Civil Liberties

25ey_thank_you_1678_x_281_0.pngnewsletter_web_banner.png

US Labor Chauvinism and China

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads a CounterPunch article by trade-unionist, Alberto Ruiz, called The US Labor Movement and China. Ruiz criticizes the stigmatization of foreign labor by US unionists and explores the dark pro-imperialist history of the AFL-CIO, as well as the vigor of the re... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 7th 2012

Airs at: Tue, 05/08/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole, which is shorter than usual because of membership-drive. We hear about growing concern with and resistance to nuclear energy, ecologically driven energy policy in Oregon, and about labor chauvinism toward China. Bill Resnick interview... Read more

Michelle Alexander and the New Jim Crow

Airs at: Wed, 05/02/2012 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
We take a look at mass incarceration and racism in America today through Michelle Alexander's book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." We begin with a speech given by Michelle Alexander in New York in February of 2010, and then will hear fr... Read more

Prison Pipeline 4/30/2012 w/ Michelle Fabian Hosted by Grace E Reed

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Grace E Reed discusses with Michelle Fabian the issue of sexual assualt in corrections facilities.  This all-too-common phenomenon -- inmates sexually assaulted by guards and by other inmates, predatory behavior within the confines of a prison -- spurred Congress to ... Read more

Kilong Ung's Golden Leaf: A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor

Airs at: Fri, 05/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Kilong Ung, a Portlander who's the survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime, shares emotional stories from his past.  He touches upon how the conflict changed him, how he adapted in America, and what he did for revenge.  Kilong is now a role model in the community, and giving bac... Read more

Oakland Police Investigate Trans Woman's Murder

Airs at: Fri, 05/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Oakland Police Department is investigating the murder of a transgender woman who was shot in a possible hate crime on Sunday morning. Thirty-seven-year old Brandy Martell was an outreach worker at the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. She was sitting in the driver's se... Read more

New To The Streets

Airs at: Wed, 04/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Right To Survive
homelessness Read more

Hosts Celeste and Cecil speak with human rights and social justice activist Kelvin Hazangwi

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with human rights and social justice activist Kelvin Hazangwi about linkages between the global south and countries such as Greece, Spain and Ireland around the economic justice issues of debt, banks and who is impacted by our cur... Read more

May Day!!! May Day!!! Yes, it's the REAL Labor Day!!!

Airs at: Tue, 05/01/2012 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris Today's discussion revolves around May Day!  Some call it International Workers' Day.   We'll talk about it's History...  And invite your calls on what May Day means to YOU!     Read more

Norm Diamond and Abigail Singer of Portland Central America Solidarity Committee

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm underscores how May Day is about the recognition of class-structure in society. Abigail offers her perspective as a worker with the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee. They talk about the meaning of the song bread and roses and social justice organizing, the... Read more