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Non-Violent Protest Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Cecil and Celeste welcome Alycee Lane from The Article 20 Network to KBOO.   Alycee is an Oakland, California-based writer and author of Coming in From the Cold, a blog exploring political issues through the prism of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence.... Read more

Movie Moles: "Get Out"

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss the new film by Jordan Peele that mixes the plot of "Guess Who's Coming for Dinner" with the genre of horror.  They recommend it.  Correction: The review cited as by Roger Ebert was written by Brian Tallerico and appeared... Read more

Aggressive ICE Raids

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Recent aggressive raids and detentions of immigrants by ICE  (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), how they are different from those during Obama regime, how Latino and immigrant communities are reacting, and how to mobilize allies in support of immigrants. Laurie Merci... Read more

The Plot to Kill King

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in ... Read more

Uhuru Sasa Talent Show 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
On March 14, 2017 the Uhuru Sasa Cultural Club held its annual Talent Show inside the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.  Tonight you’ll hear rap, acoustic, and original work performed by the men at OSP.     Uhuru Sasa, which means ‘Freedom Now’ in Swahili, is a Club by ... Read more

And the winner is . . .

"Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday! After all Sixty-Four songs (culled from nearly 300) duked it out tournament style over the past few weeks, last night we crowned her signature song which so bravely illuminated the horrors of lynchings, our SAD, SAD Champion, the Ultim... Read more

Positively Revolting Solidarity with Immigrant Communities

Airs at: Fri, 03/31/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
With immigrant communities facing increasing hate crimes, harassment, and deportations, Ani and Lyn talk with community members about furthering support and solidarity between non-immigrant and immigrant communities. Our guests will be Francisco Aguirre, who lived in sanc... Read more

Public School Privatization and High Stakes Testing

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Are you familiar with the terms Edtech? How about SBAC?  Perhaps you should be. The grassroots organization Parents Across America Oregon is currently campaigning to wake parents up to a battle against privatization that’s been underway long before the candidacy of Betsy... Read more

10 Steps to End Mass Incarceration in America

Airs at: Thu, 03/30/2017 at 8:00am - Fri, 03/31/2017 at 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
   Howell Woltz speaks from personal experience. He was arrested, illegally denied bail, and unlawfully held for seven years by the U.S. Government, though never convicted in or by any court of jurisdiction. Woltz vividly illustrates each of his suggested reforms with r... Read more

The State of Hip-Hop in 2017

Airs at: Wed, 03/29/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Nolan, Nicholas and Desiree take a look at the state of Hip-Hop music in 2017. with guests Shaida Akbarian and Grand Skeme. Later in the program, a roundtable critique of recent topics in corporate media, followed by updates on Project Censored stories with Alicia Hua... Read more