Radical Independent Media, Feminist Struggles, and International Women's Day: A View from Latin America, with Ojalá's Dawn Paley
What are you doing this International Women's Day?
Dawn Marie Paley is an investigative journalist and author of Drug War Capitalism and Guerra Neoliberal. She is the editor of Ojalá (https://www.ojala.mx/en/ojala-home/), a feminist digital weekly providing reporting and analysis from Latin America. She is also a member of NACLA’s Editorial Committee.
I’ve known Dawn since my days at www.upsidedownworld.org, so it was great to catch up with her and learn about the amazing work she is doing with her team at Ojalá. Please sign up for their newsletter here: https://www.ojala.mx/en/newsletter.
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My 5 Book Recommendations to Further Shine a Light on the Issue
Set Fear on Fire: The Feminist Call That Set the Americas Ablaze, by LASTESIS
Feminist International: How to Change Everything, by Verónica Gago, translated by Liz Mason-Deese
Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories, by Hilary Klein
Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America, by Dana Frank
Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Father's Quest for Justice, by Victoria Sanford
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EPISODE 4 – Sylvia Pankhurst – Suffragette Socialist and Scourge of Empire, with Dr. Kate Connelly
EPISODE 3 – The Radical History of International Women’s Day and the Feminist Movement, with Liza Featherstone