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Meklit Hadero, Songs and Dreams (audio/mpeg 8.4MB) Ethiopian American singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero talks with Nina Serrano about her career, her community and her musical process. Includes three full songs from her new album, "On a Day Like This." Audio, 18:15...
Posted: Sat, May 15, 2010 1:23pm PDT
Budrus: How Young Women Led a Palestinian Village in Saving Their Land (audio/mpeg 8.1MB) "Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?" ask commentators from Bono to innumerable New York Times reporters. One possible answer is that she's a 15-year-old girl in a village called Budrus. The new film Budrus documents the nonviolent resistance waged by that village since 2003, and the pivotal role played by young women. Kate Raphael of KPFA Women's Magazine talks with Ronit Avni, one of the producers of this powerful and engaging film. Audio, 17:47...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2010 2:48pm PDT
Why don't we ever hear about priests abusing women? (audio/mpeg 6.8MB) We've heard a lot about sex abuse in the Catholic church recently, but nearly all of it has focused on abuse of boys. Are women and girls not abused in the church? And what about the courageous church women who are organizing to expose and stop it? Angela Bonavoglia, author of Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church, talks with Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael. Audio, 14:55...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2010 2:31pm PDT
Venezuela Headlines #95 - Venezuela Celebrates Bicentennial Independence (audio/mpeg 11.9MB) Venezuelanalysis News Summary #95, April 3rd- April 25, 2010 (Audio: 13mins, 00secs) Large Crowds Turn Out for 200-Year Independence Celebrations in Venezuela - ALBA Summit in Venezuela vows to fight Climate Change - Venezuela Celebrates ‘Day of the Bolivarian Militias, the Armed People and the April Revolution’ – Bilateral Agreements with China, Russia & Uruguay - Venezuela Criticizes Bias in Inter-American Human Rights Commission Annual Report - Eight Colombians Arrested on Suspicion of Spy...
Posted: Sat, Apr 24, 2010 1:24pm PDT
Mornings in Jenin- an interview with Susan Abulhawa (audio/mpeg 11.1MB) Malihe Razzazan talks with Susan Abulhawa about her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin. Mornings in Jenin tells the story of Palestine through the experience of one family over three generations. Audio, 23 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 6:12pm PDT
An Interview with Cambodian Feminist Mu Sochua (audio/mpeg 5.5MB) Preeti Mangala Shekar talks with Mu Sochua, one of the best known human rights and gender activists in Cambodia, about her most recent project, Women's Voices, Women's Choices. Using a weekly radio show, Cambodian feminists are organizing rural women to become a force in Cambodian politics....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 6:08pm PDT
Storm Over Kyrgyzstan (audio/mpeg 1.4MB) In a matter of days, opponents of the government of Kyrgyzstan, a tiny, land locked country in the heart of central Asia, ran the president from his offices, and organized an emerging ruling council....
Posted: Fri, Apr 16, 2010 9:18pm PDT
Transnational Perspective on Cervical Cancer (audio/mpeg 7.9MB) Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable diseases there is, yet 300,000 Global South women die each year for lack of simple treatments. Preeti Mangala Shekar talks to Dr. Kay Taylor, who is working to remedy this disparity in women's health care. Audio, 17:17...
Posted: Mon, Apr 5, 2010 6:31pm PDT
Magical Activism the Women's Movement: an Interview with Starhawk (audio/mpeg 18.4MB) Starhawk is author of The Spiral Dance, one of the most important texts in women's spirituality, which has been continuously in print for 30 years. She's also the author of ten other books and a teacher of magical activism. She sits down with Women's Magazine Kate Raphael for a wide-ranging discussion....
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 12:07pm PDT
Suppressed Women's Histories: An Interview with Max Dashu (audio/mpeg 7.1MB) Orthodox history says men have always dominated women, but Max Dashu says otherwise. Max Dashu, founder of the Suppressed Histories Archives, speaks with Women’s Magazine’s Kate Raphael about her 40 years of groundbreaking work on women’s power and contributions to many cultures....
