264, Mobilizing for Palestine and migrant justice in Brussels
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear a conversation with a grassroots organizer involved in Brussels for Palestine, working on the streets in Brussels over the past year and a half to support displaced Palestinian refugees, but also to mobilize financial resources in Brussels and in western Europe to support projects like community soup kitchens in Gaza and also grassroots humanitarian projects in Lebanon. Learn more about Brussels for Palestine here:
https://www.instagram.com/brussels4palestine
Thank you to Hala El Mohor for helping to set-up this interview and for The Kitchen for hosting.
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 :
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263, Hannah Mermelstein on standing in solidarity with Palestine in Philadelphia and beyond
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Philadelphia based community organizer, zine maker and international solidarity activist Hannah Mermelstein. Over the past year and a half Hannah has been deeply involved in mobilizing for Palestine at a community based level in Philadelphia around the project Families for Ceasefire Philly.
In past years Hannah has played a meaningful role in stitching together Palestine solidarity initiatives around the world, including through participating in human rights delegations in Occupied Palestine around projects like Librarians for Palestine. Learn more about Hannah's work here: https://www.hannahmermelstein.com
The accompanying image is from a zine that Hannah worked on that highlights the collection of Palestinian books from homes seized by the Israeli state in 1948, the zine is called "Overdue Books: Returning Palestine’s “Abandoned Property” of 1948." Read the excellent zine here:
https://librarianswithpalestine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Overdue-Books-AP-zine.pdf
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 - Wednesdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am
CFRC 101.9FM 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 - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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262, Damon Davis, a cultural worker in St. Louis
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from St. Louis based cultural worker Damon Davis. I have known Damon since 2016 and it is always a pleasure and very meaningful to catch-up.
"Damon is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist who works and resides in St. Louis, Missouri. His work spans across illustration, painting, printmaking, music, film, and public art."
The accompanying drawing is by Damon.
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 - Wednesdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am
CFRC 101.9FM 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 - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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261 Poppies, Palestine Action Group in Vilnius, Lithuania
On this edition of Free City Radio we go to Lithuania and speak with Monica and Noura who work with a project to build the Palestine solidarity movement in the context of Lithuania. The group in Lithuania is called POPPIES, Palestine Action Group, Vilnius.
I wanted to highlight this organizing initiative because we often hear about Palestine solidarity organizing within centres of power, protests in Paris, or New York City, but not as much in cities on the edges, in this case on the edge of the EU, in the Baltic context of Lithuania. This conversation was originally recorded in Nov. 2024.
This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. The graphic is from the Poppies group.
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 - Wednesdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am
CFRC 101.9FM 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 - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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260, Yazan Al-Saadi in Beirut on media bias and the dehumanization of Palestinian people
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Beirut based writer Yazan Al-Saadi, who offers some important critical context on the systemic biases within western media outlets and how that works to criminalize the Palestinian and Lebanese people who face military violence at the hands of Israeli state military action.
Learn more about Yazan's work and comics here:
https://www.newarab.com/author/74089/yazan-al-saadi-and-ghadi-ghosn
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 - Wednesdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am
CFRC 101.9FM 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 - Thursdays at 4:30pm
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