Civil Liberties

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Community Grooves 6-12-09 - Pride, Juneteenth (Emancipation Proclamation) events

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Natalie Butto talks with  Debra Porta, Pride NW Board President and Hank Renfrow, VP; and  Doris Rush, Chair of Juneteenth (commemorating end of slavery) PDX Committee, about the history and significance of these upcoming events. www.pridenw.org http://juneteenthpdx.org Read more

Filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly discusses her documentary Noho Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  APA Compass
APA Compass members Patti Duncan spoke with filmmaker Anne Keala Kelly about her new documentary Nono Hewa: The Wrongful Occupation of Hawai'i. This interview originally aired on an APA Compass program about Hawaiian sovereignty and the Akaka Bill. Read more

Interview with Hawaiian hip hop artist Sudden Rush

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  APA Compass
APA Compass's Kushlani De Soyza speaks with Hawaiian hip hop artist Sudden Rush. This interview originally aired as part of an APA Compass program about Hawaiian sovereignty and the Akaka Bill. Read more

Clackamas county cops cleared after killing mentally-ill man

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A Clackamas County grand jury has cleared two police officers involved in the killing of a mentally-ill man in Milwaukie last week. Read more

USS Liberty: Survivors of the 1967 Israeli attack

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
James Marquis Ennes, Jr., a survivor of the 1967 attack by Israel on the American intelligence ship USS Liberty and one of the creators of The USS Liberty Memorial Web Site, is an American citizen and a retired career US Naval Officer. He was born in New Jersey in 1933 and ... Read more

Tis the reason for the season for PRIDE!

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tonight's Out Loud highlights our community's pride from a few different angles. We'll go over a long list of area pride events, discuss a queer health survey seeking your input, enjoy some live music and more. Tonight, we first speak with Alejandro Juarez, from Basic Right... Read more

Aba Gayle

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Aba Gayle was Ruth's guest. She told the story of Maurice Bickham, an African American, born in 1917, served 38 years and is now an ordained minister. He was from the era of  Jim Crow laws, convicted of shooting two white law men, had his execution date set seven times, but... Read more

USS Liberty: Interviews by Dr Stanley Monteith - Liberty Radio - PART 1

Airs at: Sun, 06/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Normal 0 Dr Monteith of Liberty Radio interviewed two survivors of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty.   The Liberty was attacked in International waters by the Israelis on June 8, 1967.   The names of the survivors who were interviewed are Phil Turney and Ernie ... Read more

Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

Words can be used to communicate ideas between people, to describe things we can't point to.  Words can also be used to separate and manipulate.  This happens in our media all the time.  Remember when the prior administration talked about "spreading democracy"?   This was a... Read more

LNG, Dr. Tiller, Sonia Sotomayor, and more!!!

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2009 at 5:00pm
 Joe Uris is alone today, and covers several topics of interest.  First up, Joe talked about the proposed (and potentially devastating) natural gas pipeline thru our farms and wilderness.  He also covered the recent murder of Dr. Tiller, a Women's Health Professional.  He t... Read more