Mar 08 2011
March 9, 2011
We’ll get an update on the situation in Libya as Gaddhafi rains down bombs on the opposition and refuses to give up power. And, from Egypt to Wisconsin – American academics study the sociology of today’s people’s movements. Plus, as African American independent film makers struggle to break into the industry, we’ll hear from industry veteran Ava DuVernay about her new film I Will Follow and her new non-profit AFFRM. And this week’s edition of …
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Today is election day, and here in the second-largest city in the nation, voters will pick seven candidates out of 26 to represent them for the even-numbered districts on the City Council. The stakes couldn’t be higher – Los Angeles is facing a budget gap of more than $400 million. Within a few weeks of the election, City Council members …
Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD), a day that was established in 1910 at the International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first observed on March 19th, 1911. For its inaugural celebration, IWD was recognized by more than one million women and men in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Six days later, …
In the century following its inception, International Women’s Day has become recognized in over a 100 hundred countries. Today thousands of celebrations with varying themes are taking place internationally. As women’s rights advance world-wide the day is an important reminder of the past struggles for gender equality. However in the U.S. it is also a reminder of how far …
This year International Women’s Day comes at a time when the historic uprisings sweeping Arab nations have introduced the world to a new face of Arab woman. In the West, certainly in the United States, Arab women are commonly defined as victims confined to the trappings of Islamic culture and religion, literally and figuratively. Media and commentators are fixated …
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents. 
