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March 19, 2004 Making Contact – March 19, 2004
Patagonian Winds of Resistance
In the midst of a shattered economy in Argentina, US-based Meridian Gold acquired a gold deposit in Patagonia worth an estimated one billion dollars. This mining project, however, could damage the natural environment and the local community’s way of life. On this edition of Making Contact Pauline Bartolone traveled to the small town of Esquel in Southern Argentina, where the residents successfully halted the gold mining venture. Their struggle is part of a larger movement of social transformation in Argentina. www.radioproject.org
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March 12, 2004 Making Contact – March 12, 2004

War Against Women, Women Against War:
A Report Back From the World Social Forum

Violence against women manifests in both overt and covert forms: from rape used as a war tactic to women themselves participating in violence. On this edition of Making Contact, we feature three leading feminists: Egyptian sociologist Nawal El Saadawi, activist and author Arundhati Roy, and Saher Saba of the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA, www.rawa.org). They discuss the disproportionate impacts that fundamentalism, colonization, and corporate globalization have on women. They spoke recently at the 2004 World Social Forum in Mumbai, India. -www.radioproject.org
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March 05, 2004 Making Contact – March 5, 2004
Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04:
"Home Economics: Women and Voting"
Presidential candidates realize they need to address the issues that women care about such as healthcare, jobs, and the economy- but do women themselves feel spoken to? On this edition of Making Contact’s ElectionWatch’04- a monthly special from the National Radio Project— we explore the pre-election concerns of a variety of women, including women in labor unions, Latina immigrants and unmarried women as powerful voting blocs. – www.radioproject.org
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February 27, 2004 Making Contact – February 27, 2004
Legacies of War
During wartime, the U.S. public is barraged with images and information about the current military offensive. But how much do we know about the effects that conflict has on war-torn regions years after the violence has ended? In many cases, countries recovering from war suffer from extremely high unemployment, environmental illness, limited access to resources and an absence of democracy. On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll take a look at the Legacies of War – the aftermath of military conflicts, which take a toll on people worldwide. Featuring: Vietnamese villagers, Toong, Tien Tam and Tuan; Mike MacGuire, Australian Vietnam War Veteran; Lee Soo Man, Head of the Vietnam Agent Orange Korean Veterans Association; Dzavit Azari, Bosniak; Emrus Huduti, Recane’s Local Community Chief; Merlit Milicevic, Teacher at Recane Primary School; Mustafa Balje, Bosniak Language Bi-monthly Alem; Roma women: Bease Selimi and Miradije Ibeciri; Rustem Ibisi, Milke Community Leader; and Nusret Hasani, Vraniste villager.
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February 22, 2004 Making Contact – February 22, 2004
Making Contact Special. Chemical Soup: Pollutants in the Body
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February 06, 2004 Making Contact – February 6, 2004
Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04. Youth Vote: Mobilizing from the Grassroots. The nearly 43,000,000 young Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 comprise about 23% of the electorate. A strong youth turnout at the polls has the potential to swing the presidential elections of 2004. On this edition of Making Contact’s ElectionWatch ’04-a monthly special from the National Radio Project-we conduct a roundtable discussion with young activists and grass-roots organizers about youth voting behavior and efforts to mobilize young people around the 2004 presidential elections.
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January 30, 2004 Making Contact – January 30, 2004
Empty Promises?: NAFTA at 10
It’s been ten years since the North American Free Trade Agreement was implemented. Proponents claimed that NAFTA would be a solution for poverty and sluggish economic growth in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Opponents warned that NAFTA would spark a race to the bottom in wages, labor rights, and environmental standards. On this edition of Making Contact, we hear from people who are working on the front lines of so-called free trade-farmers and a fisherman-and get their perspectives on corporate-led economic globalization. We also have a report from Chiapas, Mexico, where indigenous communities celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Zapatista uprising.
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January 23, 2004 Making Contact – January 23, 2004
Queer as Youth. What’s it like to be young and queer? Young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are more likely to be harassed and victims of hate crime than their straight peers. They have high drop out rates from school. And studies show that LGBT youth are more prone to depression, drug abuse, and suicide. But as more young people are coming out, both lgbt and their straight peers are challenging the isolation and stigma of being gay.
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January 16, 2004 Making Contact – January 16, 2004
Women Rising II: International Change Makers

Women worldwide are gaining influence as leaders, struggling for peace, justice, the environment and civil society. On this program we profile four women. Laura Slattery left a career in the United States Military to become a nonviolent activist against militarism. Amneh Badran spearheads a Palestinian- Israeli feminist peace coalition. Paula Green brings conflict transformation worldwide to the victims of war. And Hyun-Back Chung heads a South Korean effort to mediate peace between the United States and North Korea. This program is a special collaboration with the Women Rising radio project.
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January 09, 2004 Making Contact – January 9, 2004
ElectionWatch ’04: Pushing Medicare – The Health Industry and Public Subsidies for Prescription Drugs.
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