The station of The voice of Algeria resists the power of colonialism over the media. Even though the ownership by a Western country causes restraint and makes it be part of the colonial world.
The fight for liberation of The voice of Algeria is difficult because of the colonialism aspect of things however, as indicated in the article by Fanon, the political economy of the media is what helped fight against colonialism in the media. The voice of Algeria’s fight for the escape from the total ownership by the occupier was a call to every Algerian person who’s identity felt lost at the news displayed on the radio station.
Algerians would struggle listening to the stations in the first place, and would go around trying to get a working station. In fact, the French were putting down the access to the stations of Algerians. Therefore, the strong community wanted to be part of the network (Fanon) and joined the news given by Algerians to Algerians by The voice of Algeria, which stood up against every colonial occupier against the Algerians.
Free Radio are also radios that go against colonialism and capitalism. They are unlicensed and go against licensing and therefore against every aspect of occupiers dominating the programing on the radio or any media of their own nation. They are not channels for profit, but rather a community that wants its radio station to give them news that are un-bias and unedited. Every member of the community would volunteer to help broadcast the news.
References
Fanon, F. (1994). This is the Voice of Algeria [read excerpts]. In: Fanon, F. (ed.), A Dying
Colonialism, trans. H. Chevalier. New York: Grove Press. Retrieved from
http://www.campusincamps.ps/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fanon-this-is-the-voice-ofalgeria.pdf
Dunifer, S. (2010). Latitudes of Rebellion: Free Radio in an International Context [read
excerpts]. In Langlois, A., Sakolsky, R., and van der Zon, M. (Eds.) Islands of Resistance:
Pirate Radio in Canada. Vancouver: News Star Books. Retrieved from:
http://www.newstarbooks.com/pdfs/books/9781554200504-Resistance-web.pdf
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