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Prison Pipeline 1/23/12 w/ Ruth Kovacs hosted by Grace Reed

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Prison Pipeline
In this weeks episode host Grace E Reed talks with the former host of Prison Pipeline,  Ruth Kovacs.  The talk centers around Prison Pipeline and it's positive affect it has had with listeners.  Both Ruth and Grace share their experiences with the prison community and socia... Read more

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Economic Autonomy, Racial Injustice, War and Moving Beyond the Dream

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
Today's Talk Radio is pre-empted for a special for Martin Luther King Jr. Day produced by Jamilah Bourdon "as we approach the official celebration of martin luther king jr.'s life, we spend another year of reflection on what the dream he spoke of means to us.  in the... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 01-26-12 Life in and after a cult

Airs at: Thu, 01/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Life in and after a cult: A conversation with a former member of "The Move" Sam Fife began offering his vision of divine rule on earth in his small New Orleans church in the 1960s. By 1979, when Fife died in an airplane crash, The Move of the Spirit had grown into an intern... Read more

Abe and Joe discuss SOPA and the future of online censorship.

Airs at: Tue, 01/24/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris For now, it seems, the Internet will remain the radical experiment in free information exchange that we have come to know and love. Abe and Joe dissect the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and discuss the future of online censorship. Plus... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris is our host on a show about the Republican battle over capitalism, a made-up story about multiple personalities that passed for reality, the history and future of the abortion issue, and remembering civil disobedience against segregation in the 1960s.   For i... Read more

Remembering the Freedom Riders

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Faye Powell lived in Georgia in the 1960s and participated in picketting and sit-ins against segregation.  She talks here with Denise Morris about her experiences, and they discuss the film Freedom Riders which will be shown at In Other Words Women's Bookstore on Tuesday, ... Read more

Forgiving the Unforgivable

Airs at: Fri, 12/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for Bread and Roses
Forgiving the Unforgivable? We explore Gov. Kitzhaber's recent decision to halt executions in Oregon with author Naseem Rakha whose book The Crying Tree grew out of her experiences as a journalist covering Oregon's last executions, and her research speaking with crime victi... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 01-12-12 Police accountability and remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  A look at where we are with police accountability and remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. How to make police more accountable to the community remains a hot-button issue in Portland. While the number of fatal police shootings was down ... Read more

Colombia - La Lucha Sigue

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
On October 12th, 2011, Congress passed the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.  The fight against the FTA, by trade unionists, small farmers, Indigenous communities, Afro-Colombians, and human rights activists was lost after 5 years, but the struggle continues.  On this program... Read more

African People's Socialist Party - 40 Years of Resistance

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
This year, marks the 40th anniversary of the African People's Socialist Party - USA.  The Party's National Plenary will be held from February 18th-21st in St. Petersburg Florida at the Uhuru House. www.asiuhuru.org/ontheground/apsp-usa/plenary2012/index.shtml On this progr... Read more