Wednesday Talk Radio

Way back in 1958, a group of Quaker anti-nuclear weapons activists sailed the Golden Rule towards the Marshall Islands to protest atmospheric nuclear testing, which both the U.S. and the Soviet Union were then engaged in. Radiation was turning up in cows' and human milk. Th... Read more

Three community mental health activists join host Paul Roland to talk about a series of "Truth & Reconciliation" events in Portland organized by the MOMS Movement, Rethinking Psychiatry and the Icarus Project. The Wednesday, May 25 event will be an opportunity for people wh... Read more

Scheduled guest Ralph Nader had to cancel at the last minute, but luckily Sam Husseini of Institute for Public Accuracy (http://www.accuracy.org/) agreed to step into the breach. And the fact that he has been critical of Nader makes it even more timely! His new project is V... Read more

 As a delegation of Indigenous Lumad activists arrives in Portland, the Philippines just got through a national election, which apparently brought Rodrigo Duterte into power as President. The coincidence is significant, as Duterte has been the mayor of Davao City, the larg... Read more

On Tuesday, more than a dozen Burgerville fast food workers and their supporters held a rally and march to launch their new union--the Burgerville Workers' Union. The workers have organized themselves at multiple stores in Portland and Vancouver. They are demanding a $5 an ... Read more

  Host Paul Roland speaks with David Ray Griffin about his book, UNPRECEDENTED: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis?  Griffin delineates the nature and magnitude of the climatic threat to life forms and the urgency of taking action, but also sets this  global crisis wi... Read more

On Monday night the Cascade Locks City Council passed a resolution to oppose the upcoming Ballot Measure 14-55 to ban large-scale commercial water bottling plants in Hood River County. They further urged their constituents and all Hood River County residents to vote against... Read more