Global Affairs

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Arbaeen, The Walk: A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: The... Read more

Israel and Saudi Arabia: Two bullies of the Middle East

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    While Saudi Arabia wages ruthless war on Yemen and beheads or otherwise dismembers its own dissidents, Israel continues its brutal onslaught of Gaza, suppresses internal dissent and hounds BDS activists around the world. Both get massive military aid from and work clo... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Cai Emmons

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
There’s a famous quote, attributed to Mark Twain (as most famous quotes are): “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” But what if you wake up one morning, and find that you have the power to actually do something about it? That’s the premise... Read more

Portlanders Protest Pinkwashing of Israeli Military

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The first transgender officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) visited Portland last week, and his appearance was greeted by protesters opposed to the pinkwashing (using a positive association with the LGBTQIA+ community to distract from bad behavior) of the Israel... Read more

Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State?

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng welcome journalist Daniel Lazare to discuss his latest article in Consotium News: Reports are growing that Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s hyperactive crown prince, is losing his grip. His economic reform program has stalled since his father, King Salma... Read more

Live from the International Cannabis Business Conference Pt Three

Airs at: Sun, 10/14/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week, we talk with Adam Smith from the Oregon Craft Cannabis Alliance about marijuana, interstate exports, and inevitable federal legalization; plus, more from the recent Commission on Narcotic Drugs intersessional meetings in Vienna, Austria. Read more

Protest Planned for Ehud Barak Visit to Portland

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  COALITION OF ACTIVIST GROUPS PLANS DEMONSTRATION TO CONFRONT FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER   This Sunday, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will be in Portland to speak at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. A coalition of local activist and human rights grou... Read more

Husayn and the Pilgrimage to Arbaeen

Airs at: Fri, 10/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
    Imam Muhsen Al-Dhalimy is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Portland on the corner of Denney and Hall in Beaverton. The Islamic Center of Portland is the only Shia Mosque in the Portland Metro.  Imam Al-Dhalimy was born in Iraq and made the pilgrimage to K... Read more

Live from the International Cannabis Business Conference Pt Two

Airs at: Sun, 10/07/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, live at the International Cannabis Business Conference 2018 in Portland, Oregon, we talk with Washington state cannabis cultivator Farmer Tom Lauerman; plus, Orsolya Feher from Students for Sensible Drug Policy addresses the recent Commission o... Read more

Environmental Journalist Jeff Goodell in Portland

Airs at: Wed, 10/03/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Jeff Goodell is an environmental journalist who has written about topics related to carbon pollution and the onset of climate change for Rolling Stone and in his own books. The most recent of those books was last year’s The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and ... Read more