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Political Perspectives on 12/15/10

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Wed, 12/15/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Die German Stunde Talks about Conflicts in Portland between Old and New Immigrants

How do immigrants who came to Oregon in the 1950s and 1960s get along with more recent entries?  We'll have a look at what's going on in the German community and also investigate the old vs. new debate in the Iranian and Italian communities. Guests are:  Sascha Siekmann, board member of the German American Society,  Mahnaz Milani, an Intel engineer who is active in the Iranian community and Lucia Galizia, host of KBOO's very own Italian Hour. Die German Stunde is hosted by Miriam Widman.

Political Perspectives on 12/08/10

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Wed, 12/08/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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"THE FIFTEEN BIGGEST LIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY

Host Per Fagereng interviews Joshua Holland about his new book, "THE FIFTEEN BIGGEST LIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY (AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE RIGHT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TAXES, JOBS, AND CORPORATE AMERICA)."  Joshua Holland exposes the most repeated, most publicized lies of the Right, and reveals their all-too-real consequences.

Joshua Holland is a senior writer and editor at AlterNet, responsible for coverage of the economy, globalization, and immigration.

Political Perspectives on 12/01/10

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Wed, 12/01/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Chris Hedges - Death of the Liberal Class

Despite decades of success, the liberal class has disappeared as a defense against concentrated economic / political power structures.  Long ago co-opted into the 'game' of corporately-controlled modern politics, the gradual corruption and death of the liberal class allows, without impediments, the corporate state to dismantle the final vestiges of protection for citizens once created by more powerful, engaged liberals.

Political Perspectives on 11/24/10

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Wed, 11/24/2010 - 9:30am - 10:00am
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"The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam."

Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews Eliza Griswold about her new book The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line between Christianity and Islam Eliza Griswold has spent much of the past seven years traveling in Africa and Asia between the equator and the line of latitude seven hundred miles to the north, the tenth parallel.

Political Perspectives on 11/24/10

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Wed, 11/24/2010 - 9:00am - 9:30am
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Women's participation in the Tea Party movement and the complex motives behind it.

Dr. Ruth Rosen, Professor of History and author of many books, including The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, talks about women's participation in the Tea Party movement and the complex motives behind it.

Political Perspectives on 11/17/10

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Wed, 11/17/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with journalist Russ Baker, author of "Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, The Powerful Forces that Put it in the White House, and What Their Influence Means for America." With the recent publication of his memoir, former President George W. Bush is very much in the news and the media. This is a good time to get another perspective on the man and his family.

Political Perspectives on 11/10/10

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Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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the media's failure to cover women's issues

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with journalist and political blogger Rose Aguilar about the media's failure to cover women's issues as they've deemed 2010 the "Year of the GOP Woman." She recently wrote an article on this topic on truthout.org.

Political Perspectives on 11/03/10

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Wed, 11/03/2010 - 9:00am - 9:30am
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Analysis of election results

Host Lisa Loving speaks with Bill Fletcher Jr., editorial board member of The Black Commentator and co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. He recently wrote the piece "Enthusiasm?: I Am Not Interested in Things Getting Worse!" http://pdamerica.org/articles/campaigns/2010-10-27-10-51-34-campaigns.php

Political Perspectives on 10/29/10

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Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Dr. David Suzuki on being part of Nature.

A talk by David Suzuki, geneticist, author of 40 books and host of the CBC show "The Nature of Things" for 50 years.

Suzuki discusses life and legacy and asks, "Are we Lords of Nature, or part of it?"

Credits: Recorded in Vancouver, Canada Sept 17, 2010 by Alex Smith.

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Political Perspectives on 10/27/10

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Wed, 10/27/2010 - 9:30am - 10:00am
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Pro-Mideast in America: Getting Past ‘Pro-Israel’ and ‘Pro-Palestine’”

Host Jacob Rosenblum interviews Israeli columnist and commentator Bradley Burston. Bradley Burston is a columnist for Israel's Haaretz Newspaper, and Senior Editor of Haaretz.com. During the first Palestinian uprising, he served as Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and was the paper's military correspondent in the 1991 Gulf War. In the mid-1990s he covered Israeli-Arab peace talks for Reuters. He is a recipient of the Eliav-Sartawi Award for Mideast Journalism, presented at the United Nations in 2006.

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The Oregon Food Bank and Hunger in Oregon

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Wed, 06/30/2010
Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews Rachel Bristol, chief executive officer of the Oregon Food Bank, about hunger in Oregon at the present time. High unemployment and a tough economy has forced record numbers of people to seek emergency food. The Waterfront Blues Festival is the Food Bank's biggest fundraiser.
 
