Political Perspectives

The guest is S. Brian Willson, local anti-war activist and member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace. He'll talk with KBOO host Sue Supriano about his new autobiography, "Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson." In 1987, while... Read more

David Cobb speaks on "Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule." In this talk he presents a case for Move to Amend.org, a coalition of over 100,000 people and organizations whose goal is to amend the United States Constitution to restrict corporate power. Cobb is... Read more

Stanford University Professor of Middle East History, Joel Beinin speaks on "Joint Palestinian-Israeli Popular Struggle: The Face of a Future of Peace and Equality" Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanfor... Read more

Stanford University Professor of Middle East History, Joel Beinin speaks on "Joint Palestinian-Israeli Popular Struggle: The Face of a Future of Peace and Equality" Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanf... Read more

Carlos Chavez interviews Ed Mead, director of Prison Focus Magazine. They discuss last week's Supreme Court ruling on California Prisons. On Monday May 23rd the Supreme Court ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates to corr... Read more

The guests are Ian MacKenzie of the "The Last Nomads" and Bria Morgan who directs the Borneo Project. They will talk about a Film Screening and Conversation with Ian Mackenzie about his work with the Eastern Penan of Borneo. It is at The Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Bou... Read more

From TUC Radio's timeless archives - remastered Iain Boal: THE BEGINNING OF THE NUCLEAR AGE Enrico Fermi and Henry Moore Part ONE: Did the nuclear age begin at Alamogordo, in Hiroshima, or with Fermi's experiment? Fermi set off the first nuclear chain reaction in the middle ... Read more

  Open Reservoirs and Governments  This edition of Democracy Here explores the difference between engineered- and informed consent of the governed using the context of Portland’s current plans to take open reservoirs off-line and replacing them with new underground stor... Read more

Medical Delegation Reports on Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Physicians for Social Responsibility Members Speak about their Recent Trip Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Gerri Haynes and Laura Hart about the health threats they witnessed on their January 2011 medical delegati... Read more

Host Carlos Chavez interviews Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California at Santa Cruz specializing in Honduras. She recently wrote a piece for the Nation titled “Open Season on Teachers in Honduras,” which states: “In Honduras, it’s come to this: w... Read more