201, AK Thompson on radical activism looking beyond social reforms

Free City Radio

On this edition we speak with scholar activist AK Thompson. The conversation revolves around the importance of looking critically at the lack of radical thinking within the public expression and action of many important social movement demands in the west. AK speaks on the ways that the reform oriented frameworks for social action, largely developed in the late 19th and early 20th century do not speak to the urgent need for radical change that exists today, from climate justice, to the extreme colonial violence that persists in places like Gaza. Here are links to two collections of works by AK out on AK Press Premonitions Selected Essays on the Culture of Revolt https://www.akpress.org/black-bloc-white-riot-anti-globalization-and-the-genealogy-of-dissent.html Premonitions Selected Essays on the Culture of Revolt https://www.akpress.org/premonitions.html Music on this edition is by Anarchist Mountains. Image from the Institute of Anarchist Studies page: https://anarchiststudies.org 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 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. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!