Positively Revolting

Our guest will be Robert Jensen, professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.  We'll be discussing critical thinking and meaningfully engaging each other in our conversations, going beyond thinking in terms of sound bites and actually connecti... Read more

This year we’ve been focusing a lot on violence against women. And, you can count on us to keep that focus. We’ll further our discussion by addressing the role men play, how they can help and organizations that are facilitating men’s education and partnership in stopping vi... Read more

Barbara Ford, activist, therapist, facilitator, singer, and artist, will join us this Friday, March 15, for a discussion on deep ecology and her upcoming workshop, “Active Hope.” We’ll also discuss the exploitation of the earth and how it sets a framework for the exploitati... Read more

Our intern, Sara Sneath, is taking over the show for the day. Sara will be speaking about the local non-profit Depave with Eric Rosewall, the Depave program director, and Ted Labbe, a Depave board member and one the original crewmembers for the organization. Joseph Purkey, ... Read more

Hosts Ani and Lyn talk to Kristian Williams, a member of the Committee Against Political Repression, about the events that lead to currently imprisoned grand jury resisters and the conditions of their confinement. They will also examine the bigger picture of the grand jury ... Read more

This morning, Ani and Lyn dive into mental health, police brutality and the life and death of Portland local James Chasse. Ani and Lyn will be joined by Jason Renaud, a mental health advocate with The Mental Health Association of Portland, and Dan Handelman, the coordinator... Read more

 Positively Revolting continues to look at the critical issue of ending violence against women.  Ani's guest will be Elmira Rodriguez, an organizer with 1 Billion Rising's Portland group.   1 Billion Rising is a world wide call to action from author and activist Eve Ensler.... Read more

Tune in as Ani hosts a lively discussion of feminism.  Despite persistent rumors that women have achieved equality, and we live in a post-feminist society, many women (and men) recognize that there is still an active war against women being fought in the fronts of pop-cultu... Read more

Roe v Wade was the landmark decision which legalized abortion in the first trimester, throughout the US.  The case allowed that some restrictions could be set by individual states, in the second and third trimesters. The basis of this decision was recognition of a woman's e... Read more

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