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Close Guantanamo! Interview with Andy Worthington

Airs at: Thu, 01/12/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
January 11th 2012 is the 10th anniversary of  the opening of the Guantanamo Prison. Protests against this monument to Imperial impunity are happening in London, New York City, Washington DC and San Francisco, Portland OR and other cities around the U.S. London journalist... Read more

City Council Resolution to End Corporate Personhood

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Also on the docket for tomorrow’s City Council meeting is a resolution declaring that corporations are not people, and supporting a constitutional amendment to that effect. Rich Cohen with the Occupy Portland Visioning team says that this is just one part of a larger movem... Read more

Portland City Council will vote on a Resolution to Bring War Dollars Home

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
At a special session tomorrow afternoon, The Portland City Council will vote on a resolution calling on the US government to end the war in Afghanistan and bring troops and contractors home from Iraq. The statement is called the “War Dollars Home Resolution”, and is based ... Read more

Occupy Portland Protest Charges

Airs at: Wed, 01/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A protester with Occupy Portland who was photographed being pepper-sprayed in the mouth made her first court appearance this week.   Elizabeth Nichols was charged with three counts of interfering with a peace officer after she was pepper-sprayed at a protest near Pioneer squ... Read more

Do we really have a choice? Abe sizes up the 2012 presidential election.

Airs at: Tue, 01/10/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   It's the mating call of the Naderites: there's no difference between the Democrats and Republicans. They're both corporate parties; the only difference lies in how far right-of-center they lie. But there is a difference. It's not as stark as most pro... Read more

Portland To Take a Stand Against Corporate Personhood

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Portland may soon follow Los Angeles, and become the next major American city to stand against corporate personhood. KBOO’s Zeke Harrington has more.    Read more

Portland Youth Summit 2012--'The Miseducation of Our Youth

Airs at: Wed, 01/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving   The murder of Portland teen Davonte Lightfoot in 2007 pushed organizer Imani Muhammad to create an annual series of events unlike any other – by, for and about Black youth in the Portland area. This year’s Portland Youth Summit theme is: The Mis-e... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 2nd

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Al Weinrub about democratic, locally produced energy Clayton Morgareidge and radical musicologist Brad Duncan talk about the music of Occupy. Iven Hale reviews "The Steal: a cultural-h... Read more

Book Mole: The Steal, a cultural history of shop-lifting

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Iven Hale reviews Rachel Schteir's "The Steal: a cultural history of shop-lifting". Schteir considers theivery across the ages, but especially in the modern era and in terms of sureptitiously lifting goods from stores and vendors. Iven remarks on the social forces that com... Read more

The Music and Future of Occupy

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge talks with our radical musicologist, Brad Duncan, about the music and future of Occupy. As the cold months drive people indoors, the music helps keep the movement alive, but also as Brad points out by the end the re-surgence in small-scale printing and ... Read more