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A Revolutionary Friendship

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
In 1963, Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama shook hands with Malcolm X for the first time. Over the next few years, Yuri and Malcolm would share a friendship that was grounded in fighting oppression and finding voice for their communities. In addition to sharing a passi... Read more

Give Us Shelter! Walk to Salem for Housing Justice

Airs at: Fri, 05/17/2019 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Host Jenna talks to Give Us Shelter! A Walk to Salem for Housing Justice about their upcoming walk from Portland to Salem from May 27-29.  website: thegiveusshelter.com   Read more

Budget Forum Testimony Excerpts

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
[Scroll down for transcript] Selections from some of the public testimony at the May 9 hearing on the City of Portland Proposed Budget.  The City Council will take further testimony and vote on approving the budget on May 22, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:30pm, at Portland City Hall, ... Read more

Sunkara and Socialist Manifesto

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Bhaskar Sunkara, who founded and is now editor of Jacobin magazine, "a leading voice of the American left."  Sunkara will be speaking Tuesday at Powell's City of Books, introducing his just published book: Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical... Read more

Torture at Guantanamo Bay w/ Dr. Jeffrey Kaye - Ep 42

Airs at: Sat, 05/04/2019 at 12:00am - Sun, 05/12/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fortress On A Hill
Dr. Jeffrey Kaye sits down with us to discuss his work "Cover-Up at Guantanamo: The NCIS Investigation Into the Suicides of Mohammed Al Hanashi and Abdul Rahman Al Amri." Dr. Kaye also discusses his work on biowarfare conducted by the US Army during the Korean War. Enjoy ... Read more

Apologies and Manifestos: Conversations with Eve Ensler and Roman Montero

Airs at: Fri, 05/10/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  In the first half-hour, Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues speaks with John Shuck about her latest book (to be released May 14th), The Apology.  Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abu... Read more

SF's Transgender Cultural District; and No Pride in Policing!

Airs at: Tue, 05/14/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Looking past our own shores: We'll be talking with Aria Sa'id, executive director for the Transgender Cultural District, in Compton. From her website: "Prior to her new role as Executive Director of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, Ms. Sa’id served as LGBT Poli... Read more

What a Week in the Fossil Fuel Fight!

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This past week the Pacific Northwest's three largest fracked gas projects faced major setbacks. In Oregon the Department of Environmental Quality issued a resounding denial of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG project and the Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline, which have fa... Read more

Oversight, Transparency & Accountability for Oregon District Attorneys

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews David Rogers, Executive Director of ACLU of Oregon, about his new report “A Peek Behind The Curtain: Shining Some Light on District Attorney Policies in Oregon” and promotes a current bill in the Oregon Senate, HB 3224, that requires every district at... Read more

Alternatives To Coercion

Airs at: Sun, 05/12/2019 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies, we talk to Lindsay LaSalle with the Drug Policy Alliance about harm reduction, alternatives to coercion, and the DPA's upcoming conference in San Francisco May 16 and 17; and with Teressa Raiford, a community organizer, social justice activist,... Read more