Frann Michel and her guest, Lynn MaKau, review the film "12 Years A Slave". Directed by Steve McQueen, John Ridley's screenplay adapts Solomon Northrup's own 1853 account of being deceived and captured by slavers while living as a free-born African in upstate New York. 14:14 minutes (13.03 MB)
Frann Michel and her guest, Lynn MaKau, review the film "12 Years A Slave". Directed by Steve McQueen, John Ridley's screenplay adapts Solomon Northrup's own 1853 account of being deceived and capture by slavers while living as a free-born African in upstate New York. 14:14 minutes (13.03 MB)
In the Old Mole method, offering a critical though comradely commentary on the political work of Nelson Mandela, Alan Weider digs beneath the distracting and disarming veneer surrounding the late Nelson Mandela in mainstream media today. Inverting Barack Obama's neoliberal rhetoric, he argues that Mandela was not a hero because he was an individual, but because he worked with others. He also reminds us that while it's popular and not incorrect to remember Nelson Mandela as a man of peace and reconciliation, he was not above considering noncombative alternatives to nonviolence in the face of mounting state repression. 8:32 minutes (7.82 MB)
Bill Resnick talks with John Saul, a historian of South Africa and active contributor to The Socialist Register. They review some history of antiapartheid struggle in South Africa, and what did or did not happen when it was officially ended. John explains how South Africa's system of racial and formerly colonial domination known as apartheid, was transformed into a system of class domination. John staunchly defends the praiseworthiness of Nelson Mandela's role in ending racial dictatorship in South Africa, but points out that we cannot forget how it was that it ended on capitalist terms. 19:21 minutes (17.71 MB)
Bill Resnick talks with John Saul, a historian of South Africa and active contributor to The Socialist Register. They review some history of antiapartheid struggle in South Africa, and what did or did not happen when it was officially ended. John explains how South Africa's system of racial and formerly colonial domination known as apartheid, was transformed into a system of class domination. John staunchly defends the praiseworthiness of Nelson Mandela's role in ending racial dictatorship in South Africa, but points out that we cannot forget how it was that it ended on capitalist terms. 19:21 minutes (17.71 MB)
The Big Eight Social Media companies posted a full page ad in many of the nation's newspapers on Tuesday. The names are well known and their issue cuts to the heart of privacy online for all of us.
Protests were held in front of several mexican consulates in the U-S today in support of A Mexican-American woman by the name of Nestora Salgado Garcia, who has been in Mexican federal custody since August 27th.
Garcia was reported to have angered the local officials of Guerrero Province, who charged her with kidnapping and gave her the maximum sentence in prison.
Her supporters say that she was targeted as a leader of the indigenous community of OLINALA.
Many states have join in on the protest to release NESTORA in representation of Human Rights Day. PORTLAND protestors were at the local downtown Mexican Consulate to demonstrate for NESTORA’s release.
Record-breaking cold weather descended on the Northwest late last week and intensified over the weekend.
Many cities across Oregon set record lows by Sunday night and temperatures aren’t expected to rise above forty degrees until Wednesday, according to current forecasts.
KBOO Reporter Ross Freeman Levin spoke with Steve Pierce, the owner of Northwest Weather Consultants and member of the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, for more details on the region's current cold weather patterns. http://www.weather.gov/
Beginning October 7th, KBOO began a trial period of 'The Thom Hartmann Show' from 4 - 5 pm weekdays. Click here to find out more about our trial period of airing Thom Hartmann - we want to hear your response!
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