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October 14, 2016 Women Rising 31: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists
[1]As relations between the United States and Russian governments continue to deteriorate, people are growing concerned that we’re on the brink of another nuclear arms race. Both the U.S. and Russia are modernizing their nuclear arsenals. According to Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation, “it’s frighteningly easy to imagine how something could go wrong in that situation.”
Women Rising Radio takes us inside the movement for nuclear disarmament, to meet the women on the frontlines of the fight for a future free of nuclear weapons. From the US to Russia, the UK, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Japan, these dedicated advocates make the case for returning to the Nonproliferation Treaty and fulfilling its mandate.
Featuring:
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director of Western States Legal Foundation, Mayors for Peace, and Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons.
Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Marshall Islands Senator, member of Marshall Islands delegation arguing the case against 9 nuclear nations at the International Court of Justice.
Kate Hudson, General Secretary of Britain’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and National Secretary for the Left Unity party in the UK.
Nadezda Kutepova, born and raised in a secret city, in Ozyorsk, Russia, survivor of the explosion of the Mayak nuclear weapons plant.
Sharon Dolev, Israeli Disarmament Movement.
Fujiko Yoshikawa, writer, Rafu Shimpo newspaper in Los Angeles, Japanese language magazine TV Fan. She and her family lived in a village near Hiroshima in Japan, when the atom bomb fell August 6, 1945.
Credits:
Host: Sandina Robbins
Contributing Producer: Lynn Feinerman
Audio Engineer: Stephanie Welch
Audio Recordist: Nicolo Scolieri
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Photo Credits:
“8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs,” photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org [2]via Twitter @RNCV1
For More Information:
Fujiko Yoshikawa, “Requiem Notes,” visit our Featured Essays page for the entire story. [3]
Helen Caldicott, Nuclear Power is Not the Answer [4]
Samira Goetschel City 40 [5]
Western States Legal Foundation [6]
“Interview with Nadezhda Kutepova,” Planet of Hopes, VIDEO [7]
Israeli Disarmament Movement [8]
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Britain [9]
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy [10]
Marshall Islands Lawsuit ICJ [11]
Nuclear Free Future [12]
Women in Europe for a Common Future [13]
No Nukes Action Committee [14]
Fairewinds Energy Education [15]
Solartopia [16]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/No_Nukes_Protest.jpg
[2] http://t.co/C3S5H276nh
[3] http://www.womenrisingradio.com/explore/featured-essay/
[4] http://thenewpress.com/books/nuclear-power-not-answer
[5] http://www.city40film.com/
[6] http://www.wslfweb.org/
[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifSiUvzh9A
[8] http://disarmament.org.il/english/
[9] http://www.cnduk.org/
[10] http://lcnp.org/
[11] http://lcnp.org/RMI/
[12] http://www.nuclear-free-future.com/
[13] http://www.wecf.eu/
[14] https://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/
[15] http://www.fairewinds.org/
[16] http://solartopia.org/
30 min
October 07, 2016 Demographic Danger: A Look at Maternity Wards and Segregation in Israel
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of military occupation, we go inside Hadassah’s Mount Scopus maternity ward. There, the separation of Jewish and Arab mothers resulted in conflict between midwives at the hospital.
Featuring:
Drorit Hochner, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Scopus Hospital; Rabbi Benny Lau; Dikla Aharon, journalist; Dori Adar, online developer; nurse-midwives, Tami Doron, Avia, and “Rivka”; Jewish and Arab mothers who gave birth or considered giving birth at Mt. Scopus Hospital.
Credits:
Narrator and Story Producer: Shaina Shealy
Host: Monica Lopez
Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
More information:
Hadassah,Mt. Scopus Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
International Confederation of Midwives
Dori Adar
Rabbi Benny Lau
Israeli hospital heads to be summoned after report on segregation of Arabs in maternity wards:
Health Ministry issues statement stressing that it doesn’t accept practice of placing expectant Jewish and Arab moms in separate rooms:
‘Another Terrorist is Born:’ The Longstanding Practice of Racism and Segregation in Israeli Maternity Wards:
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive

