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Asia Pacific Forum is the progressive pan-Asian radio show broadcast every Tuesday night from 8-9pm on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and live on the web. We cover underreported stories from Asia, as well as Asian American politics and culture. Each week we talk to authors like Arundhati Roy, Jessica Hagedorn, and Jeff Chang; activists and politicos like Yuri Kochiyama, Mike Honda, and Monami Maulik; intellectuals like Tariq Ali, Vandana Shiva, and Vijay Prashad; artists like DJ Rekha, David Henry Hwang, and Asian Dub Foundation--and many more!
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Protests Against US Beef Imports to South Korea (Asia Pacific Forum: 15 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 15, 2008
It is reported that more than a million have taken part in protests against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, due to a treaty allowing US beef imports into the country. US beef imports to South Korea were blocked in 2003 because of a fear of mad cow disease. The protests eventually led to a call for President Lee's impeachment. While the media has covered the protests as being the catalyst to requests for President Lee's resignation, for many protesting the US beef import issue is just the last straw in many problems with the current administration in South Korea. Tonight to we talk to professor Bruce Cumings about the current situation in South Korea.
GUESTS:
BRUCE CUMINGS is the author of North Korea, Korea's Place in the Sun, War and Television, The Origins of the Korean War, and other books. He contributes frequently to the London Review of Books, The Nation, and other publications, and is a professor of history at the University of Chicago.
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ICED, Anti-Deportation Video Game Created by Breakthrough (Asia Pacific Forum: 15 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 15, 2008
Last February Breakthrough, an international human rights organization, launched a new video game entitled ICED. ICED stands for I Can End Deportation, a play on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department, which is responsible for detentions, deportations and raids on immigrants and undocumented migrants in the US. In the game the player's goal is to avoid getting caught and going to detention by doing good deeds and knowing the facts about current immigration laws. The hope is to create awareness and spark dialogue about unfair US immigration policies. We speak to Executive Director of Breakthrough, Mallika Dutt about the video game, ICED.
ICED Game
GUESTS:
MALLIKA DUTT is the Founder and Executive Director of Breakthrough (www.breakthrough.tv), an innovative, high impact, international human rights organization using education, media and popular culture to transform attitudes and advance equality, justice, and dignity. Breakthrough works in India and the United States, the world's two largest democracies, on several issues including women's rights, sexuality and HIV/AIDS, racial justice and immigrant rights.
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"Thursday" by Asobi Seksu - More info: www.asobiseksu.com/
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Vijay Prashad on his book, The Darker Nations (Asia Pacific Forum: 15 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 15, 2008
The Third World was a project, not a place. That's the premise of Vijay Prashad's newest book, a fascinating reconstruction of the movement of the world's poor countries to establish an alternative global order during the era of the Cold War. Led by post-colonial titans like Nehru, Nasser, and Nkrumah, newly liberated societies joined forces to put forward an incredibly ambitious global program--before it all came crashing down. APF's own Andrew Hsiao edited The Darker Nations, recently released in paperback, so we'll re-air this chat between author and editor.
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VIJAY PRASHAD is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian history and professor of international studies at Trinity College in Connecticut. He's a board member of the Center for Third World Organizing and a co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists, and the author of a number of other books, including The Karma of Brown Folks and Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting. The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World is published by The New Press.
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Why Koreans Dominate Hip-Hop Dance: A Report from Seoul (Asia Pacific Forum: 08 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 08, 2008
Who are the best hip-hop dancers in the world? A growing consensus in the global hip-hop community points to Korean b-boys--the just-completed second annual global invitational hip-hop dance competition, called R16, was held in Seoul, South Korea, and as many had predicted, a Korean crew won the compeition. What makes this surprising fact even more astonishing is that hip-hop culture is only about a decade old in Korea. Writer JEFF CHANG went to Seoul for R16 and joins us to discuss the history of hip-hop in Korea.
GUESTS:
JEFF CHANG has written extensively on culture, politics, the arts, and music. He is the author of Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, and editor of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. He wrote about R16 for Salon.com (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/06/26/korean_hiphop/index.html). Learn more about Jeff Chang's writing at http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/self.cfm
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The Asian American International Film Festival (Asia Pacific Forum: 08 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 08, 2008
The 31st edition of the Asian American International Film Festival opens this week in New York, and features a lineup of features and documentaries that includes new films by Wayne Wang and Oscar-winning documentary maker Jessica Yu. We sit down with festival director SONJIA HYON for a preview of the festival. And we'll be joined by filmmaker RISA MORIMOTO, whose remarkable new documentary about kamikaze fighters includes interviews with pilots who survived their failed WWII missions.
GUESTS:
SONJIA HYON is the director of the Asian American International Film Festival, which opens Thursday, July 10 and runs to Saturday, July 19. For a full schedule, see www.aaiff.org.
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Director Risa Morimoto on her film, Wings of Defeat (Asia Pacific Forum: 08 Jul 2008)
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Through close interviews, archival footage, and animation, Morimoto complicates the image of the kamikaze as fanatical patriots, revealing that hundreds of kamikaze pilots in fact survived their missions. Their stories provide a poignant look at the desperation of a nation which sent its youth on suicide missions. Interweaving personal experiences with the larger historical narrative, Morimoto examines the moral decisions these men grappled with.
GUESTS:
RISA MORIMOTO is the director of Wings of Defeat.
