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The Martyrdom of Gaza: A Conversation with Norman Finkelstein

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2018 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
  “On May 14th or May 15th the people of Gaza are going to make their big last effort to break out of prison. And it will be a huge mobilization to try to break down that prison fence, that ghetto fence, that concentration camp fence. And we here have to give our all to ma... Read more

The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea came together for reunification and an end to an era of martial law imposed by U.S.-backed military dictators. Over the course of ten days, they staged mass protests, battled riot police and soldiers, and were met with ... Read more

APA Heritage Month

Airs at: Fri, 05/25/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Pacific Underground
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!  While past listeners may remember that the commemoration of this month has been somewhat controversial among members of Pacific Underground, this year we are choosing to highlight certain important figures and moments in the As... Read more

Jameson Rohrer - Prison Librarian

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Off The Shelf
In this segment, we meet Jameson Rohrer, Senior Librarian at Centinela State Prison in Imperial, California. Jameson has been using Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to solicit donations of comics and graphic novels in order to build collections in the five prison libraries ... Read more

Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 5

Airs at: Mon, 05/07/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Shaping a Future: Life After Prison - Part 5 On Sunday, October 29th 2017 nine individuals told their stories in a performance titled: Shaping a Future: Life After Prison. The performance was the culmination of a series of writing workshops sponsored by the Regional Arts a... Read more

Buscando America on 05/08/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa podrás escuchar lo que sucedió el pasado 28 de abril en NORCOR (Northern Oregon Regional Corrections) donde centenas de personas se reunieron para exigir que ICE salga de esta cárcel. Organizaciones como Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice y Gorge ICE... Read more

Housing and Health Care Challenges in Linn and Benton Counties: What We Can Do About It (Part 2)

Airs at: Fri, 05/11/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join Host Dale Holiday in Part 2 of her conversation with Clarice Amorim-Freitas, Coordinator for the Linn-Benton Health Equity Alliance. In this segment Clarice talks about the unique obstacles that Latinos and Latinas face obtaining sexual and reproduc Clarice Amorim-Fre... Read more

Buscando America on 05/15/18

Airs at: Tue, 05/15/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En este programa podrás escuchar el proyecto sonoro Pedimento de Griselda Sánchez, Radioasta Mixteca, Huemac Olivares y Oscar Peña. Un registro de memoria oral contada por los abuelos de las comunidades de Tilantongo, Apoala, Magdalena Jaltepec, y San Isidro Jaltepetongo. ... Read more

Native Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 05/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Jen Maje Maynard, Kaska Dena, First Nations and Scottish, founder of Longhouse NW LLC, is a year-round forager in Oregon. Encouraging self-care, wellness, and building community holistically through Longhouse NW while bringing Earth-based connectivity into action as a forag... Read more

Oil Spills at the Dams

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Late this past winter, the Army Corps of Engineers spilled about 474 gallons of turbine oil into the Columbia River at The Dalles Dam. This is not the first time that dam turbine oil has spilled into the river. Oil spills occur on a routine basis at Columbia and Snake river... Read more