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October 07, 2016 Demographic Danger: A Look at Maternity Wards and Segregation in Israel
[1]Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of military occupation, we go inside Hadassah’s Mount Scopus maternity ward. There, the separation of Jewish and Arab mothers resulted in conflict between midwives at the hospital.
Featuring:
Drorit Hochner, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mount Scopus Hospital; Rabbi Benny Lau; Dikla Aharon, journalist; Dori Adar, online developer; nurse-midwives, Tami Doron, Avia, and “Rivka”; Jewish and Arab mothers who gave birth or considered giving birth at Mt. Scopus Hospital.
Credits:
Narrator and Story Producer: Shaina Shealy
Host: Monica Lopez
Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
More information:
Hadassah,Mt. Scopus Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology [2]
International Confederation of Midwives
Dori Adar
Rabbi Benny Lau
Israeli hospital heads to be summoned after report on segregation of Arabs in maternity wards:
Health Ministry issues statement stressing that it doesn’t accept practice of placing expectant Jewish and Arab moms in separate rooms:
‘Another Terrorist is Born:’ The Longstanding Practice of Racism and Segregation in Israeli Maternity Wards:
The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive [3]

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moms_illustration_PRX_240x240.jpg
[2] http://www.hadassah-med.com/giving-birth/give-birth-at-hadassah/mt-scopus.aspx
[3] http://en.jfa.huji.ac.il
30 min
September 30, 2016 Retaining Rondon: Creole Food in a Changing World
In a world that increasingly seems to strive for uniformity, afro-descendant Creole people on the eastern coast of Nicaragua seek to hold on to their unique culture through their food. Incoming palm plantations are fragmenting traditional Creole farmland and making it difficult for local coconut oil businesses. Overfishing and pesticides from the palm fields are reducing stocks of fish in the lagoons, making it more difficult to access traditional protein sources. In the towns and cities along the coast, an influx of foreign products is setting a new standard for how you should look, talk and eat.
Rondon is one of the most celebrated traditional Creole dishes. Similar to a curry, it has a base of coconut milk in which you cook cassava, dasheen, breadfruit, baby corn and fried fish with fresh herbs and spices. It’s a dish with strong connections to Africa. For a people descended from freed blacks, escaped slaves and indigenous Americans, holding on to Rondon is holding on to heritage.
Featuring:
Miss Connie Tinoko, Kenneth Fox, Edward Fox, John Watson, Miss Gay Sterling and her family
Credits:
Host: Marie Choi
Contributing Producer: Maria Doerr
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Organizations and Support: Bluefields Sound System, Mikel Britton, Stanford Storytelling Project, Jake Warga, Claire Schoen, Bruce Braden
Featured Music:
Take Dis Five, Run-Down Orchestra Bluefield Sound System 2009
Zion-O, Run-Down Orchestra, Bluefield Sound System 2009
Photo Credits: Maria Doerr

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September 30, 2016 Retaining Rondon: Creole Food in a Changing World
[1]In a world that increasingly seems to strive for uniformity, afro-descendant Creole people on the eastern coast of Nicaragua seek to hold on to their unique culture through their food. Incoming palm plantations are fragmenting traditional Creole farmland and making it difficult for local coconut oil businesses. Overfishing and pesticides from the palm fields are reducing stocks of fish in the lagoons, making it more difficult to access traditional protein sources. In the towns and cities along the coast, an influx of foreign products is setting a new standard for how you should look, talk and eat.
Rondon is one of the most celebrated traditional Creole dishes. Similar to a curry, it has a base of coconut milk in which you cook cassava, dasheen, breadfruit, baby corn and fried fish with fresh herbs and spices. It's a dish with strong connections to Africa. For a people descended from freed blacks, escaped slaves and indigenous Americans, holding on to Rondon is holding on to heritage.
Featuring:
Miss Connie Tinoko, Kenneth Fox, Edward Fox, John Watson, Miss Gay Sterling and her family
Credits:
Host: Marie Choi
Contributing Producer: Maria Doerr
Producers: Anita Johnson, Marie Choi, Monica Lopez, R.J. Lozada
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Organizations and Support: Bluefields Sound System, Mikel Britton, Stanford Storytelling Project, Jake Warga, Claire Schoen, Bruce Braden
Featured Music:
Take Dis Five, Run-Down Orchestra Bluefield Sound System 2009
Zion-O, Run-Down Orchestra, Bluefield Sound System 2009
Photo Credits: Maria Doerr

