179, Arts and the 2012 Quebec student strike, Norman Nawrocki, Bengi Akbulut and Zéa Beaulieu-April

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the second part of a panel discussion hosted at Concordia University in early 2023 that focuses on the the role of artists during the 2012 student strike in 2012. This program focuses on the ways that arts students and more broadly cultural workers were an essential part of the major strike movement against attempts by the Quebec government to boost university tuition for students in Quebec. The movement in 2012 which began as a student focused series of protests quickly expanded into a broader social movement against economic, colonial and environmental injustice that is integral to many elements of Quebec's modern economy. On this program we hear again from Zéa Beaulieu-April who co-founded the creative writing publication/zine Fermaille during the strike, also Bengi Akbulut speaks on the connections between social movements across borders from Istanbul to New York to Montreal. Finally we hear from cultural worker Norman Nawrocki who speaks about the experience of being a cultural worker during the student strike. Also we hear about the Common Notions published book Wages for Students, first published in 1975 and then republished again in recent years, info: https://www.commonnotions.org/wages-for-students Music on the program is the track Passage by Anarchist Mountains. Accompanying image from the student strike is by Thien V. 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.