Activism

24sd_1678x281.png

KBOO is open to the public! To visit the station, contact your staff person or call 503-231-8032.


Grassroots environmental activist Derrick Jensen

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  First Voices Radio
Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse's guest for the full hour this week is long-time grassroots environmental activist DERRICK JENSEN. Derrick is the author of more than 25 books, including: "A Language Older Than Words," "Endgame" and "The Myth of Human Supremacy."    Production Cr... Read more

“We of this bread will not eat any more”: Anarchist Prisoners in Italy on Hunger Strike

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2019 at 4:00pm - Tue, 06/04/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
In this minisode special, Bursts spoke with an anarchist comrade in Rome about the hunger strike initiated on May 29th by Anna and Silvia, two anarchists rounded up in police actions (Anna in Operazione Scripta Manent and Silvia in Operazione Scintilla) and still facing tri... Read more

Free Them All! : Matt Meyer on Kuwasi Balagoon

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 05/31/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
This week we had the chance to interview Matt Meyer, who, among many other pursuits, is a retired professor and an editor of A Soldier’s Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist, out from PM Press, which highlights the life and writings of Kwasi Balagoon. Ba... Read more

How We Fight White Supremacy: A field guide to black resistance

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Cecil and Celeste talk to Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin the authors of the book “How we fight white supremacy: A field guide to black resistance” https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/akiba-solomon/how-we-fight-white-supremacy/9781568588490/ Read more

Keys, Beats, Bars - Music for Incarcerated Youth

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Talilo Marfil and other musicians and youth advocates who work with the Keys, Beats, Bars program.  Keys, Beats, Bars is a holistic audio/visual arts integrated project providing culturally responsive programming for incarcerated and underserved y... Read more

Street Roots Poetry Showcase Episode 03

Airs at: Wed, 06/05/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
In this episode, Jaison interviews Kaia Sand, poet, artist and Executive Director of Street Roots. Read more

Trump Threatens to Cut EPA Budget Once Again

Airs at: Mon, 06/10/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This program originally aired on May 20, 2019 President Donald Trump delivered his budget roadmap with a promise to balance the budget in 15 years, and once again, the Environmental Protection Agency found itself in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, with the White Hous... Read more

Gwen Defriez & Jason Scott Join us on the Heather McCoy Show 06/06/19

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  The Heather McCoy Show
Last Sunday the Portland Thorns played their 2019 season home opener at the newly renovated Providence Park.  To talk about the game, the next game on the Thorns schedule and the up coming Women's World Cup is Prostamerika writer Gwen Defriez.   In the middle segment we w... Read more

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Police Raid Punk House Party in 2001

Airs at: Tue, 06/04/2019 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
  FROM THE FILES OF CIRCLE-A RADIO!! Totality of Circumstances is off this week. Instead, we have a special treat, recently digitized from the KBOO Archives: an hour-long episode of CIRCLE-A RADIO from 2001 featuring the story of a police raid on a punk show after-party a... Read more

Left & the Law: Suing the Government for Climate Change

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Our Left and the Law team, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker, give us an update on the Juliana vs United States government case--the civil lawsuit filed by 17 young people in Oregon against the US government. The case argues that government inaction on the climate crisis is depr... Read more