Hosted by Melissa Chiprin and Susan Kraker with Leilani Albano
This week on FM, host Melissa Chiprin asks: When all is said and done, and ‘a lot’ has been said but, what has been done? California electoral results and what it means to you…aka the morning after- in our rendition of “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” for Feminist Magazine’s November midterm election 2010 post analysis….
With Laura Flanders host and founder of GRITtv, author of BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species, Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians, and editor of the new collection: At the Tea Party: the Wing nuts, Whack jobs and Whitey-whiteness of the New Republican Right-and Why we Should Take it Seriously (OR books Nov, 2010.).
Also joining us is Betsy Reed, the executive editor of The Nation, co-editor of Going Rouge: Sarah Palin–An American Nightmare. Editor of Unnatural Disaster: The Nation on Hurricane Katrina,and of the anthology Nothing Sacred: Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror.
Later, Nwamaka Agbo, of The Ella Baker Center, Soul of the City Campaign Director, and an active member of Ella’s Daughters, a national networking organization focused on connecting women activists and organizers from across the nation around issues affecting our communities-addresses California electoral results and what it means to you.
(left: Laura Flanders/GRITtv; middle: Betsy Reed/The Nation; right: Nwamaka Agbo/The Ella Baker Center)