A Year in the Life of Reproductive Rights under Obama. Guest: Erin Matson, Action VP of the National Organization for Women, takes us through the last year in reproductive rights under our "pro-choice" President -- and disputes the myth that her generation of younger women is indifferent to the issue. Part 2: A tribute to former Joy of Resistance producer and inspired feminist / social justice activist Jennifer Fasulo who died two weeks ago at 43. Excerpts of her JOR work. Hosts: Fran Luck, Maretta Short.

Maretta Short and Fran Luck of Joy of Resistance: Multicutural Feminist Radio are extremely sad to announce the death of former Joy of Resistance producer Jennifer Fasulo, killed in a car crash on August 18 at the age of 43.

Jennifer was a dedicated and passionate feminist and social justice activist throughout her life, having been active in tenant rights, union rights, women's rights, LGBT rights and anti-racistwork. As a producer for JOR, from 2004 to 2007, she opened up new territory for the show, bringing onto the airwaves of WBAI, the voices of Middle Eastern women who represented movements that were feminist/secular and socialist and which fought against both U.S. imperialism and Islamic theocracy. She pioneered programming that brought to light the leading but little-known role that Black Women-led organizations had played in the Civil Rights movement, especially the Women's Political Council, under the leadership of Joanne Robinson, which had organized and launched the Montgomery bus boycott. She was also instrumental in Maretta Short becoming a producer with Joy of Resistance.

"Some Enchandlered Mornings". Beginning Saturday 4 September, and continuing for the next two weeks, AS I PLEASE presents a serialization of the short novel RED WIND by Raymond Chandler.  The story features Philip Marlowe, among the brightest and assuredly the wittiest of the hard-boiled dicks, a pretty girl, a couple of cops and a thug or two. Simon Loekle reads the text; Ben Webster and Stuff Smith will provide the musical breaks.

Theater, music, interviews, social commentary, and the fleetingly famous.
Join David Rothenberg for discount theater tickets, great music of many decades, discussions of arts, politics and criminal justice, a quiz about those formerly in the news, and forthright social commentary by a man who fearlessly goes out on a limb. And among other things you’ll have opportunities to go to the theater and support the station. See more about the show.

A one-hour special! Towards a Healthy Society? with Dr. Bruce Levine and Cindy Milstein. What makes a healthy society? Are we blank slates which can produce any sort of society we desire or do we only create the kinds of societies our genetic and evolutionary heritage could allow; and if the latter is only partly true, what does our evolutionary heritage say about human nature anyway?

ANOTHER OPENING. AND ANOTHER OPENING... AND ANOTHER OPENING... AND ANOTHER... oh, you get the idea! Opening numbers from Musicals and Concerts! This show is a re-broadcast from April 3rd, 2005. Some of the music that will be part of the mix: JUDY GARLAND AT CARNEGIE HALL, CABARET - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING, LIZA MINNELLI AT THE WINTER GARDEN, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING, DUKE ELLINGTON AT CARNEGIE HALL January 1943, A FUNNY THING HAPPEN ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING, GUYS AND DOLLS - ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING and more. For more see David Kenney's website oldisnew.org.

WBAI will broadcast two special programs on Labor day.
  3:00 AM - 7:00 PM Caribbean Day Celebration
  7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Labor Day Building Bridges Special
Democracy Now is not preempted and will broadcast as scheduled from 8-9AM. From 3AM to 6AM "Telling It Like It Is" will participate in Caribbean Broadcast. For more see wiadca.com.

 

Building Bridges Special: Unemployment is unabated and poverty is on the rise; It's still a recession, for many, and for others its an outright depression. And now the same balanced budget madness which hobbles even a modest recovery is threatening social security, medicare and other social programs while pitting workers against workers and demonizing the immigrant community. But while they say cutback we say fightback.

WBAI will air special 9/11 commemoration programming from Noon to 7PM on Saturday September 11th. Previously announced plans for fund raising on September 9th and 10th have been postponed.

This year New Yorkers will be voting with new machines that employ a paper ballot and automatically produce a verifiable paper record in compliance with the Help America Vote Act. In preparation for Election Day, the Board of Elections in the City of New York is conducting an education campaign that includes demonstrations at community events and Learning Centers in all five boroughs. At these events, voters can kick the tires on the new optical scanning system. Yes, it's voting practice.

For dates and locations see this calendar. You can also visit the Learning Center in your local Board of Elections Borough Office. For a schedule, see the PDF flyers here. There is also a cheat sheet for the new system and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Our Summer Fund Drive has concluded. Thank you everyone for your generous donations to WBAI. We are cognizant of how much every dollar counts these days, and we continue to be surprised and grateful for your ongoing love and support of the station. We couldn't broadcast without you. The goal for this drive was $550,000. As of August 21, at midnight we had raised $414,048.

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The full force of the U.S. criminal "justice" system came down on innocent political prisoner, 30-year veteran human rights attorney and radical political activist Lynne Stewart on July 15, 2010.

The Florida Modern Slavery Museum is a traveling exhibit that shows the poor working conditions and abusive practices inflicted on many fruit pickers in Florida, many of which are undocumented. Those practices have become the evidence in at least 8 federal lawsuits against employers who abused their workers. The museum is endorsed by ten leading human rights and anti-slavery organizations, and was in New York this week to let people understand the conditions under which tomatoes are picked and end up on their dinner plates.

The list of WBAI Local Station Board candidates has been finalized. The list of candidates and their statements, is now available. Ballots were mailed August 16th.

Our live streams are available on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and other smartphones. For more, see stream.wbai.org

The WBAI Conflict Resolution Committee is soliciting donations for a fund dedicated to resolving the ongoing conflicts at the station.