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Israeli Author and Peace Activist Amos Oz speaks at 2012 J Street Conference

Airs at: Fri, 06/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Shalom Portland
Israeli author and peace activist Amos Oz has been calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories since the end of the 1967 war. Amos Oz was a keynote speaker at the J Street conference in March 2012, where he spoke about the realities of the current moment in ... Read more

Positively Revolting on 05-25-12 Police infiltration of radical movements-- really?

Airs at: Fri, 05/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Police infiltration of radical movements-- really? They do that? Listen in for a lively discussion! Lyn and ani's guest will be Peg Millett, environmental activist, and member of the so-called Arizona Five.  In 1989, Peg was arrested with other Earth Firsters in a sting ... Read more

Angola 3: Albert Woodfox Back in Federal Court! The Time For Justice is Now!

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Angola 3: Albert Woodfox: After 40 years in Solitary, The Time For Justice is Now! Guests: Law professor Angela A. Allen-Bell & Everett R. H. Thompson of Amnesty International Tuesday May 29th, Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 begins a three day hearing to overturn his co... Read more

Oregon Save Our Schools Plans Statewide Protests for Education Funding

Airs at: Wed, 05/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving May 31st is Save Our Schools Action Day, and Oregon SOS is working to mobilize communities across the state for stable school funding. All across Oregon school districts are facing shutdowns and layoffs even as Gov. Kitzhaber's new education commi... Read more

Abe and Joe ponder the recent preponderance of religious misbehavior.

Airs at: Tue, 05/29/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Some three centuries into the Age of Reason, there still seem to be an inordinate number of public clashes between the secular and the sacred. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is using the two-week runup to the 4th of July ... Read more

Obama's Change Of Heart & How Marriage Equality Re-Affirms The Status Quo

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Well-read Red, Denise Morris, challenges the way that marriage (not to mention participation in the military) has become the center-piece of the LGBT movement and what it means for how we think of equality for all groups. She argues that whether proponents of gay marria... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 28th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 05/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talks with economics professor John Miller about predatory capitalism. Larry Bowlden reviews the later work of Wallace Stegner Denise Morris comments on gay marriage and inequality Joe and Brad ... Read more

Prison Pipeline 5/14/12 w/ Host Patty Katz

Airs at: Mon, 05/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patty Katz speaks with formerly incarcerated people, Micheal and Donny, about their work to help others transition back to their communities Read more

Bombs, Dollars & Executive Decrees: The U.S. in Yemen

Airs at: Thu, 05/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
These are the tools the Obama administration is using in Yemen. Are they stabilizing the transition to Democracy or an attempt to stop Yemen's Arab Spring before real democracy can take hold and assure a place for the US Military to expand on the Arab Peninsula? Join ... Read more

Virginia Prisoners Unite For Hunger Strike

Airs at: Wed, 05/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Tuesday, May 22nd, up to 45 inmates began a hunger strike to protest conditions at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison. They are demanding that prison officials provide medical care, nutritional food, and access to complaint and greivance forms. The Human Rights Watch i... Read more