KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

May 22, 2012

Photo by Phil M - Instragram

The number of arrests at student demonstrations across Quebec continue to increase and CKUT wants to provide you with some recommendations.

What you should know if you get detained by the police at a student demonstration:

Upon arrest the only information you have to give the police is your name, date of birth & address.

You have the right to not answer any further questions.

What to do once you’ve been ticketed - from lawyer Denis Poitras:

  1. Contest your ticket by signing it, indicating the date and checking “not guilty”. Don’t write anything else, no explanations, don’t indicate a motive (this will help better prepare any legal proceedings).

  2. Scan your ticket and email it to poitrasdenis@gmail.com with a phone number you can be reached at as well as your version of the facts. If you don’t have access to a scanner, you can fax it to 514-289-1729.

  3. Mail it to the Municipal Court.

You should hear back from the Municipal Court within 6 months, possibly more. We will create a private listserv for all the accused in order to organize a joint trial, examine different possibilities in terms of legal defense, funding options, etc.

Stay Safe!

Please note that this is not legal advice, and that we are not lawyers. This information should not be relied upon in legal proceedings. Please contact a lawyer should you need legal advice.

Audio Version - Know your rights

24 arresting psa mixdown by ckut-fm










Other resources:

This week, the Friday Morning After becomes RED SQUARE RADIO.

Tune in at 8:10am (Friday, May 25th) for special reports on the protests, the policing, Loi 78 and the growing international influence of the Red Square movement. Special guests include Justin Ling, a Montreal-based independent journalist whose live-tweets of #manifencours for OpenFileMTL have become nightly required reading. Justin will also discuss his unwarranted arrest during the May 22nd protests and how social media set him free.

Join Josh, Rana, Adam and Sara for revolution on the airwaves. It’s REDSQUARE RADIO on the Friday Morning After!

V.I.P. R.I.P. - C.O.T.W. (Clip of the Week) #2: AACK!

Not to be too maudlin or anything but this byte from yesterday’s episode of AACK (airs on CKUT Fridays 3 - 5pm) needs to be shared. First Donald Dunn, now dear Donna Summer. Butcher T’s Noon Time Cuts also did a great tribute to Donna at the top of his show.

Clip of the week May 18th AACK by ckut-fm

Clip of the Week: Free Kick

Here’s a tasty sound byte from Free Kick’s most recent show (May 13th) featuring Booker T. & the M.G.’s. and kind words for renowned American bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, who passed away this past Sunday.

Free Kick is a weekly freeform musical mix hosted by Swan & Dave. It airs on CKUT every Sunday from 11 am – 1 pm.

If you like what you hear, be sure to visit the Free Kick blog.

Clip of the weeek - May 13th 2012 Donald Duck Dunn - Freekick by ckut-fm

Autonomous Media Room, May 19th

CKUT will be at Montreal’s 2012 Anarchist Bookfair CEDA - 2515 Delisle Street (Metro Lionel Groulx), room #125 (wheelchair accessible) 11am to 5pm on Saturday, May 19th This room will include hands-on workshops that are bilingual and all-ages. The AUTONOMOUS MEDIA ROOM is dedicated to sharing the skills and knowledge of different mediums as deployed by anarchists - such as pirate radio, screen printing, secure communication, and more.

*Workshops presented in only one language will have whisper translation towards English and/or French.

SCHEDULE:

Bloc 1 (11:00am-1:00pm)

FM Transmitter Building Workshop with CKUT Radio (EN/FR/SP)

Pull back the veil on radio transmission and mass communication by building your own FM radio transmitter. We will pull out our soldering irons and assemble all the parts necessary to start up a live broadcast.

Bloc 2 (12 noon-4:00pm)

Live Radio: Workshop by Radio CKUT (EN/FR)

This workshop will take place in the hall on the first floor. Part one will include training in live radio setup and production followed by a live radio show broadcast from the bookfair on CKUT from 2 to 4pm.

Bloc 3 (1:00-3:00pm)

Screenprinting for the Revolution - presented by The Ste. Emilie Skillshare (EN/FR)

Come to this screenprinting crash course and learn how you can use screenprinting as a tool for revolution. We’ll learn about screens, emulsion, image preparation, paper and fabric printing, basic image registration and all the rad projects you and your affinity group can do.

