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Islands of Resistance – Andrea Langlois, Ron Sakolsky, and Marian van der Zon

Langlois, Andrea, Ron Sakolsky, Marian van der Zon. Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada. Vancouver: New Star Books, 2010.

While only recently have we heard the major networks broadcast warnings of rising sea levels, since radio’s invention certain Canadians have been concerned by the increasingly centralized medium and its commercial flooding of the airwaves. Occasionally alone, frequently in teams and always illegally, these activists are islands of resistance within the ocean of homogenous frequencies, pirating radio signals for personal, political and artistic expression.

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