2. Workers speak on serving during #COVID19 and street postering for anarchist demands

Free City Radio

This is the second edition of Free City Radio podcast, recorded in Montreal during the global #COVID19 pandemic. This episode highlights voices of frontline workers less covered in the mainstream media, grocery shop workers, food delivery people, bakery workers and transport workers. All voices highlighted to share the love of support for frontline workers being expressed around the world. It is inspiring to see the popular support for medical workers, doctors, nurses, hospital staff, this is amazing and so important, but also let us remember to celebrate and respect many other workers who keep serving. First we hear Ikram + Faiza speaking on working at Pharmaprix in #COVID19 crisis, speaking to the importance of social solidarity and also the importance of being respectful toward pharmacy workers during this time. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/ikram-faiza-speaking-on-working-at-pharmaprix-in-covid19-crisis Then we hear from Soraya from Boucherie Al-Khair speaking on working during #COVID19 pandemic, Soraya speaks about serving as a frontline worker, serving groceries and food, but also expresses concern about potential health risks. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/soraya-from-boucherie-al-khair-speaks-on-working-during-covid19 Next we hear from Vaso at Picadilly bakery on Ogilvy in Parc ex speaking about working at a bakery during the COVID19 crisis and serving the local community at a distance, despite health risks. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/vaso-at-picadilly-bakery-on-working-during-covid19-crisis On the food delivery front we then hear from some exchanges recorded at Dominos pizza on St. Hubert street with the delivery workers, working over time right now to keep up with demand, important to hear the voices of all types of front-line workers. On this show you hear the voices of 2 international students from India, Chintan Patel and Sahil Lather. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/dominos-delivery-workers-on-work-during-covid19 On the front of transport workers we hear from Tito Marouf, who is a taxi driver in Montreal, who speaks on the ways that the COVID19 pandemic impacts the taxi industry in Montreal. Tito speaks particularly about the precarious situation of taxi drivers at this time, but also critiques the fact that the government has been encouraging taxi drivers to transport COVID patients during this time of crisis. https://soundcloud.com/freecityradio/tito-marouf-on-taxi-industry-during-covid19-in-montreal Finally also on this show is a discussion with Aaron, an editor at Uneven Earth journal : http://unevenearth.org, it is an exchange that we recorded while postering in Parc ex for the five demands poster that emerged from anarchist networks, info : https://5demands.global For music in this show, I featured a harp duet track with Sarah Pagé and Robin Best called Noonday Bells, it was recorded at a Howl! arts show, you can download the full track here : https://soundcloud.com/howlarts/sarah-pag-robin-best-noonday Also featured is a recently released track "Enamoured" by musician Nick Schofield, you can listen / download the track here : https://nickschofield.bandcamp.com/album/sound-mind Finally the program finishes with "Out Of Sight" a track by Taciturn from their tape "Punk Death" - a band that I got to see live at Casa del Popolo, you can hear the track here : https://taciturntheband.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-sight-3 Finally opening track is "Hope" by Dirty Three, but in the episode I feature excerpts from an album that I have been listening to a lot this year, this one : https://soundcloud.com/villainrecords/void-002