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Cops: Foot Soldiers of Capitalism and Gentrification

Airs at: Wed, 03/20/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  American society has long used over-policing as a way to violently control Black, Brown and poor communities and to generate state income from poverty. Gentrification displaces and breaks up communities and utilizes both police and private security to enforce this displa... Read more

Buscando America

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
¿Qué piensa acerca de las prioridades en Oregon cuando en medio de una escasez de viviendas de bajos ingresos y personas que viven en las calles? Gabriel García Márquez cumpliría este año 92 años y lo recordamos en el programa de hoy. Documentos revelan que el gobierno de ... Read more

Buscando America

Airs at: Tue, 03/05/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Una conversación con Alejandro Velasco  profesor de la Universidad de Gallatin, historiador de la América Latina moderna y  autor de libro Barrio Rising: Políticas populares urbanas y la creación de la Venezuela moderna. Matias Trejo Director Ejecutivo del Instituto de Cult... Read more

A Green New Deal

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
On March 15 students around the world are going on strike. Inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, they are walking out of school to demand meaningful and impactful action on climate change. With their futures at stake, young people are striking to call for... Read more

Methane increasing, Antarctic melting, capitalists keep speculating...

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    Opening song: "Carry It On"by Buffy Sainte-Marie on "Medicine Songs" Articles read from/mentioned on/relevant to today's show: Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that's got scientists worried, March 2, LA Times Climate Change's Worst Outcome: Thermohaline Shut... Read more

The Reluctant Radical: New valve-turner documentary

Airs at: Wed, 03/13/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
  Ken Ward was one of a handful of climate change protesters who picked up tools, broke into oil pipeline facilities across the United States, and closed the emergency oil valves carrying tar sands oil as a symbolic gesture in October of 2016. Now there’s a documentary abo... Read more

Did the CIA Kill Thomas Merton? A Conversation with Hugh Turley

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  (This episode would have aired Friday March 8th, 2019 but it was International Women's Day and all programming that day was hosted by women. The alternative air date for the March 8th show is Monday, March 18th, at 11:00 am Pacific. The Beloved Community will return to i... Read more

Talking with Stephanie Skora about queerness, Israel/Palestine, and anti-Zionism.

Airs at: Tue, 03/12/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
We'll be talking with Stephanie Skora on queer allyship with Palestinians. In particular, we'll focus on the continuing effort of the organization A Wider Bridge to coöpt queer Jews to stand in for Israel's comment to 'democracy and pluralism.' As part of that work, "A Wide... Read more

A View on Youth Incarceration: An Interview with Trevor Walraven

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair in a discussion with Trevor Walraven, co-Founder of the Oregon Youth Justice Project (YJP), in exploring both his 18 years of experience within Oregon's criminal justice system, and the current political movements surrounding incarcerated youth. ... Read more

Earth Strike

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  (Frann Michel for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 11, 2019; School Strike image by Leonhard Lenz [CC0])   Young climate activists have called for a one-day school strike on March 15th. Earth Strike, as it’s also called, is expected to be the largest yet of these events... Read more