Activism

An Interview with D Pei Wu

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Pacific Underground

Our interview with organizer D Pei Wu is finally here for your ears! D is an organizer and former head of Jobs with Justice in Portland. We talk to them to find out about their journey in organizing and find out why the labor movement is important to them. Read more

One More Time, on heartbreak and unrequited love

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: guess who's coming to radio??!!

Sometimes through the sadness, we find beauty... But in the sadness we may also find clarity. We wanted to focus on heartbreak and unrequited love not only in terms of our personal relationships (i.e. 'romance'), but also the relationship had with the U.S. (in particul... Read more

KALAMA METHANOL REFINERY UPDATE

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

As the fossil fuel industry targets the Pacific NW for massive fossil fuel development, communities across the region have drawn a thin green line of resistance. Most of these proposals are being vehemently opposed, but on either side of the Lower Columbia River, the lar... Read more

Naomi Klein in conversation with Jo Ann Hardesty

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Naomi Klein joins Jo Ann Hardesty in a wide ranging and engaging discussion. Recorded in Beaverton at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. “This is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. It is also an attempt to predict how, under cover... Read more

Lighthouse Sessions

Every Other Friday from 12-3am Lighthouse Lessons is the media-production arm of Lighthouse Art Collective, a community which exists to empower creators and neighbors to engage with each other and the greater civic arena in order to facilitate growth, equality, abund... Read more

Bread and Roses

Airs at: Fri, 07/28/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Bread and Roses

Founder of the Disability Visibility Project and storytelling fellow from Making Contact, Alice Wong, and I chat not just about bringing the figurative voices of disability into radio and podcasting more, but actual disabled voices. Voices where you can hear that the per... Read more

THE F-WORD: Neo-Fascism in Benton Harbor

Airs at: Wed, 07/26/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

This show is all about confronting attacks on healthcare, free speech, voting and the Second Amendment rights for people of color. And this is the third Friday of the month so it's time for the F-Word, our discussion of fascism. This month's guest is the human rights ... Read more

Rethinking Collateral Consequences

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

The Justice Reinvestment Summit and What Works in Public Safety Conference were held jointly in February 2017 in Salem, Oregon. One event presenter, Judge Frederick Block, US District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, discussed the profusion of collatera... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 24, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear -- 1. Bill Smaldone and Bill Resnick discuss the role of violence in the growth of fascism. 2. Joe Lowndes on the rise of the populist right 3. Tom Becker reads a piece by Walden Bello on the possibility of a... Read more

Outlawing the Boycott

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier alerts us to the alarming “bipartisan” Senate bill, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720), which has support from Democrats like Maria Cantwell of WA and Ron Wyden of OR. The law would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott agai... Read more