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Retaining-Rondon.jpg
30 min
September 02, 2016 Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows (Encore)
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work.
On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border couriers, to waste pickers, we’re exploring the informal labor sector and what some are doing to gain greater recognition, protections, and rights.
Featuring:
Landon Goodwin, recycler and pastor and also featured in documentary Dogtown Redemption; Aicha al Azzouzi border courier; Salma al Azzouzi, Aicha’s oldest daughter; Charles Gachanga Gichonge, creator of the Mustard Seed Courtyard clean-up campaign; Antony Makau, Dandora resident; and Richard Munene Dandora restaurant owner; Sally Roever , Urban Policy Director for Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), and Malati Gadgil of KKPKP.
Host: Laura Flynn
Contributing Producers: Thalia Beaty, Maggy Donaldson, and Beenish Ahmed
Producers: Laura Flynn, Andrew Stelzer, and Jasmin Lopez
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Featured Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: Lesser Gods of Metal, Tyrano Theme, and Pavement Hack
Tours: Enthusiast
Salomé Lego Playset: La Lutte, Comme Experience Intérieure
Janneh: Humajataritee
Photo Credits: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
More information:
Dogtown Redemption
Concern Worldwide: Trash and Tragedy, the impact of garbage on human rights in Nairobi City
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune)
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September 02, 2016 Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows (Encore)
[1]Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. They’re often not even thought of as legitimate work.
On this edition of Making Contact, we’re going to meet people making work where there is no work for them. From recyclers, to border couriers, to waste pickers, we’re exploring the informal labor sector and what some are doing to gain greater recognition, protections, and rights.
Featuring:
Landon Goodwin, recycler and pastor and also featured in documentary Dogtown Redemption; Aicha al Azzouzi border courier; Salma al Azzouzi, Aicha’s oldest daughter; Charles Gachanga Gichonge, creator of the Mustard Seed Courtyard clean-up campaign; Antony Makau, Dandora resident; and Richard Munene Dandora restaurant owner; Sally Roever , Urban Policy Director for Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), and Malati Gadgil of KKPKP.
Host: Laura Flynn
Contributing Producers: Thalia Beaty, Maggy Donaldson, and Beenish Ahmed
Producers: Laura Flynn, Andrew Stelzer, and Jasmin Lopez
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Featured Music:
Blue Dot Sessions: Lesser Gods of Metal [2], Tyrano Theme [3], and Pavement Hack [4]
Tours: Enthusiast [5]
Salomé Lego Playset: La Lutte, Comme Experience Intérieure [6]
Janneh: Humajataritee [7]
Photo Credits: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
More information:
Dogtown Redemption [8]
Concern Worldwide: Trash and Tragedy, the impact of garbage on human rights in Nairobi City [9]
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing [10]
SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling or, officially, the SWaCH Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit, Pune) [11]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/porteadorawaitingtocross2-1.jpg
[2] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Ray_Catcher_1437/Lesser_Gods_of_Metal
[3] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Tyrano/Tyrano_Theme
[4] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/Tyrano/Pavement_Hack
[5] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tours/Enthusiast/Tours_-_Enthusiast
[6] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Salom_Lego_Playset/Contre_La_Vie_Contre_La_Morte/1-_La_lutte_comme_experience_inteC2A6uCC88rieure
[7] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Janneh/In_Acoustics/Humajataritee
[8] http://redemptiondoc.com/
[9] https://www.concern.net/sites/default/files/resource/2012/09/5808-trash_and_tragedy-final.pdf
[10] http://wiego.org/
[11] http://www.swachcoop.com/about-swachpune.html
30 min
August 26, 2016 Coffee: Trouble Brewing? (Encore)
It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe.
Featuring:
Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters; John Hazen, single-cup coffee machine owner; Rebecca Jewell, recycling program manager for Davis Street Transfer Station
Host: George Lavender and Mallory Smith
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, George Lavender, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producers: Jennifer Dunn, Mallory Smith,
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
More information:
Fair trade lite: Fair Trade USA moves away from worker co-ops
Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
Groundwork Coffee
Roundup on the Fair Trade USA/FLO Split
FWP’s Statement on Fair Trade USA s Resignation from Fairtrade International (FLO)
A Schism Over Fair Trade
A Brewing Problem
Your Coffee Pods Dirty Secret
Kill the K-Cup

