War/Peace

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David Swanson about his recent article "The Peace Movement's Progress."

Airs at: Fri, 07/16/2010 at 12:00am
Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace interview David Swanson about his recent article "The Peace Movement's Progress." David Swanson is the author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" by Seven Stories Press (2009) and of the introductio... Read more

Mark Thompson on his recent article, "The Other 1 Percent"

Airs at: Fri, 01/20/2012 at 12:00am
Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace interview Time Magazine investigative reporter Mark Thompson about his recent article, "The Other 1 Percent," on the increasing disconnect and distance between the military and the rest of the U.S. population. Thompson has reported extensivel... Read more

Abe and Joe marvel at "Beyond Vietnam," one of MLK's greatest speeches.

Airs at: Tue, 01/17/2012 at 12:00am
 Great oratory speaks to universal and self-evident human truths, and thus remains timeless. Nearly 45 years on, Abe and Joe revisit "Beyond Vietnam," one of Dr. Martin Luther King's most powerful and prescient speeches. In it, he expresses the concept that the movements ag... Read more

Presswatch on 12/29/11

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
The news you're not suppposed to know from 1811, a review of 2011 and listener calls. Read more

Stalemate in Obama's Iran Policy

Airs at: Fri, 01/13/2012 at 12:00am
A live interview with Professor William Beeman, University of Minnesota, and Reza Marashi, Policy Director with National Iranian American Council on issues related to sanctions and threats of war with Iran.  Panel also reviewed President Obama's change of policy on Iran fro... Read more

Will Israel Attack Iran?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Israel wants a war, but not with Iran, for that would lead to disaster.  It would rather fight the Palestinians in Gaza -- again -- but Hamas is depriving the Israelis of good reasons.  Uri Avnery explains how Hamas has stolen a war in this  blog post, read here by the Old... Read more

Portland City Council will vote on a Resolution to Bring War Dollars Home

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
At a special session tomorrow afternoon, The Portland City Council will vote on a resolution calling on the US government to end the war in Afghanistan and bring troops and contractors home from Iraq. The statement is called the “War Dollars Home Resolution”, and is based ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Mole which focuses on how to make elections more democratic, the campaign for gays in the military, and Israel's plans for war.   Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ... Read more

Why is Brad Manning Where He Is?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Brad Manning, a young, gay soldier imprisoned and accused of giving classified information to Wikileaks, has been abandoned by the mainstream GLBT movement.  Why?  Is it because he shows exactly why the military is not a place gays should be trying to get equal access to? ... Read more

Equal Opportunity...to do what?

Airs at: Mon, 01/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Mainstream gay organizations and the liberal media have spent millions campaigning for the end to "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the policy that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the US military.  Is that where the GLBT movement should be spending its money?  Deni... Read more