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…onal Journalists. In this COVID-19 era Making Contact has been producing Covid-19 UnVeils: a series of programs that explore the impact upon homeless communities, immigrant farm workers, prisoners, gig workers and delivery drivers. Covid-19 UnVeils exposes the root causes of the inequity and racial disparity in the pandemics victims. as well as the community organizing and mutual aid efforts arising within the crisis. Mickey Ellinger, on behalf…
Election 2020 Special: More Than a Vote
…go deep into case studies, everything from Thailand in 1992 to Argentina in 1987, to France in 1961, you know, in 1920 in Germany there was, in this case it was a military coup, there was this right wing leader named Wolfgang Kapp. He got a number of different institutions in society on his side. He went into the Capitol building and all the government workers immediately went on strike and there was no one who could even type up his declaration….
Voter suppression in some communities is ‘by design’
…homa and director of Native Organizers Alliance in New York City, said the COVID-19 pandemic brought a new dimension of voter suppression to tribal communities. But despite the hardship, tribes and some lawmakers are taking action to try and reduce the barriers to access that affect Native American citizens. “We just found out today that in one of our sites, on one reservation, one of our canvassers has caught COVID. We are trying to ensure that a…
The End of Student Debt: Free College and Debt Strikes
…tate. The day before SF State ended in-person classes because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I joined Aldane on his way to school. ALDANE WALTERS – I am a part of the BECA program, that’s the broadcasting and electronic communication arts, and my area of emphasis is TV production. KATHRYN STYER MARTINEZ – Aldane knew that the best place to study would be the US. But coming to the US meant he would have to deal with the costly public higher e…
The fight to reclassify some gig workers in California
…stall implementing AB5. Many gig workers have continued to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people considered “essential” are still going to work, even if they don’t feel safe on the job. Gig workers—including those who drive for app companies providing delivery and rideshare services—are one subset of workers considered essential. The gig economy is primarily made up of people with marginalized identities who often live paycheck-to-paychec…
50 Years Later: Remembering Fred Hampton
…acism, but we going to fight with solidarity. We say we not going to fight capitalism with Black capitalism, but we going to fight it with socialism. We stood up and said, “We not going to fight reactionary pigs, and reactionary state’s attorneys like this, and reactionary state’s attorneys like Hanrahan, with any other reactions on our part.” We’re going to fight their reactions with all of us people getting together, and having an international,…
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 1 (Encore)
…in finding audience. As soon as anybody identifies a consumer demographic, capitalism being what it is would like to fill that niche. Right? So in that sense as much of a Marxist as I am, I imagine, uh, capitalism can have its uses. Salima Hamirani: And here’s the other super interesting thing about the history of the romance industry. It’s the most democratic of all the literary arts. The industry actually encourages its readers to become authors…
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 1
…in finding audience. As soon as anybody identifies a consumer demographic, capitalism being what it is would like to fill that niche. Right? So in that sense as much of a Marxist as I am, I imagine, uh, capitalism can have its uses. Salima Hamirani: And here’s the other super interesting thing about the history of the romance industry. It’s the most democratic of all the literary arts. The industry actually encourages its readers to become authors…
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (ENCORE)
…of it for profit. [00:07:46] There have been other times in the history of capitalism when a majority of the world’s capital was invested in land, but a lot of that was agricultural land. And a lot of that was land for industrial production. And what we’re seeing now is that 60% of the world’s assets, if they’re invested in something physical, something you can touchare invested in real estate. 75% of that investment is in housing specifically at…
Fossil Refusal: Local Models Not Global Markets
…d what they called a false solution to climate change. VOICE: No climate capitalism. It’s a myth, it’s a lie. It’s a non-solution, it’s a false solution. SALIMA: So what are they talking about and why is it a false solution? Carbon markets are one of the main ways that governments and corporations want to tackle climate change… CA Governor JERRY BROWN: The cap and trade program is the most efficient, the most elegant, to get the job done. …
Jeff Chang on Revolutions in Seeing and Being
…he way out of this cycle of crisis, this historical cycle of crisis. Right. 1965 1992…to now, the way out of this is to be able to begin to see each other in our full humanity, to find and feel that we are all connected. To move beyond empathy to action, empathy is empty, empathy is empty without action. BREAK If you’re just tuning in you’re listening to Making Contact. We’re presenting a keynote by Jeff Chang at the Art and Race Co…
Rad Dads!!!
