[nyfoil-l] Radio tue: Japan's empire: lessons for Iraq / NYC charter revision / Peace Taxi

[Aniruddha Das]

Tune in 8-9 pm EST
Tuesday July 29, 2003
ASIA PACIFIC FORUM on
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City

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1. IMPERIAL FOLLIES And Their Lessons for Iraq: Japan in Manchuria vs. US 
in Postwar Japan.
2. NYCs Proposed NON-PARTISAN ELECTIONS: Traps for the Poor and 
Disenfranchised?
3. PEACE TAXI
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1. When Japan invaded and annexed Manchuria in China before WW2 the 
rhetoric used by Japan to justify its action sounds so familiar to our ears 
it was to liberatethe Chinese from warlords, guerrillas, banditsand 
generalized chaos. But as argued by our guest, MIT  historian JOHN DOWER 
the reality, Japanese greed for regional dominance and for Chinas natural 
resources, led Japan to actions that proved, in the end, to be 
miscalculations as serious as the USs actions in Iraq may yet prove to be 
for the US.

2. Next we take a look at the New York City Charter Revision Commissions 
proposal for nonpartisan elections for all city offices. Opponents of the 
measure fear that it will disenfranchise low-income voters and those in 
communities of color while enhancing the influence of money and incumbency 
in elections. Joining us to discuss the implications of the proposal will 
be GLENN MAGPANTAY from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 
(AALDEF).

3.The final feature on tonights show is a look at Peace Taxi, an art 
project that brings cross-cultural artists, taxi drivers and the general 
public together in response to globalization and the threat to civil 
liberties around the world. Peace Taxi has created site specific art work 
such as audio pieces, postcards and hung objects inside Toronto taxis for 
the month of August, 2003 and was launched by members of the South Asian 
Visual Arts Collective. Our guest: Peace Taxi founder, RACHEL KALPANA JAMES
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John W. Dower teaches history at MIT. His most recent book, Embracing 
Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (New Press) was honored with 
numerous awards including the Pullitzer Prize, the National Book Award and 
the Bancroft Prize. The material of tonights show appear in his op-eds and 
essays:

The Other Japanese Occupation : The Nation, July 7 2003: 
<http://www.nationinstitute.org/tomdispatch/index.mhtml?pid=625>http://www.nationinstitute.org/tomdispatch/index.mhtml?pid=625

Iraq: Lessons from Japan: The Guardian, Nov 20 2002, 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,843740,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/analysis/story/0,3604,843740,00.html

Why Iraq Is Not Japan: San Jose Mercury News Apr 27 2003: 
<http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/editorial/5728557.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp>http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/editorial/5728557.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

Glenn Magpantay is a staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and 
Education Fund. AALDEF, a 29-year old nonpartisan organization that 
protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through 
litigation, legal advocacy, and community education, can be found on the 
web at <http://www.aaldef.org/>www.aaldef.org.

Rachel Kalpana James is the director of SAVAC in Toronto, Canada, as well 
as the founder of Peace Taxi. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art an 
Design, Rachel Kalpana James has worked in mixed media and installation for 
the past ten years. Her work has been exhibited in group exhibitions in 
Toronto (A Space, York Quay Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario), in New York 
(Bose Pacia Modern, IndoCenter of Art & Culture) and India (Lakshanna 
Gallery, India Habitat Centre).
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This program is brought to you by Leyla Mei, Vinita Srivastava and 
Aniruddha Das of APF.

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