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 12:03pm PDT
Haitian Women in the Forefront: An Interview with Edwidge Danticat and Beverly Bell (audio/mpeg 16.4MB) As Haiti disappears from our TV screens and our attention returns to domestic issues, the people of Haiti are now in even greater peril as the rains begin threatening a public health disaster. But women are organizing, both in the U.S. and in Haiti, where over 50 grassroots groups met in Port Au Prince to demand input into the future of Haitian reconstruction. Lisa Dettmer talks to well known Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat about how the Haitian American community is responding to t...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 11:57am PDT
Venezuela Headlines #94 (March 1- March 16, 2010) (audio/mpeg 9.8MB) Venezuela News Summary #94 (Audio: 10mins, 40secs) US Military Commander: Venezuelan Government has no Links to Terrorists - OAS Human Rights Report is Biased - Ousted Honduran President Visits Venezuela - During Inauguration Mujica Offers Venezuela / Colombia Mediation - Hoarding Leads To Seizure Of Venezuelan Sugar Mills - Venezuela Celebrates Women’s Day- Venezuela’s Public Sector Physicians to Receive Pay Increases - Venezuela Strengthens National Health System - PSUV Set for Nominating C...
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 6:55am PDT
Venezuela Headlines #93 (audio/mpeg 11.4MB) Venezuela News Headlines February 2, 2010 - February 20, 2010 (Audio: 12mins, 27secs)
Venezuela Celebrates 11 Years of “Bolivarian Revolution” & Further Cabinet Changes - New Federal Council - PSUV to hold Elections For National Assembly Candidates - More than 100,000 March in Support of Chavez in Venezuela – Nearly 200 Communes Currently in Formation in Venezuela - Venezuela Sells Products at Fair Prices through Nationalized Hypermarket Chain - Differences within Venezuelan Opposition Telev...
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 11:09am PST
Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is free! (audio/mpeg 580.8KB) In this clip, a community member shares with us some words while waiting for the release of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno. Juan Manuel was imprisoned for over 16 ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 9:49am PST
Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno is free! part 2 (audio/mpeg 734.5KB) In this clip, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno shares with us words of hope upon recently being release from prison. He was imprisoned for over 16 months for being w...
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 9:49am PST
How does the escalation of the Afghanistan war affect women? (audio/mpeg 11.8MB) Malihe Razzazan interviews Afghan women's rights activist Orzala Ashraf Nemat about the major escalation of the U.S./NATO offensive in Afghanistan, and its effect on women. Audio, 25:52...
Posted: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 10:49pm PST
Chris Hedges interviewed by Peter B. Collins (audio/mpeg 1.5MB) Eight-minute excerpt of the hour-long interview which is available here:
Peter B. Collins web site...
Posted: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 5:03am PST
Climate Justice (audio/mpeg 39.8MB) Report Back on Copenhagen by Anne Peterman, Exec Dir of the Global Justice Ecology Project. 29 minutes....
Posted: Sat, Feb 6, 2010 9:07am PST
MADRE connects human and gender rights with disaster relief in Haiti (audio/mpeg 19.2MB) Rivian Berlin of Women's Magazine speaks with Yfat Susskind, Director of MADRE, about the crisis in Haiti. MADRE began its work in Central America during the 1980s, working with local women's groups to counter U.S. policy of intervention in the region. It has been active in Haiti for many years and was one of the first organizations to mobilize effective aid after the devastating earthquake. Audio 20:58...
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2010 1:39pm PST
Haiti On Our Minds (audio/mpeg 2.7MB) Haiti isn't just poor; it's been impoverished by a global system of exploitation and a plantation capitalist economy that was designed as a sanction for Black Liberation....
Posted: Wed, Jan 27, 2010 3:53pm PST
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