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Hot Air from Coca Cola's Dasani Water

Airs at: Wed, 04/16/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the leadup to it's annual meeting, Coca Cola, Incorporated has blocked a shareholders' resolution to publicly report test data on its bottled water brand, Dasani. KBOO's Ethan Scarl spoke about the reasons for Coke's action with Sara Joseph, of Corporate Accountability ... Read more

Tribes and Bonneville Power Dam Settlement

Airs at: Sun, 04/06/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
 The Bonneville Power Administration has reached a 900 million dollar settlement with Indian tribes on ways to increase protection for endangered and threatened salmon in the Columbia River Basin over the next 10 years.The tribes and the federal agency have been at odds for... Read more

Hip Hop and Activism

Airs at: Wed, 04/02/2008 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We speak with Gabriel Yaiva, Navajo and Hopi hip hop artist, owner of the independent label Fourth World Entertainment, www.4went.com, empowering people through community work, such as The Peace and Balance Project, www.peaceandbalance.com. Featured songs, artists, and alb... Read more

2008 Spring News and Public Affairs Day

April 4, 2008News and Public Affairs DayCall and become a member during our marathon News and Public Affairs day - drawings, prizes and matching pledges, with limited-offer thank you gifts all day long! At 7:30 Melodie Silverwolf hosts Positively Revolting Talk Radio. The ... Read more

Native Occupation of Alcatraz

Produced for:  Circle A Radio
The Native American Occupation of Alcatraz Island began on November 20, 1969. At about 2 a.m., nearly eighty American Indians from more than twenty tribes pulled up to the island's eastern shore in three boats, and the island of Alcatraz was occupied until June 11, 1971. We... Read more

01.23.08 am 'Get This' news

Airs at: Tue, 01/22/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Get This
 Get This:  And The Wall Came Down:  Between Egypt and Gaza today there flows a river of celebrant Palestinians, buying food, fuel and catching up with friends and relatives. Chris Andreae 01/23/08   Here in Oregon, another sort of species extinction is on line to ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 14, 2007

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 This  is the Old Mole Variety Hour in its entirety.   Hosted by Laurie Mercier, this program focuses on some  popular movements the mainstream media  fail to cover.  First, Phil Alden Robinson from the Writers Guild talks with Bill Resnick about the writers's strike and ho... Read more

"Zapatista"

Airs at: Sun, 01/13/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Laurie Mercier and Luz María Gordillo review Zapatista, the play by Dañel  Malán about Subcomandante  Marcos  and the Zapatista insurgency in the Mexican state of Chiapas,  discussing, among other things, whether the Zapatistas are post-modernists.  Zapatista plays in a bi... Read more

Racial Disparity in the Oregon Prison System

Airs at: Wed, 01/09/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Xicanismo
Host Carlos Chavez explores the topics of racial justice and racial disparity in the Oregon Prison System with Caylor Rolin of the Portland-based Partnership for Safety and Justice, a group seeking to unite people convicted of crime, survivors of crime, and the families of ... Read more

Resources for Jan 16 Show on Indegenous Resistance to the Militarization in the U.S./ Mexico Border Region:

 Coalición de  Derechos Humanos: http://www.derechoshumanosaz.net/   National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: http://www.nnirr.org/   The Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Rights: http://www.centerforhumanrights.org/   The Advancement Project: ... Read more