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Occupy Portland Radio

Retired as of April 2016 - was every 3rd Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. KBOO has been with Occupy Portland from the very beginning. Since there is so much overlap in issues of concern and advocacy it is only natural that there should be such a strong bond. We are dedicate... Read more

Azfar Hussain: Micronarratives Against Domination

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier talks with Azfar Hussain, Bangladeshi writer and activist, about his forthcoming book The Politics of Sites, Subjects, and Scenes: Micronarratives and Other Essays, a collection of short texts that combine anecdote, story, and theory, and are meant to illu... Read more

Richard Wolff on the LIBOR scandal and the European economic crisis

Airs at: Fri, 07/13/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Per Fagereng interviews economist Richard Wolff, author of the book "Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism" about the LIBOR scandal and the European economic crisis. Wolff had this statement about the LIBOR scandal: "The long-standing, mutual assistance relations... Read more

So Rich, So Poor - Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America

Airs at: Mon, 07/16/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Peter Edelman, author of the new book So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America. The income-level disparity in this country is now wider than at any point since the Great Depression. How can some be so rich... Read more

Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism

Airs at: Wed, 07/11/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Dennis Marker, author of FIFTEEN STEPS TO CORPORATE FEUDALISM: How the Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class to Eliminate Themselves From Ronald Reagan to the Tea Party Movement. Never has a philosophy of a country shifted as radically ... Read more

Interest-rate -fixing scandal

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads from Robert Reich's recent essay The Wall Street Scandal of All Scandals about the LIBOR ("London interbank offered rate") scandal, in which bankers fixed interest rates in order to siphon trillions of dollars from ordinary people. Read more

Peter Watt on Drug War Mexico

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Peter Watt, co-author with Roberto Zepeda of Drug War Mexico: Politics, Neoliberalism and Violence in the New Narcoeconomy, about the recent reports of drug-related violence in Mexico. Watt notes that government violence has functioned to preserve ... Read more

Doug Henwood: Walker Victory, un-sugarcoated

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads Doug Henwood's commentary on the changing political landscape for the labor movement and considers classic pitfalls of American unionism, namely it's focus on electoral politics and workplace contracts. Doug points out that unions typically don't make com... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 25th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole. We hear about the challenge to Obamacare and the single-payer alternative, the pitfalls of mainstream unionism, a movie review of Spike Lee's 1999 "Summer of Sam", and an update on Julian Assange. Bill Resnick talks with Gerald Free... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Web-only special content

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Best-selling author and foreign correspondent Chris Hedges and comics journalist Joe Sacco tell more stories of their collaboration on the book Days of Destuction, Days of Revolt, as well as their adventures reporting from trouble spots both at home and abroad. Original br... Read more