Civil Liberties

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Positively Revolting 06-17-11 David Cobb

Airs at: Fri, 06/17/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Ani & Lyn spoke with guest David Cobb about his Move to Amend event, the scourge of corporate power and personhood, and ways communities can fight back against corporate power. Part of the plan is for folks to be willing to disobey and resist. Listeners shared their plans ... Read more

Movie Moles: The Beginners

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In The Beginners Oliver's (Ewan McGregor) father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), has died. Before that Hal came out as gay after his wife of 46 years dies. Through flashbacks we also learn about Oliver's 1950s childhood and his view of his parents' marriage.   Jan and Frann tal... Read more

Tis the Season for Pride!

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
June is Pride month, so we're focusing on the variety of pride events happening in our area. We start the show with an interview with Belinda Carroll, Vickie Shaw, Gloria Bigalow and Jackie Monahan. All of these comedians are part of the Curiously Strong Comedy shows happen... Read more

Fear not, citizen, the President has your interests at heart. That's why he's wooing Wall Street.

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  (Joe Uris is off for the Summer...)   It's been estimated that the winner of the 2012 presidential election will need to spend $1 billion to do it. In 2008, the financial sector, realizing it had been the catalyst for the economic meltdown, realize... Read more

Albina Ministerial Alliance Weighs in on Federal Police investigation

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Last Wednesday the department of justice announced that it would be auditing the Portland Police Bureau. This announcement follows a string of recent killings of mentally ill persons, and African American citizens by the Portland police. KBOO’s Miles Bryan spok... Read more

Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon talks about the Gay Pride Festivities this weekend

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's guest is Khalil Edwards from Basic Rights Oregon, in to talk about this weekends's start of the Black Pride Festivities as part of the Rose Festival. FInd Portland PFLAG Black on Facebook! Read what Just Out has to say about PFLAG Black in Port... Read more

Out Loud focuses on Portland's Black Pride

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Out Loud
June is Pride month, and we start the show with a message from Governor Kitzhaber proclaiming June 2011 to be Pride Month in the state of Oregon. We enjoy a short music break with How Many from Tender Forever. Next we welcome Khalil Edwards from Portland's Black Pride. Khalil... Read more

Welcome to the Machine. The USA PATRIOT Act has been renewed for another four years.

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris.   The surveillance state ushered in under the reign of Bush the Younger was given a bipartisan imprimatur in late May when the USA PATRIOT Act was renewed for another four years. Warrantless wiretaps? You bet. Illegal searches of perso... Read more

Well Read Red: animal resistance

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann comments on a number of animal attacks that demonstrate a form of resistance to abuse and exploitation. She then focuses making a case against Thaddeus Russell's dismissive review of a book about such acts of animal resistance. Read more

War on Drugs: failures, misconceptions and alternatives.

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill and Sanho talk about the reasons why the war on drugs has failed to curb abuse while defying empirical evidence about usage. More importantly, Sanho points out, the Drug Warriors fails to grasp why some people use drugs and why most others don't: the lack of means to l... Read more