Government/Politics

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North Korea, Haiti and America

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Why the North Koreans refuse to be silent. -- Pierre Labossiere from The Haiti Action Committee give us an update on the growing resistance to the US-inspired violence against the Haitian people. -- Foodfight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs. --   10-11-2022      ... Read more

Jordan Cove Victory Update

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program originally aired on January 24, 2022 For 18 years communities across Southern Oregon fought an existential struggle to stop the massive Jordan Cove LNG export terminal that was proposed for Coos Bay and its accompanying 36" fracked gas pipeline that would h... Read more

Indigenous People's Day with DJ Freeleonard and Brother Ernie

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Hard Knock Radio
  We look at the issues and concerns surrounding Indigenous People's Day. We talk about political prisoner Leonard Peltier. --   10-10-2022 --     hardknockradio.org --     Plus an episode of World Ocean Radio -- New Ocean Challenges: a summary of fifteen new ocean ... Read more

Noam Chomsky - Notes on Resistance

Airs at: Tue, 10/11/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Resistance. How does one move from a position of dissent to resistance, direct action? As a political tactic resistance requires careful thought and must be freely undertaken. Practitioners include most famously Gandhi and Dr. King. It can come with a price. Both Gandhi ... Read more

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: The Times They Are A-Changin’ – we discuss the recent White House statement on marijuana law reform. Plus we hear from Dr. Joao Goulao, a Portuguese physician and the current national drug coordinator for Portugal, Dr. Penny Hill, founder of St... Read more

Portland Commissioner candidates Hardesty and Gonzalez on housing and homelessness

Airs at: Wed, 10/05/2022 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Portland City Commission Position 3 candidates Jo Ann Hardesty and Rene Gonzalez spoke to Street Roots about how they would like to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Portland.  KBOO's Althea Billings speaks to K. Rambo, Editor-in-Chief at Street R... Read more

2022 Oregon governor candidates debate education funding

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregon has a remarkable three way governor race on the ballot in November 2022. Current governor Kate Brown is term limited, so the candidates are Democrat Tina Kotek, Independent Betsy Johnson and Republican Christine Drazan. The candidates met in a debate this week, mo... Read more

The Importance of Local Government with Harry Curtin

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Civic Cipher
  On today's show, we are joined by city council candidate for Phoenix's district 6, Harry Curtin. We spend the first half of the show discussing the importance of local government and citizen engagement. We also examine the scope of work at different levels of local gover... Read more

Florida after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation - Brazil's elections - Italy's new neofascist leader

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Rising Up With Sonali
  This week, we'll go to Florida to speak with Representative Anna Eskamani, a progressive lawmaker who is working to rebuild her state after Hurricane Ian's climate-change-fueled devastation. Then, we'll take a look at Brazil's elections where former President Lula won th... Read more

The Gap: Mingus Mapps' Charter Alternative and things you didn't invent actually

Airs at: Fri, 10/07/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  The Gap
  On this episode of the Gap, Tammy and Althea cover some recent news, national and local. We discuss Biden's federal marijuana reform, dyeing a waterfall for a gender reveal, and we go deep on Portland midterm election news. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps has revealed his... Read more