It's true that far-right groups are relying on radio communications. But radio’s connection to movement organizing has a much longer and richer history.
"Chicanas who stepped up to the microphone for the first time were not only hearing their own voices audibly broadcasted over public airwaves, they also were announcing the arrival of a sonically distinct Chicana public sphere."
Monica De La Torre, professor in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, says she is empowered by photos of women in front of microphones. As a guest speaker for Tuesday’s RTVF 398: Film, Media, & Liberation Movements course, De La Torre spoke on Chicana and community radio for the ENERGIES of LIBERATION.