Audio Interference

Hear from one of the organizers behind the Stop Cop City exhibition currently on view at Interference Archive (Sep 2024 – Jan 2025). We learn about the goals of the show, how it came together, and the important role that archiving has in the movement. This episode was written, narrated and co-produced by Rob Smith. Original music, mixing and co-production by Amir Brann. Episode artwork by Josh MacPhee. Links: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-family-of-manuel-tortuguita-paez-teran https://www.instagram.com/stopcopcitynyc To support Interference Archive, visit https://interferencearchive.org/become-a-member/

In this episode, we hear from Ora Wise, co-founder of FIG, a New York City-based collective working to transform the food system from within.  Over the last decade, food has been a professional, political, and creative outlet for Ora. Here she reflects on her experiences connecting with Palestinian farmers in the West Bank, and, with other members of FIG, mobilizing responses to Hurricane Maria, hosting Indigenous chef takeovers of NYC restaurants, and developing a food security program. Our thanks to Ora Wise for her time. To learn more about FIG, visit https://www.fig-nyc.org/ and @fig_nyc_ on Instagram. Interview and story editing in this episode came from Rob Smith. Narration was written and voiced by Ziyne Abdo. Production, mixing, and an original score were provided by Amir Brann. Episode artwork by Josh MacPhee.

Reb Ngu, one of our volunteers, interviews their teammate, Lua Ferreira, about their queer/trans pick-up soccer group, which Lua started in the summer of 2020. They talk about losing soccer as kids and recovering it as adults, the transforming effects of play, maintaining the group as a free and open space, and learning how to build community — or “being together everywhere” — through soccer. Photo courtesy of Madi Ruff Produced by Interference Archive and Reb Ngu Story editing by Rob Smith Music: “A Common Pause” and “Filing Away” by Blue Dot Sessions

What does solidarity mean to you? This episode of Audio Interference was made with Musicians for Palestine and Radio Alhara as a gesture of solidarity with Palestine. Community members explore what solidarity looks like, feels like, and even smells like. To learn more about Musicians for Palestine, check out https://musiciansforpalestine.com/our-letter.

What does May Day Mean to you? In this episode of Audio Interference we dive into the history of May Day and explore what it means to a few of our community members.

In this episode, volunteer Jen Hoyer explains how the archive is using donated materials to create an online presence for noteworthy, but digitally absent groups like Sister Serpents. But generating new materials and new discussions is not without a few risks. Stay tuned to find out more. To learn more about Sister Serpents, check out episode 52! Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive. Music: “The Crisper” by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) “Soundboy” by 4bstr4ck3r “Scenery” by Kai Engel “Elk” by Meydän

In this episode, we speak with Interference Archive volunteer Dane Michael about his favorite zines in the archive’s collection as well as his interest in collecting radical print materials and mutual aid ephemera, which he regularly donates to the archive. In particular, Dane shares experiences traveling to social centers and radical spaces in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia in Spain. He also talks about the mutual aid work he is a part of in the Bay Area in California. References from this episode of Audio Interference: Doris Zine: www.dorisdorisdoris.com Todo Por Hacer: www.todoporhacer.org Dane is part of a few mutual aid groups in Oakland, Berkeley, and San Francisco, including: East Bay Food Not Bombs: www.eastbayfoodnotbombs.org Omni Commons: www.omnicommons.org Bound Together Bookstore: www.boundtogetherbooks.wordpress.com Prisoners Literature Project: www.prisonlit.org North Oakland Mutual Aid: www.instagram.com/northoakland_mutualaid/?hl=en Thank you to J.Cruz/COVR for creating the music for this episode, which is titled “shake shake shake”. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive.

