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Report from Colombia

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Long time Old Mole contributor Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond. Alex has been teaching in Colombia for the past several years. Until recently, he was living in a remote community, long an area of struggle between guerrillas, paramilitaries, and the government. Alex has... Read more

Moral Imperatives: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  What are individuals to do when faced with a moral imperative? And society at large? Philosophers since ancient times have been wrestling with this question as it involves issues of ethics and conscience. When we see an injustice do we remain passive and silent or do we ... Read more

Countering "Unite the Right2" in Washington D.C.

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  Unheard Voices Counter the 'Unite the Right2' Rally at the White House...What is Happening in Venezuela?...Headlines on Keystone XL, Children Still Snatched from their Parents, Young Climate Activists Challenge Dems WASHINGTON, DC, the belly of the beast of international... Read more

50th Anniversary of 1968

Airs at: Fri, 08/17/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  On this edition of From The Vault, we Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Pacifica Radio Archives recordings from 1968. As part of our ongoing preservation and access program, The Pacifica Radio Archives identified some 100 of our most outstanding recordings from 1968.... Read more

World War D

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Free Culture Radio
Our guest today is Michael Krawitz from Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access. Mike is a veteran of the US Air Force with a service-related disability. He’s a medical cannabis patient, an advocate and organizer both for veterans and for medical cannabis patients, and a longt... Read more

Fighting a Toxic Current

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Political Perspectives
  What's in the water and in the soil? Who put it there? How can you help make it right? Tune in Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 9am and join the conversation with Lisa Loving.  Call in at (503) 231-8187 How can the people force the corporate sector to clean up the Willamette River... Read more

Extraction Industries & Sexploitation: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
The scourge of male violence exists independently of capitalism, empire and colonialism. It is a separate evil. The fight to end male violence against women, part of a global struggle by women, must take primacy in our own struggle. We cannot stand up for some of the oppres... Read more

BALDWIN V. BUCKLEY

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Radiozine
  The Radiozine continues to commemorate the birthday of James Baldwin with his portion of the 1965 debate with Willam F. Buckley at Cambridge University. In the Atlantic Ta-Nahisi Coates wrote: "I know a lot of conservative intellectuals hearken back to his day as a time ... Read more

Breaking the ICE II : Follow up with Portland Icebreakers

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Antonio Zamora and other local Portland, Oregon community organizers who were recent participants of the #occupyice encampment in Portland, Oregon which has since been replicated in other major urban centers across the U.S.  The group’s message re... Read more

DeRay Mckesson: On the Other Side of Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome author and activist DeRay Mckesson to KBOO ahead of his Portland appearance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on September 20th.  Call (503) 231-8187 during this Fall Membership Drive to join the conversation and to get a copy of DeRay's new ... Read more