Circle A Radio

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Local, national and international issues focusing on those who are not allowed a voice

Circle A covers local, national and international issues, focusing on the voices of communities who, for political reasons, are not allowed a voice in the mainstream media.

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The Circle A Radio Collecitve created programming for KBOO from 2000 - 2013. The Circle A Radio Collective included members Kaylene Chassie, Jodi Darby, Marlena Gangi, Shizuko Hashimoto, BreAna Loranger, Cecily Rodgers, Trillium Shannon, Honna Veerkamp and Erin Yanke.

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KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Howard Zinn: The Great Depression and our modern economic meltdown

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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The Great Depression was a worldwide economic downturn starting in most places in 1929 and ending in the 1930s or early 1940s depending on the country. It was the largest economic depression in the 20th century, and is used in the 21st century as an example of how far the w... Read more

Reese Erlich Interview

Airs at: Wed, 04/15/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Reese Erlich began his career in journalism in the 1960s as an investigative reporter for the magazine Ramparts. He works regularly as a radio and print journalist, and is also an author.  His most recent book Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of C... Read more

Coal Ash Disaster, and Coal Sludge Activism

Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2009 at 5:00pm
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As a country, we tend to forget the dangers of current methods of processing coal. We focus on the myth of “clean coal” and don’t pay much attention to stories such as the December 22nd Coal Ash Disaster in Kingston, Tenn., The 65 foot tall pile of 1.6 billion gallons of coa... Read more

Stop Joe Arpaio! Stop 287gs! Stop the ICE Raids!

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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On tonight's show we focus on the human and civil rights abuses against people of color, the misuse of 287g agreements, and the need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  We are talking with immigrant rights advocates in Maricopa County (AZ), where the worst examples of th... Read more

San Francisco's Anarchist Book Fair

Airs at: Tue, 03/03/2009 at 4:00pm
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The 14th annual San Francisco Anarchist bookfair takes place this year on March 14th and 15th in Golden Gate Park, in lovely San Francisco California. The bookfair began in 1996 to celebrate an the 20th anniversary of San Francisco’s anarchist collective bookstore Bound Tog... Read more

Dlycia Pagan, Puerto Rican Activist

Airs at: Wed, 02/18/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Dlycia Pagan, Puerto Rican Activist, Filmmaker, and Artist talks about her life as an Activist/Organizer, the nearly 20 years she spent in prison on charges of seditious conspiracy, her presidential pardon, and her advice to the younger generation. Read more

Dicentra Collective

Airs at: Wed, 02/04/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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The Dicentra Collective is based in Portland, OR. They are 7 individuals who are collectively committed to create radical communities of care, networks of support, and movements based on relationship building. Tonight on Circle A Radio we talk with the members of Dicentra C... Read more

David Bacon

Airs at: Tue, 01/20/2009 at 4:00pm
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David Bacon is a writer and photojournalist on issues of labor, immigration and international trade. He will soon be coming to Portland to discuss these issues, and here on Circle A Radio, we hear from him about his life, his beginnings as a journalist and artist, and about... Read more

Hawaiian Sovereignty

Airs at: Wed, 01/07/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She was deposed by opposition forces who called themselves the Committee of Safety,  with the help of the U.S. Marines. On January 17, 1893, Queen lileo kulani  yielded her authority: . . . Now to avo... Read more

Studs Terkel RIP

Airs at: Wed, 12/17/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Studs Terkel, one of our radio heros, died October 31, 2008 at his home in Chicago. He was 96. We spend this hour with personal tributes, but mostly with Studs own work, ranging from interviews he did for WFMT, and for his many Oral History books, as well as interviews wher... Read more