January 28th: "The Rhythm of Change"

Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin from her Blog

Sharon Sobotta hosted and produced today's show with a journalism class from St. Mary's College. This is a broad spectrum hour that talks about violence against women, restorative justice, Black History Month, and wholistic changes in the world today. Many amazing women participate in this Women's Magazine, including Betty Reid Soskin, the oldest National Park Ranger; Latoya Peterson from Racialicious; Julia Barboza and Leticia Brea from Bayview Hunters Point Foundation; Erin Baker, director of Heartbeat of a Planet; an interview with New Delhi native Roos Pal, Sujatha Baliga, Director of the Restorative Justice Project in Oakland, and Justa Gutierrez, the founder of an up and coming social justice website called 'likeyoumeanit.com. 1 hour.


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January 14, Stories of Solidarity and Survival

Does India have a "rape culture?"

Vigil for New Delhi Rape Victim, Dec. 28th, 2012

We've all heard about the recent gang rape in India and the protest movement around that, but how unusual is that case? Does India have more or less of a "rape culture" than the U.S.? Preeti Mangala Shekar, Director of Narika, Amita Swadhin, Director of L.A. Peer Health Exchange, with Robynn Takayama of APEX Express.

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The rise of Islamophibia and how feminists can stop it

Photo from Iranreview.org

Why are hate crimes against Muslim and South Asian people on the rise? And what can feminists do to stop that? Sabiha Basrai and Nadia Hussain of Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA) and the new zine, Totally Radical Muslims, have some very concrete suggestions.

Get MP3 or Listen now. 23:05 min.

Click to Listen to entire show, including tributes to two of our fierce cultural warriors: La Brava, poet, activist and producer on La Onda Bajita here at KPFA, and historian Gerda Lerner, who founded one of the nation's first women's studies programs. 60 min.

Drone Warfare

Val Ibarra of Mutiny Radio presents

Code Pink Delegates Report: CIA's Drone War in Pakistan

Interviews with delegates from the Code Pink trip to Pakistan in October 2012. Guests include Medea Benjamin (co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, and author of Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control), as well as Dr. Dianne Budd and Toby Blome who went to protest U.S. drone strikes in the tribal regions of Pakistan. Hear the stories of the people and of the international movement to STOP drone strikes and alert the world to this 21st century arms and surveillance race. Want to know more? Go to droneswatch.org

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