Name: Eris Nyx on the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) by CKUT 90.3FM
Duration: 1 h

On the July, 2025 edition of the Art in Action interview series I highlight the work of artist and curator León De la Rosa-Carrillo who speaks on creating projects that address the persisting colonial dynamics and political imaginaries that surround the Mexico / U.S. colonial border line. In this interview León speaks on creating community based artistic spaces that address the ways that the borderline impacts Mexican artists and communities within the border region. León is a professor in the Art Department at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.

Stefan Christoff produces this artist interview series, Art in Action, the theme music is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. This program broadcasts monthly on:

Radio AlHara, Palestine
On the first Friday of each month at 3pm in Bethlehem and 8am 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 8am. (cjlo.com)

Art in Action interview - León De la Rosa-Carrillo on cross border art practices in Ciudad Juárez

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 necessary analysis. 

Info on Mostafa's book "Essential Work, Disposable Workers
Migration, Capitalism and Class" here:

https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/essential-work-disposable-workers

Graphic is by Andrea Marcos via Justseeds, info:

https://justseeds.org/graphic/freedom-of-movement-for-all/

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 @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

257, Community organizer Mostafa Henaway on opposing racism and war abroad and at home

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.

The zine is a transcribed set of interviews with a set of voices and the launch includes the voices of: Indigenous photographer Martin Akwiranoron Loft; a Guinean community organizer in Montreal, Mohamed Barry; longtime community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mostafa Henaway; poet and educator Shanice Nicole; artist and author Sundus Abdul Hadi; and educator/researcher Brian Aboud.  

Read the full zine in PDF format via Justseeds here:

https://justseeds.org/voices-beyond-lockdown-zine

The launch of the project was recorded at Casa del Popolo in Montreal.

Cover of the zine featured here as the visual for the program is designed by Léon Lo: https://leonlo.ca

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 @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!

258, Voices beyond lockdown

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:

https://justseeds.org/artist/erikruin

Also visit Erik's website here:

https://www.erikruin.info

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 @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, on Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays, on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm and on Thursdays at 4:30pm on CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver.

259, Artist Erik Ruin

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

261 Poppies, Palestine Action Group in Vilnius, Lithuania

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 :

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

264, Mobilizing for Palestine and migrant justice in Brussels

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. Henri. Fred talks about the arc of municipal policies that have driven housing financialization in the city and how that reflects broader global questions around the commodification of housing.

Learn more about P.O.P.I.R. – Comité Logement here:
https://popir.org

Artwork by Seth Tobocman, info: https://www.sethtobocman.com

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

265, Housing justice organizer Fred Burrill on financialization as social violence

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Mohammed Khizr who speaks on The Palestine Collective working in the UK context. Mohammd speaks about creating space in organizational spaces in design and architecture to lift up Palestinian life. Learn more about the Palestine collective here: https://www.instagram.com/palestine.collective

This interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Thank you to Hazem Jamjoum for helping to arrange this program.

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 101.9 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 - Thursdays at 4:30pm
CHMA 106.9 FM in  Sackville, New Brunswick - Tuesdays at 10am

270, Mohammed Khizr speaks on The Palestine Collective, UK

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, 2025
3. anthéne - illuminated (excerpt)
4. A poet reading from Where the Hibiscus Still Blooms zine project
5. Hazy Montagne Mystique x Melina Spiga - Quand les voix se rejoignent au crépuscule (excerpt) from Make Fuzz Not War compilation 
6. Nadia Hawa Baldé performance with Rémi-Jean LeBlanc (excerpt)
7. Reading by Amber Rose Johnson
8. Ben Bertrand and Adriaan de Roover -  Bright Attic from NO SILENCE benefit compilation 
9. Amir ElSaffar - The People of Gaza Will Be Free from NO SILENCE benefit Compilation for Radio alHara


Mixtape for Funky Revolutions broadcast at Maktaba by Stefan Christoff

On this edition of the Cultural workers for Palestine program, for July 2025, we hear from Palestinian American artist Sam Sundos. In this interview Sam speaks about different artistic projects and practices, including work in traditional Palestinian cross stitch, embroidery, called Tatreez. Also Sam speaks about building relationships between Palestinian artists in Brooklyn and those living under occupation in the West Bank and the conversations that emerge from that process. 

Learn more about Sam's work here: https://www.samsundos.com/

This interview series hosted by Stefan Christoff airs on the first Monday of each month on Radio AlHara at 5:30pm, Palestine time, 10:30am eastern time. Also this series airs on CKUT 90.3 FM on the third Friday of each month at 11:30am. To listen in on Radio AlHara visit : radioalahra.net

Music on the program is an excerpt of Passage by Anarchist Mountains

Cultural workers for Palestine - Artist Sam Sundos

Eris Nyx, one of the founding members of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), spoke about drug user rights, harm reduction, and the criminalization of care on Thursday June 26th 2025 at 5pm in the SSMU Ballroom at McGill University in Montreal. The talk was organized as a fundraiser for the DULF founders' legal defence fund, and also included a discussion by a panel currently working in harm reduction in Montreal.

DULF is a grassroots harm reduction organization based out of Vancouver BC's Downtown Eastside that pioneered a radical compassion club model to intervene in the toxic drug supply crisis, which has killed tens of thousands of poor and unhoused drug users across the country. In a fairly dramatic turn of political tides, the organizers of the compassion club, which had been tacitly permitted by the city and local police, were arrested and are now facing severe criminal charges, including the possibility of life in prison. You can read more about their evidence-based intervention and the campaign to support their legal plight on their website (https://dulf.ca/published-academic-research/). 

Find out more about DULF and donate to the legal faund at dulf.ca

The event is being co-presented by the Indigenous Support Workers Project and CKUT 90.3, and the space was secured with the generous assistance of Reform and Resettle.

Eris Nyx on the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF)

CKUT 90.3FM

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