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Sojourner Truth Radio

Airs at: Thu, 08/23/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Today on Sojourner Truth, we discuss new developments in the court battle surrounding the Keystone XL Pipeline, the election of Mia Mottley in Barbados and the tragic killing of Frederick Taft, a Black man who was murdered in a Long Beach public park by a white man. On ... Read more

Moral Imperatives: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/21/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  What are individuals to do when faced with a moral imperative? And society at large? Philosophers since ancient times have been wrestling with this question as it involves issues of ethics and conscience. When we see an injustice do we remain passive and silent or do we ... Read more

White Kids

Airs at: Mon, 08/20/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  A sociologist examines how affluent white children think about race. Join Linda Olson-Osterlund in a discussion with author and sociologist Margaret Hagerman examining how affluent white children think about race.  Call (503) 231-8187 with your comments. from kirkusrevi... Read more

50th Anniversary of 1968

Airs at: Fri, 08/17/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On this edition of From The Vault, we Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Pacifica Radio Archives recordings from 1968. As part of our ongoing preservation and access program, The Pacifica Radio Archives identified some 100 of our most outstanding recordings from 1968.... Read more

Fighting a Toxic Current

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  What's in the water and in the soil? Who put it there? How can you help make it right? Tune in Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 9am and join the conversation with Lisa Loving.  Call in at (503) 231-8187 How can the people force the corporate sector to clean up the Willamette River... Read more

Disenrollment and Immigration: How Sovereign are Indigenous Nations?

Airs at: Wed, 08/15/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Jacqueline Keeler welcomes Alfred Urbina, the attorney general for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. The Pascua Yaqui are the first federally recognized tribe with a high-tech enhanced tribal card (ETC), a certified ID card for border transit. They were also on of the f... Read more

Whither Anarchism?

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Kristian Williams about the future of the democratic left.  Williams is best known for his book Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America.  Kristian and Bill discuss his latest work, Whither Anarchism? which calls for social transformation ... Read more

Extraction Industries & Sexploitation: Chris Hedges

Airs at: Tue, 08/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
The scourge of male violence exists independently of capitalism, empire and colonialism. It is a separate evil. The fight to end male violence against women, part of a global struggle by women, must take primacy in our own struggle. We cannot stand up for some of the oppres... Read more

BALDWIN V. BUCKLEY

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  The Radiozine continues to commemorate the birthday of James Baldwin with his portion of the 1965 debate with Willam F. Buckley at Cambridge University. In the Atlantic Ta-Nahisi Coates wrote: "I know a lot of conservative intellectuals hearken back to his day as a time ... Read more

DeRay Mckesson: On the Other Side of Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome author and activist DeRay Mckesson to KBOO ahead of his Portland appearance at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on September 20th.  Call (503) 231-8187 during this Fall Membership Drive to join the conversation and to get a copy of DeRay's new ... Read more