Australian journalist Jan Graham spent ten years in Vietnam covering the war. She told Siobhan McHugh about one especially traumatic memory, when she found herself playing surrogate wife to a dying GI. Excerpted from Minefields and Miniskirts, a 6 x 30mins documentary series about Australian women in the Vietnam war, broadcast on ABC Radio (Australia) 1993. Info: http://siobhanmchugh.org

The Hideous Intimacy of Death - encounter in the Vietnam War

Radio Ambulante presenta una conversación entre nuestro productor ejecutivo, Daniel Alarcón, y el periodista salvadoreño Óscar Martínez, co-fundador de El Faro, uno de los medios independientes más importantes de Centroamérica. Hace varios años, Oscar comenzó a investigar de primera mano la odisea de los migrantes centroamericanos que pasan por México rumbo a Estados Unidos. En 8 viajes, recogió sus testimonios, sus historias de abuso, de violencia, de crueldad. En el 2010, juntó sus crónicas de El Faro en un libro titulado “Los migrantes que no importan.” Y el año pasado se publicó en inglés, con otro título, “The Beast,” o “La Bestia”, nombre del tren que muchos migrantes usan para pasar por México.

Advertencia: Hay partes de esta conversación que tratan sobre violencia sexual.

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Radio Ambulante presents a conversation between Executive Producer Daniel Alarcón and the Salvadoran journalist Oscar Martinez, co-founder of El Faro, one of the most important independent media outlets in Central America. Several years ago, Oscar began investigating the odyssey of Central American migrants who pass through Mexico to reach the United States. During eight trips, he collected their stories of abuse, violence and cruelty. In 2010, he published his chronicles from El Faro in a book entitled “Los migrantes que no importan,” or “The migrants who do not matter.” Last year the book was published in English with another title, “The Beast,” the name of the train migrants ride to get through Mexico.

Warning: Parts of this conversation deal with sexual violence.


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La Bestia: Conversación con Oscar Martínez

Thim Slick Freestyle-Tiye & Tat

Rap para abortar

An old sketch of Black Rage, done in my living room. Strange, the course of things. Peace for MO.

- MLH

Lyrics: http://mslaurynhill.com/post/95329923112/black-rage-sketch

Black Rage (sketch)

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/24/mary-oliver-reads-wild-geese/

Recorded by the Lannan Foundation in 2001.

DETAILS / POEM TEXT

Mary Oliver reads "Wild Geese"

"The soul is contained in the human voice," says David Isay, founder of StoryCorps. He sees the StoryCorps booth — a setting where two people ask the questions they’ve always wanted to ask each other — as a sacred space. He shares his wisdom about listening as an act of love, and how eliciting and capturing our stories is a way of insisting that every life matters.

Find more at http://www.onbeing.org/program/david-isay-listening-as-an-act-of-love/6268

David Isay — Listening as an Act of Love

"I really wanted people to know what I was going through." - Bess

Bess shares her experiences seeking abortions at two very different times in her life, and talks about seeking a judicial bypass in order to access an abortion as a teenager. She also shares her experiences with miscarriage and birth.

(Published on July 22, 2016 | Listener: Melissa Madera | Location: New Orleans, LA)

Melissa is in Paris, France until July 30th. If you would like to share your story, e-mail melissa@theabortiondiary.com or visit www.theabortiondiary.com and fill out our contact form.

Abortion Diary Entry 136:  Bess, 33 (Southfield, MI 1999 & New Orleans, LA 2010)

*A new story is posted every Tuesday.*

Abortion happens every day. It has been estimated that 42 million people worldwide have an abortion each year. But the majority of those people will never talk about their abortion experience.  What If millions of people broke their silence and told the truth about their lives and their choices?

These are our abortion stories.

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Abortion Diary Entry 136: Bess, 33 (Southfield, MI 1999 & New Orleans, LA 2010)

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