Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554200504 ISBN 13: 9781554200504

Publisher: New Star Books, 2010

Synopsis

Nonfiction. Media Studies. Canada Studies. Edited by Andrea Langlois, Ron Sakolsky, and Marian van der Zon. In the first book published on the subject, ISLANDS OF RESISTANCE gives you a view from the crow's nest of the phenomenon of pirate radio in Canada. Here is a collection of seventeen activist manifestos, artistic treatise of intent, historical essays on the development of radio and its regulatory bodies, sociological examination of pirate radio's application in new social movements, and personal anecdotes from behind the eyepatch. Just as the new media ostenibly renders the old obsolete, ISLANDS OF RESISTANCE unveils the existance of a thriving clandestine counterculture. An invaluable addition to an unscrutinized subject in Canadian media studies, ISLANDS OF RESISTANCE appeals to the anarchist, anti-authoritarian impulses in all of us.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrea Langlois was a member of the Indymedia movement (CMAQ.net). Autonomous Media: Activating Resistance and Dissent, co-edited with Frederic Dubois, documents uses of media by social justice movements in Canada. She lives in Victoria.

Ron Sakolsky has been a radio pirate for over twenty years in both the States and Canada, and with Stephen Dunifer co-edited Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook. He lives on Denman Island, BC.

Marian van der Zon founded a pirate radio station (TAR: Temporary Autonomous Radio) in 2003, a station that is still active. A media activist and musician, van der Zon teaches in the Media Studies and Women's Studies departments at Vancouver Island University. (2019-08-13)

Andrea Langlois was a member of the Indymedia movement (CMAQ.net). Autonomous Media: Activating Resistance and Dissent, co-edited with Frederic Dubois, documents uses of media by social justice movements in Canada. She lives in Victoria. Ron Sakolsky has been a radio pirate for over twenty years in both the States and Canada, and with Stephen Dunifer co-edited Seizing the Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook. He lives on Denman Island, BC. Marian van der Zon founded a pirate radio station (TAR: Temporary Autonomous Radio) in 2003, a station that is still active. A media activist and musician, van der Zon teaches in the Media Studies and Women's Studies departments at Vancouver Island University.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Star Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1554200504
• ISBN 13: 9781554200504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Andrea Langlois, Ron Sakolsky, Marian Van Der Zon