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Old Man Luedecke to perform at CKDU’s Homelessness Marathon

February 20, 2012 david No comments
Old Man Luedecke

Old Man Luedecke will be performing songs at CKDU's Homelessness Marathon on February 22nd. Entry is free. Photo credit: Mark Maryanovich.

Old Man Luedecke will be performing songs at CKDU’s Annual Homelessness Marathon, February 22nd at St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington Street. The event is free, and the live broadcast is from 7 pm to 11 pm. Old Man Luedecke will be performing at 8:30 pm between live discussion panels on the sale of St. Pat’s Alexandra school in Halifax’s North End (7 pm to 8:30 pm), and on Occupy Nova Scotia and Occupy Wall Street (9 pm to 10 pm).

We have more amazing artists lined up from 10 pm to 11:30 pm: Paper Beat Scissors, The Occupiers (Antigonish, NS), Bentley Burke, and Wayne Sponagle. Afterwards the floor will open up to an Open Mic, and then a song circle lead by The Occupiers. Everyone is invited to come up and sing a song!

The entire broadcast will be aired on CKDU 88.1fm in Halifax, and on-line at ckdu.ca. CKDU will provide 1 hour of content for the national Homelessness Marathon, organized by CKUT Montreal, from 9 pm to 10 pm.

The Marathon will continue until 8 am the following morning. Free food, coffee and tea will be available all night long.

Please visit our web page for the detailed schedule, list of guests, and more information.

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Poetry on the microphone

November 22, 2011 david No comments

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The cover image of J.G. Lute's second book, Across The Hall They Are Restless (Gaspereau, 2011).

You may have seen his poems on the streets around the Halifax peninsula. Printed on square white stickers, stuck to mailboxes, lampposts, doorways, buildings. J.G.Lutes poems are spreading. A few lines of text, to remind passers-by of something as simple as a breakfast of buttery pancakes.

Poet J.G. (Jeremy) Lutes has been a repeat guest on CKDU airwaves, to read poetry and have a discussion on air. The first appearance was on August 29th, at 8:00 AM on Operation Wake Up, to launch his second compilation of work. It can be heard here.

Aug29 – J.G. Lutes on CKDU
Format: mp3, 64kbps
Length: 32 minutes
Size: 15.1 MB

A second interview and reading happened on !@#$%, at 3 pm, October 18. Click below to listen.

Oct18 – J.G. Lutes on CKDU
Format: mp3, 64 kbps
Length: 11 minutes
Size: 5.1 MB

For more of Jeremy’s work, please visit http://jglutes.blogspot.com.

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Iara Lee: Smuggled Footage exposes Gaza Flotilla Attack

July 16, 2010 David Parker No comments

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Photo: Michael Yeong-ung Yang

CKDU Interviews Iara Lee

Length: 28 minutes

Format: MP3, 128 kbps

Filesize: 28 Megabytes

Israel’s deadly raid on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla killed 9 passengers and left many more wounded in the early hours of May 31st. Over 700 activists aboard the flotilla were held captive for three days following the attack. Israel released a trickle of video footage and photos during that time. Some recordings were later revealed to be misleadingly edited, to prove an allegedly violent ship attacked the Israeli army.

Most of the footage aboard the ship was confiscated by the Israeli Defense Forces. However, one filmmaker managed to smuggle out three tiny SD cards that carried one hour of footage from the Mavi Marmara boat.

Iara Lee, New York based Korean-Brazilian filmmaker, was aboard the ship with her film crew. Since being released and deported from Israel, she has testified in front of the United Nations. Her footage was shared on the internet, and received one million hits over the weekend following the attack. It has helped establish the facts of what happened during the attack, including over 30 shots fired by the Israeli army, some at almost point blank range.

On June 22, CKDU 88.1FM had the chance to catch up with Iara Lee over skype, to discuss her experience of the attack, the purpose of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, and what the next steps are for the international, Palestinian-led movement to end the Gaza Blockade.

To see more of Iara Lee’s work, visit Cultures of Resistance. This interview was originally aired on CKDU 88.1FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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