Activism

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What Is More Important Than Fame? Liberation!

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2016 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
So many of our Master Teachers are leaving this earth- people who created art which stood for creativity and positivity; people who recognized that organization was a tool to getting free; people who achieved massive fame and made a conscious decision to commit 'class suici... Read more

Tariq Ali on Rage, Rebellion, Organizing Our Power

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Stage and Studio is off today. Instead we hear a program from the recent 2016 Left Forum Rage, Rebellion, Organizing Our Power was the theme of the 2016 Left Forum held in New York City. Tariq Ali, British Pakistani writer, journalist, and filmmaker addressed the confer... Read more

Patricia Tull, Inhabiting Eden

Airs at: Sun, 06/05/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Progressive Spirit
Patricia Tull is an ordained Presbyterian minister and professor of Hebrew Bible.  She retired from Louisville Theological Seminary where she is A.B. Rhodes Professor Emerita of Old Testament.  She is the author of Inhabiting Eden: Christians, the Bible, and the Ecological ... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 5 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/05/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we speak with Shaleen Title, a business owner and activist who's on the board of directors of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, and with Ngaio Bealum, who's a journalist, comedian, activist, and also a member of the board of directors for the Minority Ca... Read more

Domestic Workers Protest, Activists Protest a Racist Textbook, and Cartoonist Lalo Alcala on his Work

Airs at: Fri, 06/03/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: Domestic workers arrested in Sacramento, protesting for safer working conditions, Latino and Chicano activists speak out against a new racist textbook in Texas. And we'll feature an extended interview with celebrated Latino cartoonist and satirist, ... Read more

Rob Justus on KBOO Evening News

Airs at: Wed, 06/01/2016 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Activist developer Rob Justus of Home First Development is interviewed live on the KBOO Evening News and speaks about his efforts to provide affordable housing in Portland.  Read more

Water World

Airs at: Wed, 02/17/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
The EPA is supposed to release the proposed plan for the Superfund site at Porland Harbor on June 8th. Join me, Kristin Yount, at this time to review the long awaited proposed plan.  Guest TBA For now this is an Interview from Feburary 17, 2016 with  Rose Longoria from th... Read more

Jim Hill, author of The New N Word: The White Middle Class

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  Host Jo Ann Hardesty interviews Jim Hill, former Oregon State Treasurer and author of the The New N Word: The White Middle Class. Read more

With You on the Journey: Families of People in Prison Tell Their Stories, Part 6

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
  With You on the Journey was a performance of monologues written by family members of people in prison, it included 11 monologues by 10 family members. The performance was the culmination of six writing workshops and was held at The First Unitarian Church of Portland on O... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for Memorial Day May 30, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This episode of the Old Mole is hosted by Frann Michel and features these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Brian Terrell of Voices for Creative Nonviolence about drones. the new warfare, and creative nonviolence. Desiree Hellegers talks with S. Brian Willson about Me... Read more