FTAA Radio Documentary from Urbana, IL IMC

Just days after arriving home from Quebec City and the protests surrounding the Summit of the Americas, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center journalists Paul Kotheimer, Peter Miller and others compiled a half-hour radio documentary of their journey and experiences on the streets of Quebec City during the protests

Urbana
IMC Journalists Document their Quebec City Experiences:

Radio Documentary
on the Summit of the Americas

Just days
after arriving home from Quebec City and the protests surrounding the Summit
of the Americas, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center journalists Paul
Kotheimer, Peter Miller and others compiled a half-hour radio documentary
of their journey and experiences on the streets of Quebec City during the
protests. Originally aired April 30 on community radio WEFT during the IMC
Newshour, the documentary is split into 5 (easy-to-download) parts:

Click
here to listen to the whole documentary without interruption in streaming
mp3.

Part
One--An audio portrait of the Carnival Against Capital which took place
in Quebec City on April 20, 2001, along with an interview with a representative
of the Canadian Auto Workers who was participating in a direct action march
to the security perimeter that same day.

Listen: download
mp3 (1.9 MB) or streaming
mp3 (20 kbps).

Part
Two--Perspective from Urbana activist Becca Glaser on the use of teargas,
and on the motivation behind political direct action, along with a montage
of "frontline" audio footage from the Summit of the Americas security perimeter.

Listen: download
mp3 (700K) or streaming
mp3 (20kbps).

Part
Three--Urbana IMC reporters Sascha Meinrath and Sarah Kanouse, along with
other journalists and participant bystanders, conduct an interview with Quebec
Provincial Secuirity (SQ) spokesperson Gerard Carrier.

Listen: download
mp3 (800K) or streaming
mp3 (20kbps).

Part
Four--Sascha Meinrath speaks with Connie Vogel of the Defense of Canadian
Liberty Committee during a break in the debriefing process for outgoing arrested
protestors.

Listen: download.mp3
(1MB) or streaming
mp3 (20kbps)

Part
Five--Concluding credits for the half-hour segment along with a wrap-up
conversation between the Urbana IMC's Sascha Meinrath and a demonstrator who
had spent a number of hours face-to-face with riot police on Saturday afternoon.

Listen: download
mp3 (400K) or streaming
mp3 (20kbps)

For Broadcast-Quality
Files: please
e-mail Paul Riismandel at paul@mediageek.org.