Sounds of Resistance is an ongoing series of liberatory news radio hosted by longtime CKUT member Samaa Elibyari. As of June 2024, it will have a regular slot on the third Wednesday of every month from 5-6pm.

Off The Hour is CKUT's in-house daily corporate-free news program. It reflects our community because it is made by our community. CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows. We cover Montreal and McGill goings-on, LGBTQIA+ culture, environmental and social justice issues, feminism, theatre, African and Latin America current affairs, and more.

Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5 - 6pm (EST)

March 4, 2026: The War On Iran - Mitchell Plitnick, Abdallah El-Arian, Yves Engler, with sounds from Montreal downtown anti-war protest, compiled by Amir

Sounds of Resistance is devoting this program of March 4, 2026 to discuss the war on Iran with guest speakers: From Washington, Mitchell Plitnick, president of ReThinking Foreign Policy and a frequent writer on the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. He is the former vice president at the Foundation for Middle East Peace, director of the U.S. Office of B'Tselem, and co-director of Jewish Voice for Peace.

From Qatar, Abdallah El-Arian, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar;

From Montreal, Yves Engler, well-known activist and author of twelve books on Canadian Foreign Policy

With Sounds from Montreal downtown anti-war protest, compiled by Amir Soundtracks: Daramad - Hossein Alizadeh War - Hossein Alizadeh Lullaby - Hossein Alizadeh

From the movie Turtles Can Fly

And reading of extracts from the Newsletter, Africa is a Country, by William Shoki, Editor dated March 2, 2026.

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