Activism

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Interfaith Prayer Breakfast Tomorrow in Opposition to Measure 106

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND FAITH LEADERS JOINED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO OPPOSE CUTS TO ABORTION FUNDING Tomorrow, a prayer breakfast will be held as part of the campaign against Measure 106. Oregon has long been on the pro-choice side of the ab... Read more

LNG Coos Bay to Tacoma

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Before a plethora of proposals for coal and oil terminals starting popping up in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago, there was Liquid Natural Gas, or LNG. Intense public opposition to coal and oil terminals and trains prevented virtually all of them from being built. But... Read more

Israel and Saudi Arabia: Two bullies of the Middle East

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    While Saudi Arabia wages ruthless war on Yemen and beheads or otherwise dismembers its own dissidents, Israel continues its brutal onslaught of Gaza, suppresses internal dissent and hounds BDS activists around the world. Both get massive military aid from and work clo... Read more

Uprise Collective and Civil Unrest Bicycle Club

Airs at: Wed, 10/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  The RadioActivist
Host Lisa Loving is joined live in Studio 2 by UPRISE Collective co-creators, Stephanie Roberson and Brianna Bragg. On October 18 they’re hosting What’s on The Ballot in OR: Working to Change the System. In the second half of the hour, our guests are The Civil Unrest Bicycl... Read more

Accessibility at OccupyICEPDX Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  In the second of a two part-interview, Desiree Hellegers interviews deaf activist Philip J. Wolfe about the ground-breaking work of providing nearly continuous access to deaf and hard of hearing activists at OccupyICEPDX, and about the struggles that deaf and hard of hea... Read more

Sport, Protest, and Corporate Interest

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thabiti Lewis queries what the national anthem debate tells us about America and democracy and raises questions regarding the sincerity of the recent ad campaign supporting Colin Kaepernick and how powerful forces in our society work to neutralize activist voices and pro... Read more

Unions - You Don't Want to be Without Them Part 1

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Join Host Dale Holiday as she converses with Carlos Lopez.  Carlos is a City of Corvallis Employee and President of AFSCME Local 2975.  AFSCME stands for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – the nation’s largest and fastest growing public services ... Read more

Buscando America on 10/16/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En la Ciudad de Salem se celebra la hispanidad en un evento del Instituto de Cultura Oregoniana. Vicky Falcón invita a la comunidad a participar. Patricia Vázquez llama estar informados en las próximas elecciones. Genevieve Roudané  habla sobre su documental  The Chunta qu... Read more

Portlanders Protest Pinkwashing of Israeli Military

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    The first transgender officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) visited Portland last week, and his appearance was greeted by protesters opposed to the pinkwashing (using a positive association with the LGBTQIA+ community to distract from bad behavior) of the Israel... Read more

Pushing Back the Corporate Food Regime: Eric Holt-Giménez

Airs at: Tue, 10/16/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Food is the basis of life. We need it to live. It is as simple as that. The UN declares, “the right to adequate food is a long-standing international human right.” But the aim of 21st century capitalism is not primarily to promote our well-being and health, it is to cont... Read more