10/2 Radio Intifada 3pm: Role of Progressive Kurds in the US and US-Iranian Elections

RADIO INTIFADA

intifada=shaking off - oppression/silence

Voices from Kolkata to Casablanca

Voices of struggle, Voices for change

Thursday, October 2, 2008 3-4pm PDT

KPFK/Pacifica Radio 90.7 FM, Los Angeles

streaming at kpfk.org and available on audio archive for 90 days

Role of Progressive Kurds in the US and US-Iranian

relations

This week's Radio Intifada will focus on the role of progressive Kurds in the US and US-Iranian relations, with a discussion of political prisoners as well as Ahmadinejad's recent visit to the US.

We will discuss the on-going hunger strike by Kurdish Political Prisoners in Iran as well as the 8 prisoners who are condemned to death for political activities; the struggles of Kurdish women and what Kurdish women political prisoners face in Iranian jails.

GUESTS:
Mr Ardy Rashidi President of Kurdish American Education Society, UN Association of Southern California

Dr. Kamal Artin, human rights activist and member of Kurdish National Congress of North America (KNCNA)

Mrs. Soraya Falah, KNC board member and Women's Rights Activist,

Produced and hosted by Nyma Ardalan, SWANA Collective

CALENDAR:
Saturday, October 11h, 2008, 9pm - 2am @ MAL'S BAR: 2331 S Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Celebrate and elevate the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Native and Indigenous peoples and our communities through our love for art, music and dance! What: INSPIRATION is the highly celebrated, beautifully created dance, music and arts event with a grassroots conscious mindset that has been consistent for 4 years in Los Angeles. Join as as communities come together to dance, create and celebrate peace, justice and healing by organizing an "INSPIRATION says NO to war, YES to life!" event.

Who: The proceeds will go to Jahan (http://www.jahan.org), an Afghan humanitarian non-profit which applies 100% of all donations to Afghan children's education projects by using an all-volunteer staff.

Why: We stand in solidarity with the war-torn nation and people of Afghanistan as they enter their 7th year under U.S. military occupation (in October) and nearly three decades of war and injustice, death and destruction, poverty and migration. And while Afghanistan is thousands of miles away, it is only a breath away from our struggles in our streets. From our youth deployed and enlisted to the unemployed and addicted, our problems are linked. Now we link our possibilities and prophecy this:

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