Activism

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 9, 2017

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge will host this edition of the Mole, and we will hear about -- The crisis of affordable housing, locally and globally, with Margot Black, co-founder of Tenants United; Long-time peace activist Brian Willson: his recent move to Nicaragua and his pla... Read more

Native Lives and the Black Snake

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

A recording of the discussion featuring Winona LaDuke following the showing of First Daughter and the Black Snake, a documentary film about a proposed oil pipe line set to invade sacred Native American ground. Read more

Paul Street on the Athlete's Revolt

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Paul Street regarding his recent Counterpunch article about the significance of athletes' protests against the criminal justice system, and the space it opens for reaching many who are alienated and withdrawn from politics. image via wik... Read more

October 6 Portland Resistance Calendar

Airs at: Fri, 10/06/2017 at 5:00pm - Fri, 10/13/2017 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Portland Resistance Calendar

Updated Wednesday, October 11. Thanks so very much for listening and reading, and thank you, KBOO members & contributors, for your support. It allows this blogcast to happen. And thanks to our researcher, Ismoon. Joe Frazier of the Northwest Resistance Photography Pro... Read more

November 4th....It Begins!

Airs at: Wed, 10/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

CALL (503) 231-8187 to add your voice to the conversation! Linda Olson-Osterlund welcomes Carl Dix...one of the founding members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. In 1996, Dix co-founded the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the ... Read more

Fannie Lou Hamer

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, spoke words that are all too relevant today. Mrs Hamer would have turned 100 years old on October 6th 2017. Today on Making Contact, youll hear archival recordings, and excerpts from a powerful new film featuring Fannie Lou Hamers... Read more

Snake River Dams, Hot Water & Salmon

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As some federal legislators move to stifle salmon recovery and science, Columbia Riverkeeper recently released new research on how the Snake River dams affect water temperature and salmon migration. In 2015, hot water killed 250,000 sockeye salmon in the Columbia River b... Read more

Why Do Red States Have More Success with Public Defense Reform Than Blue States?

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

A recent investigation by The Marshall Project and Politico has cast light on a counter-intuitive trend among small-government conservative state lawmakers. Many deep-red states have been successful at reforming their public defender systems. We should probably say, “mod... Read more

The Stop Shopping Choir ... Amen

Airs at: Fri, 10/06/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

The Environmental Movement needs humor and music, and activists ready to risk arrest. Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir brings all of that. This band of Earth-Lovers sang at Standing Rock in North Dakota, in Ferguson, during the early days of black lives matte... Read more

KEEP PORTLAND HOUSED

Airs at: Thu, 10/05/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Tune in to Voices from the Edge talk radio today, Lisa Loving is in for JoAnn A Hardesty. Our guests are organizers with Portland Tenants United, speaking on yesterday's City Council meeting. Read more