This program aired originally on June 2, 2025
In these disturbing times as we watch democracy crumble and wonder whom the
oligarchs will go after next, how do we ground ourselves in the work we need
to keep doing? First they come for the immigrants, then international ...
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This is a rebroadcast of a show from last year about the Ebony Collective.
They have their first ever fundraiser and open house on Saturday, July 12
from 11am to 3pm. The link to register is right here.
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On this edition of Century of Lies: Support, Don’t Punish: A Public Health
and Human Rights Based Approach to Drug Policy.
The Fifty-Ninth Session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from June
16 to July 8. A number of side events were held in conjunction with the H...
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Remembering Dan Handelman: In the second of a two-part segment, Desiree
Hellegers brings audio excepts from a June 28 memorial for Handelman at
Clinton Street Theater. Dan died in April at age 60, following a stroke.
Handelman's family and Portland activists for peac...
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This week on Transpositive PDX, we confront a difficult but urgent topic:
Is a transgender genocide underway?
Using the framework of the Ten Stages of Genocide, we will explore how
escalating rhetoric, laws, and violence against transgender people in the
U.S. and abro...
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Nydia Caballero, union electrician, and Geovanny Tolentino, union teacher,
discuss what's behind Trump's mass deportation campaign, popular resistance
and the role of labor unions in this fight.
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The guest is Donovan Scribes. He edited BlackOut, the recent Portland
Mercury special edition looking at the Black Lives Matter Movement, five
years later. In the process he helps define who we are at the current pivotal
moment in society.
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On June 28, Portland activists will gather at the Clinton Street Theater to
honor the life and work of the founding member of Portland Peace and Justice
Works/Portland Copwatch, an indefatigable organizer on a host of
interconnected issues – war/militarism, police acc...
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The Youth Collective talks Pride for our June episode. Queer History, Music,
Culture and Activism are all topics of discussion, for a fun and informative
episode.
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