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September 01 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 09/01/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 09/08/2017 at 5:00pm
  Updated Wednesday, 9/6. Nothing like a holiday weekend to quiet things down. Momentarily. For the weekend. But all hell is breaking loose, starting Tuesday. And more will be added as the week proceeds.  Are you looking for DACA information? Tonight, Tuesday, 9/5 DACA I... Read more

September Social Justice Events

Here's what we know about, as we know about it.  Updated Saturday, 9/30/2017 Links here go to pdxactivist.org, "a collaborative community calendar ... to move information about activism and resistance in Portland out of corporate silos like Facebook. This is a place to shar... Read more

One Million Strong & too many Millions Locked Up!

Airs at: Mon, 09/04/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Jihad Abdulmumit, National Co-chair for the Jericho Movement for Political Prisoner Amnesty.  Jihad is a former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and continues to work with Prisoners inside.  Abdulmumit and the Jericho Movement supported an... Read more

Stokely Carmichael AKA Kwame Ture

Airs at: Wed, 08/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Today, we broadcast our one-hour special on Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture. He is known by a generation of popularizing the cry of "Black Power." We speak with Dr. Peniel Joseph about his book, "Stokely: A Life." How did the concept of Black Power as a poli... Read more

The Country that Voted for Trump: Thomas Frank

Airs at: Tue, 08/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  The election of Donald Trump was a stunning political upset. His victory defied the predictions of almost every pundit and pollster. Though he received about 3 million fewer votes than his opponent, the antiquarian Electoral College system in the U.S. gave him the presid... Read more

City of Portland Considers Building New Homeless Shelter

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Houston / Gulf Coast Hurricane Harvey Relief The City of Portland, in conjunction with Multnomah County, is considering building a new, permanent, two hundred bed shelter in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.  The houseless new shelter would be the eighth in that distric... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 28 2017

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with urban design professor Nicco Larco about how technology, from ecommerce to autonomous vehicles, has and might yet affect cities. Desiree Hellegers interviews Portland singer-songwriter Naomi Little Bear Morena about... Read more

Threshold Shift

Produced for:  Threshold Shift
  Hear the Earth You're Missing Threshold Shift is a collection of field recordings created and contributed by sound professionals, scientists, and student-citizens from across the globe. Why do we record? By many accounts, there is less than 2% of the Earth that is free ... Read more

Transgender Employment Discrimination

Airs at: Mon, 08/28/2017 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Transgender activists Alyssa Pagan and Brooklynn Clark explain why they are demanding that the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries establish programs to correct the rampant employment discrimination against transgender workers. Read more

The Criminalization of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement in the US

Airs at: Fri, 08/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  One Land Many Voices
Today on One Land Many Voices we feature two programs from the Pacifica network that focus on the criminalization of free speech in relation to Israel. A bill recently introduced in the US Congress, co-sponsored by Oregon's Ron Wyden, makes it a crime to participate in the ... Read more