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Paul Roland talks with Justin Kay and Tim Hitchins, two of the organizers of the "Resistance Ecology" conference this weekend at Portland State University. According to the organizers, "Resistance Ecology is about movement building. It is about cultivating an ecology of resistance that can adapt to the circumstances of domination. for us, this work begins with scrutinizing the state of the animal liberation and radical ecology movements of North America by addressing previous shortcomings and providing remedies...[and] by creating a movement-wide discourse that is accessible to everyone involved." The conference is a cooperative effort between the Animal Liberation Coalition (PSU), the Jericho Movement and a new movement organization: Resistance Ecology.

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Part 2 of a special one hour Presswatch today.

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Last week, the president called for an end to the War on Terror. Do you buy it? Abe and Joe parse Obama's speech and discuss the state of the Empire.

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A strong win by opponents of a ballot measure to fluoridate Portland's water supply demonstrated that a grassroots movement could turn back a well-financed political campaign. But the fluoridation issue's splite of the city's progressive community revealed something else: the speed with which that community could be polarized and each side demonize the other. This week, Dqve Mazza looks at these disturbing aspects of the fluoridation campaign, whether they reflect deeper problems with how progressives advance their beliefs, and if progressives are too intent on winning.