[tadamon-l] Radio TADAMON! - Amplifying Lebanon's Struggles for Social Justice.

[Tadamon!]

Radio TADAMON! - Amplifying Lebanon's Struggles for Social Justice....

Tadamon! [Solidarity!, in Arabic] is a Montreal-based collective of 
social-justice organizers & media activists, working to build 
relationships of solidarity with grassroots political movements for social 
and economic justice between Beirut & Montreal....

In May 2006, Tadamon! launched a monthly 1 hour radio program on CKUT 
90.3fm, which broadcasts in Montreal the 1st Tuesday of each month between 
5 & 6pm local time & is uploaded to the Internet for rebroadcast on 
community / public broadcasters throughout Canada, Lebanon & the world.

Radio TADAMON! will address the historical & contemporary political 
situation in Lebanon at a time when the country & the entire region is 
undergoing momentous political change. Political struggles for social 
justice in Lebanon & Montreal will be highlighted through interviews, 
documentaries, audio collage & reports that emphasize voices that go 
unheard in the corporate or state-run media....

Radio TADAMON! aims to highlight the political, social & cultural work of 
grassroots movements in Lebanon involved in projects, campaigns & 
organizing in support of social and economic justice, equality and human 
rights for ALL people living in Lebanon

During the summer of 2006, members of Tadamon! Montreal will be travelling 
to Lebanon as part of an international solidarity delegation. Arriving in 
Beirut in June 2006, the delegation will focus on developing connections 
of cooperation & solidarity between grassroots political organizing & 
independent media networks in Beirut and Montreal....

As part of this delegation, Tadamon! will be producing it's monthly radio 
program from Lebanon for broadcast in Montreal, Lebanon & throughout the 
world, in collaboration with member stations of the National Campus 
Community Radio Association of Canada & Free Speech Radio News [FSRN].


* To Download / Listen to Radio TADAMON!: On Tuesday May 2nd, Tadamon! 
broadcast it's first radio program on CKUT 90.3 fm in Montreal.... Below 
are links / information on programming from Radio TADAMON!'s first 
broadcast, which was produced in collaboration with the Electronic 
Intifada.

Audio Documentary - Burj el-Shemali Refugee Camp
Radio TADAMON!, the Electronic Intifada

Listen to a radio documentary on Burj el-Shemali refugee camp, located on 
the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and home to upwards of 
20 000 Palestinian refugees. Recorded in Burj el-Shemali during the summer 
of 2005, this documentary focuses on the present day political, economic & 
social situation facing the Palestinian residents of the camp, within the 
context of ongoing major political changes taking place in Lebanon.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4686.shtml

Audio Interview: From Montreal to Ein el-Hilweh
Radio TADAMON!, the Electronic Intifada

Listen to 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.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4688.shtml

[This radio documentary & interview were recorded in Beirut Lebanon & 
produced in Montreal by Sawsan Kalache & Stefan Christoff of the 
Independent Media Center of Beirut & Tadamon!....]

Radio TADAMON! - Broadcast Announcement:

Download a radio announcement outlining the Radio TADAMON! project, which 
features an outline of the radio program & clips from well know 
journalists & social activists in Lebanon.

http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/9817.php


* Broadcasting Radio TADAMON!: Currently Tadamon! is seeking to connect 
with community & public radio broadcasters & Internet podcasters / 
broadcasters who are interested in broadcasting Radio TADAMON!. In order 
to facilitate wide distribution / broadcast of the program, Tadamon! will 
provide high-speed Internet download access to ALL features, interviews & 
documentaries broadcast on the program through our website & other 
independent media outlets on the Internet.

Please contact Tadamon! to receive broadcast details, schedule & to 
discuss rebroadcast....


* Supporting Radio TADAMON!: If you are interested in getting involved 
with Radio TADAMON!, or would like to support Tadamon!'s independant media 
work politically or financially, please get in touch....! We are seeking 
political endorsements for our June 2006 delegation to Lebanon & financial 
solidarity for our work in Lebanon.


in Solidarity, Tadamon! Montreal
tadamon[at]resist.ca / 00 514 690 8499


TADAMON!: Basis of Unity....

Tadamon! [Solidarity!, in Arabic] is a Montreal-based collective of 
social-justice organizers & media activists, working to build 
relationships of solidarity with grassroots political movements for social 
and economic justice between Beirut & Montreal.

In the context of historic political changes taking place in Lebanon, 
Tadamon! through it's political work, aims to support struggles for social 
justice and human rights of ALL people living in Lebanon, through direct 
coordination and organization between activists in Beirut & Montreal.

In Montreal, Tadamon! aims to organize within the Lebanese Diaspora, 
through popular education, cultural work and political action, which 
address struggles facing the Lebanese community, such as immigration, 
racism, poverty and labour rights.

Through organizing work both locally and internationally, Tadamon! aligns 
itself with social justice movements in Lebanon, Canada and 
internationally which are anti-capitalist & anti-authoritarian in nature.

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