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The "Battle of Seattle" 20 Years Later: Globalization, Activism and Indymedia

Airs at: Fri, 11/29/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
It’s been 20 years since protesters shut down the World Trade Organization in what became known as the ‘Battle of Seattle’. That mass mobilization and protest sparked a global movement to combat corporate trade agreements and colonial funding models. In late 1999, thous... Read more

Portlanders rally against U.S.-Israeli policy

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2019 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  About a hundred Portlanders gathered Saturday for an emergency rally for Gaza. This came after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo uprooted decades of U.S. policy, declaring that Israel should be allowed to violate international law by expanding colonial settlements on Pa... Read more

Chilean protests continue, crackdowns intensify

Airs at: Thu, 11/21/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Civil unrest in Chile has continued for over a month now, originally in repsonse to a hike in subway fares. Now, the protests are widespread, centering on political and economic inequities experienced in Chile. Human rights abuses have proliferated without consequence.... Read more

Impeachment

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Ron Jacobs discuss the impeachment hearings: -- How the Republicans are protecting Trump because he has delivered on the Republican platform of enriching their corporate pals and patrons, and by subordinating all interests, like the environment or the app... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 18th, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 11/18/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Densie Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Bolivia Uprising: Dan Jaffee interviews Dr. Gisela Rodriguez, a Bolivian sociologist living in Portland, about the roots of the conflict in Bolivia, the record of Evo Morales and his MAS party, and what... Read more

Popular Education Presents: Revolutionary with Immortal Technique

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2019 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Popular Education
Tammy interviews Immortal Technique about everything from his new album (The Middle Passage) to the school he helped build in Afganishtan. This is really, one of the best ones yet.  Read more

PCC President Mark Mitsui on the Paris Climate Accord

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord has been decried from all angles, with critics warning of its immediate impacts on the environment and on the United States’ place as a world leader on climate action. Mark Mitsui ... Read more

The Amazon & the Health of the Planet

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
This year the world watched with alarm as the Amazon Rainforest burned. While news coverage of those fires has receded as attention shifts to the fires of impeachment, the Amazon is still burning. For many people around the world it is hard to fathom rainforests on fire,... Read more

Talking with Pauline Park, trans activist and writer.

Airs at: Tue, 10/29/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Preference
Pauline Park, activist and author, is one of our favorite people to talk with on Preference. We've chatted in the past about censorship and queer community; and about LGBTQ solidarity with Palestinians. This week, we look forward to talking with Pauline about being an ad... Read more

Local Humanitarian Reem Ghunaim teaches the world about peace

Airs at: Thu, 10/24/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Reem Ghunaim is the Executive Director for Rotarian Action Group for Peace. Soon, she plans to travel to Geneva, Switzerland, to speak at Geneva Peace Week, a gathering of global peacebuilding groups and UN representatives. KBOO's Annette Newell and Althea Billings spo... Read more