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International Drug Control Policy Reform

Airs at: Sun, 10/16/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
On Thursday October 6th, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, otherwise known as the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, met to discuss two resolutions dealing with criminal justice and drug control policy. Representatives from a number of m... Read more

Greg Palast's Election Crimes Bulletin, North Korea Update, Teacher Dismissed for Her Politics, and a Little Bob Dylan

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: The election crimes bulletin returns with Greg Palast. Then, the saber rattling continues against North Korea, even as the US carries out invasive war games in the south. Also, a Bay Area teacher dismissed because of her political views. And we cele... Read more

Ramiro Ramírez Duarte, Live Music with Ethnic Instrumentation

Airs at: Fri, 10/14/2016 at 10:00pm - Sat, 10/15/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
En La Ruleta tendremos un especial con Ramiro Ramírez Duarte ex integrante del grupo La Tribu, grupo escencial e importante dentro de los avances del Etnorock y de sonidos nuevos. Tendrenos el placer de tener a Ramiro Duarte en cabina, quien compartirá música en vivo, así c... Read more

Right to Survive at City Hall: Protesting the Police Contract Vote

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Right To Survive
Portland police assaulted local residents who came to City Hall to protest the Police Union contract. Right 2 Survive was there, and reports on what happened. Read more

This election: what's at stake for queer and trans people?

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Join us for a conversation about this fall's elections - ballot measures, statewide races, and more. We'll be joined by Shannon Michael, executive director of Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, and Amy Herzfeld-Copple, co-executive director of Basic Rights Oregon.   And we'll be... Read more

Transformative Feminism: Standing Rock, In Other Words & DA LAB

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2016 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses is bringing you three segments that in some way feature transformative and intersectional feminism. Featuring Danica Brown's experiences in transformative direct action at Standing Rock, Adrienne Cabouet from In Other Words on the road ahead for the feminist... Read more

"The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution"

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Guest host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews Bryan Shih, co-author with Yohuru Williams of "The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution." October 2016 marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers. Jo Ann and Bryan will discuss the Panther... Read more

Bobby Seale on The Black Panther Party

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Bobby Seale, along with Huey P. Newton, started the Black Panther Party. He was the organization's first chairman. October 2016 marks the founding of the Black Panther Party which captured the imagination of millions in the U.S. and around the world in the sixties and s... Read more

African-American Male School Adaptability Crisis

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Author Joe L. Rempson, states:  "Division and differences marked both the founding of our nation and the adaptation of our people. However, the fathers of our nation's founding were able to compromise and overcome their differences. Not so of our African American Adaptation... Read more

Solitary Confinement Within These Walls

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
‘The Bucket’, what prisoners call solitary confinement at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, is a play created and performed by prisoners at OSP.  This play inspired Within These Walls, an event held in Portland on September 28th.  Prison volunteer and entertainment pr... Read more