RADIO INTIFADA

intifada=shaking off - oppression/silence

Voices from Kolkota to Casablanca

Voices of struggle, Voices for change

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 2-3 pm

Pakistan: NWFP/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Region in Context

+ Extended News Analysis of Libya and the Arab Revolts

This week's program will feature extended news analysis of Libya and the Arab revolts in the Middle East, Gulf Countries and Northern Africa.  We will also speak with guest Declan Walsh to discuss Obama's covert military campaign in the Pakistani region of the North West Province Frontier, recently renamed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.

Guest:

Declan Walsh - foreign correspondent for The Guardian newspaper in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His recently published article, "Arithmetic on the Frontier", appears in the Fall issue of Granta Magazine, which in features original art, fiction, and reporting from Pakistan.  His book, Insh'Allah Nation: A Journey Through Modern Pakistan will be published in 2011.

Produced by Sejal Patel and hosted by Patel and Lucy Der-Tawitian with news analysis by Hamoud Salhi
South and West Asia and North Africa Collective of KPFK/Pacifica

Calendar

Fri, March 11, 7pm Film and Discussion - To Shoot An Elephant
Film by members of International Solidarity Movement (ISM) during Israel assault of Gaza, December 2008
Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N Alvarado LA 90026 (one block north of Sunset Blvd.) Refreshments and Snacks will be served.
Sponsored by KPFK Outreach Committee. For more information 323-679-5023 or www.kpfk.org

Sat, March 12, 11am - 2pm, International Women's March - Invest in Caring, Not Killing 
Gather 11am outside DCFS Office, 425 Shatto Pl, LA 90020;
March to MacArthur Park; rally; music; poetry; food; rides for those unable
to march; translation

Saturday, March 12, 3-6pm - "COINTELPRO 101" Film w/Hank Jones of SF8, Claude Marks of Freedom Archive and Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz  
COINTELPRO may not be a well-understood acronym but its meaning and continuing impact are absolutely central to understanding the government's war and repression against progressive movements. SoCal Library 6120 South Vermont Avenue - Donation requested

Saturday March 12, 7pm- International Women's Day Banquet, Palestinian American Women's Assn
Embassy Suites, Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Blvd, Garden Grove, 92840
For information and tickets: www.pawasca.org or 949-310-0015 or 909-861-8645