Craft is the topic on this week's Women's Magazine - "Pushing on when life seems too grim to bear." -Kate Raphael
In the first half hour, Kate Raphael speaks with Reem Assil, who was a community organizer for ten years before deciding that her true passion is food. Reem started Reem's California, an Arab street corner bakery in Oakland's Fruitvale district, with the help of several community initiatives including the Women's Initiative for Self-Employment, La Cocina and ICA Fund Good Jobs.
As the prime minister of Hungary announces that his country will not accept Muslim refugees, Professor Paola Bachetta talks with Michèle Sibony, commentator and spokesperson for the French Jewish Union for Peace about Islamophobia and claims of rising anti-Semitism in France. Sibony locates the roots of French Muslim resentment against Jews in the colonial history of both communities, but also talks about how her group and others have been able to break through that history of mistrust by simple demonstrations of solidarity. They also discuss the specific targeting of Arab and Muslim women by neoconservative rhetoric and policies.
Outside The Frame: Queers For Palstine Film Festival, offers a radical alternative to Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Frameline, which boasts that it’s the largest queer cultural institution in the world, has had a long partnership with the Israeli government.
Outside The Frame, a free one-time only event, June 19-21, will present 28 films by filmmakers who have pledged not to screen at Frameline until the festival agrees to respect Palestinian calls for a cultural boycott of Israeli institutions.
Demonstrate with Q.U.I.T., Gay Shame and others on Thursday June 25th at 8 PM at the Castro Theater. Get Out of Bed With Israel. Pajamas otional. Pillow are welcome.
Also on today's show: Remembering Ronnie Gilbert
