Free City Radio

A mixtape shaped by tracks from the Make Fuzz Not War compilation benefit for Palestine, info on the project here: 01. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga 02. anthéne - illuminated 03. D. Marion - Ey Iran, blown-out 04. Jakob Rehlinger - Baṭṭīkh Threnody 05. Hazy Montagne Mystique x Melina Spiga - Quand les voix se rejoignent au crépuscule 06. Stefan Christoff - Appel à la manif 07. M. M...

On this edition of Free City Radio we go to Amsterdam and speak with author / activist Jarmo Berkhout who has been deeply involved in a series of high profile squatting actions. Also Jarmo has worked on editing and publishing a key book focused on the intersecting experiences of those working in the squatting movement over the recent years in Amsterdam. Learn more about the collected works that Ja...

Poesía y sonidos del pueblo - Radio Nopal x Radio AlHara This mix started with a recording in the rain that I did with Montréal based Ecuadorian poet Mireya Bayancela. I have known Mireya for many years now and often we cross paths at both Palestine solidarity actions but also gatherings to support the Immigrant Workers Centre, a grassroots community group in Côte-des-Neiges. This mix has been cre...

For the June 2025 edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we hear from New York City based artist Yasmeen Abdullah who speaks on a variety of initiatives in New York and beyond to bring together artists to express solidarity with Palestine. A large part of Yasmeen’s practice related to Palestine revolves around gathering and creating spaces through which a creative voice can be expressed and cen...

This edition of Free City Radio features a conversation with the filmmakers behind the project "Direct Action." Filmmakers Guillaume Cailleau & Ben Russell speak on a film that has been described this way: "Direct action is a tactical strategy of protest that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most effective means. DIRECT ACTION is a contemporary portrait of one of the most high-profile m...

A mixtape to celebrate the album Balkan Winds that I worked on with Toni Dimitrov, to broadcast on Radio AlHara, broadcast on Thursday, May 29 at 4pm eastern time, 11pm in Palestine at radioalhara.net. Thank you for listening. - Stefan. Learn more about the album here: https://unfulfillmententertainment.bandcamp.com/album/balkan-winds 01. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Christoff - Forever 02. Toni Dimit...

A mixtape by Stefan Christoff for a special broadcast of Funky Revolutions taking place at Maktaba bookshop on Saturday, May 31, 2-4pm live on CKUT 90.3 FM, ckut.ca Track listing (artist name / track name) 1. Philippe Battikha - Lascia ch'io pianga, from Make Fuzz Not War compilation 2. ​​Nelly Bassily reading poems by Shahd Alnaami (Gaza) recorded at a community benefit for Sudan on April 27, 202...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from musician, community organizer and longtime Queer activist Jordan Arseneault. Jordan has long organized for the rights of people living with HIV and has done a lot of work at the intersections of intersecting grassroots struggles to both lift up and speak to marginalized experiences. Jordan reflects in this interview on the organizing efforts that too...

A joint mix with Ognjen Glavonić for Radio AlHara, thank you Ognjen for the collaboration, below the track listing, with the artist name / track name, outlined, thank you. 01. Coby - Biseri Iz Blata 02. Dragana Mirković i Juzni Vetar - Treba mi neko 03. Svetlana Ceca Raznatovic - Licis Na Mog Oca 04. Viki Miljković - Hajde vodi me odavde 05. Viktorija - Daj Ne Pitaj 06. Toni Dimitrov and Stefan Ch...

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from community organizer Bill Van Driel. Bill speaks about experiences during the major protests against the G20 in Toronto in relation to the police and legal repression that was experienced by the protesters. Bill contextualizes this moment within a continuum of both protest actions taking place during this period against closed door international summi...

This is a joint mix with Brad Rose who works on the Foxy Digitalis project, created for broadcast on Radio AlHara, live on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (11am eastern time / 6pm in Palestine) at radioalhara.net Accompanying artwork by Valentina Gonzo. This is the track listing (artist name / track name) 01. Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo - Gaiaphilia 02. Ahmed Ag Kaedy & Will Guthrie - Mani Mani 03. Präs...

Listen to an interview with long time community organizer for housing justice and researcher Fred Burrill speaking about the ways that the systemic financialization of housing contributes to social violence for working class and low income people. Fred speaks about his research work in the context of having organized for many years with P.O.P.I.R. in the southwest of Montreal, particularly in St....

On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we speak with artist Shellyne Rodriguez. Shellyne is a Bronx based artist, educator and community activist. In this conversation we talk about the ways that solidarity can be both expressed and built between internal and external colonies to American imperialism. Shellyne outlines the ways that the Bronx, due to historical marginalization and patte...

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 proje...

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 stitchi...

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 b...

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...

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...

A mixtape for Radio AlHara that Stefan worked on to celebrate the release with Nour Sokhon. The track listing below highlights first the track name and then the artist name. The accompanying artwork is by Margarita Barros. 01. Circular transmissions - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 02. A shadow signal - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 03. Open channels - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 04. Another t...

Listen to a conversation with artist Erik Ruin. In this exchange with the Philadelphia based artist we hear about a number of projects including a series Erik worked on about Palestine titled "10 Plagues of the Occupation." Also we speak about local work that was done with the Coalition to Save the Libraries in Philadelphia. Erik is a member of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative learn more here: h...

On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we feature a conversation with author and Palestinian human rights advocate Amy Abdelnoor. Based in Essex, England, Amy is a long time cultural worker and educator and today contributes regularly to The Electronic Intifada. This is an excerpt from Amy's bio: "While studying English and Arabic at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, she reconnected with her Ara...

This edition of Free City Radio features audio from a Montreal launch for the zine Voices Beyond Lockdown: Collective action and care across borders in a time of crisis, a zine publication of Free City Radio. On the show we hear from community organizers, artists and cultural workers reflecting on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Montreal before any vaccines were available. T...

A live panel discussion at the Housing Justice Convergence (housingjustice.now) that took place on Friday, March 7, moderated by Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio. This panel includes: Alessandra Renzi An educator and researcher on housing justice https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/maps John Clarke A long time community organizer in Toronto, currently working on the 230 FightBack project http:/...

This mixtape is a collaboration with two musicians, Dhangsha and Elyze Venne-Deshaies mixtape, I selected the last two tracks. First this is the write-up on the first six tracks. Elyze selected the following five. Dhangsha writes: "Over the past 6 years, I've been working under the moniker of Dhangsha (Bengali for 'destruction'), exploring the connections between bass culture and experimental nois...

This program explores the ways that opposing policies of war abroad are inherently connected with local struggles against racism at home. Mostafa Henaway, an organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, connects the local and the global. This interview addresses the connections between campaigns against war and racism in the months after 9/11 to current events. This interview provides urgent and nec...