Activism

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Oregon DACA Coalition's Home is Here rally looks to shift narrative on undocumented experience

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The Supreme Court will begin hearings on the future of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on November 12. The future of DACA recipients, or Dreamers, is in question. In response, the Oregon DACA Coalition held a Home is Here rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza on ... Read more

Watchdog organization Bark offers recourse for preserving Mt. Hood National Forest

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  It may surprise some listeners to know that the US Forest Service is not an organization solely dedicated to the preservation of our nation’s forests and managing public lands. Instead, their charge also includes selling the timber from these forested lands for profit. ... Read more

Harm Reduction in MA

Airs at: Wed, 11/13/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery held a hearing recently on harm reduction sites and supervised consumption facilities, so on this edition of Century of Lies we hear from MA State Sen. Cindy Friedman, Fenway Health... Read more

How Vets Changed the Military

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from an article in Counterpunch by Kevin Basl - "How Veterans Changed the Military and Rebuilt the Middle Class”, which explores the history of veteran-led anti-war protest and the fight to get a better deal for vets. 1932 “Bonus Army” protest by WWI veter... Read more

Buscando America on 11/12/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha sobre la liberación de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia en una conversación con  Gisela Rodríguez socióloga y docente del Portland State University. Krónikas de Viaje presenta al poeta chiapaneco Balam Rodrigo con poemas de su Libro Cen... Read more

Refusal to Obey

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Garett Reppenhagen, National Director of Veteran’s for Peace, about the organization, its radical and democratic impulse, and about the history and current significance of the soldier’s duty to disobey illegal orders. Reppenhagen is a veteran of the ... Read more

The Book of Lost Saints

Airs at: Thu, 12/12/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  The Book of Lost Saints is an evocative multigenerational Cuban-American family story of revolution, loss, and family bonds from New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older. Marisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, disappearing with hardly a trace. Now, sha... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 11, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
It's veterans' day on the Old Mole with host Thom Becker and: Refusal to Obey: Bill Resnick interviews Garrett Reppenhagen of Veteran’s for Peace How Vets Changed the Military: Tom Becker reads from an article by Kevin Basl in Counterpunch Fiction Review: Larry Bowlden re... Read more

Farewell, America: An Interview with Chris Hedges

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
Chris Hedges wants us to face the reality that our society is unraveling. He speaks with John Shuck about his latest book. In his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America's decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America si... Read more

The Digital Divide for November 2019: An update from Edward Snowden

Airs at: Fri, 11/08/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
On the eve of his memoir 'Permanent Record' being published, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden talked at length from Moscow with MSNBC's Brian Williams in an exclusive interview. Edward talks about the governments access to our devices, what it means to be a whistleblower an... Read more