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Women’s Spaces Radio Show of October 17, 2022 with host Elaine B Holtz’s Comments and our guest Susan Lamont on Defusing Nuclear War, followed by our reading Elaine’s poem, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” has been uploaded to the web archive. The show was broadcast in the North SF Bay and streamed worldwide over Radio KBBF 89.1 FM on Monday 10/17/2022 at 11 AM, repeats at 11 PM on KBBF, and then repeat broadcasts in Petaluma and streamed worldwide over Radio KPCA 103.3 FM on the following Wednesday 10/19/2022 at 11 AM.
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Defuse Nuclear War
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Featuring
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz, Host of Women’s Spaces
2. Guest Susan Lamont, Organizer of Defuse Nuclear War Rally of October 10, 2022 in Santa Rosa, CA, as part of national call by defusenuclearwar.org
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1. Commentary by Elaine B. Holtz: I have a special guest joining me in the studio, Susan Lamont. Susan is a is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County’s Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. She has added another hat to her activism, and we will be talking about “Say No To Nukes.”
For the second half of the show Susan is going to be hanging out with me and we will be playing and discussing several songs that I believe have a strong message for all of us and a reminder of how important standing up and speaking out are in today’s world. She, Ken and I will then read a poem of mine, When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
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2. Our Guest Susan Lamont talks about organizing the Defuse Nuclear War rally of October 15th in Santa Rosa as October 16th marked the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which narrowly avoided a nuclear confrontation and world annihilation. We are close again as Ukraine defends its sovereignty against Russia and invites NATO help. The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists is on January 20, 2022 registered at 100 seconds to midnight. A national day of action was called by the coalition Defuse Nuclear War, consisting of nearly one hundred prominent peace organizations, including Veterans for Peace, Codepink, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Metta Center for Non-Violence. A recent Reuters poll indicates tha 58% of Americans fear the US is headed toward nuclear war. Listeners are urged to contact their political representatives to voice your concern. After the interview Susan joined Ken and Elaine in reading Elaine’s poem, When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
About our Guest: Susan Lamont is a longtime peace and social justice activist, who is currently affiliated with Sonoma County’s Green Party, Police Brutality Coalition and Veterans for Peace. Susan has been incredibly involved with bringing about law enforcement accountability and oversight. She is also a writer, poet, and photographer. I have to say she is an amazing writer and photographer. Susan I am happy to say is a regular guest and was my first guest on my television show in 2004. Susan has taken on a new action, “No Nukes.”
Guest Link:
Veterans for Peace – Sonoma County fb page: https://www.facebook.com/VeteransForPeaceSonomaCounty
Reference Links:
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/
Protests in 40+ US Cities Demand Deescalation as Poll Shows Surging Fear of Nuclear War, Commondreams, 10/14/022 article: Click Here for Commondreams.
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
By Elaine B. Holtz
Hello my dear son, I’m so glad you are here
For you I’ve waited almost a year
You’re so cute, so pink, and so perfect in every way
Oh I’m so happy, more than I can ever say,
Soon you’ll be walking, talking, running, doing a million things
Multiply all that plus the love you will bring
Wait my dear one my thoughts are not clear.
My heart is full of pain, my head racked with fear,
For I look to yesterday’s mothers and their sons,
Dear God , their sons are all carrying guns!
When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah,
The war will be behind him and so will his youth,
His gun will be behind him as he wonders if he fought for the truth.
Just yesterday Johnny was a small boy playing with his friends and all their war toys.
“Bang, Bang, I’ll shoot them down dead,” ran through those little boys heads.
But they were just pretending, never realizing one day they would be grown men,
Their games would become real, a way of life,
Johnny and his friends would kill for what others deemed right.
On the day Johnny learned Uncle Sam wanted him and wanted him now,
He turned to his parents, to society and cried,
“I want to live, I’m scared to die, I might come back a cripple, why must I go, why?”
The entire world was shocked by this sudden outburst,
“What do you mean?” all screamed and cried.
“The very nerve of you, how dare you ask why.”?
“But I must know, this life I’m about to give is mine.”
“Look at him, your son how he wines,” came from his father’s lips.
“Son when I was your age I was proud to fight for the Red, White and Blue, I knew it was something I must do, I had no voice, back then no one had a choice.”
Who did Johnny think he was anyway? All of a sudden he thinks he has something to say.
Always screaming you want to be free, free to be the way you want to be.
It takes a lot of lives to secure democracy, even though we throw in a little hypocrisy.
What does he know? The army will do him some good.
His father cried,
“I can’t stand the way you let your hair grow, always carrying on about how you are never understood, they’ll show you a thing or two, Son, the Army will make a man of you.”
Johnny thought to himself,
“Make a man out of me? If being a man means to be able to take orders and kill another man or a woman or even a child, being a man, hay it’s not for me.
I must be what I must be, I can’t live for you, Society. Let the ones who want to go, go. Please, leave me alone.”
“I’m sorry if you don’t listen off to prison you must go.”
