The Rebel Beat is Firebrand Records podcast of radical political music across different genres, and across different continents, hosted and produced by Aaron Maiden on unceded Mohawk territory in Montreal. It is the mixtape to a riot against police brutality. It is your nightly newscast set to bass and beats. It is a rallying cry against apathy. It is protest anthems from Hong Kong to Istanbul to Ferguson to Montreal. The Rebel Beat drops once a month, and will feature interviews, collaborators, and accomplices. Get it through Firebrand Records’ Soundcloud page, and check out older episodes from Rebel Beat Radio here: http://www.rebelbeatradio.com.
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The Rebel Beat Podcast 060 – Happy Smashy MayDay with Submedia!
May 1st in Montreal, during the 2012 student strike
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HAPPY MAYDAY, PROLES!! Welcome back to our weekly podcast of The Rebel Beat! This week, it’s our special to honour May 1st! Celebrated all around the world by masses of workers, downtrodden, unemployed, rebels, and all of us hungry for a better world, May Day is a day to celebrate all of our struggles and resistance against capitalism, patriarchy, racism, and any other force that keeps us down.
Frank from Submedia.TV was back in studio with us for our last collaboration at CKUT! As usual, he brought in some amazing tunes to big-up workers AND non-workers struggles, and also an awesome interview on the current #NuitDebout movement in France.
In case you haven’t heard, we’re switching from a weekly show to a monthly show pretty soon, but we’re doing this in the hopes of making the show even better and bigger! So if you haven’t already done it, subscribe to our podcast!
This for sure won’t be the last time you’ll hear a collaboration between Submedia and The Rebel Beat.
And of course, we have your soundtrack for a riotous Mayday here, with everyone from Talib Kweli to Jimmy Cliff to Beyoncé. Enjoy!
And smash the state!
Playlist – April 27, 2016
Beyoncé – Hold up
New Yiddish Chorale – Maylid
Queen Cee – Bread and roses
Evan Greer – Picket line song
The Haymarket Squares – Start a riot
Nora & Gnoll – Song for the haters
The Clash – Career opportunties
Dead Kennedys – Let’s lynch the landlord
Autenticos Decadentes – No quiero trabajar
Dead Prez feat. Jay Z – Hell yeah
The Strike – Kicking ass
Crazy Baldhead – Do they owe us a living?
HK et les Saltimbaks – On lache rien
Submedia.TV interview on Nuit Debout in France
P.O.S. – Fuck your stuff
Sole – Never work
Camron – I hate my job
Rude Mechanical Orchestra – Smash a bank polka
Di Nigunim – Our own parade
Utah Phillips – Pie in the sky
Mr. Lif – Live from the plantation
Talib Kweli – Get by
The Fugees – The master
Jimmy Cliff – The harder they come