Government/Politics

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Who is An American? -- Eric Foner

Airs at: Tue, 06/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Definitions of who is an American have been constantly shifting for more than two centuries. Parameters expand and contract as the political winds vary. Historically, race and racism have been central factors in determining who is an American. With changing demographic a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 25, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Denise Morris hosts this episode of The Old Mole which includes: Trump and Global Trade: In a 2 part interview, Bill Resnick talks with Economist Jack Rasmus about Trump's trade theatrics, it's stated and real goals, and how the overall Trump program could crash and... Read more

The World Only Spins Forward: Isaac Butler on Angels In America

Airs at: Tue, 06/26/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  Isaac Butler and Dan Kois take us backstage and behind the scenes of the iconic play, "Angels In America" in their book, The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels In America. The book is an oral history, telling the story of the play and its influence from the v... Read more

Your Home, Your Right or My Business?

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This week, Making Contact looks at California's fight over rent control. The stage is set for a political battle between two polar worldviews. Is housing a human right, or is real estate property an investment commodity? And where on that continuum is California's common... Read more

Human Rights and Drug Policy

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Free Culture Radio
Rick Lines is the executive director of Harm Reduction International. Rick has been working in HIV and harm reduction services, policy, and advocacy since the early 1990s. He is known for his leading work in the areas of HIV and prisons, prison needle slash syringe programs... Read more

Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China

Airs at: Thu, 06/21/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Per Fagereng is joined by Professor Michael T. Klare to discuss his recent article in Truthout about the US military's newly named Indo-Pacific Command.  Call (503) 231-8187 to join the conversation.  from Truthout.org On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis anno... Read more

Medea Benjamin on KBOO

Airs at: Wed, 06/27/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Linda Olson-Osterlund is joined by CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin to discuss her new book Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ms. Benjamin just returned from South Korea where she's helping to mobilize the peace movement to su... Read more

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives are misunderstood, highly judged "by teachers, administrators, and the justice system "and degraded by the very institutions charged... Read more

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

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