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An Anti-fascist Christmas Carol

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers reads an excerpt from her commentary, “An Anti-fascist Christmas Carol and Tale of Two Cities: Portland, Oregon at the Crossroads,” which appears in today’s edition of Counterpunch. She reflects on the role that the persistent demonization of houseless peo... Read more

Stolen Children

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978 following over 100 years of federal policies that separated Native children from their families and frequently placed them in non-Native homes.  A pending decision before the US Supreme Court centers on the legalit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 19, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  It's KBOO's end-of-year pledge drive and the first person who pledges $250 to KBOO during our show on Monday, December 19, will receive the gift of a reversible felted and beaded purple shawl, handmade from a mix of merino wool and silk by Fiber Mole Desiree Hellegers. T... Read more

Stopping Zenith Once and For All

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Ever since last summer, when the city of Portland denied Zenith Energy the Land Use Compatibility (LUCS) statement to expand their oil train operastions in Northwest Portland, it looked like Zenith might actually be forced to shut down. But then to the amazement and dismay ... Read more

Leonard Peltier: Walk to Justice || Murder-Cartel-State of Indigenous Peoples in Southern Mexico

Airs at: Thu, 12/15/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  American Indian Airwaves
  Part: 1 The Leonard Peltier Walk to Justice, organized by the American Indian Movement's Grand Governing Council (AIMGGC), began on September 1st, 2022, from Minneapolis, MN and concluded 1,100 miles later, on November 13th, 2022, in Washington D.C., with approximately 2... Read more

Making sense of the war in Ukraine, with Medea Benjamin

Airs at: Wed, 12/14/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Though it's easy for most of us in the United States to not pay close attention to what's happening in Ukraine, the consequences of the war raging there are massive and far-reaching. If you really want to know what led up to the war and what the possiblities are for e... Read more

Reformist DA Impeached

Airs at: Mon, 12/12/2022 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Karen James speaks with Miriam Krinsky, Executive Director of Fair and Just Prosecution. FJP brings together elected local prosecutors as part of a network of leaders committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion, and fiscal responsib... Read more

How is This Guy Running for President Again? / Why is Critical Race Theory so Scary to Conservatives?

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  Today's episode begins with us going through the many things that have made headlines in the past year regarding the former president and how none of it seems to significantly quell the enthusiasm behind his movement. While we appreciate that some right-wing leaders have... Read more

The Dangers of National Nostalgia

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Keeping Democracy Alive
  Of all the motivations for war, nostalgia is at the top. Restoring lost glory. We see it not only in Putin's Russia, but in many former empires. Nostalgia is a factor in racist nationalist bloodletting everywhere. On this show, History Professor Lawrence Wittner talks ab... Read more

The Gap: These are not the data points you're looking for; mistakes we won't make again

Airs at: Fri, 12/09/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of The Gap, Tammy and Althea discuss a blunder by Portland City Commissioner-Elect Rene Gonzalez, who mistakenly claimed that a map of shootings in Portland lined up with houseless encampments. The map actually showed nothing of the sort, but that didn't ... Read more