Free City Radio contribution for Audio Interference: Asylum seekers fighting back against workplace exploitation in Montréal In this segment we hear about the struggles for workplace justice for non-status people and asylum seekers in Montréal. The segment revolves around an ongoing campaign on the part of the Immigrant Workers Centre to support the workers at the warehouse distribution centre for Dollarama, one of the largest dollar shop corporations in North America. Many of the workers at the 24-hour distribution centre for North America, which was declared an essential service by the government in Québec City last spring, are asylum seekers and non-status people. Mostafa Henaway, an organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre speaks about the campaign to support Dollarama warehouse workers, giving some context and background. Mohamed Barry, a former asylum seeker from Guinea who recently won status, speaks on experiences working within the Dollarama warehouse distribution centre and details the ways that asylum seekers from West Africa and the Caribbean are being exploited in such workplaces in Québec. Mohamed is one of the founders of the Statut pour les guinéens campaign to demand regularization for all refugees from Guinea and is a former worker at the Dollarama warehouse. View a silk-screen poster worked on by artist Christeen Francis, a member of Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, that is up here to support the campaign. Thank you for listening ! –– Stefan Christoff.

In this episode, we speak to Zeelie Brown, a Black, queer artist and cellist based in New York City. She creates “soulscapes”: sites and soundscapes that invoke the temporality, sacredness of connection, and layers of history embedded within feelings of refuge. Zeelie’s sanctuary spaces draw on her personal and ancestral traditions of music, cuisine, scent, ritual, and community. Throughout this episode, you’ll hear music that Zeelie has produced as a part of her practice. This episode stems out of a partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, where we explore how different organizations, groups, and people aim to create space for folks who are often disenfranchised and disempowered by normative systems at work in our world. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear from Tim Berrigan, a literacy advisor in the adult learning center at the Brooklyn Public Library. You can listen to the Brooklyn Public Library’s episode here: www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/education-for-all You can explore and purchase Zeelie’s artwork here: https://www.zeeliebrownlovesyou.com/store Her song in this episode is called “Alabama Dawn.”

Volunteer Coordinator Sophie Glidden-Lyon explains why handbooks are among her favorite items at Interference Archive. Audio Interference is produced by Interference Archive. To learn more visit www.interferencearchive.org Music in this episode: “Arizona Moon,” “Palms Down” “Calisson” “The Cornice” & “Dusting,”by Blue Dot Sessions – www.sessions.blue Theme in G” by Poddington Bear

“The city had so many buildings, it had no ability to manage them themselves, no ability to even outsource the management…if you were alive and breathing and raised your hand, you could have a building in the city of New York.” — Charles Laven In New York in the early 1970s, government disinvestment coupled with widespread landlord neglect and abandonment, gave rise to squatting, urban homesteading, and other forms of self-help housing. Residents took control of city-owned land and buildings, and developed or rehabilitated their own housing. The ultimate goal for many of these tenants was to take their buildings out of the speculative housing market and own them collectively and democratically. Today, around 1,300 resident-controlled, low-income housing cooperatives exist in New York City, providing some of the most deeply affordable and stable housing in the city. The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, or UHAB, grew out of the self-help housing movement. UHAB was founded in 1973, and started by working with self-organized groups of tenants to convert homesteading projects into limited-equity cooperatives, affordable in perpetuity and owned by their tenants. In this episode, we are sharing excerpts of an oral history of UHAB, conducted by researcher Conor Snow in 2020 and featuring interviews with Charles Laven, Fernando Alarcon, Ayo Harrington, and Ann Henderson. Thank you to UHAB, and to Charles, Ayo, Ann, Fernando and Conor for granting us permission to share this audio with you. For more information about UHAB: uhab.org/ For more information about Interference Archive’s exhibition in collaboration with UHAB, “Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing”: interferencearchive.org/building-for-…tive-housing/ For previous Audio Interference episodes on similar topics, check out: Episode 74, “We the People Won’t Go” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…ople-wont-go/) Episode 47 “Lower East Side Community Gardens” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…nity-gardens/) Episode 31 “Squatting on the Lower East Side” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…er-east-side/) Episode 23 “Brooklyn Housing Struggle” (interferencearchive.org/audio-interfe…ing-struggle/). Music: “Bathed in Fine Dust” by Andy G. Cohen and “Tribal” by David Szesztay, both from the Free Music Archive. Produced by Interference Archive.

Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear “A Quarter of a Century,” a song by Ivie, a comrade on the inside whose story is uplifted by Survived and Punished. It references her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence and was recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. In the middle of the song, you’ll hear an accompanying rap by another comrade, Sassi, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived & Punished NY, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from Survived & Punished’s comrades on the inside, as well as a longer interview with two Survived & Punished members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie and Sassi for sharing their song. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18

Hello comrades, In this episode of Audio Interference, we’re sharing reflections from Alisha Walker, a survivor on the inside. The episode stems from a collaboration with Survived and Punished New York, a grassroots, abolitionist group that works to eradicate the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Prison walls create barriers to communication. Through our collaboration, we’re bridging this information gap by sharing the experiences of folks on the inside with those on the outside, as well as archiving Survived & Punished’s organizing strategies to free all who are incarcerated. Together, we came up with questions that Survived & Punished sent to their comrades. This episode is a response from Alisha Walker, written in May 2020, read by Survived and Punished volunteer, Red Schulte. A huge thank you to Alisha Walker for sharing her story with us. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Martina Abrahams Ilunga, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished, visit their website, www.survivedandpunishedny.org. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to listen to the other responses from folks inside that are part of this series. We also published an in-depth interview with folks from Survived & Punished about their work. To listen, find us on itunes, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.audiointerference.org In solidarity, Audio Interference Produced by Interference Archive.

Letters from Comrades on the Inside – In this episode, we hear from Annette Farrell, a contributor to Survived and Punished’s Inside-Outside Newsletter about her experiences as an incarcerated person and her thoughts on justice and abolition. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. A huge thank you to Annette Farrell for sharing her story with us. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyeb, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived and Punished, for working with us on this episode. Music from this episode – “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18

Letters from Comrades on the Inside: In this episode, we hear from Andrea Benson, a contributor to Survived and Punished’s Inside-Outside Newsletter about her experiences as an incarcerated person and her thoughts on justice and abolition. This episode of Audio Interference is part of a series in collaboration with Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to more letters from their comrades on the inside as well as a longer interview with two Survived and Punished Members. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Mariah Hill, and Martina Ilunga, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter-campaign/ Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18 Release date: 3 June 2018

Hello, comrades, In this episode of Audio Interference, we’re sharing reflections from Jessica Paradiso, a survivor on the inside. The episode stems from a collaboration with Survived and Punished New York, a grassroots, abolitionist group that works to eradicate the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. Prison walls create barriers to communication. Through our collaboration, we’re bridging this information gap by sharing the experiences of folks on the inside with those on the outside, as well as archiving Survived & Punished’s organizing strategies to free all who are incarcerated. Together, we came up with questions that Survived & Punished sent to their comrades. This episode is a response from Jessica Paradiso, written in May 2020, read by Survived and Punished volunteer, Yves Tong Nguyen. A huge thank you to Jessica Paradiso for sharing her story with us. We’d also like to thank Lae Sway, Yves Tong Nguyen, Heena, Zoe Vongtau, Red Schulte, Martina Abrahams Ilunga, and Mariah Hill, along with everyone else at Survived & Punished, for working with us on this episode. To learn more about Survived and Punished, visit their website, survivedandpunishedny.org. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to listen to the other responses from folks inside that are part of this series. We also published an in-depth interview with folks from Survived & Punished about their work. To listen, find us on itunes, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts: www.audiointerference.org In solidarity, Audio Interference Produced by Interference Archive.

