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Dr Michael Mehaffy on the Demise of the Portland's Neighborhood Associations

Produced for:  Evening News
Remarks to the Eastside Democratic Club Michael Mehaffy * November 6, 2018   Thank you very much for the invitation.  I am an urban researcher, sometimes professor and consultant, focused mostly on city growth and its characteristics – and on the human side of growth, the... Read more

Why the Constitution Won't Save Us

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker reads from an articleby J.M. Opal, “Here's Why America's Constitution Won't Save Us from Trump”; Opal, an Associate Professor of History, McGill University, argues that both 18th century Britain and present day America were/are plutocracies hidden beneath a pa... Read more

Zoe Leonard Wants a President

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Zoe Leonard reads and comments on “I Want a President”     Read more

After the Elections

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about the elections: whatever happens, the issues will remain the same.   Read more

U.S. Interventions in the Middle East: Edward Said

Airs at: Tue, 11/06/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The current occupant of the White House has said, “The Middle East is a troubled place. There are a lot of bad things happening in that part of the world.” Indeed. But why is it troubled place and why are bad things happening there? There is no mention of Washington’s ro... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 5, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Frann Michel hosts this episode, which features these segments: Zoe Leonard reads “I Want a President” Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies about post-election prospects Tom Becker reads from an article about why the US constitution ... Read more

KBOO Election Night Coverage 2018

Airs at: Tue, 11/06/2018 at 4:00pm - 10:00pm
KBOO will be providing live election night coverage Tuesday November 6th from 6 - 10 pm. Tune in for live analysis and reports of local and national election results. 4 - 6 PM Amy Goodman's Democracy Now and The Intercept  6-7 PM   Pacifica National Coverage   7- 8 PM... Read more

Ball of Confusion (Midterms Edition)

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2018 at 12:00am - 3:00am
May you live in interesting times . . .     Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/474274843083366/ Read more

Forum on Oregon Ballot Measures - Vote by Nov. 6th!

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Today on Positively Revolting, we have guest hosts Jenka Soderberg and Layla Kanaan hosting a forum on the ballot measures on Oregon's ballot - due next Tuesday November 6th!   Measure 26-201: Portland - Clean Energy Initiative   Measure 102 Oregon Measure 102, Remo... Read more

Welcome to the Jungle: Pepe Escobar

Airs at: Thu, 11/01/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Pepe Escobar writes in a Special to Consortium News: "It’s darkness at the break of (tropical) high noon. Jean Baudrillard once defined Brazil as “the chlorophyll of our planet”. And yet a land vastly associated worldwide with the soft power of creative joie de vivre ha... Read more