Global Affairs

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Cryptocurrency and Capital Controls in Greece

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Breaking Protocol: Which came first-- coin or the ledger? In either case, physical currency or a tally of debts and payments have been the two primary forms of money used throughout history. Today, physical cash is increasingly being replaced with cashless systems includ... Read more

Against the looting of Africa: Patrick Bond

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Fight the Empire's Per Fagereng welcomes Patrick Bond, professor of political economy at the University of the Witwatersrand Wits School of Governance. His research interests include political economy, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. Bond writes in The Chan... Read more

US Wars in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Dave Finkel, editor of Against the Current, and author of the recent essay "Open and Hidden Horrors." They discuss climate catastrophe; the wars that the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are conducting in the Middle East; the suffering in Yemen, Syria... Read more

Cutting Corporate Taxes: Richard Wolff

Airs at: Tue, 02/06/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Corporations are riding high in the saddle. With their friends in Washington they are raking it in. That certainly is the case with the tax law passed by Congress in late 2017. If you look at the details it is warmed over trickle-down economics. While most workers will g... Read more

Winter Festival Lineup

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  As winter drizzles on, there are two golden opportunities this month to get out and see the world without leaving Oregon: the Cascade Festival of African Films and the Portland International Film Festival. Ben Popp has been gathering together regional filmmakers for the ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 5, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 02/05/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole and we hear: About the wars the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are conducting in the Middle-East; About a project to support abortion providers in their stressful work; An interview with Northwest singer-song writer... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an exact... Read more

Protest Planned for Pro-Gun Event with Rep. Greg Walden

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Today, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden asked the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the US Treasury Department for documents that relate to alleged Russian efforts to funnel money to the Trump campaign. This is one week after the McClatchy news service reported that the FBI is i... Read more

ICE Raids in Northern California

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the last three days of January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a massive immigration sweep in Northern California. It is the largest localized action of its kind since Trump took office. Businesses in San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose were serv... Read more

Commentary: Children as Pawns

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One of the less obvious takeaways from Tuesday’s State of The Union Address, was the willingness to look at children as political pawns, rather than the future of the country. KBOO’s Ray Bodwell has these thoughts: Read more