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An Australian aboriginal child can stand proud – Radio talk with Muriel Bamblett

Australia aboriginal indigenous girl in traditional dress

WNN RADIO (WNN) Victoria, AUSTRALIA: “We’re a people without status. We’re not formally recognized within the constitution. And it’s concerning that aboriginal people are scared to say they’re aboriginal,” says Muriel Bamblett, CEO of the CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency in Victoria, Australia, who is herself aboriginal and a native of Australia. [...]

The Rachel Corrie Legacy – A radio talk by those who knew her

Rachel Corrie after she received fatal wounds from being hit and run over by an Israeli contractor's bulldozer

WNN RADIO (WNN) Olympia, WASHINGTON, U.S.: The story of the activism of slain 23-year-old activist Rachel Corrie highlights the death of an activist who was working on what she loved to do – be part of an nonviolent campaign to help people who are suffering. She chose through her actions to help the people of [...]

When Buddha was a woman – A radio talk with Sandy Boucher

Buddha statue in Ladakh

WNN Radio release (WNN) OAKLAND, California, U.S.: 2600 years ago, the Buddha created an order of women nuns, but it disappeared after only 1,000 years. Today, Western women Buddhists are allying with Buddhist women in the East to struggle against prohibition on women’s ordination, in places such as Thailand. Kellia Ramares-Watson interviews feminist Buddhist author [...]

Consciousness-raising the ruling class

Young girl sells corn

WNN Radio release (WNN Radio release) UK: During five days of May 2011, Baroness Anne Jenkin set up a soup kitchen in Britain’s House of Lords, to help the peers “get a better understanding of the challenges faced by people living in extreme poverty.” The Women’s Parliamentary Radio tours the place to see what the diners there [...]

Were women central to the ancient world in Europe?

Neolithic era Malta Venus figurine.

WNN Radio In this interesting radio show on WINGS, host Marija Gimbutas combines archaeology, linguistics and folklore studies to describe the Neolithic cultures of Old Europe as stable, peaceful, sustainable, and female-centered. Joan Marler, a Gimbutas scholar, reviews the material artifacts at the 2nd World Congress of Matriarchal Studies. A study of ancient history allows [...]

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