Political Perspectives

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Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

News and views on current politics.

Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics.

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Retired

Political Perspectives: Angela Davis x Ta-Nehisi Coates

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Angela Davis in a rarely heard 1972 interview at Malcolm X College, presented with permission from the Chicago Film Archives.  Davis discusses the upcoming presidential election, campaigning for 3rd party candidates Gus Hall and Jarvis Tyner and her freedom after 16 mont... Read more

Political Perspectives on 11/16/16

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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It CAN Happen Here: Call in with your thoughts

Airs at: Wed, 11/09/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Well, it has happened. Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States.How did this happen? What does it mean for immigrants, people of color, women? We'll be taking your calls live on the air.   Like many people in our listening area and across the country, I... Read more

Political Perspectives on 11/02/16

Airs at: Wed, 11/02/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Ralph Nader Critiques the Two-Party System

Airs at: Wed, 10/26/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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   Activist, consumer advocate and former Green Party candidate Ralph Nader spoke in Portland this past Saturday as part of an event to support campaign finance reform and Multnomah County Ballot Measure 26-184. He presented a critique of the two party system. The talk was... Read more

Walt McRee, Chair, Public Banking Institute. on Affording the Portland We Want

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Host Per Fagereng speaks with Walt McRee, Chair of the Public Banking Institute, about the too-big-to-fail banks that dominate the American banking system and how they have virtually unchallenged control in financing the future fiscal prospects of America’s cities, count... Read more

Carol Anderson, author of "White Rage," on Racism in the US in the Context of the Presidential Campaign

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am
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  In the first half-hour, author and professor Carol Anderson rejoins the Project Censored Show to discuss structural racism in the US, especially in the context of the presidential campaign. Carol Anderson is Professor of African-American Studies at Emory University in At... Read more

Multnomah County Measure 26-184 for Campaign Finance

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Moses Ross and Jason Kafoury of the Campaign for Honest Elections and Measure (26-184), a Multnomah County Charter Amendment for Campaign Finance, which limits contributions, expenditures, requires disclosure in Multnomah County candi... Read more

Political Perspectives on 10/12/16

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Mark Crispin Miller, NYU professor and media critic

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  From the series the Project Censored Show hosts Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff spend the hour in discussion with Mark Crispin Miller, NYU professor and media critic. Their conversation includes both critiques of corporate media's recent performance (such as its coverage... Read more