178, Artists on the Quebec student strike in 2012, David Widgington and Zéa Beaulieu-April

On this edition of Free City Radio I am featuring audio from a live panel at Concordia University that took place in early 2023. This panel, hosted by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia, focused on the ways that artists played and important role in creating the political atmosphere and protest culture that shaped the 2012 student strike in Quebec an important moment within the history of grassroots activism in Quebec and Canada. Over two editions of Free City Radio I will be featuring audio from this panel. On this edition we hear from Zéa Beaulieu-April a musician and poet who help to found the creative writing publication/zine Fermaille at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) during the strike, as well as David Widgington, an "undisciplinary artivist" who focuses on creating archives of the material culture of protest movements, specifically surrounding banners, posters and protest signs. The next edition of this program will also feature audio from this event, full information here: https://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/artsci/social-justice-centre/2023/03/Art_in_Action_The_2012_Quebec_Student_Strike.html?c=/events Music on the program is the track 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 Tuesdays at 1pm. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 10:30pm 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 7am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays.