[nyfoil-l] Tune in tonight! APF on WBAI

[Andrew Hsiao]

Tune in 8-9 pm EST
Tuesday January 13, 2004
ASIA PACIFIC FORUM on
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City

Listen on www.wbai.org
Or on OUR WEBSITE: (where we also archive old programs)
http://www.asiapacificforum.org/

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1. Bush's Immigration Reform: Behind the News
2. The World Social Forum: Our Correspondent in Mumbai
3. Reelpolitics: Day-long event with Third World Newsreel
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Tonight on Asia Pacific Forum, we're going to look behind the news of George
Bush's new immigration reform. It's been a week since the president
announced his initiative to provide temporary worker visas to millions of
undocumented immigrant workers. And during the past week, we've heard howls
of protest from conservative opponents of immigration, but also cheering
from Big Business and an endorsement from Mexican president Fox. How should
progressives view the plan? We'll talk to CONGRESSMAN MIKE HONDA, chair of
the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and immigrant advocate
CATHERINE TACTAQUIN, about the politics of the president's proposal.

We'll also hear from APF collective member SUJANI REDDY, who is in Mumbai,
India for the World Social Forum, set to begin this week. This is the fourth
World Social Forum and the first held in Asia.

Finally tonight, we'll talk to filmmaker JASON DASILVA, whose documentary
"Lest We Forget" examines the impact of 9/11 on immigrants in the U.S. And
we'll be joined by J.T. TAKAGI of Third World Newsreel, who will tell us
about reelpolitics, an upcoming day of films and panels looking at dissent
in America and beyond, where "Lest We Forget" will be shown.

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MIKE HONDA represents California's 15th district, centered on San Jose and
Silicon Valley. He is the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American
Caucus (http://www.house.gov/honda/)

CATHERINE TACTAQUIN is director of the National Network for Immigrant and
Refugee Rights, based in San Francisco (http://www.nnirr.org/)

JASON DASILVA is the director of the films “Cuba Dreams”, a documentary shot
in Havana, as well as “Olivia's Puzzle”, which has shown from Sundance to
Karachi .

JT Takagi works with Third World Newsreel, one of the country's oldest
alternative media centers, where she is business manager and a workshop
instructor. She is also an independent filmmaker and a freelance sound
recordist. Visit Third World Newsreel's website at http://www.twn.org for
more about “reelpolitics”

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This program is brought to you by Andrew Hsiao, Shirley Lin, and Sujani
Reddy of the APF Collective.
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Asia Pacific Forum is New York's pan-Asian radio program, broadcast each
Tuesday night at 8-9 p.m. on WBAI-FM, 99.5, New York City, and live on the
Web at: http://www.asiapacificforum.org/

For more information on APF and to get more information about this evening's
program, or other programs, please contact us via email:
info at asiapacificforum.org;
website: http://www.asiapacificforum.org/
phone: (212) 209-2991; fax (WBAI): (212) 747-1698;
or mail: Asia Pacific   Forum, WBAI 99.5 FM, 120 Wall St., 10th Floor, NY,
NY 10005.

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Asia Pacific Forum is produced in conjunction with SAMAR, a South Asian Left
media resource. For more info, please contact: SAMAR, P.O. Box 1349, Ansonia
Station, NY, NY 10023;
e-mail: SAMARCollective at yahoo.com;
http://www.samarmagazine.org/
phone: 212-877-0048.

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