War/Peace

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Converting the economy to Peace

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The government  is about to spend billions to stimulate the economy.   What should they spend it on?  What can be learned from the post-coldwar period of the 1990s about that?  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with economist Ann Markusen. Read more

School of the Americas Protest

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Thousands of people will gather this weekend at the gates of Fort Benning, in Georgia for a yearly protest against the School of the Americas, now known as WHINSEC. The military school is a well known combat training center for Latin American soldiers. Over its 59 years, th... Read more

Voices from the Edge

Airs at: Thu, 12/04/2008 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Mumbai, South Asian Nuclear Tensions and Obama: An Interview with Jacqueline Cabasso Last week's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India is only the latest eruption in potentially explosive South Asia. What will the new Obama administration do as the conflict in Afghanistan spre... Read more

Burning Mustard Gas WMD in Umatilla

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Kathleen Stephenson invites guests Karyn Jones of G.A.S.P. and Richard Condit, Senior Counsel for the Government Accountability Project (GAP) to talk about burning American Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction stockpiled in Umatilla, Washington.   Last month, attorneys... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 24, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program has discussions of the collapsing economy, the politics of humor and irony in popular entertainment, and the situation in Afghanistan. To hear the whole show, click on the arrow above.  To hear individual pieces, follow the links ... Read more

Afghanistan & Obama

Airs at: Sun, 11/23/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge  reads from several sources about how difficult it would be for the Obama administration to control Afghanistan.   See especially "The Coming Catastrophe: the American War in Afghanistan and Pakistan" by Richard Tanter.   Read more

Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 4:00pm
Members of Northwest Vets for Peace interview Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: the Iraq War in Context. Michael Schwartz, professor of sociology and faculty director of the Undergraduate College of Global Studies at Stony Brook University, has written extensive... Read more

Obama and the Congo

Airs at: Wed, 11/05/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The conflict in the Congo, in central Africa, continues to be one of the most violent and ongoing wars on the planet.  With a new administration coming in, some Congolese activists see hope on the horizon. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Kambale Musavuli, a student in Nort... Read more

Peter Erlinder on Congo

Airs at: Wed, 11/12/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Per Fagereng speaks with Peter Erlinder about Rwanda and the war in eastern Congo Read more

Hunger Strike for Oregon National Guard

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2008 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Michele Darr is in the same spot she has been for the past eleven days; camping and on hunger strike at the steps of governor Ted Kulongoski’s office in salem.   She wants a meeting with the governor and a chance to dissuade him from sending oregon's National Guard to serve... Read more