Bloc 4 (3:00-5:00pm)

Round table discussion: “Autonomous Media, A Decade After Indymedia”

With interventions from: Gretchen King (CKUT, Indymedia), Patrick Cadorette (CMAQ), Tim McSorley (Montreal Media Coop), and Laura Kneale (CUTV).

A co-presentation of CKUT Radio and the Montreal Media Co-op

More information can be found on the Autonomous Media Room’s facebook event. More information about the Anarchist Bookfair can be found here.

CKUT is #1! Thank you Montreal!

CKUT was voted #1 radio station in Montreal in the Montreal Mirror’s Best of Montreal readers’ poll.

Thanks to all who voted in our favour. This is a particularly welcome pat on the back as CKUT gears up to celebrate its 25th SILVER ANNIVERSARY this coming fall (are you excited? get excited!). Clearly the station has been doing something right for the past quarter of a century.

CKUT’s Music blog said it best: “Thank you to everyone who voted and to our 300 + talented and dedicated volunteers for making CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal’s favourite frequency! We here at CKUT pride ourselves on our excellent programming, but we never forget to remain humble.”

Keep it locked on people-powered, campus-community radio that brings you the voices and interests of a multitude of communities from all across the island of Montreal.

THE RED SQUARE REPORT

Tune in to CKUT’s Off the Hour (Monday to Friday, 5 to 6pm) for regular audio updates on the Quebec Student Strike.

Listen! What’s that? The Quebec Student Strike is still happening? You bet it is. Tune in for the latest news from the student movement in Quebec!

CKUT’s Off the Hour: Red Square Report on Friday, April 20th is particularly worth listening to. Listen to CKUT’s Stéfanie Clermont’s on the ground coverage of the “Occupation du palais des congres en opposition au plan nord.” Find the audio here.

Visit Stéfanie Clermont’s Montreal Media Co-op page for more of her reporting on the Quebec Student Strike.

May’s Montreal Sessions: MUTEK SESSIONS

May’s Montreal Sessions are brought to you by Cyan and Dan Melon!

We’re calling it MUTEK SESSIONS because the two will be focusing on the programming of this year’s MUTEK festival. Expect rad guests and music selected by two folks with excellent ear for the best in electronica every Tuesday in May from 3-5pm.

UPDATE: First guest was Patti Schmidt! Check out the archive.

UPDATE #2: MUTEK Sessions, part deux: an on-air hang out with Marie Davidson! Check out the Music blog for details.

CLIP OF THE WEEK: LISTEN YOU SMELL SOMETHING?

This week’s chosen clip aired live in the wee hours of Thursday night and needs little explaining.

Take a couple minutes out of your day to listen to the guys of Listen You Smell Something? expound on the wonders of human civilization, aliens, UFOs and, well, Mars Attacks.

Listen You Smell Something? is a late night, old-school funk show that airs on CKUT every Thursday night from 1-4 am.

Clip of the Week Listen You Smell Something April 27 by ckut-fm

Native Solidarity News & Radio NAHO in the month of may

Native Solidarity News will be airing Radio NAHO for three Tuesdays in a row - May 8th, May 15th and May 22nd. Tune in on those dates from 6 to 7 pm!

What is Radio NAHO? Radio NAHO is a six-part radio series on First Nations health created by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO).

Each episode focuses on health issues from a holistic perspective, with an emphasis on prevention.

Radio NAHO shares information and wisdom from well-known and inspiring First Nations leaders, artists, academics and athletes who will be focusing on six themes: traditional living, healthy living, youth, environmental health, children’s health and diabetes prevention. From hip hop to clean drinking water, from boxing to sexual health to child development resources - Radio NAHO finds a multitude of ways to talk about First Nations health.

Lisa Abel is the host of each episode of Radio NAHO. She is a member of the Anishinabek Nation and a graduate of the joint Journalism program at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College. Lisa has worked and volunteered as a reporter, editor and videographer. She also hosted her own Aboriginal-themed radio program, The Circle, on Ottawa community radio station CHUO 89.1FM.

Visit Radio NAHO for more information.

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