The Rebel Beat
By Aaron Lakoff
The Rebel BeatMay 01, 2020
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Freedom on the Air, Part 4: Anarchism & Social Movements
Finally! This is part 4 of a 4-part radio documentary series on anarchism from 2004, produced at CKUT community radio in Montreal. This episode is Freedom On the Air Part 4: Anarchism and Social Movements. This radio documentary series has been unavailable for a long time online...until now! Enjoy, and create trouble.
We'll be back to regular Rebel Beat programming soon.
Track listing:
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Deschooling
2:30 - Matt Hern
9:23 - Anarchsim in Africa
9:51 - Ashanti Alston
15:33 - Iraq Solidarity Project
16:14 - Andrea Schmidt
23:12 - Institute for Social Ecology
24:01 - Social ecology and green anarchy
36:05 - Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
37:08 - PJ Lilley
42:27 - 7-Year Squat
44:00 - Amy Miller and Mandy Hiscocks
50:50 - Direct democracy in Montreal
51:20 - Anarchy in Point St-Charles
59:39 - Outro
Produced by the anarchist elves of the CKUT community news collective: Aaron, Brook, Neil, Eric, Greg, Sabrina, Tamara, Arun
Freedom on the Air, Part 3: Theory & Practice
Part 3 of a 4-part radio documentary series on anarchism from 2004, produced at CKUT community radio in Montreal. This episode is Freedom On the Air Part 3: Theory and Practice. This radio documentary series has been unavailable for a long time online...until now! Subscribe to our podcast feed so you don't miss the other parts!
Track listing
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - The Federation Anarchiste (France)
1:26 - Structure and organization of the F.A.
5:02 - The F.A. and immigration struggles
6:29 - Diversity of the French anarchist movement
7:12 - AK Press
7:59 - Ramsey Kanaan and AK
10:35 - Challenges to collectives
12:42 - Anarchy and sex!
13:25 - Jamie Heckert
14:03 - Anarchist critiques of sexual orientation
17:07 - You ain't born queer
20:34 - Good sex and anarchy
22:46 - Regina Cochrane
24:56 - What is anarcha-feminism?
27:13 - Radical feminism vs. anarcha-feminism
30:43 - Anarcha-feminism and anti-globalization
32:42 - Not4Prophet
33:02 - Anarchist People of Colour (APOC)
37:48 - Anarchism and Puerto Rican youth
40:20 - Direct action
43:55 - Ann Hansen
44:36 - Terrorism vs. direct action
47:14 - Models of direct action
49:15 - Conclusion
Freedom on the Air: Part 2
Part 2 of a 4-part radio documentary series on anarchism from 2004, produced at CKUT community radio in Montreal. This episode is Freedom On the Air Part 2: Anarchist History. This radio documentary series has been unavailable for a long time online...until now! Subscribe to our podcast feed so you don't miss the other parts!
Track listing:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - The First International
2:40 - Benoit Desgreniers (NEFAC) on the First International
12:36 - Haymarket Square
14:08 - Howard Zinn on the Haymarket Massacre
24:27 - Spanish Civil War
25:55 - Intro to Martha Acklesberg
26:52 - Martha Acklesberg on the Spanish Civl War
38:10 - Pierre Leyrand on the Paris 1968 Uprising
42:51 - We don't need the WTO!
45:26 - Intro to the Seattle 1999 protests
46:03 - Nadine Bloch and Roger on Seattle '99
54:22 - Conclusion
Produced by the anarchist elves of the CKUT community news collective: Aaron, Brook, Neil, Eric, Greg, Sabrina, Tamara, Arun
Freedom on the Air, Part 1: Anarchy 101
Not a regular episode of the Rebel Beat, but over the next few weeks we'll be re-releasing a 4-part radio documentary series on anarchism from 2004, produced at CKUT community radio in Montreal. Hope you enjoy Freedom on the Air part 1: Anarchy 101! This radio documentary series has been unavailable for a long time online...until now! Subscribe to our podcast feed so you don't miss the other parts!
3:11 - What is anarchy?
