Sonic Liberation Front in Solidarity with Iran and Kurdistan

In Solidarity with Iran & Kurdistan

Taking Over Radio Stations Around the Globe

Thursday 29th & Friday 30th of September

1:30pm to 3:30am (Tehran) | 12pm to 2am (Bethlehem) | 10am to 12am (London)

All Iranian Female/Non-binary Line Up

“Sonic Liberation Front: In Solidarity with Iran”, will take over Radio AlHara on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th of September with an all-Iranian female/non-binary lineup.

Iranian and Kurdish history in the past hundred years is a story of resistance against violence and oppression. Most recently, on the 16th of September, the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Jina (Mahsa) Amini, ignited a nationwide uprising in Iran. Jina was detained and beaten up by the morality police for wearing her hijab in an “inappropriate” way and died in custody. Since then Iranians, particularly women, have been on the streets shouting “Women, Life, Freedom” demanding a free country, a fair government and the abolition of compulsory hijab. The Iranian government is violently attacking and arresting the protesters and has shut down the internet to limit communications.

Years and years of gender and ethnic minority oppression, the massive expansion of the lower class and the shattering of any hope for reform have caused the protest to grow bigger and bigger day by day.

We are standing by the people of Iran and kurdistan who are risking their lives for freedom. In a climate where the Iranian regime is spreading fear to prevent Iranian people from raising their voice, I want to thank all of the artists who have responded to this invite and offered their mixes and, more importantly, their names in the name of freedom. These are the voices the Islamic Republic wishes to silence. These are the voices that used to be sung in private and are now shouting together in a fog of tear gas, in the middle of fire. These are the voices that lead Iran to freedom. #WomenLifeFreedom

Pouya Ehsaei

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