Madron, Cindy. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Cherrie Moraga : loving in the war years / Cherrie Moraga; produced by Cindy Madron.

Cherrie Moraga is a Chicana poet and a “politica” born in L.A. in 1952. She helped found “Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press” and was co-editor and contributor to “This Bridge Called My Back: Writing by Radical Women of Color”. Her recently published book “Loving in the War Years” (Lo Que Nunca Paso por Sus…

August 24, 2025

Women in the Nicaraguan revolution / Magda Enriquez ; produced by Cindy Madron.

Speech by Magda Enriquez, founding member of AMNLAE, the Woman’s Association of Nicaragua. She presents first hand accounts about women’s participation in the Nicaraguan revolution, and how women have shaped the outcome. The speech was given on the 50th anniversary of the death of Augusto Cesar Sandino.

August 24, 2025

Somos Hermanas : embracing our sisters in solidarity / produced by Kris Welch, Katherine Davenport, and Cindy Madron.

Actuality from the first West Coast Conference on Women in Central America. Examines how women’s oppression in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are laced with high infant mortality, illiteracy, hunger, unemployment, marginalized economic existence, torture, rape, and political oppression. Also examines the limited advances in Nicarauga. |r.1. Opening remarks / Carmen Vazques (53 min.) —…

August 24, 2025