Civil Rights/Human Rights

Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings Of Roger Shimomura

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Eric Bartels speaks to artist Roger Shimomura. In his signature Pop Art style, Shimomura's paintings uncover and challenge the role of the media and material culture to define the American norm while establishing the perpetual Other. The exhibition features five of S... Read more

Cornel West: The Radical Democratic Tradition

Airs at: Tue, 07/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Recorded in Portland, OR on October 27, 1995. Throughout history there have been individuals who have challenged conventional wisdom and have stretched societal limits. Collectively they constitute the radical democratic tradition. A sterling example of this lineage ... Read more

Think Globally, Act Locally

Airs at: Sun, 07/09/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week: the Oregon Legislature has passed a bill to force law enforcement to begin addressing racial profiling, and which also reduces simple possession of some drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor; plus the Oregon Justice Resource Center has released a guide on organ... Read more

Matthew Fox: A Creation Spirituality Journey

Airs at: Mon, 07/10/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

This is an encore podcast of my conversation with Matthew Fox that I previously released in November 2016. Matthew Fox. Silenced by the Vatican for his views, left the Catholic priesthood in the early 1980s. Matthew Fox is a theologian and activist who has written over ... Read more

Calling out facism and calling in activism

Airs at: Fri, 07/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Pacific Underground

We speak with activist Jacob Alejandro from Direct Action Alliance to talk about calling out facism in a time of divisive politics and divided communities. How do we sustain activism and how do we call communities together to fight white supremacy? We also talk about ho... Read more

Warmongering against North Korea

Airs at: Fri, 07/07/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Lyn and guest co-host Linda Olsen Osterlund will be talking with Christine Hong Associate Professor at USC Santa Cruz and executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, about her piece "The Long, Dirty History of US Warmongering in North Korea" for T... Read more

Always With Us? What Jesus really said about the poor

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Politicians like to misquote Jesus to slash programs for the poor. Republican congressman, Roger Marshall of Kansas misused a quote from Jesus to support his program to reduce healthcare benefits for the poor. This is from the article on Stat from March 3rd, 2017: “Just... Read more

Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense

Airs at: Mon, 06/26/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

The good citizen defends his castle. Punks, thieves, thugs, and rapists don’t stand a chance against a 44 Magnum in the hands of the good guy who stands his ground. That is the myth. The reality is that America’s love affair with guns and lethal self-defense has not... Read more

Larry Kleinman, Part 2 on Immigrant Action

Airs at: Mon, 07/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick concludes his two-part interview with Larry Kleinman, co-founder of PCUN, Oregon’s farmworker organization, who discusses the politics of immigration, how unsettled they are, and how states are resisting the anti-immigrant forces. Part One is available h... Read more

Stopping Fascism: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 07/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Recorded at the Aladdin Theater, Chris Hedges visited Portland and spoke as a guest of KBOO community radio. Chris Hedges is an award-winning journalist who has covered wars in the Balkans, the Middle East and Central America. He writes a weekly column for Truthdig.o... Read more