Archived Radio Show

April 17, 2023

Original Radio Show  ID:
WSA230417

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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. Dr. Harriet Fraad , Author, Podcaster, Mental Health Counsellor, founder of the Women's Liberation Movement in New Haven, CT, in 1968

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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz:   Joining me on the phone this morning will be Dr. Harriet Fraad. Dr. Fraad is a mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in practice in New York City. She is a well published author and writes about the pressures on families and the economics of the USA. For this show we will be doing an analysis, history, and motivation for Income Tax in the USA. Reminder taxes are due tomorrow, April 18, 2023.

Due to the ouster and reinstatement by a Republican Super Majority of two Tennessee state legislators, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, due to their joining a protest of their constituents for more gun regulations after the mass killing in Nashville at the Covenant Charter School of 3 children and 3 adults by a former student with guns purchased legally in Tennessee. The singer Joan Baez noticed Justin Jones in the Newark, NJ airport after his ouster, a synchronistic moment that she seized upon by going up to him. They sang the traditional freedom songs We Shall Overcome and Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round.  Joan Baez sang We Shall Overcome at the March on Washington in 1963 on the stage with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, and we will play We Shall Overcome later in their honor and for commonsense gun laws.

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2. Our Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad shares her childhood influences that made her feel somewhat of an outsider and want to be a voice for those not benefitting from as system or tradition. Her parents took her to Hootenanny performances of Black stars who had been blacklisted as socialists or communists in the 1950's under the oppression created by Joseph McCarthy's House Committee for Un-American Activities. Dr. Fraad also notes how the Women's Liberation Movement, which she helped found in New Haven, CT, with five women quickly grew to over 100 women, championed not only gender injustice but also injustices due to economic class and color of skin. This was lost when Gloria Steinem of MS Magazine steered feminism to focus only on gender issues. Dr. Fraad believes Ms. Steinem's ties with the CIA caused her to downplay the class issue and color issues.

Harriet decries the mass shootings killing children in schools because of the lobbying of the National Rifle Association (NRA), as well as the endangerment of children by not enforcing the Child Labor Laws, especially with migrant children.

Dr. Fraad notes how the Income tax that became law in 1913 is quite different from today's tax law reformed by President Trump to be laxer on the rich. At the 1913 rate, today's minimum income to be taxed would be $60,000. Also, the inheritance tax was raised to $13.9 Million for a single taxpayer. No wonder the social services have decreased, which, of course, affects child welfare.

About our Guest Dr. Harriet Fraad is a founding mother of the Women’s Liberation Movement in New Haven CT and has been an activist for her entire life. She is a mental health counselor and hypnotherapist in practice in New York City. Along with being a founding member of the feminist movement and the journal Rethinking Marxism, for 40 years, she has been a radical committed to transforming US personal and political life. Harriet specializes in speaking and writing about topics in which psychology and economics overlap, as these topics remain loaded with taboos, confusions, ignorance, and fear preventing us from asking big questions and daring to discuss big answers. By analyzing issues where psychology and economics collide, we can better analyze our society and our individuality as well. Books: Class Struggle on the Home Front, (w/Stephen Resnick & Richard Wolff), New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Imagine Living in a Socialist USA: Imagine…Personal Emotional and Sexual Life Without Capitalism (w/Tess Fraad Wolff), (Edited F. Goldin, D. & S. Smith), New York: Harper Collins, Jan 2014. Podcasts: Capitalism Hits Home; Interpersonal Update and It's Not Just In Your Head (w/Tess Fraad Wolff), formerly broadcast on WBAI-FM, New York, Thursdays, 1-2PM EST; and is a regular guest on Economic Update with Richard D. Wolff. 

Guest Link:

www.harrietfraad.com

Email Dr. Harriet Fraad: HFraad (at) gmail.com

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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:

April 16, 1912 – Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

April 19, 1977 – Fifteen women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.

April 22 – Earth Day, honor Rachel Carson today, a woman who changed America and greatly influenced the environmental movement with her revolutionary book, Silent Spring.

Herstory Birthdays:

April 16, 1971 (1995) – Selena Quintanilla Perez, singer who popularized the Tejano sound of Mexico in the 1990s, turned to original fashion boutique design. Selena was killed by her manager, a woman, who defrauded her, with a gun. Gov. Bush (TX) declared April 16 Selena Day.

April 17, 1913 (1997) – Dorothy Fosdick, worked as federal official from 1942 to 1953 developing the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, advised on national security and wrote speeches for Henry “Scoop” Jackson (1955-83)

Announcements  

View the NOW Special Zoom Event of 3/20/2023 with author and educator Dr. Catherine Meeks on Racial Healing.
Click Here for video recording on Youtube.

Sonoma County groups host author Catherine Meeks who discusses fight against racism, by Colin Atagi, Press Democrat, August 20, 2023:
Click Here for Article.

On February 27, 2023 Dr. Meeks was our guest  

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Saturday, April 22, 2023, Noon to 4 PM, Earth Day Celebration, Santa Rosa Courthouse Square.  https://www.srcity.org/2139/Earth-Day-2023

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Earth Day Event Near You: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2023/#map

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Monday, April 24, 2023, 11 AM PT # repeats 11 PM PT, features an Earth Day Special with our co-producer Ken Norton recounting the Survival Faire at San Jose State College 2 months before the original Earth Day.  Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live

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Wednesday April 26, 2023, 11 AM PT, repeat of Monday's show, features an Earth Day Special with our co-producer Ken Norton recounting the Survival Faire at San Jose State College 2 months before the original Earth Day.  Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca 

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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

We Shall Overcome, sung by Joan Baez from the album In Concert Part 2 (Live) (2008 Van Guard Records). 

People Have the Power, sung by Patti Smith from the album The Bridge School Collection (2006 The Bridge School).

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