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Jeff Shantz on Green Syndicalism

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Mon, 04/22/2013

Joe Clement talks with Jeff Shantz about his book, Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision. They discuss Shantz's history working for Greenpeace as the organization shifted from direct action to canvassing and lobbying, and the connections he made as an exploited canvasser with exploited workers in industries exploiting the natural world. The book draws on the theoretical work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, but offers practical considerations of the needs of activist organizers to make connections across groups, and to integrate activism into daily life and workplaces. Part Two of the discussion (not broadcast) will be available soon.

13:35 minutes (6.22 MB)

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Local Peace Groups Protest US Drone Strikes

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War & Peace

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Evening News

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Thu, 04/25/2013

Several local peace groups will hold an action in Pioneer Courthouse Square at noon on Friday to protest the US military's drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere in the region.

The Obama administration's drone campaign was on the national stage earlier this week, when a Yemeni activist whose village was bombed in a drone attack testified in an unprecedented public Senate Judiciary hearing.

Drone attacks have severely strained US-Pakistani relations, and courted much controversy stateside, particularly for the prevalence of civilian casualties.

Members of CODEPINK, one of the groups behind tomorrow's action, call the drone deaths "unlawful."

4:29 minutes (11.37 MB)

'Call It, Friend-o': Why "Gun Control" Will Kick Down Your Door and Take You Away.

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Air Cascadia

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Thu, 04/25/2013

Has anyone stopped to question why the federal government - that greater part of which represents private interests and the hyper-private transfer of power from people to corporations?

In the not too distant future, expect the knock on that door in your head and the voice in your ear saying: It's too late; I'm already in the house...

Yes, You are not alone. And Yes, Catherine Austin Fitts told us that there is really only one plausible reason that the administration is betting the House (pun intended) on "gun control"....

And Yes Again: Corporations are people too. And people put other people in prison all the Time

Private police

Private prisons

Private planet.

That's 'Cop-italism', Baby. Feel it swell and harden

14:39 minutes (13.41 MB)

Musical Chairs : Wyden Dueling and Dealing on the Sen. Finance Committee

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Air Cascadia

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Wed, 04/24/2013

Oregon’s gift to the Senate Finance Committee is about to be Sen. Ron Wyden. Wyden at the front of the line if his fellow Democrats keep control of the Senate in the 2014 elections.

15:27 minutes (14.15 MB)

A Painful Brainful: That was Earth Day; Now It's Back to World Day

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Air Cascadia

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Tue, 04/23/2013

If it’s Tuesday…

Then the Constitution subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on the ethics, legality, constitutionality, and political costs of the drone strike policy.

This will be the first time in the history of the drone strike policy that there has been a public Congressional hearing like this focused on the policy.

The history of drone strike policy: now there’s a painful brainful.

15:05 minutes (13.8 MB)

Ren Green Interview

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Between Us

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Mon, 04/22/2013

Ren Green (aka RenSter to her Burning Man friends) has had a very interesting ride through many of the school systems in the Western Hemisphere as a child and as a parent. 　And now she’s giving some payback, uh, … insight. 　Don Merrill talks with her about her first book, "A Very Long Story about Karma that Will Probably Make me Cry" that will also probably make you laugh and shudder .

56:04 minutes (51.33 MB)

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Earth Day 2013: The Environment is a State of Mind; Mind is Cellular Soul

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Air Cascadia

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Mon, 04/22/2013

Lessons from Lost Valley

Sociocracy: A Permaculture Approach to Community Evolution

By Melanie Rios

(Published in the Winter 2011 issue of Communities magazine – Issue #153.)

Partial diagram of sociocratic organizational structure at Lost Valley Center. The water circle was a temporary circle that has since disbanded. The arrows stand for people who are representatives of one circle to the other circle.

45:08 minutes (41.31 MB)

Portland Fluoride Supporters Given $20,000 Grants to Educate the Public

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Evening News

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Fri, 04/19/2013

The Secretary of State’s office has released details regarding financial contributions from the campaign pushing to add Fluoride to Portland’s drinking water.