KPFA - Making Contact

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April 22, 2005 Making Contact – April 22, 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. (encore edition)
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5 min
April 15, 2005 Making Contact – April 15, 2005
Fake News Flap – VNRs and Covert Propaganda
You’ve heard of WMDs, but what about VNRs? What are VNRs and how is the government using them as weapons of mass deception? On this week’s edition, we’ll take a look at video news releases and the VNR industry. We’ll see how California’s governor is using them to promote the state’s policies on workers. We¹ll also talk to a public relations expert who’s been called a fake reporter for producing VNRs for the Bush administration.
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5 min
April 08, 2005 Making Contact – April 8, 2005

Queer Youth Challenges
For some lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth, coming out can have some additional challenges. On this edition, we’ll take a look at the unique perspective of LGBTQ youth on such topics as foster care, childhood sexual abuse, and disability. – www.radioproject.org
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5 min
April 01, 2005 Making Contact – April 1, 2005
Plan Colombia: Drug War Without End
Plan Colombia began in 2000 as an effort by the Clinton administration to reduce cocaine production in Colombia and stop the growing leftist guerrilla insurgency. The Bush administration says Plan Colombia is a big success. On this edition, independent producer Reese Erlich visits rural farmers and urban shanty towns, and talks with high ranking Colombian politicians to learn about the serious problems with the Plan.
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5 min
March 25, 2005 Making Contact – March 25, 2005
Land for Those Who Work It
Brazil has the second most unequal distribution of land in the world. Inside the borders of the South American bread basket are deep-seeded social struggles over this most coveted resource. For the past quarter century, the country’s landless have shown they do not accept the ownership model dating back to colonial times. On this edition Associate Producer Pauline Bartolone guides us through the daily lives of those seeking agrarian reform in southern Brazil.
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5 min
March 18, 2005 Making Contact – March 18, 2005
Kurds: From Oppressed to Oppressors
The Kurds are often called the largest population in the world without a country. 40 million of them live in the mountainous terrain of Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq — and they’ve lived under oppression in each of those countries for most of the last century. On this edition, correspondent Aaron Glantz takes an in depth look at the six million Kurds in Iraq, their years of suffering under Saddam Hussein’s regime, and their drive towards an independent country in the future. – www.radioproject.org
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5 min
March 11, 2005 Making Contact – March 11, 2005
Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti
Nearly one year after U.S. Marines ushered former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from the country, Haiti has sunk into ever deepening despair. On this edition, Correspondent Reed Lindsay takes a look at the offensive launched by the U.S.-backed Haitian government against supporters of the former president. We’ll examine the return of the feared Haitian military, and see how the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti is turning a blind eye to state-sponsored human rights abuses. And we’ll hear from Haiti’s poor, who have been the hardest hit by the change in government. – www.radioproject.org
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5 min
March 04, 2005 Making Contact – March 4, 2005
Women’s Movements in Palestine
The long tradition of Palestinian women’s movements are little known in the West, where Arab women are often portrayed as bad mothers, veiled, and shut up in their homes. On this edition, correspondent Sarah Olson talks with Palestinian women about their experiences fighting for peace, democracy and gender equality. – www.radioproject.org
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5 min
February 18, 2005 Making Contact – February 18, 2005
Many Minds in an Army of One

A special report on the different
ways
the war in Iraq affects soldiers and their
families, personally and politically.
Produced by the National Radio Project.
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9 min
February 04, 2005 Making Contact – February 4, 2005
Many Minds in an Army of One
They’ve all worn the uniform of the United States military, but when it comes to the war in Iraq they don’t always think alike. On this special report, prepared by Associate Producer Justin Beck, we take a look at some of the different ways the war has affected soldiers and their families, both personally — and politically. – www.radioproject.org
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5 min

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