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Do we live in a Democracy, Plutocracy, Fascist State, or something totally different?

Airs at: Tue, 11/16/2010 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris As the populist wave that swept President Obama into office gives way to Business as Usual, Americans are waking up to the realities of life in a Plutocracy. Both Frank Rich in the New York Times and Chris Hedges on Alternet reflect on th... Read more

Fire Frashour Campaign

Airs at: Wed, 10/06/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
On January 29th of 2010 Aaron Campbell was shot in the back and killed by Portland Police Officer Ronald Frashour. Less then two weeks later the grand jury decided there was no wrongdoing on the part of the officer that killed Campbell. Now, family members and the community... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/11/10 - Susan Banyas and The Hillsboro Story

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
#cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content div { margin: 0px; } A celebration of civil rights: Susan Banyas and The Hillsboro Story Two months after the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision legally ending school segregation, the county engi... Read more

Concerns Over Police Contract Negotiations

Airs at: Fri, 09/17/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Contract negotiations began today between the city of Portland and the Police Union. KBOO reporter Isobel Charle attended the meeting and spoke with Rahsaan mohammed of the fire frashour campaign. Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/08/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with labor organizer, writer and radical theorist John Cronan Jr. He will be speaking at Laughing Horse Books on Thursday, November 11th at 6PM with activist and student orgainzer Casey Asprooth-Jackson.  John Cronan is a restaur... Read more

Positively Revolting on 11-05-10: The Spirit of Rebellion

Airs at: Fri, 11/05/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Throughout November, Ani and Lyn will celebrate resistance to our current culture of corporate rule and dominator mentality.  Join us for a discussion about breaking through the dominator paradigm through joyous action.  If resistance isn’t fun, we aren’t doing it right. I... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11-04-2010 What were voters thinking?

Airs at: Thu, 11/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
#cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content #cg_msg_content div { margin: 0px; } What were voters thinking? A look at midterm election results Voters were angry, distrustful of political insiders and worried about government spending - at least that's the narrative provided by the m... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/01/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/01/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Rinku Sen, the President and Executive Director of the Applied Research Center (ARC) and Publisher of ColorLines magazine. She'll talk about her recent article "The Most Racist Campaign in Decades, and What It Demands of Us."... Read more

It's Election Day! Abe and Joe bring you the lowdown.

Airs at: Tue, 11/02/2010 at 12:00am
 It's Election Day! Abe and Joe bring you the lowdown. As the Republic lurches through the first Election Day of the post-Citizens United era, Abe and Joe run down the races and ballot measures in Portland and around the nation.   Read more

Ballot Initiatives from A to Z: Get Out and VOTE, Dammit!!!

Airs at: Tue, 10/26/2010 at 12:00am
Vote, dammit! Abe and Joe run down the ballot initatives for the Nov. 2 election.  Got ballot measures? Oh, yes you do. Abe and Joe parse the initiatives up for a yea or nay vote in the November 2 election in Portland. Also, FOX News stinks.   Read more