…ng cognizance on how we challenge patriarchy or not. How be participate in capitalism and how we depend on unquestioned roles of authority and hierarchy. And then radical as in having courage to consider ways of changing these aspects of parenting. Lately, I have seen numerous new books and websites who are clearly trying to profit and benefit from or create a market a hip fathering. Talking about how man can still be man whatever that means and b…
Rad Dads!!!
…ng cognizance on how we challenge patriarchy or not. How be participate in capitalism and how we depend on unquestioned roles of authority and hierarchy. And then radical as in having courage to consider ways of changing these aspects of parenting. Lately, I have seen numerous new books and websites who are clearly trying to profit and benefit from or create a market a hip fathering. Talking about how man can still be man whatever that means and b…
Rad Dads!!!
…ng cognizance on how we challenge patriarchy or not. How be participate in capitalism and how we depend on unquestioned roles of authority and hierarchy. And then radical as in having courage to consider ways of changing these aspects of parenting. Lately, I have seen numerous new books and websites who are clearly trying to profit and benefit from or create a market a hip fathering. Talking about how man can still be man whatever that means and b…
The Response: Restoring Power in Puerto Rico
…Concrete Jungle”, Audiobinger More Information: The Response Disaster Capitalism The Intercept The Nation WNYC NY Times Mutual Aid Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Re De Apoyo Mutuo Defend Puerto Rico Colonialism in PR Village Voice Jacobin Washington Post WNYC VOX TRANSCRIPT courtesy of The Response Below is a transcript of the episode, modified for your reading pleasure. Judith Rodriguez: My name is Judith Rodríguez. My experience of the hurrica…
But Next Time Part 1: California Wildfires and Protecting Our Farmworkers (Encore)
…mber.This series tells the story of several disasters: wildfires, the COVID 19 pandemic and hurricanes. These moments pull back the curtain on long standing inequities in our society. But you’re also going to hear the way the people most affected have organized response and recovery and how they’re rebuilding towards a more just, equitable future. The series hosts Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta met through a network of grassroots advocates work…
Behind The Sound with Making Contact
…ether and produced the story “On the Brink: Homelessness Before and During COVID-19,” which was developed from a story I originally reported at KPFA. Here’s a clip from that show, where a former Oakland encampment resident named Kimberly describes a traumatic eviction by the city. Kimberly Medrano: It was really muddy. It was slippery. There was garbage everywhere, people’s stuff in the way. There was so many police officers and public works peopl…
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets
…da Jue TRANSCRIPT Host: In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with Covid 19, it’s hard to imagine what stories we will eventually tell our children and grandchildren. This week’s Making Contact is about two strong women who survived historic trauma and the stories that they later told their families during this time of social distancing. These stories remind us of the importance of being in relationship with our loved ones and the healing…
But Next Time Part 4: The Road to Rebuilding and Recovering, Better (Encore)
…Time. The series tells the story of how disasters like wildfires, the COVID 19 pandemic and hurricanes have affected the most vulnerable. The series hosts Chrishelle Palay and Rose Arrieta met through a network of grassroots advocates working on issues of racial justice, housing and land. For years, they have been on the frontlines of crises that have threatened their communities in Texas and California. CHRISHELLE SPEAKING VIA ZOOM AT CONGRESSION…
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets (ENCORE)
…da Jue TRANSCRIPT Host: In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with Covid 19, it’s hard to imagine what stories we will eventually tell our children and grandchildren. This week’s Making Contact is about two strong women who survived historic trauma and the stories that they later told their families during this time of social distancing. These stories remind us of the importance of being in relationship with our loved ones and the healing…
