CKUT Radio Presents - Broadcast Against Borders [May 23rd - 26th]
A week-long series of broadcasts on migration struggles in Montreal &
throughout North America. This broadcast will be broadcast in numerous
cities, and is being co-presented by CKLN radio in Toronto, and CFRU,
Co-operative Radio in Vancouver. Broadcast Against Borders takes place in
the lead up to the 'Status for All' cross-Canada day of action on May 27th
& is being coordinated by CKUT Radio's Community News Collective....
For more info: http://solidarityacrossborders.org/en/node/160
In Montreal, tune in to 'Off the Hour' on CKUT, 90.3fm, from TUESDAY, May 23rd,
to FRIDAY, May 26th, 5-6pm for this unique broadcast....!
----> TUESDAY, May 23rd: Voices of the Deported.
Interviews & reports on immigrants & refugees who have struggled against
the Canadian immigration system & paid with the heavy price of
deportation.... These human stories of migrant struggle remain an
inspiration for the ongoing struggles of non-status communities across
Canada. Featuring Interviews with:
* An interview with AMIR HODHOD, an Egyptian political dissident, refugee
& active member of the Montreal community & Solidarity Across Borders, who
was deported from Canada in April, 2006.
Stop the Deportations! Solidarity with Amir Hodhod!
http://gallery.cmaq.net/amir
* An interview with SHAMIM AKHTAR & SADAF ALI KHAN, of the Akhtar / Khan
family who were refused as refugee claimants in August 2002 & deported in
July 2004, despite the grave risk the family faces in Pakistan. In
Karachi, Pakistan the family Shai Muslims were the direct targets of the
Sunni Muslim militant organization the Sipeh-e-Sahaba [SSP]....
CKUT Radio: the Struggle Against Pakistani Deportations in Montreal
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2004/07/1987.php
* An interview with Ahmed Abdel Majeed, a stateless Palestinian born and
raised in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, who was deported
from Montreal Canada in November 2003.... In Montreal Ahmed was an active
member of the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees, a
group of Palestinians in Montreal organizing against deportation by
Canadian immigration authorities.
Audio Interview: From Montreal to Ein el-Hilweh
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4688.shtml
From Montreal to Ein el-Hilweh: Deportation, Destitution & Dignity
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3990.shtml
----> WEDNESDAY, May 24th:
Immigration & 'Security Measures'
* Featuring Audio from the People's Commission on Immigration Security
Measures. Audio excerpts from The first popular commission of inquiry to
take place in Quebec broadcast for the first time.... The Peoples
Commission, was set up to look into the injustices and abuses inflicted on
immigrants in the name of national security, and to offer recommendations
for change and action....
Under immigration 'security' measures, non-citizens are denied their
rights to a fair trial, to protection from arbitrary detention and to
protection from torture. Security certificates and similar policies raise
serious questions about how the principles of equality, liberty,
presumption of innocence and security of the person are practiced in
Canada....
the People's Commission on Immigration Security Measures
http://www.peoplescommission.ath.cx
* A presentation by Arash Aslani, an Iranian refugee who was detained in
Laval Immigration Detention Center, for 10 months.... In this two part
audio series Arash Aslani shares his first-hand experiences of being a
political refugee in today's racist and exploitive immigration system....
His story begins in Iran and ends in Canada, where he was detained for 10
months in the Laval Immigration Prevention Center, just north of Montreal.
He speaks after having been released following a three week hunger strike,
and is currently awaiting a decision on his refugee claim in Montreal.
CKUT Radio: Ten Months in an Immigration Jail
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/8828.php
----> THURSDAY, May 25th: Women & Immigration Struggles.
A look at how displacement and Immigration Canada's policies affect women
& how women from migrant communities are fighting back....
* Featuring an interview with NANDITA SHARMA, Assistant Professor at York
University & author of 'Home Economics: Nationalism & The Making Of
Migrant Workers In Canada'.
* An interview with HARSHA WALIA, organizer with No One is Illegal in
Vancouver & activist involved with various social justice struggles in
Canada & internationally....
----> FRIDAY, May 26th:
Organizing Toward Justice for ALL Immigrants & Refugees.
A live, round table discussion on migration struggles across North America
from Montreal, to New Jersey, to Toronto, to San Diego, to New York, to
Vancouver.... Featuring:
* Members of Solidarity Across Borders in Montreal, * Members of No One Is
Illegal in Toronto and Vancouver, * the New Jersey Civil Rights Defense
Committee, * Desis Rising Up & Moving [DRUM, NYC], * O.R.G.A.N.I.C.
Collective [San Diego]
Broadcast Against Borders! Participating Stations: CKUT [90.3fm Montreal,
http://www.ckut.ca], CKLN [88.1fm Toronto, www.ckln.fm], CFRO
[Co-Operative Radio 102.7fm Vancouver, www.coopradio.org], Continental
Associate Broadcasters - 1KX Network [Toronto, Kansas City, Tampa Bay,
www.148.ca], Borderline Books [Netherlands, www.borderlinebooks.nl].
You can listen live online @ www.ckut.ca, or download the programs from
the CKUT online archives. Audio download links will be posted later in the
week....
----> For more INFO, contact CKUT Radio's Community News Collective at: 514 398
6788 / news[at]ckut.ca