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Digma performing at League of Filipino Students “Ring the Alarm” benefit On this 39th anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines, hear from the Filipino Community Center’s monthly Talakayan (Discussion). This month, the FCC put together Remembering Martial Law, Celebrating International Solidarity . The discussion focuses on the experiences of Filipino organizers and their … Continued
SKY TRAIN: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam Local PEN award winning author Canyon Sam has travelled from the United States to Tibet and everywhere in between to document, and bear witness, to the largely unknown history of Tibetan women. In the text, SKY TRAIN: Tibetan Women on the Edge … Continued
September 11 Then and Now This week on Apex Express, we reflect back on 9/11. As the nation remembers the victims in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on board the airplanes, Apex explores the aftermath and how OUR communities have been affected. We’ll hear a personal documentary by Robynn Takayama on how several Asian … Continued
AYPAL Youth Leaders Speak On OUSD Ethnic Studies Campaign On APEX Express tonight: It’s back-to-school season for most Bay Area students – so tonight we hear about a fierce campaign to transform the Oakland school district! We have a full-length interview with the incredible voices of AYPAL youth leaders! 9 API youth organizers, making up the … Continued
Partho Sarathi In this week’s APEX Express: Find out about how the Indian state is at war with its own people as it aims to be more and more of a neo-liberal economy. Bay-area based activist Anu Mandavilli from the Mining Zone People’s Solidarity Group (www.miningzone.org) interviews Indian activist Partho Sarathi Ray from the group … Continued
Drones or unmanned aircraft have been in use since at least since 2004 in Afghanistan, and in the Tribal Reigon on the boarder with Pakistan. It is estimated that every “drone strike” kills 10- 15 civilians for every 1 “suspected millitant” With some estimates out of Pakistani media that 5 thousand people have all … Continued
“Never give up,” is what the members of Bindlestiff studio, the long-time theatre group, live by. This strong constitution is what has kept them going since the closure of their space in 2003 (by San Francisco Redevelopment Agency) and gives them the strength for the final push for their landmark opening at the end of … Continued
Tonight on APEX Express, learn about an urgent and important issue of land grabs and the exploitation of mining industries in India. Preeti Mangala Shekar sits down in discussion with two US-based activists who are part of the Mining Zone People’s Solidarity Group (MZPSG), an activist research collective that has documented how POSCO, a Korean … Continued
Marie Choi speaks with three San Francisco workers who are organizing to end wage theft in the city. And, Ellen Choy sits down with Heera Lal Sharma, the chief executive and founder of Sahyog Sansthan, an organization committed to the socio-economic empowerment of small, marginal farmers among tribal and disadvantaged groups in Rajasthan, India With … Continued