3:31 - Misconceptions in the street
4:48 - Anarchy and violence
7:48 - Addressing misconceptions
12:19 - Chaos vs. organization
15:36 - Anarchist values
17:46 - Montreal anarchist bookfair
20:04 - Anarchy is order
23:29 - Cindy Milstein intro
27:39 - The Enlightenment
31:13 - The Industrial Revolution
32:49 - Karl Marx
36:04 - Split from socialism
38:05 - William Godwin
40:32 - Pierre Joseph Proudhon
42:53 - Max Stirner
45:07 - Mikhail Bakunin
47:17 - Peter Kropotkin
48:25 - Emma Goldman
50:03 - Rudolph Rocker
51:34 - Errico Malatesta
53:11 - Leo Tolstoy
54:28 - Gustav Landauer
56:21 - May Day in Montreal
105: A People's History of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Part 2
Missed part 1 of this series? Have a listen here.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor just released their most recent album, "G_d's pee at state's end" on Constellation records in April. It is a must-listen.
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Playlist
A military alphabet
Sleep
09-15-00
Mladic
OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.)
Rebel Beat theme music by Cee from Test Their Logik
104: A People's History of Godspeed You! Black Emperor
For the last quarter-century, Godspeed You! Black Emperor have been putting out epic, orchestral, anarchistic rock music. Their albums and legendary live performances have fuelled radical social movements in their hometown of Montreal, and all around the world. To celebrate the release of the band's latest album G_d's Pee at State's End!, The Rebel Beat is doing a 2-part people's history of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. This first episode features a conversation between host Aaron Lakoff, anarchist graphic designer Kevin Lo, and Sharmeen Khan of No One Is Illegal Toronto and Upping The Anti. We examine how the band's music has been interwoven with some of the greatest moments of social upheaval of our time, from the protests against the war in Iraq, to the massive Quebec student strike of 2012, to the current pandemic.
Part 2 will feature an in-depth discussion with Efrim Manuel Menuck from the band. Coming soon.
Also, happy MayDay! It's a great day to listen to Godspeed's tune Bosses Hang.
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Playlist
Peasantry, or 'Light, inside of light!'
Storm
A Silver Mount Zion - God bless our dead marines
We drift like worried fire
Mladic
Government came
OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.)
Rebel Beat theme music by Cee from Test Their Logik
103: I Pity the Country – The Life and Legacy of Willie Dunn
After a long winter hibernation, The Rebel Beat is finally back and ready to roll out some new episodes this spring!
On this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Lawrence Dunn, the son of the late folk singer Willie Dunn. Willie Dunn was of mixed Scottish/Irish and Mi'ma'ki ancestry, and wore many hats throughout his prolific career. He was a powerful anti-colonial songwriter, a film director, an activist, and even took a run for elected office once. Some say that his music didn't get the attention that it deserved during his career, but now his son Lawrence Dunn has teamed up with Light in the Attic records to release an anthology of Willie's work, "Creation never sleeps, Creation never dies". Lawrence joins us for a heart-felt discussion on his father's music, activism and legacy.
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Playlist
Willie Dunn - Charlie
Willie Dunn - The Ballad of Crowfoot
Willie Dunn - The Carver
Willie Dunn - O Canada!
Willie Dunn - Louis Riel
Willie Dunn - Broker
Willie Dunn - I Pity the Country
Willie Dunn - The Pacific
Further resources
The Rebel Beat episode 013 - Native North America
The Ballad of Crowfoot (1968 film, National Film Board)
Theme music for the Rebel Beat by Cee from Test Their Logik
A Rebel Beat Update - April 2021
After a long hiatus, we have some very exciting news from The Rebel Beat HQ, including some new episodes and documentaries rolling out this spring. Stay tuned!
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102: Test Their Logik on 10 years since the G20 in Toronto
Exactly 10 years ago this June, Toronto was a battleground. The G20 had just invaded the city, with the leaders of the world’s largest economies meeting behind fortified fences to discuss pillaging the world. Outside were thousands of us, there to crash the meeting.
The massive demos, and some rioting that followed, gave way to the largest mass arrest in Canadian history. Two of those people arrested were our guests on the program today, Testament and Illogik of the long-standing anarchist hip-hop duo Test Their Logik. They join us to reflect on the history of their group, the 10 year anniversary of the G20, and their new album "See".
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Grab the new Test Their Logik album on their bandcamp page here! Also check out these other dope projects that Test Their Logik are involved in: Realitea Cannabucha, and the True Cost of Coal book with the Beehive Collective.
