Activism

Your Home, Your Right or My Business?

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

This week, Making Contact looks at California's fight over rent control. The stage is set for a political battle between two polar worldviews. Is housing a human right, or is real estate property an investment commodity? And where on that continuum is California's common... Read more

Portland Chinatown Museum

Airs at: Fri, 06/22/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Pacific Underground

During the 1890s, Portland had the second-largest Chinatown in the United States. Today, its history stands in danger of disappearing altogether. Join Pacific Underground Producers Tabitha and Jake this morning as we talk about Portland's new Chinatown Museum with Museum D... Read more

Tacoma on the Front Lines

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

According to Sightline Institute Tacoma, Washington is the major frontline community in the fight to stop fossil fuel development in the Northwest. After vehemently rejecting a proposal to build the world's largest methanol refinery at the Port of Tacoma, citizens are now t... Read more

Juneteenth

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Today we discuss the roots and legacy of Juneteenth, which commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. We also discuss the dire political and humanitarian situation in Yemen as well as ongoing developments in the new Poor People'... Read more

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Per Fagereng is joined by Professor Michael T. Klare to discuss his recent article in Truthout about the US military's newly named Indo-Pacific Command. Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation. from Truthout.org On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis anno... Read more

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 18, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker is our host and presents the following pieces: 1. Korea scholar Martin Hart-Landsberg discusses the Trump - Kim Jong Un summit with Laurie Mercier 2. The Left & the Law team take up the legal challenge to the policy of taking children away from immigrant famili... Read more

Teachers on Strike Across the Nation

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole’s Bill Resnick talks with Joel Jordan, a long time high school teacher in Los Angeles who is also a writer, activist, organizer, and a leader in the radical caucus that managed to gain power in the Los Angeles Teachers Union. They discuss the recent rising of t... Read more

Buscando America on 06/19/18

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

En este programa escucharás sobre la Política Zero implementada en la frontera de Estados Unidos en México que ha dejado miles de niños separados de sus familias. Además hablamos con Nelton Rivera activista de prensa comunitaria en Guatemala que nos habló de la Zona Cero qu... Read more