Monday, June 1, 2020: Vylma V hosts a live call-in show today at 1 PM

Demonstrators turn out all over the world to demand justice for
George Floyd and an end to police violence. #BlackLivesMatter.

1st Monday of the month host, Vylma V, speaks with Marjorie Cohn, legal expert and past president of the National Lawyers Guild about pending Supreme Court decisions (on abortion and reproductive rights) and how Trump may use recent protests to further limit our civil rights and perhaps even use the military to suppress peaceful protests and demonstrations.

Vylma starts this episode with a timely interview between Kate Rafael and author Carol Anderson (White Rage and One Person No Vote) about black voter suppression in the US. Carol Anderson will participate on a virtual panel for young adult voters on June 17 at 7pm with the Bay Area Book Panel. Find out more at Bay Book Fest.

As usual for Vylma, she welcomes your call in questions and comments regarding recent protests and civil unrest 1(800)958-9008, this is a live show on Monday, June 1, 2020 at 1pm. 

Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min

Monday, October 29, 2018: Kshama Sawant

Prophetic and Profound

We'll also talk with Seattle socialist city council member Kshama Sawant, whose election in 2014 paved the way for Seattle's becoming the first large US city to adopt a $15 minimum wage (with some exceptions). Sawant breaks down how she has achieved policy victories without sacrificing either personal integrity or movement accountability and outlines some strategies for current candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Presley to follow in her footsteps.



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Also on today's show:
Ntozake Shange
Reflections on Pittsburgh

Monday, September 10, 2018: She The People with Aimee Allison

This week on KPFA Women's Magazine, we look at elections - are they a good way to get what we want?

She the People Summit

"...women of color...have the ability to inspire and lead us to victory..." -Aimee Allison

Election season is officially here, and women of color are shattering previous numbers as candidates at all levels.  There have been some notable and unexpected victories by progressive women of color, taking out establishment candidates, from Stacey Abrams in the Georgia Governor's race to Congressional candidates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ayanna Presley in Massachusetts.  Democracy In Color's Aimee Allison says women of color, the most consistent - and consistently progressive - voters in the Democratic base are poised to take their rightful place as leaders of the party and the progressive movement.  I'll talk with Aimee about the She The People Summit, a one-day national gathering of women of color to be held in San Francisco on September 20th (registration is open to the public).

Listen now or Get MP3. 24:26 min

She The People Summit Schedule:
Thursday, September 20, 2018
JuliA Morgan Ballroom
465 California St, San Francisco

8 - 9 AM Breakfast and Registration
9 - 9:30 AM Welcome and Introduction to the She the People Initiative
9:30 - 12:15 PM Morning Talks and Panel

Panel: The Women Building a Politics for All of Us
With speakers Alicia Garza, Deb Haaland, Dolores Huerta, Rashida Tlaib, Arizona House Minority Leader Rebecca Rios, Linda Sarsour, and more!

12 - 12:45 PM Lunch
1 - 3 PM Afternoon Talks and Panel

Panel: Leading the New American Majority
With speakers Colorado Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran, Congressmember Pramila Jayapal, Congressmember Barbara Lee, and more!

3 - 5 PM Facilitated Strategy Sessions
5 - 7 PM Happy Hour hosted by Emerge


Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min

Also on today's show:
Gayle McLaughlin

Monday, January 22, 2018: Women's Voices - Women's Marches

Today on KPFA Women's Magazine we hear a collage of voices from the January 20, 2018 Women's Marches around the US and the world. Hundreds of thousands of women marched in cities across the globe. Lisa Dettmer brings a sampling of the speeches of Viola Davis, Cecile Richards, Layla Motley and many in the streets from Saturday's rallies and marches.

Click here to listen now. 59:50 min

Monday, November 21, 2016: Gender Trouble in Poland

What can we learn from the wave of right wing victories in Europe? And state supported "anti-genderism."

Right wing campaigns like Donald Trumps are not new and have been occurring throughout Europe. In 2015 Poland elected a right wing government that like Trump campaigned on an anti-immigrant and anti-feminist agenda as well as an anti-neoliberalism and anti-globalism agenda.  Then on October 3rd thousands of Polish women  walked out of their jobs and  protested  a proposed new law making abortion entirely illegal taking the one year old  right wing Law and Justice government by surprise and delaying the new bill.  In 1980 Poland lead by its new independent union Solidarity was one of the first countries in Eastern Europe to have a successful uprising against Soviet domination. Today the Catholic church and right wing dominate Poland.

"Through democratic means extremely undemocratic governments are coming into power." Ann Snitow

As we begin our struggle with a neo-facist government lead by Donald Trump can we learn from the right wing movements and the uprising of feminist and other  activists against these authoritarian governments in Europe and in Poland?  Today on KPFA Radio's Women's Magazine we talk to New School Professor Ann Snitow about feminism and the right wing in Poland and her article in the fall issue of Dissent "Gender Trouble in Poland." 

Ann Snitow, a co-founder of the Network of East-West Women, is a professor of Literature and was the Director of Gender Studies from 2006 to 2012 at The New School. Her most recent book is The Feminism of Uncertainty: A Gender Diary (Duke University Press, 2015).

Click now to listen to the entire show and hear Lisa's tribute to soul singer Sharon Jones who died November 18 at age 60. 59:50 min

Monday, March 7, 2016: Sue Katz on Hillary vs. Trump?

Katz says "It's unthinkable to live in a country under their [Trump or Cruz or Rubio] rule."

Hillary vs. Trump? Should feminists even bother? Writer and rebel Sue Katz says she isn't giving up on Bernie Sanders just yet, and talks about Hillary's feminism of privilege.  Katz is the author of Thanks But No Thanks: The voter's guide to Sarah Palin and Lillian's Last Affair.

Listen now or Get MP3. 22:01 min





Click here to listen to entire show. 59:50 min.

Also on today's show:
"What Do Women Say?"
Comedian Gina Yashere

Monday, October 21: Honduran Elections; History of American Scrapbooks

Interview with Suyapa Portillo Villeda

Xiomara Castro de Zelaya

With the Honduran elections less than six weeks away, Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the candidate of the leftist LIBRE party, is leading in the polls.  Pitzer College professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda discusses the history of US involvement in Honduras, the coup of 2009 and the emergence of LIBRE as a broad popular coalition.  She also discusses the case against indigenous leader Berta Caceres. For more information about check out Free Berta Carceres.  30:12 min.


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History of Scrapbooks with Ellen Gruber Garvey

http://scrapbookhistory.wordpress.com/book/

Then Ellen Gruber Garvey, author of Writing With Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance, talks about how people, especially women and African Americans, used scrapbooks to create their own narratives using the tools of mainstream media, just as news aggregators and bloggers do today. 23:08 min.



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Click here to listen to KPFA Women's Magazine. 59 min

Democrazy Now! Comics Lighten Up the Elections

Comedians Dhaya Lakshminarayan and Karinda Dobbins talk about their upcoming pre-election show. (19:50)

This November, right before the Presidential election, comedians Aundre the WonderWoman, Dan St. Paul, Karinda Dobbins, and Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (plus surprise guests) come together to make audiences laugh about the sometimes confusing, painful, yet always hilariously entertaining presidential campaign.

The evening is produced by Karinda Dobbins and Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, two San Francisco Bay Area based socio-political comedians.

Sunday, November 4 at StageWerx Theater, 446 Valencia St., San Francisco.  Get tickets & info.



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