WBAI: 2:00 PM today actress Kathleen Chalfant and activist Brian Avery on the aftermath of Rachel's Words
in...@rachelswords.org
2:00-3:00 pm: Cat Radio Cafe
Kate Valk on her stunning performance as Brutus Jones in The Wooster
Group's production of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones; actress
Kathleen Chalfant and activist Brian Avery on the aftermath of Rachel's
Words: An Event [last week at The Riverside Church] to Honor the Words
and Life of Rachel Corrie; and members of Soundings of the Planet, who
made music and healing presentations to the wounded at Walter Reed.
Hosted by Janet Coleman and David Dozer.
Other media coverage of the March 22nd event at Riverside Church.
1) For Activist's Supporters, the Show Does Go On, Makeba Scott
Hunter, The New Jersey Herald News, March 24, 2006
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5MDI2OTMmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz
NEW YORK -- Rachel Corrie's legacy just might prove that the pen is
mightier than the sword.
Despite the cancellation of a theater production based on the writings
of the late human-rights activist, some 1,200 people packed into
Harlem's Riverside Church Wednesday night for an alternate production
â€" pulled together in two weeks by friends and supporters -- that
celebrated Corrie's life and protested perceived censorship.
"This is a powerful outcry, not just by people who love and know Rachel
and know the work in Palestine, but anybody who champions free speech
and who champions a plethora and diversity of ideas and opinions," said
Adam Shapiro, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, to
which Corrie belonged... (see link for more)
2) Why Jews Must Speak Out on Palestine, Jonathan Tasini, Common
Dreams, Huffington Post and The Daily Kos, March 24, 2006
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0324-35.htm
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/23/103732/830
3) Rachel Corrie's Words, James Zogby, Huffington Post, March 24, 2006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-zogby/rachel-corries-words_b_17848.html
4) Rachel Corrie is the New Anne Frank, Katherine Viner on WNYC (New
York City Public radio) with Brian Lehrer, March 23, 2006
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2006/03/23
(scroll to the bottom of the page and click on appropriate tab to
listen or download)
5) Democracy Now, Debate Between James Nicola and Lynn Moffat of The
New York Theater Workshop, and "My Name is Rachel Corrie" Editor
Katharine Viner, March 22, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/22/1435259
6) Democracy Now, Interview with Cindy and Craig Corrie, March 22,
2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/22/1436203