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Left and the Law: Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, as part of an on-going series we call The Left and The Law, discussion Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Multnomah County. Specifically, a resolution was passed recently that calls on the ICE to exercise prosecutorial discretion in... Read more

Labor, Socialism, Race, and Queer rights!

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
Tune in to this weeks show where we will discuss two exciting topics! The first is looking at the similarities between the Labor movement and the Queer movement with Dr. Joesph Zompetti (School of Communication at Illinois State University) and Sherry Wolf (Author of Sexua... Read more

Presswatch -3/1/12 -- Fukushima radiation in PDX, Protesters expose American Legislative Exhange Council

Airs at: Thu, 03/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Andrew Breitbart, lies and corporate rule. Radioactive iodine levels in Portland after Fukushima. Fukushima cesium levels.  Radioactive sea water.  Occupy Protests on 2/29 against American Legislative Exchange Council -- ALEC.  Read more

Charles Eisenstein: "Sacred Economics"

Airs at: Wed, 02/29/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
We have everything we need to create a decent world, so why do we need rich investors to get good things done? In his book Sacred Economics, Charles Eisenstein tells how money stands in the way of human fulfillment.  Read more

Occupy, Greece, Student Loans, Fukishima and listener calls.

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
The most dangerous thing about occupy, the situation in Greece, defaulting on student loans, radioactive contamination from Fukishima found in the ocean & listener calls. Read more

Loretta Napoleoni on the current economic crisis

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2009 at 12:00am
Special Programming: Public Affairs Air date:  Mon, 01/26/2009 - 11:00am - 12:00pm Host Per Fagereng speaks with Loretta Napoleoni about the current economic crisis from an international perspective. Loretta Napoleoni is the best selling author of Rogue Economics, Ter... Read more

Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk from TriMet talk about our Public Transport System.

Airs at: Tue, 02/28/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris   Government agencies everywhere are struggling to do more with less, and TriMet is no exception. Abe and Joe are joined in studio by TriMet's Mary Fetch and Kerry Ayers Palanuk to discuss the transit agency's forthcoming service cuts ... Read more

Marwan Bishara on the Arab Spring: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolutions

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2012 at 12:00am
One year after the launch of the Arab Spring, the people’s revolutions continue across the Arab world – from north Africa to the Persian Gulf, a generation of youth have risen up to challenge the entrenched rule of dictators and monarchies. Jenka Soderberg spoke about the o... Read more

Coltan and The Congo

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Tonight we talk about conflict minerals,  the historic exploitation of Congo and the role that Western nations and multi-national corporations continue to play in the exploitation  of the resources of Africa. We hear from many people, including Aaron Hall,  from the enough ... Read more

International Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Leonard Peltier of the Anishinabe A NISH IN ABE and Lakota Nations, is a long time Native Activist and member of the American Indian Movement.  He has spent over 35 years as a political prisoner.  Tonight on Circle A Radio, we talk about the International Day in Solidarity ... Read more