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OCAP RADIO: Special Programming: Begins on CKLN88.1FM

OCAP Radio airs each Friday evening at 6:30pm on CKLN 88.1FM, broadcasting as part of daily Word of Mouth programming out of downtown Toronto. Beginning Friday, October 13th, we will feature special programming, as part of CKLN fundFEST 2006.

We will also bring you the latest on the Reclamation Site in Six Nations and our regular updates on anti-poverty news.

Listen via live streaming on the InterNet at www.ckln.fm or on the dial in Toronto at 88.1FM, at 6:30pm to hear ...



FRIDAY OCTOBER 20th:
Feature interview with Justin Akers Chacon, San Diego-based co-author of the new book, No One Is Illegal, and Toronto-based lawyer and immigrant rights activist, Amina Sherazee, about migrant struggles across the continent. We will be giving away copies of this new book...

OCAP Radio on CKLN 88.1FM

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More about ‘No One Is Illegal’, Haymarket Books, 2006:

In "No One Is Illegal", Mike Davis and Justin Akers Chacón expose the racism of anti-immigration vigilantes and put a human face on the immigrants who daily risk their lives to cross the border to work in the United States. Countering the mounting chorus of anti-immigrant voices, "No One Is Illegal" debunks the leading ideas behind the often violent right-wing backlash against immigrants, revealing their deep roots in U.S. history, and documents the new civil rights movement that has mounted protests around the country to demand justice and dignity for immigrants.

"No One Is Illegal" features moving, evocative photos from award-winning photographer Julián Cardona.

Justin Akers Chacón is a professor of U.S. History and Chicano Studies in San Diego, California. He has contributed to the International Socialist Review and the book "Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints".

Mike Davis is a historian, activist, and author of many books, including "City of Quartz", "The Monster at Our Door", and "Planet of Slums". Davis teaches in the Department of History at the University of California at Irvine.

Julián Cardona was born in 1960 in Zacatecas, Mexico, and migrated to the border city of Juárez with his family as a small child. He worked as a technician in the maquiladora industry before becoming a photojournalist in 1993. In 2004, Cardona received a Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.

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More about CKLN:

Located at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, CKLN provides original programming all day and night, every day of the year. Our programming is produced almost entirely by a volunteer staff of over 200, who come to CKLN from every neighbourhood and community of Toronto.

The guiding policies of CKLN FM prohibit material or comment that is racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, anti- Semitic or that maligns disabled peoples, working class, poor and unemployed people.

Further to the above, CKLN strives to:

Be a forum for extensive cultural and historical contextualization and development of musical, artistic and other cultural expressions, along with socially progressive ideas which arise from communities, constituencies, sectors and individuals who are socially, politically and economically disadvantaged and whose access to public communications and media is thereby limited. Specifically women, people of colour, First Nations peoples, lesbians and gay men, students, working people, poor people, disabled people - among others. In particular those within these communities who are the least publicly represented and who are working for visionary and innovative social changes are prioritized.

Engage in honest and fair assessments of the work of community and non-profit groups in areas of social, political, economic, scientific and cultural development with the groups themselves participating towards more effective and integrated efforts in the future.

Connect and link local communities and constituencies with the work and expressions of their counterparts in other parts of North America and around the world.

Ensure reasonable access to training in radio broadcasting for communities and constituencies as well as individuals who propose to produce programming that is representative, creative and forward looking.

Provide Toronto's diverse and rapidly changing audience with the opportunity to hear a wide range of differing cultural expressions and thereby encourage communication, solidarity and cooperation between and among oppressed communities and constituencies.


CKLN fundFEST 2006
CKLN 88.1FM Community Radio:

Help "Liberate Your Radio" by supporting independent, nonprofit, community-based media!

For over 20 years, 100s of volunteer programmers have broadcast their best musical taste, most insightful interviews, and provocative commentary from CKLN. Infused with a spirit of social justice and a challenge to the powers-the-be, CKLN is a vital voice in Toronto's media landscape.

We rely on listener donations for one third of our operating income. That's why it's important to support CKLN's annual fundraising drive.

We recognize our donors with quality gift incentives, to encourage you to make your pledge. And this year's grand prize draw is fantastic.

First prize -- a socially and ecologically conscious vacation for two to Costa Rica!

Brought to you by Gap Adventures, Travel CUTS, and the Continuing Education Students Association of Ryerson. Or, you could win a brand new $500 Devinci St. Tropez hybrid bike courtesy of CycleTherapy.

Pledges must be paid by December 31, 2006, to be entered into the draw.

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