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Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange, discusses her new book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, her recent delegation to Pakistan to express solidarity with the Pakistani people and to protest US drone strikes, the numerous legal, moral and practical issues raised by the proliferation of drone technology and how she and her fellow […]
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Producer Catherine Komp and anchor Dorian Merina of Free Speech Radio News talk about FSRN’s news gathering and editorial process, its virtual, commuting operations and its worker-run collective organizational structure. FSRN came into being in 2000 by striking reporters protesting the censorship policies of the Pacifica Network. (Broadcast on WPKN on September 12. 2012)
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Rebecca Vilkomerson, Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace, talks about her own path to integrating her Jewish values with her political response to Israel’s policies as well as the work her organization is doing to inform American consciousness and to influence US government policy about the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East […]
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Nora Kramer, vegan and animal rights activist, Texas coordinator for Mercy for Animals and founder of YEA camps, talks about her life’s path, her philosophy and practice of activism and her love of sports. (Broadcast on WPKN 89.5 Bridgeport, CT on August 8, 2012)
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Australian author Stephanie Dale talks to me about her 1,000-mile pilgrimage through the Balkans and Middle East that she traveled with her 29-year old son, Ben. (Broadcast on WPKN89.5 Bridgeport, CT on July 11, 2012)
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UPDATE In the Supreme Court of Pakistan a short order was passed today (January 7, 2013) in which the original agreement and its appendages signed by the Balochistan Development Authority with the foreign companies “is held to have been executed contrary to the provision of the Mineral Development Act, 1948, the Mining Concession Rules, 1970 framed thereunder, the Contract […]
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This month I bring you music tidings from Lahore, the town where I was born. You will hear interviews with three Pakistani musicians: first, Noor Zehra playing the Sagar Veena, a stringed instrument created by her father Raza Kazim; then Ali Noor with one of Pakistan’s most popular pop rock bands Noori, and lastly, Irum […]
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In this updated interview with Robert Massoud, founder of Zatoun, a Toronto-based organization dedicated to supporting Palestine’s olive farmers, I ask him how the situation has changed since 2008, when we first spoke. I am unhappy to report that things have seriously deteriorated in the past three years. Update: This article (Electronic Intifada, March 11, 2013) […]
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Writer, blogger, political analyst and adherent of Sufi thought, Raza Rumi reveals to us a Pakistan that the mainstream media has failed to provide. Raza spoke to us from his home in Lahore.
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Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian author and activist, talks about her first novel, the multigenerational story of a Palestinian family, set in the Jenin refugee camp.
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.
