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APEX Express – December 19, 2013

On Tonights Installment: Those of you on the Twitterverse may have seen a surge of tweets labeled#NotYourAsianSidekick. What is it? What does it mean? In the studio to talk about the twitter movement and it’s translations to on the ground organizing is Cayden Mak, New Media Director of 18 Million Rising. Protestors gather in San Francisco’s … Continued


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APEX Express – December 5, 2013

On tonight’s show: First up we’ll be hearing the San Francisco Solidarity Fast for Family, calling for national immigration reform.   Then we go to Minnesota, where a female Professor of color who was reprimanded by her school administration for teaching a lesson on structural racism.   Then back to the Bay where local Muslims are … Continued


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APEX Express – November 28, 2013

On this special No THANKS broadcast of APEX Express, we say No Thanks to deportations and No Thanks to exploitation of immigrants. Immigrants rights protest during SF Obama visit.Photo by Vincent Pan. We rebroadcast a show looking at the immigration movement through the lens of artists with a discussion at the Migration NOW exhibition in February. But … Continued


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APEX Express – November 21, 2013

On tonight’s show: We’ll be hearing about Taskforce Haiyan, a local effort to support the 4 million people in the Philippines who were displaced by Typhoon Haiyan. Taskforce Haiyan Then we’ll learn about Kearny Street Workshop’s artist reception in Oakland focusing on finding home where the heart is. Photo from makanamusic.com We’ll round out the … Continued


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APEX Express – November 7, 2013

On tonight’s show we’ve put together a retrospective on Occupy for second anniversary of the Occupy Oakland General Strike, produced by Apex members during the encampment at Oscar Grant Plaza: Protestors with the Chinese Progressive Association are part of the 99% (Photo by Bea Quiz’em) We’ll revisit a sound collage from the early days of … Continued


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APEX Express – October 31, 2013

The Revolutionary Optimists via thirdi.org. Tonight’s show spotlights the annual Thirdi South Asian film festival, this year celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema and women filmmakers. Tune in and find out about this year’s films centred around gender and sexuality and a country spotlight on Pakistan. Community calendar, news updates and more.   With Host … Continued


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APEX Express – October 24, 2013

ASPIRE member, Fiona. Photo by Robynn Takayama   Last Thursday in San Francisco, undocumented immigrants and their supporters sat down in front of a deportation bus.  It was part of an action to shut down Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.  They managed to delay the bus for several hours, and 26 people were arrested.  Apex Contributor … Continued