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Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi spoke last month at a town hall meeting in San Francisco, home to the largest Burmese community in the United States. Feminist blogger Courtney Martin talks about her book Do It Anyway, exploring the lives and motivations of eight young women activists. And Ariel Julia … Continued
Global Val of Mutiny Radio speaks with Patricia Belasama and Mona Lisa Wallace of California NOW, Stacy Malkin of the campaign for GMO labeling, Janet Weil of Code Pink and Christina Wallace of Freedom Socialist Party about California ballot propositions and the issues in the national election we are not hearing about.
Val Ibarrra, of Mutiny Radio’s Common Thread Collective, joins the Women’s Mag team. She talks with Nancy Kivette and Nancy Merritt from the Peace Alliance, who are lobbying for creation of a Department of Peace and for the Youth Promise Initiative. She also speaks with Monique Graves about Lauren’s House 4 Positive Change, which works … Continued
One year after the brutal police attack on thousands off Occupy Oakland protesters, what has the movement accomplish? Where is it now? Kate Raphael speaks with Laleh Behbehanian and Tory Becker. And Democrazy Now: Karinda Dobbins and Dhaya Lakshminaryanan on their pre-election comedy show.
Nayomi Munaweera, author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, speaks to Tara Dorabji and Nono Girl from Apex Express about her book and the incidents that inspired it. Then we hear a speech given by Leslie Feinberg on the complex relationship between the Trans and Women’s Liberation Movements.
Kate Raphael talks with Syrian feminists Afraa Jalabi & Mohja Kahf about the state of the Syrian uprising and the prominence of women in the revolution. Also Sarah Shourd informs us about a fundraising effort for Syrian refugees living in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus.
On the anniversary of the start of Occupy Wall Street, Kate Raphael asks if the movement is helping us build a new world or just a dressed up form of patriarchy? Cyn, Kaitlyn and Frank of Occupy Oakland’s Feminist and Queers Against Capitalism and Shaista Husain of Occupy Wall Street’s Safer Spaces and Immigrant Justice … Continued
Kate Raphael speaks with Vicki Abeles about her documentary, Race to Nowhere. Abeles’ film suggests that the American school system’s emphasis on achievement is doing more harm than good. Then Eryn Mathewson speaks with former Georgia Congresswoman, Cynthia McKiney, about the Peace and Freedom party and why she supports marijuana use legalization.
Eryn Mathewson speaks with Janelle White, Talia Taylor, Isa Nakazawa, and Richard Wright about Congressman Todd Aiken’s controversial comments about “legitimate rape,” and a women’s ability to “shut down” a pregnancy caused by such. Then Kate Raphael covers Chevron’s involvement in the environmental degradation of the Nigeria, Ecuador and Angola. Activists, Emom Okon, Luz Trinidad … Continued
Kate Raphael talks with Louise Turcotte, leader of one of the community college unions involved in the massive student-led protests in Quebec; and Preeti Shekar interviews Ayesha Mattu and Ify Okoye about their new book, Love, Inshalla: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women.
