Activism

Kalama Methanol Refinery on the Public Dole

Airs at: Mon, 10/15/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Northwest Innovation Works LLC (NWIW) is proposing to build the world's largest methanol refinery in the small SW Washington town of Kalama. NWIW aims to use tax breaks, grants, and other forms of financial assistance to build and operate its refinery. In August, Columbi... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Judith Arcana

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Our In Depth guest today is Portland-based writer, teacher, and radio host Judith Arcana. Judith’s published work includes poems, stories, essays, and books. She’s a longtime teacher of literature, writing, and women’s studies. And she volunteered as a Jane, a member of ... Read more

The Return of Public Ownership in the US

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier interviews Thomas Hanna, Research Director of the Democracy Collaborative, about democratic ownership and public banking. Hanna is author of the new book Our common wealth: The return of public ownership in the United States; a recent piece “We Need Public... Read more

Beyond Columbus Day: Changing the Name Is Just the First Step

Airs at: Wed, 10/10/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

As the United States careens further and faster away from institutional checks and balances and 20th century progressive reforms, the experiences of Indigenous Peoples under the colonial onslaught may actually help us understand the situation we're in, and how to r... Read more

Buscando America on 10/09/18

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Produced for: Buscando America

La artista Mexicana Edith López Ovalles presenta en Guatemala la exposición 50 años después, México 1968. Javier Sierra nos da del número gratuito para dudas y preguntas sobre las próximas elecciones. ¿Cómo utilizar las plantas para el embarazo? Read more

Becoming Human Through Mutual Aid

Airs at: Mon, 10/08/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Amy Cantrell, a minister who founded Beloved Community Asheville which organized to assist the poor people in Lumberton and Robeson County. As with Katrina and Sandy, the public authorities rush in to help the white and well to do and to protect t... Read more

Chris Hedges: Rise Up & Resist

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

When is enough enough? In the face of evil what does it take for people to move from passivity to active resistance? Throughout history there have been instances of people defying tyranny. Fighting back no matter what the odds. An example comes from Nazi Germany, ofte... Read more

Israeli pinkwashing propaganda returns to Portland; and LGBTQ perspectives on Uhuru solidarity with African liberation.

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

To 'celebrate' National Coming Out Day, A Wider Bridge and the Oregon Jewish Museum are bringing trans former Israeli Defense Force soldier Ofer Erez to Portland for a conversation. According to the Oregon Jewish Museum: "At a time when some of our own decision makers ar... Read more

Hear and There: Audio Postcards from Earth

Airs at: Tue, 10/09/2018 at 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Produced for: Threshold Shift

In honor of KBOO's 50th Anniversary and the 20th Anniversary of A Different Nature's 24-Hour Earth Day Broadcast, we are inviting you to join us at the OMSI Kendall Planetarium for Hear and There: Audio Postcards from Earth Tuesday October 9th at 7:30 PM. This is an... Read more

Sue Coe: artist for animal rights

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Voices for the Animals

Tune in to this episode of Voices for the Animals with host Courtney Scott and hear from graphically bold and famous artist Sue Coe. Sue was born in Staffordshire, England next door to a slaughterhouse. Did that proximity to death and horror inform the focus of her ar... Read more