KPFA - Making Contact

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January 28, 2005 Making Contact – January 28, 2005
Seeing Red: Marshalling Cultural Anger in Middle America
In the last two elections, the conservative values rhetoric has been effective in getting working class voters in middle America to vote in spite of their own interests.
On this edition, we’ll hear from Thomas Frank, author of What’s the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Political Heart of America. Frank suggests how a "thirty-year backlash" has shaped the country’s politics. He says right wing conservatives have marshalled cultural anger to achieve their economic goals. – www.radioproject.org
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January 21, 2005 Making Contact – January 21, 2005
Capturing Dreams: Race and Public Policy in the United States
President George W. Bush made headlines by appointing a number of people of color to his cabinet. But what does this mean for race and public policy in the United States over the next four years? On this edition, we’ll hear from leaders in the racial justice movement and their visions for a more equitable society. We’ll hear about a proposal to extend voting rights to non-U.S. citizens. We’ll also look at how communities of color are strategizing for the next election cycle. – www.radioproject.org
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January 14, 2005 Making Contact – January 14, 2005
The Third Option – Assisted Suicide
In 1994, Oregonians voted to make doctor assisted suicide legal, the only law of its type in United States. Ten years later, it’s still controversial. On this edition, correspondent Barbara Bernstein speaks with activists and analysts on both sides of the issue.
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January 07, 2005 Making Contact – January 7, 2005
Who Owns Our Water?
Profits vs. Public Interest
Water is essential to survival. Yet access to fresh, clean water has increasingly come under the control of private corporations, making it less affordable and harder to come by. On this edition, we’ll take a look at water as a basic human right. We’ll hear about a plan to privatize water services in Lagos, Nigeria, and we’ll hear about how activists in Maui, Hawaii are working to recover the island’s water sources for public use. www.radioproject.org
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December 31, 2004 Making Contact – December 31, 2004
Reaching for Peace in the Holy Land

Although small in number, Israelis and Palestinians committed to peace provide a glimmer of hope for the future. On this week’s edition of Making Contact, Israeli women defend Palestinian human rights at military checkpoints near Jerusalem. In Ramallah, we hear from Palestinian high school girls confronting issues of violence by Israeli troops and suicide bombers. And, just outside Jerusalem, we visit a school at Israel’s only integrated Jewish and Palestinian village. Correspondent Reese Erlich takes us on a tour of the region. (Encore Edition) – www.radioproject.org
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December 24, 2004 Making Contact – December 24, 2004
From Cradle to Grave:
The Impact of Electronics
The electronics industry has brought us gadgets galore, from mobile phones that take pictures to the computer we use to edit this radio show. But there’s also a dark secret: the electronics industry is one of the world’s dirtiest; its growing legacy includes poisoned workers and mountains of toxic waste. On this week’s edition we take a closer look at what our gadgets are doing to our environment.
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December 24, 2004 Making Contact – December 24, 2004
Chemical Soup: Pollutants in the Body

There are thousands of chemicals in our air, water, dust, and food coming from everyday products like detergents, cookware, cosmetics, paints, sofas, shower curtains, computers, and TVs. These chemicals accumulate in our bodies-in our fat, blood, and organs-staying there long after they are banned or removed from the market. On this edition, we’ll take a look at these chemicals and how they’re being regulated.
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December 17, 2004 Making Contact – December 17, 2004
The Chemical Industry’s Toxic Toll
What’s good for business, and what’s good for people, sometimes don’t mix. In the chemical industry, for instance, the products that fuel profits can also threaten our well-being.
On this edition, we’ll look at the 20th anniversary of one of the world’s worst chemical disasters, at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. We’ll hear about Occidental Petroleum’s toxic legacy at Love Canal. And we’ll examine how corporate polluters are ignoring environmental causes of breast cancer. – www.radioproject.org
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December 10, 2004 Making Contact – December 10, 2004
Hiroshima and its Legacy Today
In August 1945, in an action that has provoked controversy ever since, the US dropped the first atomic bombs on Japan. On this special edition of Making Contact, producer Reese Erlich looks at how the Hiroshima bombing set the moral and political tone for future aggression. We’ll hear from both Japanese and American atomic bomb survivors, and from today’s anti-nuke activists. – www.radioproject.org
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December 03, 2004 Making Contact – December 3, 2004
Four More Years: Communities of Color Organize
We came, most of us voted, but now what? This is a question many progressive activists are asking themselves, as they regroup and reflect on what was lost and what was gained.
On this edition, we’ll hear from four activist leaders from communities of color addressing a number of issues related to the election: How did people of color vote? What was the media spin? And what challenges lie ahead over the next four years? – www.radioproject.org
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