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Chris Toensing on the Arab Spring Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring and its implications for the West. You can find Part One here. In this audio, they briefly review their earlier conversation, and they discuss the destabilizing effects of competition for oil reso... Read more

Rachel Corrie's parents head to Israel for verdict

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
An Israeli court is expected to issue a verdict in the case of the late Rachel Corrie next week. Corrie was killed by a U-S-made Israeli armored bulldozer in 2003 when she stood in front of the bulldozer to protest the demolition of a Palestinian doctor’s home. Her parents,... Read more

Aria Minu-Sepehr on "We Heard the Heavens Then", his memoir of a boy in revolutionary Iran

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
 Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Aria Minu-Sepehr about his book We Heard the Heavens Then, a memoir of a boy in revolutionary Iran.  Seen through the eyes of a ten year old with unusual access to the two poles of his society – modern and traditional – the tale recounts... Read more

50th Anniversary of Hiroshima Portland Memorial

Airs at: Thu, 08/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Today on Hiroshima Day hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with participants in the Portland event marking 50 years of remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki and calling for end to nuclear weapons. Peace and community groups in Portland will mark their 50th year of ... Read more

Chris Toensnig on the Arab Spring - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring over a year later, looking back at how it happened, what has happened since and emerging directions. They consider economic factors, demographics, the outcomes of elections and the ripple-effect felt in other par... Read more

Syria

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng talks about Syria and takes listener calls Read more

Another day, another gun massacre in America.

Airs at: Tue, 07/24/2012 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Vacation. Twelve people are dead in suburban Colorado, shot while at the movies. What has followed has been an almost rote recitation of the now-standard script for such affairs: Shock, horror, fear, anger, sadness, expressions of sym... Read more

Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan.

Airs at: Wed, 07/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Marvin Simmons speaks with Rajiv Chandrasekaran about his new book Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan. Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a senior correspondent and associate editor of The Washington Post. From 2009 to 2011, he reported on the war in Afghanist... Read more

Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq

Airs at: Thu, 07/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Greg Muttitt, author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq. The departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? W... Read more

Positively Revolting on 07-20-12 Peace & Justice Works / Portland Copwatch celebrate their 20th Anniversary

Airs at: Fri, 07/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Hosts ani and Lyn talk with Portland Peace and Justice Works / Portland Cop Watch organizer Dan Handelman, and long-time peace activist Ann Huntwork, how things have evolved in the movement over the last two decades. Since 1992, these groups have organized events that have ... Read more