Stories by Sonali Kolhatkar
Sonali Kolhatkar is Co-Director of the Afghan Women's Mission, a US-based non-profit that funds health, educational, and training projects for Afghan women. She is also the host and producer of Uprising Radio, a daily morning radio program at KPFK, Pacifica in Los Angeles.
It will take time and complexity, as well as trial and error, to help rebuild Afghanistan for ordinary Afghans, and by extension make Americans safer.
Posted on Nov 4, 2009, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
The past 8 years have done more harm than good to women's rights in Afghanistan -- the U.S. is waging a war, not winning a peace.
Posted on Jul 23, 2009, Source: Uprising Radio
The new offensive is an attempt "to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda." But what will actually be gained such brute force?
Posted on Jul 18, 2009, Source: New America Media
Waging war does not lead to the liberation of women anywhere -- even if you call soldiers "peacekeeping forces."
Posted on Jul 8, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Noam Chomsky speaks about the status of democracy in Iraq, U.S. imperialism over Latin America, and the media's shallow coverage of foreign affairs -- all topics explored in his latest book,
Interventions.Posted on Jun 7, 2007, Source: Uprising Radio
The occupation of Afghanistan is unraveling, but Bush and Rumsfeld just won’t face up to it.
Posted on Oct 31, 2006, Source: Seven Stories
This week on Uprising Radio: A Lebanese teenager on Israel's assault; the future of Somalia; the late Murray Bookchin; plus, the Black Commentator on Cuba.
Posted on Aug 5, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: Media coverage of the Gaza assault; Israeli aggression; sexual terrorism in Iraq; stereotypes in "Pirates of the Caribbean;" Empire Notes on Israel; Black Commentator on Cuba.
Posted on Jul 22, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: Reports from Beirut and Haifa; one year after the London subway bombings; Reyna Grande's new nobel; Empire Notes and The Black Commentator
Posted on Jul 17, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: Employment protests in France; the decline of the US labor movement; Empire Notes on Haditha media coverage; Black Commentator on the Verichip.
Posted on Jun 9, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: The Senate's Immigration Reform Bill; analyzing the racial wealth gap in the US; Empire Notes on Haditha, and a historical Black Commentator.
Posted on Jun 2, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: Tracking immigrants with microchips; occupation of Canadian tribal lands; Burma cracks down further on Karen people; radical Christians on the Da Vinci Code; Empire Notes on Haditha and the Black Commentator on Citgo.
Posted on May 26, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: A look at the Hayden confirmation hearings; telephone companies, consumer privacy and Empire Notes on the NSA; Sri Lanka's looming civil war; Stephen Zunes on the Israel Lobby; plus the Black Commentator on Somalia and the US.
Posted on May 20, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
This week on Uprising Radio: "Peace" in Darfur; Uganda's forgotten genocide; Buenos Aires' video activists; plus the Black Commentator and Empire Notes.
Posted on May 13, 2006, Source: Uprising Radio
The Western world loudly opposed the death sentence given to a Christian convert in Afghanistan while ignoring the country's oppression of women.
Posted on Mar 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Laura Bush's visit to Afghanistan focused media attention on the still-struggling country. But not a single news article dared to question her empty talk of solidarity with Afghan women.
Posted on Apr 2, 2005, Source: AlterNet