guantanamo North; a message from Amir Hodhod in Jersey City.
Show is linked at radio4all.net
Also linked off the No One Is Illegal-Montreal news blog HERE
Next show on Off the Hour, Tuesday, February 13 from 5-6pm.
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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
The No One Is Illegal-Montreal collective produces a monthly radio show which airs on CKUT community radio.
–> An archive of No One Is Illegal Radio’s 2006 shows is available at:
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html
Our 2006 shows include the voices of:
– Latifa Charkaoui: mother of Adil Charkaoui, one of the Secret Trial Five;
– Arnoldo Garcia: organizer with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Oakland, California;
– Kahehti:io: Mohawk youth activist from Kahnawake, arrested at the Land Reclamation at Six Nations;
– Sherene Razack, author of “Looking White People in the Eye,” and a witness at the People’s Commission into Immigration “Security” Measures;
– Hassan Almrei: secret trial detainee at Guantanamo North Prison, detained without trial since 2001;
– Karen Coq: member of No One Is Illegal-Kingston, active in opposing the Guantanamo North prison;
– Amir Hodhod: a member of Solidarity Across Borders who marched to Ottawa from Montreal in June 2005, and is fighting a pending deportation from Canada;
– Hazel Hill: spokesperson for the Six Nations Land Reclamation;
– Kahentinehta: of Mohawk Nation News and a defender of Mohawk territory during the Oka Crisis of 1990;
– Roberta Keesick: elder, trapper and activist from the Grassy Narrows indigenous territory in Northwestern Ontario; the blockade against logging at Grassy Narrows is the longest blockade in Canadian history;
– Arash Aslani: refugee from Iran, and former 10-month detainee at the Laval Detention Center near Montreal;
– Teresa Hayter: author of “Open Borders” and organizer with the Campaign to Close Campsfield Detention Center in England;
– Aarti Shahani: anti-deportations and anti-detentions activist with Families for Freedom in New York City;
– Rasha Moumneh, of the Helem LGBT group in Beirut, Lebanon;
– Nay: activist with Aswat, a queer justice group in Palestine;
– Rafeef Ziadah: the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto;
– Ashanti Alston Omowali: anarchist activist, former political prisoner, and member of the Black Panther Party;
– Biju Mathew: organizer with the New York Taxi Worker’s Alliance;
– Trudy Miller: mother of indigenous Six Nations political prisoner Trevor Miller;
– Angel Smith: cousin of Trevor Miller;
– Khadija Bennis: twin sister of Mohamed Anas Bennis, killed by the Montreal police.
–> An archive of No One Is Illegal Radio’s 2006 shows is available at:
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-one-is-illegal-radio-2006-archive.html
You can tune to No One Is Illegal Radio on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, from 5-6pm, as part of the Open Conspiracy for Social Change on “Off The Hour.” Our upcoming 2007 shows will be on January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10 …
–> You can listen live in the MONTREAL-area at 90.3FM.
–> You can listen ANYWHERE online at http://www.ckut.ca
–> Or, contact noii-montreal@resist.ca to get regular updates about the organizing of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, including audio links to our upcoming shows.
No One Is Illegal-Montreal is part of a worldwide movement of resistance, fighting for justice and dignity, and the right to self-determination for migrants, refugees and indigenous people. Our campaign is in public confrontation with the Canadian state, denouncing and taking action to combat racial profiling, police brutality, detentions and deportations, exploitation and wage-slave conditions, as well as opposing the displacement and genocide of indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
INFO:
514-848-7583 — noii-montreal@resist.ca
http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com
