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Facing the Truth about Native America: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  It is difficult to overstate the ferocity of the attack on the indigenous people of North America by the settler colonizers. The genocidal campaign had its roots in New England. In the 1600s the first seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony showed a naked Native American wi... Read more

#OccupyICEpdx Vigil to End 'Zero Tolerance Policy' dividing families

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A protest of around 200 people at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in southwest Portland yesterday did not end when the protest was over. Instead, a group of immigrant rights activists decided to set up an ongoing vigil outside of the ICE Processing facility... Read more

Portland Gray Panthers fight for social justice

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Joining host Paul Roland in the KBOO studio this morning will be: Lew Church, Coordinator of the Panthers in Portland; Sally Fronsman-Cecil, long-time social justice and Nestle Boycott organizer, who recently moved back to Oregon from Kansas; and Dorothy Holland, a 70... Read more

Leon Rosselson: Six decades of stirring things up with his music

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 5:30am - 7:00am
  Solstice greetings! And happy birthday to one of host Paul Roland's favorite singer-songwriters, Leon Rosselson.  From a full immersion in the early British "folk revival" (four albums with The Galliards from 1960-62 and two with The Three City Four, which included Mar... Read more

The FBI and the Weather Underground

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Arthur Eckstein spent years reading declassified documents from the FBI about its investigation into the radical 1970's revolutionary group the Weather Underground. He joins us for the hour to talk about what he found and to retell this story that includes bombings of th... Read more

How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Lawyers, translators, donations, protest... from Slate.com: If you’re horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here’s a bit of news you can use. First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed... Read more

OSP Uhuru Sasa Talent Show

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On June 12, 2018 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  Host Karen James recorded the show at OSP and interviewed the men about their performances.      Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a ... Read more

Let's All Be Farmers

Airs at: Sun, 06/17/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week: Dr. Malik Burnett speaking about the social determinants of health, stigma, cultural competency, and medical cannabis; plus Tim Pate performs "Let's All Be Farmers". Read more

Compassionate Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998. Fifteen years later, in 2013, the state legislature legalized medical marijuana dispensaries -- between 100 and 200 were operating illegally in the state at the time -- and set up a framework for regulating them... Read more

Pacific Northwest in the Tar Sands Crosshairs

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
It seems likely that the Canadian province of Alberta—home to a massive tar sands industry that produces some of the globe’s dirtiest and most polluting oil—has put the Pacific Northwest in its crosshairs. The province is partnering with the Canadian government, who recentl... Read more