Playlist
Kay the Aquanaut, Cee Reality, Lee Reed - 123
Test Their Logik - Rebel
Test Their Logik - WCH (Class)
Test Their Logik - B
Test Their Logik - C
Test Their Logik - Water
Test Their Logik - G8 G20 Crash the meeting
Other links to things we mentioned on the show:
Uprise Daily podcast (give it a listen!), Policing Black LIves book by Robyn Maynard
101: Brivele & Anti-Fascist Klezmer from Then 'Til Now
Today we’re going back in time in a way and exploring some Yiddish radical classic tunes with Brivele! Brivele is a Seattle-based anti-fascist klezmer folk-punk trio who braid together oral history, Yiddish language, contemporary and old-country musical genres, American Vaudeville, and visual arts. Check out their Bandcamp page here!
I had a chance to speak with two members of the band a while ago, Stefanie and Maia, and they talk about the lineage of this music, and why it’s just as important to be putting out anti-fascist klezmer today as it was 100 years ago.
Video of members of Brivele playing with "Yiddishists Against Prisons" in Val-David, Quebec in 2019.
After 100 episodes of The Rebel Beat, we selected our top 5! Read the post on our website here.
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Playlist
Brivele - Bread and roses
Brivele - Hungry Yid
Brivele - FTP in der Gasn
Brivele - Oy Zionists
100: A Mayday Love Letter and Collective Playlist
This is it! We've finally reached the milestone of 100 episodes of The Rebel Beat. And to make it all the more sweet, this is our Mayday special!
Franklin Lopez, long-time anarchist agitator, video ninja, and founder of Submedia is back to co-host as we discuss the history of The Rebel Beat, the significance of Mayday, the Wet'suwet'en uprising against pipelines, and staying rebellious in these pandemic times.
PLUS, we have a ton of Mayday greetings and shoutouts from artists and rebels all over the world! So this episode is part collective playlist, and part collective love letter from us to you on this socially-distant Mayday.
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Tracklist
Brivele - Bread and roses
Geoff Berner - Dalloy polizei
The Mayday Orchestra - Center of the storm
Lia Rose - We are the ones
Ramy Essam - Hela hela
Chumbawamba - Voices that’s all
Dolly Parton - 9-5
A Tribe Called Red - Land Back
Rebel Diaz - Which side are you on? (Remix)
Immortal Technique - 3rd world
Leslie Fish - Bella ciao
The Proclaimers - The Joyful Kilmarnock Blues
Ana Tijoux - Antifa dance
Lee Reed - The rents
Kareem Samara - Light for S.H.
Norman Nawrocki - We are pickers and packers
Dennis Brown - Revolution
Pat Kelly - The workman’s song
Victor Rice - Bebida
Union Thugs - Héros et martyrs
99: Irreversible Entanglements
Irreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart, who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Their music is soothing, chaotic, powerful, and deeply rooted in movements for Black freedom and resistance.
Today on the Rebel Beat we're joined by Keir and Luke from the band who join us from Philly and Washington D.C. respectively to talk about their new album "Who sent you?", band life under lockdown, and the radical politics of jazz improvisation. Enjoy!
Episode 100 will be coming out on May Day (May 1st), and we want to hear from you! Send us your audio Mayday greetings to rebel@ckut.ca by April 27th
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Tracklist
Charles Mingus - Better git hit in your soul
De La Soul - Say no go
Irreversible Entanglements - Fireworks
Irreversible Entanglements - Who sent you / Ritual
Irreversible Entanglements - Chicago to Texas
Irreversible Entanglements - The Code Noir / Amina
Irreversible Entanglements - No mas
98: Snotty Nose Rez Kids
The Snotty Nose Rez Kids, an Indigenous hip-hop duo hailing from the Haisla nation, join us to chop it up about their new EP "Born Deadly", the #ShutDownCanada movement against pipelines and artist life under COVID-19.
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Tracklist - Snotty Nose Rez Kids :
- Real Deadly
- Warriors
- Cops with guns are the worst!!!
- KKKanada
- Boujee Natives
- Skoden
Rapid Dispatch - We're Back
Just a quick note to say that we're coming back with some more Rebel Beat episodes very soon! Hang tight, and make sure you're subscribed!
Episode 97 – An Update From Wet’suwet’en
Episode 96 – Natural Sympathies
Episode 95 – Josh MacPhee’s Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels
We’re Back! Episode 093: Backxwash
Episode 092: Big Announcements for 2019
Episode 091: 18 Year Old Xiuhtezcatl Throwing Down for The Land & People
Gritty: The Anti-Fascist Hockey Hero – Changing On The Fly
The Rebel Beat 090: The Union Thugs, Music, and Direct Action