KPFA - Making Contact

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KPFA - Making Contact episodes

July 01, 2005 Making Contact – July 1, 2005
Refusing to Fight
With the U.S. occupation of Iraq in the middle of its third year, a small but growing number of Iraq war veterans are refusing to continue their military service. They are risking jail time, dishonorable discharge from the military, and public humiliation, to take a stand against the war. On this edition, produced by correspondent Sarah Olson, we will hear from a handful of these soldiers about how their personal experience transformed their convictions about war.
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5 min
June 24, 2005 Making Contact – June 24, 2005
Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the
world, fighting for peace, justice, the environment
and civil society. In this program we profile three
courageous women struggling with religious issues.
Elana Rozenman is co- director of the Women’s
Interfaith Encounter in the Middle East. Irshad Manji
is a Canadian Muslim lesbian and feminist who wants a
reformation of her own faith. And Regina O’Callahan
helped found the Northern Ireland Interfaith Forum to
support religious diversity in her country.
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June 17, 2005 Making Contact – June 17, 2005
Big Box Nation
Wal-Mart is the biggest of all big boxes, the largest company and employer in the world, and a daily newsmaker. The story of Wal-Mart is as big as the company itself, crossing a range of issues from globalization to the environment, to race, gender and class.
On this edition, we take you inside the walls of the infamous big box retailer to hear how the company is responding to withering criticism from activists, what Wal-Mart’s financial success means for workers and small business owners, and a flap over a pro-Wal-Mart advertisement that compared a city zoning ordinance to book burning in Nazi Germany. – www.radioproject.org
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June 10, 2005 Making Contact – June 10, 2005
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June 03, 2005 Making Contact – June 3, 2005 at 1:30pm
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May 27, 2005 Making Contact – May 27, 2005 at 1:30pm
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May 20, 2005 Making Contact – May 20, 2005 at 1:30pm
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May 13, 2005 Making Contact – May 13, 2005 at 1:30pm
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14 min
May 06, 2005 Making Contact – May 6, 2005
Children Denied: Family Cap and Foster Care
Mothers on welfare in 24 states don’t receive increased benefits if they have additional children. Lawmakers said they wanted to hold down birthrates, but women on welfare say the rule’s intent is deeply misguided, and the results are harmful to women and children. On this special Welfare Radio Collaborative edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore the "family-cap" and its effect on women’s lives, as well as the studies that call it into question. We’ll also look at foster care, and how families on welfare are more at risk for losing their children.
A free listener resource packet is available by emailing National Radio Project at [email protected] or by calling us (toll-free) at 800-529-5736.
Featuring the voices of several mothers on welfare and:
Toby Eastman former Child Protective Services worker and now with Homeless Children’s Network; Diana Romero, Columbia University Department of Population and Family Health; Kim Alverenga, Women of Color Resource Center; National Center for Human Rights Education; Loretta Ross, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
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April 29, 2005 Making Contact – April 29, 2005
Social Security "Reform": Rolling Back the New Deal
Ever since Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act in 1935, the program has been debated by liberals and conservatives alike. On this edition, we’ll explore the importance of the program to those often overlooked in the current debate over Social Security, like young people, and the disabled. We’ll also hear from author Thomas Frank on some of the larger historical and political issues involved.
Vanessa Swindell, kidney transplant patient and Social Security insurance recipient; Helene Steinhauser, social worker; Fanya Faul, high school student and bookstore employee; Brooks Proctor, high school student and president of Underground Republicans of Boulder, Colorado; Fernando Ramirez, high school student and board member with the United States Student Association.
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