War/Peace

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Thanhha Lai: Award-winning author for Young Adult literature

Airs at: Fri, 03/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Sarika Mehta spoke with Thanhha Lai, author of Inside Out & Back Again. Thanhha Lai's semi-autobiographical book of prose poems won the 2011 National Book Award for Young Adult Literature as well as the 2012 Newberry Honor. She describes her experiences as a Vietnamese refu... Read more

David Swanson, about his new book The Military Industrial Complex at 50

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2012 at 12:00am
  Hosts Marvin Simmons and Bill Bires of Northwest Vets for Peace speak with writer, reporter and speaker David Swanson, about his new book The Military Industrial Complex at 50 . He is also the author of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfe... Read more

Hand In Hand School

Airs at: Wed, 02/22/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  The Underground
Hanna interviews Youth Collective Member Renee about her experiences with Hand and Hand School in Jerusalem. Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel builds peace, coexistence and equality through a network of integrated, bilingual schools for Jewish and Ar... Read more

Burma in Transition: From Dictatorship Towards Democracy

Airs at: Thu, 02/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Can a dictatorship become democratic without a revolution? Guest, Edith Mirante  Portlander and founder of Project Maje  joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund in the studio. She talks about the surprising and rapid transition to democracy going on in Burma and the ongoing strug... Read more

Drone Bombers: or warfare as hobby

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads "War By Drones and Special Forces: inviting the big pay-back", by Dave Lindorff. In it Dave argues that drone technology has made it easier to swallow the prospect for war, while unwittingly giving other countries not only the incentive, but a renewed tacti... Read more

Well-read Red: The Spectacular President's Role in Electoral Theater

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red, Clayton Morgareidge, comments on the spectacle of electoral politics, the presidency itself, and how voting is over-rated as a form of social action when so much that matters is decided, when addressed at all, by other means and to other ends. The presidentia... Read more

William Beeman - The Great Satan and the Mad Mullahs: how the US and Iran demonize each another

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews William Beeman, author of "The Great Satan and the Mad Mullahs: how the US and Iran demonize each another". They talk about the history and patterns of this demonization, and why & how the same people who argued for war in Iraq over weapons of mass-d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 20th

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts today Old Mole and we hear about the war drums being beat over Iran, the kabuki theatrics of electoral politics, a cold war waged with drones, and about the African Film Festival.  Thanks to all you folks who called in to support KBOO and the Old Mole!  If... Read more

Jamal Tarhuni Comes Home

Airs at: Wed, 02/15/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Jamal Tarhuni, an Oregon resident prevented from returning to the United States after visiting Libya, finally came home yesterday. The Tigard Businessman and Libyan had been visiting the Post-Qaddafi nation to deliver humanitarian supplies with Medical Teams Int... Read more

Curtis Bell and Maxine Fookson on the Multnomah County initiative to bring war dollars home.

Airs at: Wed, 02/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Curtis Bell and Maxine Fookson on the Multnomah County initiative to bring war dollars home.  Political Perspecitives 02/01/2012 9:30 - 10 AM. Read more