Sunday morning, Honduran President, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya was arrested at his residence by 200 soldiers and led to an air force base, where he was put on a plane to Costa Rica.

Today, a rally in front of the Federal building in downtown Portland condemned the military coup in Honduras this weekend. Organised by the Portland-Central American Solidarity Committee, the rally had roughly 30 attendees. Speeches were given by represenatatives from the Portland-Central American Solidarity Committee and the School of the Americas Watch and local Honduran immigrant and former PCASC board member, Angie Mejia.

Sunday morning, Honduran President, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya was arrested at his residence by 200 soldiers and led to an air force base, where he was put on a plane to Costa Rica.

Today, a rally in front of the Federal building in downtown Portland condemned the military coup in Honduras this weekend. Organised by the Portland-Central American Solidarity Committee, the rally had roughly 30 attendees. Speeches were given by represenatatives from the Portland-Central American Solidarity Committee and the School of the Americas Watch and local Honduran immigrant and former PCASC board member, Angie Mejia.

 How have women fared in revolutionary Iran, and what is their role in the current upheavals there?  Is the movement for gay marriage going to make gays and lesbians conform to traditional family values?  What will it take to make our health care system, corrupted by profit, work to keep us healthy?  And can capitalism save our planet?  These are the leading questions discussed on this show, hosted by the Old Mole's Denise Morris, pictured here.  

To hear the whole show, use the play button above.  To hear individual pieces and find lots more information, follow the links below:

 Is the fight for gay marriage the path to a queer conservatism?  The Old Mole's Frann Michel makes the case for the revolutionary program of the LGBT movement: to get beyond "the laws and the ideologically dominant conventions around sexuality and family relations" (i.e. marriage).   Frann's commentary draws on many sources, and you can find them, as well as her text, right here.    

Pete Anderson interviewed Dr Elliot Katz Founder In Defense Of Animals (IDA) and Dr Sheri Speede Founder IDA Africa on June 25th 2009.

Dr Katz Founder In Defense Of Animals (IDA) is located in San Francisco.

Dr Sheri Speede Founder IDA Africa spends most of her time in Africa however, her home is Portland.

This interview was done in relation to an upcoming Animal Rights Conference to be held in Los Angeles - July 16 through July 20, 2009.

At this conference there will be more than 90 Speakers - More than 90 Exhibitors.

There will be Cermonies, Awards, Reports and Other Exciting Events.

Pete and Joe Partansky plans on covering the events for KBOO and Fort Vancouver Public Access Television.