Archived Radio Show

October 9, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA231009

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Duration 57 minutes

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Featuring

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz,  Host of Women's Spaces 

2. Guest: Susan Lamont,  Anti-War Protest Organizer

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:  Joining me on the phone will be Susan Lamont, long-time peace activist, and she will be giving us some information on various antiwar protests that are happening in our area. I believe this is so important for people to know about these events and what is the motivation behind them. Feels like there is an antiwar movement on the rise.

Last week I attended a gathering in honor of Michael Rothenberg, one of the co-founders of 100 thousand Poets for Change hosted by my first guest Susan Lamont last week. Michael Rothenberg passed away in 2022. He was an American poet, songwriter, editor, artist, and environmentalist.
Susan and I will be talking a bit about the gathering and during the second segment I will read and comment on one of the poems that I wrote and read. Ken and I read a piece together called When Johnny Comes Marching Home. It is always wonderful reading with Ken. For the second half of the show, I will be doing a commentary and playing a few extra songs.

Shout out to all those who attended the Celebration, My dear friend Lillith Rogers attended and I will read her Earth Pledge, for me this pledge has more meaning today then any other time particularly when I see the suffering we many are experiencing because a hand full of profiteers do not understand that we are all children of the Earth and the Earth is not for sale for it is in turning our beloved planet into a commodity that we are having so many issues.

  The song I will be playing at the break is a Bob Dylan Song, Masters of War, sung by Judy Collins. To me this song is one of the greatest songs written about war and what the motivation for war is at this time. Here we are 2023 and it looks like we are in more trouble on our planet than ever before.

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2. Our Guest, Susan Lamont, talks of the contributions of poet Michael Rothenberg, who cofounded 100,000  Poets for Change.  She also draws our attention to anti-war rallies locally (see Announcements below.). She laments that it would only take a fraction of the war budget to provide the needed social programs to ensure every American could eat, be housed, and receive medical care. It is important to let the government know our opinions for a democracy to work, and we have the First Amendment that protects this right.

About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County's Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She is also a writer, poet and photographer. I have to say she is an amazing writer and photographer. Susan is a regular guest and was my first guest on my television show in 2004. She was involved in helping to create the Independent Office of Law Enforcement and Outreach (LOLERO), worked diligently to get it on the ballot and it passed with over 60% of the vote and it continues to be a work in progress. In 2017 Susan Lamont had the honor of being placed on the Sebastopol, CA, Living Peace Wall. 

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Guest Links:

Susan Lamont contact email: peacenik@sonic.net

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 Herstory

Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women's History Alliance,, where the date descriptions were sourced unless otherwise indicated.

Herstory Events:

October 8, 1993 – Toni Morrison becomes the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

October 11, 1984 – Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan is the first U.S. woman astronaut to “walk” in space during Challenger flight.

Herstory Birthdays:

October 8, 1881 (1981) – Esther Lape, championed U.S. participation in the Permanent Court of International Justice, which failed by 7 votes in the Senate (1935), worked for compulsory health insurance, which was supported by Presidents Truman and Eisenhower but defeated by the AMA.

October 9, 1823 (1893) – Mary Shadd Cary, first black woman editor in North America, “Provincial Freeman” (1853) in Windsor, Canada, helped black freed slaves know their rights.

October 9, 1892 (1992) – Abigail Eliot, founding member of the National Association for Nursery Education (1933), helped monitor quality and establish standards.

October 11, 1884 (1962) – Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights advocate, feminist, author, world diplomat, former First Lady (1933-45).

October 12, 1908 (1997) – Ann Petry, reporter for African American newspapers in 1930s, wrote The Street, first African American novel to sell more than a million copies (1946).

October 13, c.1754 (1832) – Mary Hays McCauley, “Molly Pitcher” of the Battle of Monmouth (1778), legendary water-carrying heroine of the American Revolution.

October 13, 1897 (1979) – Edith Sampson, lawyer, first black American to be appointed as a United Nations delegate, first to be elected U.S. circuit judge.

October 15, 1906 (1976) – Victoria Spivey, record producer, blues singer in 1920s, played a featured role in “Hallelujah” (1920), which had an all-black cast.

October 16, 1895 (1989) – Marguerite Rawalt, lawyer, president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women (1954-56), supporter of the ERA and entire feminist agenda, particularly including the word “sex” in Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Announcements;

Monday,  October 9, 2023, 11 AM to 3 PM, Indigeneous People's Day Celebration, SRJC, for more information see https://nac.santarosa.edu/event/srjc-indigenous-peoples-day-0

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Tuesday, October 10, 6:00 – 7:30 PM PT, RIPA – The Racial Identity and Profiling Act – Informational Webinar via Zoom, sponsored by CLEAN – Committee for Law Enforcement Accountability Now.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows…Racial or identity profiling is a practice that presents a great danger to the fundamental principles of our Constitution and a democratic society. It is abhorrent and cannot be tolerated. (AB 953, RIPA);  Free, RSVP at https://cleancommittee.org/home-1-1-1

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Thursday, October 12, 2023, 4 to 6 PM, Green Living & Repair Fair,  SRJC Santa Rosa Campus, 1501 Mendocino AvenueSanta Rosa, CA; sponsored by Reuse Alliance. SRJC Fashion will be there doing textile mending and we will be fixing bikes and lamps/small appliances. We will also be sharing information about Reuse Resources, upcoming events and how to get involved! Stop by and say hello! For more information see https://www.reusealliance.org/events/green-living-fair-repair

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Saturday, October 14th, Noon to 1 PM,  Keep Space Safe for Peace!; Old Courthouse Square, 3rd St., Santa Rosa, CA,; In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly declared that October 4-10 every year would be designated as ‘World Space Week’ to “celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition” – we ask people to recognize this as a time to Keep Space for Peace.

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Sunday, October 15th, Noon - 6PM, Russian River Pride Parade - Guerneville, CA; Main Street from Mill Street to Armstrong Woods Road. for more information see https://www.happeningsonomacounty.com/events/russian-river-pride-parade/

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Monday, October 16, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, the show will feature guest, Lynn Woolsey, former Congesswoman, in memorial to Senator Dianne Feinstein. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Monday, October 16, 2023, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM, National Organization for Women, Monthly membership meeting, via zoom. Open to the public. For details and zoom information, see http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html#1

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show that will feature guest, Lynn Woolsey, former Congesswoman, in memorial to Senator Dianne Feinstein.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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Sunday, October 22, 4:00 to 6:30 PM; 10th Anniversary Memorial for Andy Lopez Cruz, Andy's Unity Park, Moorland and West Robles Aves., Santa Rosa,  CA, Andy's family invites the community to a gathering featuring poems, songs, music, memories, images, flowers and activism. Everyone is welcome.

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Music Selections

The Opening and Closing Theme song The Woman in Your Life is You is done with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin ((August 16, 1940 – May 19, 2021) Alix Dobkin death was just announced - Thank you for all you did for Lesbians to be recognized and Women to be honored. May you rest in peace. See our Interview with Alix Dobkin on 12/1/2014 and our Memorial to Alix Dobkin on 5/24/2021

The Woman in Your Life is You by Alix Dobkin from the album Living with Lavender Jane (2010 Women's Wax Works) - www.alixdobkin.com

Masters of War, sung by Judy Collins from the album Forever – An anthology (1997 Electra Entertainment A Division of Warner Communications
For the United States of America, and WEA International, Inc, for the world
Outside of the United States.). 

Universal Soldier , sung by Buffy St. Marie from the single Medicine Songs (True North Records.)

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Link:  Spinitron.com Playlist for Women's Spaces Show