KPFA - Making Contact

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UC Berkeley graduate students, Abigail Curtis and Angélica Marín, take us to the streets of Richmond, California.

We meet Jairo, a 17-year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer. Those plans are put on hold when his parents are deported.

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Adam Hochschild and Naomi Klein speak at the 2008 Left Forum conference about "cracks in the edifice;" lessons from abolitionist movements, and failings of the current administration.

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On this episode, we talk with a single mom, and a tax fairness advocate to debunk some myths about how wealth is created and what people can do to change tax policy.

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Health care in prisons and jails across the U.S. is in a state of crisis and California prisons are no exception.  State officials claim medical services in California’s prisons meet normal community health care standards.  But prisoner rights activists, lawyers, health care workers and the prisoners themselves have a different story to tell. The life and death of Gina Muniz is one of those stories.

Featuring:  The Family – Grace Ortega, mom; David Ortega, step dad; Larry Muniz, brother; Amanda, Gina’s daughter; Angelina & Larry Jr., Larry’s kids; David Ortega, Gina’s step brother;

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This is the first of a three-part series, "A Crisis of Care," a look inside California’s prison health care system. In this first show, "Gina’s Story," we’ll hear how a state-sanctioned life sentence became a state-sponsored death sentence as told by loved ones left behind.

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Blood, Freedom and Oil:  5 Years in Iraq

March 19th 2008, marks the 5th anniversary of the day the US officially invaded Iraq. Its the defining event of our time. We hear from people on many sides of the conflict; Iraqis who’ve lost family members, an oil expert, and Americans who want to "stay the course until the job is done."

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UC Berkeley graduate student, Alejandro Reyes, takes us to East Los Angeles, where a number of Chicano artists inspired by the Zapatistas have been using music to raise awareness in their own communities and to struggle for a better world.

Featuring:  Luv the Messenger, Rapper and youth activist; Marisol, Performance artist and activist, member of Chusma, In Lak Ech, Self-Help Graphics, Chicano Records and Films; Nico, Poet and youth activist and Poets del Norte member; Xela, Rapper and youth activist and Cihuatl-Ce member; Olmeca, Hip-hop artist and activist; Joel García, Graphic artist and activist; Tolteka, Hip-hop artist and activist; Roberto Flores, Researcher and Zapatista activist; Elisa Mejía, Activist, Radio Insurgencia Femenina (KPFK, Los Angeles) and Center for Popular Action member; Colectivo Error, Musicians and activists; Sherman Austin, Hip-hop artist and activist against police violence; Cynthia, Priscila, Crystal, fans at concert; Dan Nemser, UC Berkeley student and Zapatista activist; Joaquín Cienfuegos and Josefina Macías, Cop Watch Los Angeles and Revolutionary Autonomous Communities members; Manuel Macías, Cop Watch Los Angeles supporter; Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) spokesman and military leader.

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From Brooklyn to Bethlehem: Separate Histories, Common Struggles
In this program we’ll explore the power of solidarity from the perspectives of young people in Brooklyn, New York, a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and a historian and mother who lives in Palestine.

Featuring: Sheena Johnson, member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement-Oakland, CA.

Sonia Nimr, Professor, Oral Historian and Ethnographer at the Bir Zeit University,  Ramallah, Palestine.

Palestine/Israel Education Project youth producers.

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