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Zunes on Khashoggi, Trump, Saudi Arabia, and more

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new Saudi Crown Prince, and about what might be done (and is happenin... Read more

Democratic Autopsy: One Year Later, with Norman Solomon

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Join host Paul Roland with his guest Norman Solomon, as they dissect the moribund Democratic Party and its prospects for revival. In October 2017, a team of progressive researchers published “Autopsy: The Democratic Party in Crisis,” which probed the causes of the dis... Read more

The University of NIKE: How Corporate Cash Bought Higher Education

Airs at: Wed, 10/24/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
This week on The RadioActivist, Joshua Hunt on his book The University of NIKE: How Corporate America Bought American Higher Education. Hosts Lisa Loving and Suzanne LaGrande will be taking your calls, the number is 503-231-8187. And we have a few activist events coming up... Read more

Evening News on 10/22/18

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Portland Police Shoot Man in SE Portland For the third time in as many weeks, a member of the  Portland Police bureau has shot someone. The scant details we have at this time come entirely from statements released by the Portland Police Bureau and the Clackamas County Sher... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 22nd, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces: Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new... Read more

Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement is History

Produced for:  Evening News
Portland's neighborhood system and commitment to public participation has been nationally recognized for decades.  Back in nineteen seventy four (1974) neighborhood-level participation was formalized with the creation of the Office of Neighborhood Associations. In nineteen... Read more

Global is local Climate

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Weve been told that were at a crossroads in the fight against climate change, and that we need to act fast to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. But even before the dire warning issued by scientists, organizers across the world have been fighting climate change and thi... Read more

Assange Facing Extradition Pressure

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Julian Assange, the editor of the expose site WikiLeaks, is facing pressure from the US, according to Ecuadorian officials. They say negotiator are pressuring him to agree to demands, designed to provide an excuse to remove him from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Fid... Read more

Court Rules In Favor of Groups Suing EPA

Airs at: Thu, 10/18/2018 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Earlier this week, a federal court ruled in favor of groups that sued to force the Environmental protection agency to protect columbia basin salmon and steelhead. Columbia riverkeeper brought the suit along with other conservation and trade organizations. The decision a... Read more

The STRUGGLE

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  The Struggle
Join us for the premier of KBOO's newest local public affairs program. Community organizer Alyssa Pariah will speak with Teressa Raiford, of Don't Shoot Portland.   Read more