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5 min
August 26, 2016 Coffee: Trouble Brewing? (Encore)
[1]It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to the trash produced by your single-cup coffee machine, Making Contact and Green Grid Radio team up to count the costs of your morning cup o’joe.
Featuring:
Jairo Martinez, Mariana Cruz, Suzana Angarita, coffee farmers; Jeff Goldman, former executive director Fairtrade Resource Network, Jeff Chean, Principal and Chief Coffee Guy Groundworks Roasters; John Hazen, single-cup coffee machine owner; Rebecca Jewell, recycling program manager for Davis Street Transfer Station
Host: George Lavender and Mallory Smith
Producers: Andrew Stelzer, Laura Flynn, George Lavender, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producers: Jennifer Dunn, Mallory Smith,
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
More information:
Fair trade lite: Fair Trade USA moves away from worker co-ops [2]
Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade [3]
Groundwork Coffee [4]
Roundup on the Fair Trade USA/FLO Split [5]
FWP’s Statement on Fair Trade USA s Resignation from Fairtrade International (FLO) [6]
A Schism Over Fair Trade [7]
A Brewing Problem [8]
Your Coffee Pods Dirty Secret [9]
Kill the K-Cup [10]

[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/coffee-918926_960_720.jpg
[2] http://grist.org/food/2011-12-02-fair-trade-lite-fair-trade-usa-moves-away-from-worker-co-ops/
[3] http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/hijacked-organic-limited-local-faulty-fair-trade
[4] http://www.groundworkcoffee.com/
[5] http://fairworldproject.org/blogs/roundup-of-perspectives-on-the-fair-trade-usaflo-split/
[6] http://fairworldproject.org/in-the-news/fwps-statement-on-fair-trade-usa-s-resignation-from-fairtrade-international-flo/
[7] http://www.marcgunther.com/a-schism-over-fair-trade/
[8] http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/the-abominable-k-cup-coffee-pod-environment-problem/386501/
[9] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/03/coffee-k-cups-green-mountain-polystyrene-plastic
[10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRGiGbX9lIo
30 min
August 19, 2016 A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad Encore
The alternatives to prison are few and far between. And after serving time, the options for getting back on your feet are even worse. Finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women building their own support network after being released from prison. We’ll hear “A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad” a documentary by Chris-Moore Backman.
Featuring:
Susan Burton, A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project Executive Director and Founder; Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness author; Alika Savage, Yolanda Brown, Renee Levi, Maisha Bailey, Sabrayiah DeMoss, Samantha Jenkins, A New Way of Life residents
For More Information:
A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project
The Sentencing Project
Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted Peoples Movement
Critical Resistance
Michelle Alexander-The New Jim Crow
Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
Articles & Videos:
Some Thoughts On Mercy, by Ross Gay
The Run On Sentence: Eddie Ellis on Life After Prison
“Susan” – a 20+ minute documentary about Susan Burton and A New Way of Life
Michelle Alexander, speech at Riverside Church
Combating Mass Incarceration – The Facts

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