“But I live in the United States of America, don’t I have freedom of choice?
When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah, Hurrah,
The war will be behind him and so will his youth
His gun will be behind him as he wonders if he fought for the truth.
Our history is our strength. Check out important dates to remember in herstory at the National Women’s History Alliance
Hestory Events:
October 16, 1916 – Margaret Sanger opens the U.S.’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.
Margaret Higgins Sanger (born Margaret Louise Higgins; September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966), also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term “birth control”, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.[2]
In 1916, Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, which led to her arrest for distributing information on contraception, after an undercover policewoman bought a copy of her pamphlet on family planning. She believed that, while abortion may be a viable option in life-threatening situations for the pregnant, it should generally be avoided.[11] She considered contraception the only practical way to avoid them.[12]
In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which later became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sanger
Herstory Birthdays:
October 18, 1889 (1968) – Fannie Hurst, author, wrote seventeen novels and nine volumes of short stories over 50 years, left approximately one million dollars each to Brandeis and Washington Universities for professorships in creative literature.
October 18, 1890 (1986) – Pauline Newman, labor leader who emigrated from Lithuania (1901), aided uprising of the 20,000 in New York, hailed by Coalition of Labor Union Women as a foremother of the liberation movement.
October 22, 1834 (1915) – Abigail Scott Duniway, early western author and Pacific Northwest suffrage leader, (1871-1915), succeeded in winning woman suffrage in Oregon (1912), wrote Path Breaking (1914).
Announcements
Monday October 17, 2022, 6:00-7:30 p.m. PST (note, time is earlier than normal), Sonoma County NOW Monthly Board and Membership Meeting via Zoom. For details see Events page of NOW Sonoma: http://nowsonoma.org/Events.html
Featuring guest speaker Rosita Stevens-Holsey, author, activist and niece of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, Civil Rights and Women’s Rights Attorney, Co-Founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
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Saturday, October 22, 2022, 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM, Wars Not the Answer Vigil, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA
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Saturday, October 22, 2022, 4:00 PM, Andy’s Unity Park, at Moorland and West Robles, Santa Rosa, Memorial Meet-up. Andy Lopez’s family invites you to celebrate the lives of Andy Lopez and Kathleen Finigan. This will be the 9th anniversary of the killing of Andy by Deputy Erick Gelhaus. Kathleen, who died a few weeks ago and who like so many of you, fought courageously for justice for Andy. October 22nd is also the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
The gathering will take place, as always, at Andy’s Unity Park, at Moorland and West Robles, the site of Andy’s killing. All are cordially invited – activists and friends and community. Celebrate activism and celebrate the lives of Andy and Kathleen.
If you want to bring a dish or a drink to share, please do. Music, poems, and songs are also encouraged. Organizations are also invited to set up tables. Activities for children and art are particularly welcome. Click Here for Event Information.
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Monday, October 25, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will feature guest Dr. Susan Campbell on her new book From Trigger to Tranquil: How Self-Compassion and Mindful Presence Can Transform Relationship Confilicts and Heal Childhood Wounds. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live
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Wednesday, October 27, 11am, repeat of Monday’s show, will feature guest Dr. Susan Campbell on her new book From Trigger to Tranquil: How Self-Compassion and Mindful Presence Can Transform Relationship Confilicts and Heal Childhood Wounds. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpca&
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Thursday, November 3, 2022,8:30-10:00 AM, 2022 Wetzel Awards – Celebratory Breakfast, Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, CA 95448, Phone: (707) 431-0330. RSVP as Limited Tickets are available at https://hfnsc.ejoinme.org/wetzel22-tickets .
A little History: Each year, the Healthcare Foundation presents the Wetzel Awards to highlight individuals who demonstrate a commitment to improving health and health equity in our community.
The Wetzel Community Leadership Award and Spirit of Wetzel
Award are named for the late Maggie and Harry Wetzel, longtime friends of the Healthcare Foundation and generous members of our community.
This years awards: The Leadership Award recipient Herman J. Hernandez and the Spirit of Wetzel Award recipient Bernice Espinoza. These individuals demonstrate a commitment to equitable physical and mental health and are shining examples of how we can all make a difference in our community.
Source: https://healthcarefoundation.net/events/wetzel-awards-2022/
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Monday, November 7, 11am # repeats 11pm, the show will feature the co-founders of the Family Court Awareness Month. Radio KBBF 89.1 FM, North SF Bay or live streaming at https://kbbf.org/live
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Wednesday, November 9, 11am, repeat of Monday’s show, will feature the co-founders of the Family Court Awareness Month. Radio KPCA 103.3 FM, Petaluma, CA. https://petalumacommunityaccess.org/kpcaa>
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
Blowing in the Wind, sung by the Seekers from the album The Ultimate Collection (2007 Parlophone Records , LTD A Warner Music Group Company).
The War Racket, sung by Buffy St. Marie from the album Medicine Songs (November 10, 2017 by True North Records).
Brother Warrior sung by Sherry Austin from the album Love Still Remains (2010 Sherry Austin)
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