Radical Visions, Possible Worlds
A panel discussion with Grace Lee Boggs and Immanuel WallersteinModerated by Scott KurashigeScott Kurashige: We’re going to start with our panelists giving us their sense of how they see the world...
View ArticleAB32 Blocked by California Court; An Interview with Alegria De La Cruz
Subscribe to the RP&E podcast feed.Download the mp3. Use the player above. Or use this ITunes link.By Frank Lopez and Joe Feria-GaliciaFrank Lopez: How are the plaintiffs going to ensure that the...
View ArticleFilipina Domestic Workers on the Move
Interview with Katie JoaquinBy Christine Joy FerrerMAKIBAKA!Imagine the life of a domestic worker—a caregiver, nanny, or housekeeper, serving in a private home. Now, imagine not being able to sleep for...
View ArticleUnmodified: "Making Home Affordable" Program Fails to Address Foreclosure Crisis
TranscriptIrene Florez:Making Home Affordable is a key part of the Obama Administration's effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. If you are struggling with your monthly mortgage payments or if...
View ArticleOn Occupy: Roundtable Discussion with Steve Williams, Maria Poblet, and Neeta...
TranscriptMeaghan LaSala: Up next, a round table with three guests from the San Francisco bay area discussing how the movement of the 99% can move forward, toward long term solidarity. Neeta Bee is one...
View ArticleOn Occupy: Roundtable Discussion with Angela Davis and Rev. James Lawson
Transcript Erin Aubry Kaplan: Great, so this is I guess the moment some of us have been waiting for. We’re going to have a conversation on stage with Angela Davis and Reverend James Lawson. And before...
View ArticleOrganizing the New Majority
Interview with Bertha LewisBy B. Jesse Clarke Bertha Lewis is president and founder of the New York-based action think tank, Black Institute and former president and chief organizer for the community...
View ArticleFrom the Camps to the Neighborhoods
Subscribe to the RP&E podcast feed.Download the mp3. Use the player above. Or use this ITunes link.A Conversation with Movement GenerationInterview by Ellen ChoyThe transformation of the Occupy...
View ArticleReflections of Activistas
We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting ForActivistas from the New MajorityBy Christine Joy FerrerAt the Empowering Women of Color conference in March this year, I was moved to hear Grace Lee Boggs, in an...
View ArticleCarl Anthony: Earth Day and Environmental Justice - Then and Now
Carl Anthony co-founded Race, Poverty and the Environment in 1990. In this interview with RP&E editor B. Jesse Clarke, Anthony shares his reflections on some of the key milestones that led to the...
View ArticleReflections of Activistas
Excerpted here are the voices of young activistas who redefine what it means to be part of the new majority as women of color.
View ArticleCarl Anthony on Earth Day: Then and Now
“Because of the white bias of the environmental movement, there was almost no talk about cities, even though 85 percent of the population of the United States lived in cities and metropolitan area.”
View ArticleInterview with Krissy Keefer, DMT Artistic Director of Dance Brigade and...
Dance Mission Theater's Krissy Keefer voices her opinions and concerns about the current social and economic conditions in San Francisco’s Mission district and DMT’s commitment to its vibrant community...
View ArticleClaiming Our Voice Panel Discussion
“We have women power, people power, but we don’t have paper power.” Gulnahar Alam “Unfortunately, the way the non-profit system is set up is that it does not affirm working class leadership, and I...
View ArticleAs the South Goes; Organizing, Healing and Resilience in Gulf Coast Communities
“We need folks to value our difference and to value our uniqueness and to say that there just might be something as innovative as jazz to come out and solve this climate change problem.”
View ArticleHistory of Exploitation: from Slavery to Domestic Work
An interview with Sheila Bapat“The roots of domestic work are deeply connected to the history of slavery in the U.S. It’s no accident that a vast majority of domestic workers were African American...
View ArticleBeyond Gay Marriage
“I absolutely think housing for poor, homeless, and low-income queer folks is a huge issue for us, as is doing anti-violence work...” —Kenyon Farrow,
View ArticleA Conversation with Joyce Gordon
"So here I am. I get to be around all the kinds of people I like and enjoy that inspire me, motivate me, and make me happy. Now I am probably the happiest that I have been in my life, but I am also the...
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