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Saturday, January 20, 2018
Second Annual Show In Solidarity With Global Women’s Marches

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This week's show is dedicated to our dear friend (and Riverside Church / WRVR Archivist, WFMU listener and supporter) Ricki Moskowitz - shown below opposite the Trump Tower at the 2017 NYC Women’s March, making her feelings known.

This Week's Playlist:

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Lila Downs: The Demagogue (0:00:00 Pop-up)

Flor de Toloache: Rulsenor / Las Caras Lindas / Chulo Records (0:04:29 Pop-up)

Las Hermanas Segovia: Sin Derecho y Sin Razon / Punalades de Amor / Arhoolie (0:07:51 Pop-up)

Ani Cordero: Corrupcion / Querido Mundo (0:11:03 Pop-up)

Ava Rocha: Auto Das Bacantes / Ava Patrya Yndia (0:14:04 Pop-up)

Juana Molina: Tres Cosas / Tres Cosas (0:17:31 Pop-up)

Ceu: Rapsodia Brasilis / Tropix (0:21:12 Pop-up)

Susana Selvane: Xoanina / Various Artists: Cantigas De Mulleres / Fol Música (0:29:55 Pop-up)

Cristina Pato: Fandango / Latina (0:32:07 Pop-up)

Irka Mateo y la Tirindanga: Temprano en la Madruga / Vamo a Goza (0:37:32 Pop-up)

Shikisha: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet / Maluju (0:40:35 Pop-up)

Deyess Mukangi: La Vie / Deyess / Syllart (0:44:54 Pop-up)

Patience Dabany: We Mamobi / Associé (0:49:41 Pop-up)

Angelique Kidjo: Ekoleya / Logozo (0:55:40 Pop-up)

Les Amazones d'Afrique: Mansa Soyari / République Amazone / Real World / * (1:04:21 Pop-up)
Rokia Kone, lead vox

Oumou Sangaré: Kamelemba / Mogoya / No Format! (1:08:38 Pop-up)

Leila Gobi: Eh Khanzam / 2017 / Clermont Music / * (1:11:58 Pop-up)

Les Filles de Illighadad: Abadrarass / Eghass Malan / Sahel Sounds / * (1:17:54 Pop-up)

Dimi Mint Abba: Esserbat / Music and Songs of Mauritania / Auvidis (1:23:00 Pop-up)

Les Femmes De Tétouan: I Am Dying / Chants D'Allégresse / Institut Du Monde Arabe (1:28:54 Pop-up)

Aïcha Redouane: Ma coupe, mon vin - Ka'sî wa-khamrî / Maqâm d’amour / Le Chant du Monde (1:37:08 Pop-up)

Googoosh: Safar Bekheir / Dou Mahi, Googoosh 3 - Persian Music / Caltex (1:42:38 Pop-up)

Emel Mathlouthi: Thamlaton / Ensen (1:49:18 Pop-up)
GIG: Saturday, March 24th: Emel Mathlouthi, Alsarah & The Nubatones, Farah: Muslim Women's Voices @ Met Museum Grace Rainey Aud (World Music Institute Concert) at 8 pm

Sussan Deyhim: Meykhaneh / Madman of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters / Crammed Discs (1:54:34 Pop-up)

Ghalia Benali & Mâäk: No Anger / MwSOUL / W.E.R.F. (2:00:09 Pop-up)

Ladama: Cumbia Brasileira / Ladama / Six Degrees (2:04:30 Pop-up)
GIG: Saturday May 5th at Littlefield, Gowanus, Brooklyn

Sol Okarina: Colores Intensos / Planet4 / Lata / * (2:07:25 Pop-up)

Andrea Echeverri: Paciencia / Dos (2:11:52 Pop-up)

Dolores Vargas: Anana Hip / Anana Funk Hip 1970-1975 / Pharaway Sounds / * (2:13:41 Pop-up)
New Anthology

Dikanda: Hanka / Rassi (2:18:12 Pop-up)

Karavika: Thillana Jaya Ragamalika / Of Earth & Sky (2:21:57 Pop-up)
GIG: Brooklyn Raga Massive Weekly: Karavika. Thursday, February 8th at 8:30 pm at Jalopy in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Sutari: Powiadają (They Say) / Osty / Unzipped Fly / * (2:31:39 Pop-up)

Maria Pomianowska and ReBorn: Ocean / Voice of Suka / For Tune (2:37:27 Pop-up)

Dagadana: I Shall Never Fear At All / Meridian 68 / Karrot Kommando (2:42:13 Pop-up)

Katja Šulc: O Chonut / Kamlisajlan / O Casete (2:47:01 Pop-up)

Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Bonaparte's Retreat / Gift (2:56:32 Pop-up)

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Organizations supporting the rights of immigrants and refugees:

(For more suggestions see https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757.)

National Immigration Law Center: Established in 1979, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one of the leading organizations in the U.S. exclusively dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of low-income immigrants.

National Immigration Forum: The National Immigration Forum is one of the leading immigrant advocacy organizations in the country, with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.

New York Immigration Coalition: The New York Immigration Coalition aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all. The NYIC promotes immigrants’ full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.

Arab American Family Support Center (New York City): The Arab-American Family Support Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-sectarian organization that provides culturally and linguistically sensitive services to immigrant communities throughout New York City.

Action NYC: ActionNYC connects New Yorkers to free, safe immigration legal help. You can make an appointment to learn your immigration legal options and get immigration application assistance. There are ActionNYC sites in all five boroughs. Appointments are required. Your appointment will be in your language.

Immigration Equality is the leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization in the country. It provide s advice and legal services to thousands of LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants seeking refuge, fair treatment, and freedom in the United States. The work is truly lifesaving because there are nearly 80 countries around the world where it is a crime to be LGBTQ, with consequences up to and including the death penalty. For this reason, Immigration Equality fights to obtain asylum in the United States for LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees - with a remarkable 99% win rate.

International Refugee Assistance Project: The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF): AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans by combining litigation, advocacy, education, and community organizing. Issues / focus include immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.

Make the Road New York (MRNY): MRNY builds the power of Latino and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Make the Road New Jersey (MRNJ): Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant and working class communities in New Jersey to achieve dignity and justice through community organizing, legal and support services, transformative education and policy innovation.

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