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Democracy in Mongolia: A Look Inside the Recent Election and Protests (Asia Pacific Forum: 08 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 08, 2008
On July 1st hundreds of protestors in Mongolia attacked the headquarters of the dominant political party and charged into the national art gallery. The government responded by calling for a four-day state of emergency and by shutting down television and radio stations. The protests left five dead and many more arrested. The opposition party says the June 29 election was rigged. International observers say the polling stations had no evidence of misconduct. The standoff marks one of the most serious challenges to Mongolia's fledgling democracy in nearly two decades. We are joined by DR. MORRIS ROSSABI, whose recent book, Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists, explores the issue of democratic change in the country.
GUESTS:
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, MORRIS ROSSABI is currently the Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York and Adjunct Professor at Columbia. He is the author of Khubilai Khan (University of California Press), China and Inner Asia (Thames and Hudson), Modern Mongolia (University of California Press), and many other books and more than 70 articles. He is also the former Chair of the Arts and Culture Committee, Soros Foundations.
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Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Right to Habeas Corpus (Asia Pacific Forum: 01 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 01, 2008
In a historic decision, the Supreme Court recognized the right of Guantánamo Bay detainees to challenge their detention in US civilian courts. This comes after 6 years of court battles, in which the Bush administration has used executive privilege to overstep the basic provisions of habeas corpus- the right of anyone tried in U.S. courts to a fair trial and counsel. Huzaifa Parhat, a Chinese Muslim is one of the detained, though little information has been produced about his connection to the War on Terror. To get an inside look at the Supreme Court decision, and understand what's in store for the remaining detainees, we are joined on the phone by Pardiss Kabriaia, a staff attorney with the NY-based nonprofit, the Center for Constitutional Rights.
GUESTS:
Pardiss Kebriaei is a Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). She represents several of CCR's clients at Guantánamo and helps coordinate CCR's network of hundreds of pro bono counsel representing other prisoners. She focuses on using international human rights mechanisms to bring international pressure to bear on the U.S. government and hold other governments accountable for their role in the violations at Guantánamo.
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Protests Greet Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on her NYC Visit (Asia Pacific Forum: 01 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 01, 2008
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo visited New York last week after a 10-day U.S. tour. On her agenda, she discussed internal issues, such as the food crisis in the Philippines and the domestic economy that has increasingly relied on remittances from Filipinos working abroad. She also took advantage of a meeting with President Bush, to discuss increased military and defense support from the US State Department and the Filipino Veterans equity bill in Congress. But her administration, which has been the source of controversy within the country and among the expatriate population, has been criticized for its human rights record. We play you live audio, taken from a protest on Thursday on the streets in Manhattan.
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Transfer of Shrine Land in Kashmir Sparks Conflict (Asia Pacific Forum: 01 Jul 2008)
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Tue, Jul 01, 2008
For more than a week now, violence has continued in Kashmir in one of the worst incidents in recent years. The current issue is the transfer of land of a Hindu shrine from the state to the Shri Amarnth Shrine Board in the mostly-Muslim district near Srinagar. But the events are just the latest in the long-running conflict over Kashmir. Joining us tonight is the journalist, Basharat Peer, who has reported in the region and whose memoir of the conflict, Curfewed Night, will be published this year by Scribner.
GUESTS:
Basharat Peer is an Assistant Editor at Foreign Affairs, and is writing a memoir called Curfewed Night, to be published by Scribner next year in the United States. He has written on Kashmir for India's leading magazine, including Tehelka, Guardian London, New Statesman, Financial Times and N+1.
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Immigration Raids Across the US: What is behind the current increase? (Asia Pacific Forum: 24 Jun 2008)
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Tue, Jun 24, 2008
First, from California to Florida, Boston to Iowa, immigration raids are sweeping the country, in industries as diverse as the service industry, agriculture and manufacturing. The nature of the raids has differed, as the populations affected. In many circumstances, the raids involve up to 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers storming businesses, and picking up all suspected employees, sending panic among communities where immigrant labor provides the backbone of the economy. To understand the patterns between the raids and the political climate in which the Justice Department has increased scrutiny and charges, we speak to amalia anderson, the Project Director for the Main Street Project in Iowa.
GUESTS:
amalia anderson is a Guatemalan born activist and cultural worker. She is currently the Project Director for the Main Street Project. Amalia is on MN Steering Committee of the National Lawyers Guild and a board member of the Headwaters Foundation. Nationally, Amalia is a board member of the Indigenous Women's Network. Additionally, Amalia serves as a Field Representative for the American Indian Treaty Council and has participated in UN meetings such as the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and the Permanent Form on Indigenous Issues. For the past two years, she has been on the steering committee for the Midwest Social Forum, and was a member of the Indigenous Advisory Committee for the 2006 US Social Forum. Amalia has over 13 years of community and cultural organizing; and community education experience. Her specific focus includes human rights and anti-racism education, cultural rights and the production of knowledge, as well as movement building.
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"Amalthea" by 4 Bonjour's Parties - More info: www.myspace.com/4bonjoursparties
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An Interview with author, Don Lee (Asia Pacific Forum: 24 Jun 2008)
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Jun 24, 2008
Author Don Lee's new book, Wrack and Ruin, is a comedic novel featuring a quirky cast of characters whose paths cross one Labor Day weekend in the fictional town of Rosarita Bay, near San Francisco. The story centers on Lyndon Song, a formerly renowned sculptor who left behind the New York art world to become a Brussels sprout farmer; and his brother, Woody, a Hollywood producer who specializes in adapting Asian hits for the American cinema. Wrack and Ruin was published this spring by Norton. APF collective member Leyla Mei spoke with Don Lee earlier this month and recorded this interview.
GUESTS:
Don Lee is the author of the novel Country of Origin, which won an American Book Award and the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and the story collection Yellow, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He currently teaches creative writing at Western Michigan University and lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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"Your Chill Long Hands" by 4 Bonjour's Parties - More info: www.myspace.com/4bonjoursparties
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