This episode of Audio Interference is about Survived and Punished, a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and the culture of violence that contributes to it. We’re speaking with two members of the New York chapter of the group, Will Willis and Maureen Silverman. To learn more about Survived and Punished NY, visit survivedandpunishedny.org Read the latest edition of Survived and Punished’s newsletter, Free : Survivors: www.survivedandpunishedny.org/newsletter…tter-store To learn more about Mia Mingus’ work and writings on transformative justice: www.leavingevidence.wordpress.com Tits and Sass blog, which Will quotes from in this episode: www.titsandsass.com Memorial for Darlene “Lulu” Benson-Seay, who Will remembers in this episode: www.mourningourlosses.org/memorials/da…Mv4r-6saIQrA This episode is part of a series of episodes about Survived and Punished’s work. Visit audiointerference.org to listen to letters from their comrades on the inside. Visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org to read Survived & Punished NY’s newsletters and explore their work. A huge thank you to Ivie, Sassii, Maureen Silverman, and Will Willis for contributing to this episode. And a huge thank you to all other Survived and Punished volunteers. Music from this episode (in order of appearance): “Divide” by Six Time Users, from the album, Live at WFMU for Janky Ray’s Radio Riot 6/16/18 “A quarter of a century” by Survived and Punished comrade Ivié, a song that she wrote about her campaign to free herself from a 25 to life sentence, recorded over the phone from Bedford Hills prison, a maximum security correctional facility in Bedford Hills, NY. Accompanying rap by Survived and Punished comrade, Sassii, who is also incarcerated at Bedford Hills. In this episode, we give a shoutout to Brooklyn Public Library’s podcast, Borrowed. Check out their episodes here: www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts Produced by Interference Archive. From all of us at Audio Interference, thanks for listening.

The Sanctuary City Project is a research-led participatory art project from San Francisco based artists Chris Treggiari and Sergio De La Torre. They work to create inclusive spaces for dialogue and debate about sanctuary cities and immigration. As you’ll hear, the Sanctuary City Project collects stories of immigration, detention, and resistance and then shares those narratives with the public through video projections, installations, mobile food projects, billboards, banners, and pop-up print shops. Some of those posters are now housed in the Interference Archive collection in Brooklyn, New York. More information at: www.sanctuarycityproject.com/ Produced by Interference Archive. Music in this episode: “Dusting,” “Stilt,” “Borough” & “Hickory Interlude” by Blue Dot Sessions – www.sessions.blue “I. Allegro non molto” by Gavin Gamboa “Theme in G” by Poddington Bear

On April 30th, 1970, US President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into the neighboring country of Cambodia. This resulted in a wave of student strikes across the country throughout the month of May, 1970. On May 4th, the US National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Eleven days later, Mississippi state police opened fire on student protesters at Jackson State University, a historically black college. Together, six students were killed in the shootings. In this episode, an Interference Archive volunteer, Jen Hoyer, interviews activist Dennis O’Neil. Dennis grew up in New York City and was a student at New York University in May, 1970. He tells us about the events leading up to the student strike, as well as the aftermath of the shootings at Kent and Jackson State. This episode is part of a forthcoming exhibit at Interference Archive about the 50 year anniversary of the student strikes of May, 1970. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this exhibit has been moved online. For updates about the exhibit, subscribe to our mailing list at www.interferencearchive.org. To read more about the student strikes of May 1970, You can read series of retrospective articles written by Dennis at: firemtn.blogspot.com/2010/04/may-70…n-our-own.html Music: Rompamos Los Carteles Electorales by Joaquin. Produced By Interference Archive. Further Reading Greensboro sit-in: www.blackpast.org/african-american…ro-sit-ins-1960/ The Panther 21: hiphopandpolitics.com/2015/12/14/the…ce-repression/ Bobby Seale: connecticuthistory.org/free-bobby-fr…nther-trials/ Black Panther Party Community News Service at Freedom Archives: search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?…ction_id=90 Black Panther Party bulletin with information on Bobby Seale: freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finde…y_Free_Huey.pdf

This Episode is a recording of the event “We the People won’t go: LES Artists on the Squatter Movement.” Amy Starecheski moderates a discussion with Seth Tobocman, Fly, and Maggie Wrigley. They share their experiences as both squatters and artists in the LES of NY in the 80’s. They talk about the role of art in the fight to stay in the neighborhood, in the fight for affordable and safe housing for themselves and their neighbors. To see more of Seth Tobocman’s work: www.sethtobocman.com/ To read about Maggie’s book: An Architecture of Change, Building a Better world: unmpress.com/books/architecture…ange/9780826346865 To see more of Fly’s work: flyoart.blogspot.com/ This panel was a part of an exhibition and series of events at the archive in Oct 2019-Feb 2020 called Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing. Audio Interference is produced by the Interference Archive, an all volunteer run archive of social movement material. Music: “Stuck in New York” Three Chord Monte with Joe Block, live at WFMU September, 2005