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H.P. Albarelli, author of "A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments"

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Wed, 06/23/2010

 Host Marianne Barisonek interviews H.P. Albarelli, author of A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments.  Albarelli writes about the mysterious death of biochemist Frank Olson, revealing the identities of his murderers in shocking detail. It offers a look into the backgrounds of many former CIA, FBI, and Federal Narcotics Bureau officials—including several who actually oversaw the CIA’s mind-control programs from the 1950s to the 1970s.   H. P. Albarelli Jr. is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications and newspapers across the nation and is the author of the novel The Heap. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

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Matt Briggs on his documentary "Deep Green"

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Wed, 06/23/2010
Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher interviews local filmmaker Matt Briggs about his new documentary "Deep Green," which explores sustainability in 9 countries.  From the website: "Accompanied by an international team of award-winning cinematographers, filmmaker Matt Briggs takes us on a compelling journey to nine countries, including China, to uncover the best people with the best ideas, strategies and cutting-edge technologies that can get the job done… if we start now."
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Future of Boardman

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Wed, 06/16/2010
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Discussion on Israel's attack on Gaza aid flotilla

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Wed, 06/02/2010

KBOO speaks with Alison Weir of If Americans Knew, Peter Hart from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, and Gaza-based independent journalist Rami Almeghari on the Israeli attack Monday May 31st on a humanitarian aid flotilla on its way to the Gaza Strip.  Includes updates on the attack, discussion of US media coverage, and a description of the impacts of the three-year long siege on Gaza.

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Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim: "We are all water-babies."

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Wed, 05/19/2010

Stephanie Potter hosts a discussion of the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers weaving a world that works. Her guests are Grandmother Agnes Baker-Pilgrim and Linda Neale of the Earth and Spirit Council.   Carol Hart's documentary on the 13 indigenous grandmothers "For the Next 7 Generations" is airing on Wednesday May 26th at the Hollywood Theater at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.  (Doors open at 6pm, and the film starts at 6:30 pm.) Grandma Aggie is the descendant of tribal leaders, both political and spiritual, so she works hard to keep tradition alive and to renew it, as with the Sacred Salmon Ceremony that she has brought back to her homeland in the Rogue River Valley of southwest Oregon after 140 years.  Honored as a “Living Treasure” by her tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, and as a “Living Cultural Legend” by the Oregon Council of the Arts, Grandma Aggie is an exceptionally clear and strong speaker whose no-nonsense eloquence has touched people of many different cultures in the US and around the world. An Ambassador for our Mother Earth, she is a voice for the voiceless, seeking to prevent spiritual blindness by helping us to remember the ways of living that we all share as people of the Earth.  Agnes Pilgrim travels a lot of different lands being a “voice for the voiceless.” Agnes says alll things created need a voice and she is called to pray for the Bengal tigers, for animals in Africa, for wolves, for salmon, and for the Ganges River in India.

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Joseph Stiglitz:"Freefall: America, Free Markets and the Sinking of the World Economy"

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Wed, 05/12/2010

With host Stefan Kamph, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about his latest book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy.  Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia, is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics. He was chair of the Council on Economic Advisors under Clinton. He also served as senior vice president and chief economist of the World Bank. His efforts to move the bank in a more progressive direction got him fired.  He is the author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, and Freefall.

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PDX Bike Ride 3/27 for Iraqi Refugees; and their fate in Iraq, the Middle East and the U.S.

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Wed, 03/24/2010
Host Tim Calvert interviews Zahra Alkabi, Director of Save Refugees about the Bike Ride for Iraq, a Benefit for Iraq Refugees and Protest Against the Iraqi People. They will also discuss the fate of Iraqi refugees in Iraq, the Middle East and the United States.
The Bike RIde for Iraq is Saturday, March 27th.
11am-2pm Gather at the foot of SE Salmon by the Vera Katz Statue
1:30pm-2pm Decorate BIkes with Iraqi Flags and signs
2pm-3pm-Ride South on the Springwater Corridor
3pm-"The Riders for Iraq" and others gather at the Sellwood Community Center, 1436 SE Spokane for information, fundraising and potluck.

Sponsored by Saverefugees.org and the Portland Iraq Solidarity Committee. 

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Economist Joseph Stiglitz: "Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy"

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Wed, 03/24/2010

 Host Stefan Kampf interviews Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz about his recent book, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, an account of the financial meltdown that criticizes the Obama Administration for 'muddling through' rather than pushing aggressively for change. Stiglitz is a University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia.

 
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PDX Walk for Water event to aid families in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Wed, 03/10/2010

 

 

Host Crystal Leighty interviews Eric Mwarabu, an intern from Tanzania who is working to increase awareness of Walk for Water on Sunday, March 21, 2010. Drawing attention to the plight of millions of people whose access to safe drinking water is severely limited, Walk for Water will raise funds to benefit Water For All, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean water to families in sub-Saharan Africa. The goal is to raise $14,000 needed to build a water pump in Tanzania.  The Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S, Earl Blumenauer, Oregon’s U.S. Representative from the 3rd District, Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, plus other will be the keynote speaker at the event. For more information:  http://www.worldwaterdaypdx.com/speakers 

 

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Hood River Development - Mr. Naito

Submitted by MarkLThron on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 10:58am.

Please ask Mr. Naito if his love of democracy extends to his business.   Would he be willing to turn his development firm into a employee run cooperative corporation, giving ownership and organizational rights to employees.   Mr. Naito's concern for democracy probably ends at doors to his corporation.   Mr. Naito looks at this battle to develop the Hood River riverfront property as a public realtions battle.   He will promise the community jobs and the city council financial support, and the council will eye the property tax revenue as a benefit to the community.   If he is successful,  once again we will be selling our responsibility to the land and the river for a short term gain.  Mr. Naito cares little for the community, but operates on greed.  If the environmental laws and regulations were not in place he would not be concerned at all with the impact of his development on the river, the wild life, and the ability of people to enjoy what nature have given us for free.

Bravo for having this debate, though.  And controlling the civility of the debate.

 

 

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