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Haiti's food riots - a reflection of colonization?

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
With colonization beginning the process of disparity of wealth between nations, global corporate trade mechanisms today continue that process.   Now we go to Haiti, which has been the hardest hit nation in this hemisphere. Read more

Planting Prosperity and Harvesting Health: Trade-offs and Sustainability in Our Regional Food System.

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
The following program is from a panel discussion that took place at the day long conference titled “Planting Prosperity and Harvesting Health:  Trade-offs and Sustainability in Our Regional Food System.” The April conference focused on the recently released draft report from... Read more

Carol Adams, "The Sexual Politics of Food"

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Carol Adams is the author of "Sexual Politics of Meat." draws a correlation  between meat based diet and patriarchy.  Read more

Jim Hightower interview: "Jim Hightower interview"

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Jim Hightower interview What's happened to the family farm? Bankruptcies, broken hearts, families and homes destroyed, and suicides to name a few. This interview was facilitated by KBOO's Marliese Franklin, in an interview with radio personality Jim Hightower:   Read more

Ol Mole Interview - George Ritzer on the McDonalization of Society

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Since 1955 McDonald's has grown to over 31,000 outlets worldwide (2003).The central concepts employed in the fast-food industry have spread to all types of restaurants. Everything from pizza to lobster, from ice cream to bread, from alcohol to fried chicken and even the funer... Read more

Andrew Geller Interviews Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute.

Airs at: Sun, 06/01/2008 at 5:00pm
Anuradha Mittal Is also the former Co Director, Food First; Contributor, "The Status of International Food Aid Negotiations: An Update to Food Aid or Food Sovereignty?  Ending World Hunger In Our Time"  (April2008); economic globalization, loss of American farms, effects of... Read more

Interview: Andy Worthington author of The Guantanamo Files; The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2008 at 5:00pm
Kboo's Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews Andy Worthington. A frequent contributor to The Huffington Post, he is the author of the book The Guantanamo Files; The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison. The book is a comphrehensive examination of each and eve... Read more

Interview: Steve Wax, author of Kafka Comes to America; Fighting For Justice In The War on Terror

Airs at: Thu, 05/29/2008 at 5:00pm
   Kboo's Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews Steve Wax Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and author of the new book, Kafka Comes to America; Fighting For Justice In The War On Terror. This is the inside account of the fight to defend two innocent men wrongly ... Read more

OPAL Students and the Voice For Empowerment Project, Full Version

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2008 at 5:00pm
Students at De La Salle recently participated in a four week workshop series as part of OPAL’s Voice For Empowerment Project. OPAL (Organizing People-Activating Leaders)  is a community organization formed in September 2005 that works for Environmental Justice in the Portlan... Read more

Emi Maclean, Attorney for the CCR: Full interview about Guantanamo Refugees

Airs at: Sun, 05/11/2008 at 5:00pm
 The full interview with Emi Maclean by Kboo Reporter Linda Olson-Osterlund. Ms Maclean attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights talks in depth about her testimony before congress on behalf of refugees held in solitary confinement and the Guantanamo Bay prison camp... Read more