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Fallen Heroes of 2017

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Thousands of local social justice organizers, activists and other leaders passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didnt make the headlines. On this edition of Making Contact, as we do every December, well hear about some of the... Read more

January Social Justice Events

Updated Sunday January 28. Portland Resistance Calendar is a collection of social justice events in the Portland area (and sometimes, within driving distance). This post is specifically for events that are in the month of January 2018 and later.   Links here go to pdxactiv... Read more

Origins of Radical Right-Wing Power: Nancy MacLean

Airs at: Tue, 01/02/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The history of the anti-government and anti-democratic politics that have transformed the U.S. in recent years is largely obscured from view. The radical right’s agenda includes: suppression of voting rights, privatization of everything from schools to Medicare to Social... Read more

Onward and Upward

Airs at: Sun, 12/31/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we talk with comedian and journalist Ngaio Bealum about the past year, and we take a look ahead to 2018. Read more

The Politics of Living - Episode 11

Airs at: Wed, 01/03/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The Politics of Living
  January 3, 2018   Pulitzer-Prize nominated author Inara Verzemnieks discusses her latest work with contributor Inessa Anderson.  The book, entitled "Among the Living and the Dead", is part memoir, part historical record.  Inara was raised by her Latvian refugee grandp... Read more

December 29 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 12/29/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 01/05/2018 at 5:00pm
Updated Wednesday January 3 Want more info? Click on the links for the details. Want to print out the list? There's a printable PDF. Wanna see into the future? Check out kboo.fm/resist/dec for upcoming events. Thanks so very much for reading, and thank you, KBOO member... Read more

The Logic of Misogyny: Kate Manne

Airs at: Fri, 12/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On today's show, host Mitch Jeserich is in conversation with Kate Manne, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University, about her book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny. She addresses what is misogyny and how it manifest itself in today's society. In this contex... Read more

Cannabis, Spirituality, and Racism (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 01/01/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Stephen Gray is the author of Cannabis and Spirituality:  An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally.  On October 1st, 2015, Oregon joined Washington and Colorado as the third state to legalize recreational use of cannabis.     Now that it is easy as going to on... Read more

Press**Watch: Revolution starts with consciousness

Airs at: Thu, 12/28/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Today I'll be asking you which stories of 2017 deserve more coverage, and I'll go over a selection of my own.  Given the rise of the fascist Right--the execrable tax bill, the ongoing gerrymandering, poll closures, and vote switching, the stuffing of the judiciary with corp... Read more

Nina Lopez: the Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work

Airs at: Wed, 12/27/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our hour-long special with women's rights activist Nina Lopez. Lopez, London-based and Argentina-born, is with Legal Action for Women and the English Collective of Prostitutes. Mothers and grandmothers have spearheaded a movement that is successful at... Read more