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Shoshana Johnson: "I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home"

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Hosted by: Emma Jackson Ford, Patricia Welch. The guest is Shoshana Johnson, author of I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home.  In March of 2003 world headlines were made when a U.S. army convoy was attacked in the city of An-Nasiriya... Read more

More Talk Radio on 1/25/10

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Roberto Mangabeira Unger, a leading social and political thinker. Until recently he served as Brazil's Minister for Strategic Affairs in Brazil. He recently returned to teach at Harvard Law School. They discuss his new book, ... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 01/29/10

Airs at: Fri, 01/29/2010 at 7:00am - 8:30pm
Membership Drive Special: One Year Later – Where Do We Go From Here? It’s been one year since the inauguration of President Barack Obama. How have progressive goals and proposals fared under his administration? Where do progressives go from here? What’s the future of activis... Read more

One Land, Many Voices on 01/22/10

Airs at: Fri, 01/22/2010 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
This week Hala Gores and guest co-host Ned Rosch welcome PSU philosophy student and Gaza Freedom Marcher, Sarah Hassouneh, to One Land, Many Voices to talk about her experiences in Egypt and Gaza earlier this month. Also on the program will be Reverend Dick Toll of Friends ... Read more

More Talk Radio on 1/11/10

Airs at: Mon, 01/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod look at the fate of China, the United States, the Global South, and planet with guest Michael T. Klare, whose recent article on TomDispatch is "The Second Decade, The World in 2020" http://www.tomdispatch.com/archive/175186/ Michael Kl... Read more

Squatting Ban in the Netherlands

Airs at: Wed, 01/06/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
For the last three years a ban on squatting has been in preparation in Dutch politics. A new act that is to ban squatting in the Netherlands passed through parliament on October 15th, 2009. Despite strong critique from the High Court, the union of city councils and even the... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 12/29/09

Airs at: Tue, 12/29/2009 at 10:00am - 10:15am
KBOO's Jenka Soderberg interviews members of the Gaza Freedom March, who are scheduled to cross into Gaza on December 30th with over 1400 marchers from around the world. More info on the Gaza Freedom March CODEPINK recently put out a statement: “Citing escalating tensions ... Read more

Political Perspectives on 12/16/09

Airs at: Wed, 12/16/2009 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Focus on Palestine-Israel - Dan Fleshler: Transforming the Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential for Change. Host Will Seaman interviews Dan Fleshler, a media and public affairs strategist, who spends much of his free time trying to convince the American ... Read more

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, 10 years after Seattle...

Airs at: Wed, 12/02/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Monday, November 30th, marked the tenth anniversary of the “Battle of Seattle”, when tens of thousands of social justice advocates, rank and file labor, and environmentalists came together to shut down the World Trade Organization’s ministerial meetings in Seattle, Washingt... Read more

Radiozine on 11/27/09

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2009 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Jenka Soderberg speaks with Ala Jaradat of the Palestinian Prisoners Organization Adameer, about the 7,000 Palestinians who are currently being held in Israeli prison camps. CD-1665 Read more