War/Peace

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Conservatism: the gnawing fear that someone, somewhere, might be having a good time.

Airs at: Tue, 07/19/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   In the 2010 elections, the GOP snatched up statehouses and state legislatures across the country. Predictably, an onslaught of regressive legislation has ensued -- againstwomen, against minorities, against the envi... Read more

Father of slain activist Rachel Corrie provides update on lawsuit

Airs at: Wed, 07/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Rachel Corrie was a 23-year old student at Evergreen State College who was killed in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2003. Her family brought lawsuits against both the Caterpillar corporation, which made the bulldozer, and the Israeli ... Read more

As the Republic is delivered into the hands of the plutocrats, Abe surveys the wreckage.

Airs at: Tue, 07/12/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is off for the summer.   We truly have passed through the looking glass. With unemployment near 10 percentfor the third straight year, the patricians in Washington haggle over whether corporate jets deserve special tax consideration. In th... Read more

Peter Bergen on his recent book “The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda”

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Peter Bergen is the national security analyst for CNN. In his recent book The Longest War, Bergen writes that Osama bin Laden fell victim to hubris. With his 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center, according to Bergen, bin Laden and his al Qaeda organization over-reached and... Read more

A Recap on the State of the Union after 235 Years... Wherefore Art Thou, Liberty?

Airs at: Tue, 07/05/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor; Joe Uris is *still* on vacation... Today, Abe looks at Liberty, or what's left of it, in light of the Independence Day celebrations.     Read more

Writer Nathaniel Philbrick on his latest book, "The Last Stand."

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Host Gene Bradley speaks with award-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick about his latest book, "The Last Stand." Philbrick explores the volatile political, economic, and social forces that led to the  Battle of the Little Bighorn, the infamous confrontation, and demolishe... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 07/04/11

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Scholar, author, and activist Ward Churchill on "War, Genocide and Politics" When a small activist group decided to invite controversial professor Ward Churchill to speak in Grand Junction CO on Memorial Day, they ignited a firestorm of opposition. The local paper called fo... Read more

Cary Groner on "Exiles," his novel set in Kathmandu

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Former Portlander Cary Groner talks about his novel Exiles, the story of an American volunteer doctor and his teenage daughter whose lives are irrevocably changed when they move to Kathmandu and find themselves in the midst of civil war. Cary Groner studied Buddhist medita... Read more

"Joint Palestinian-Israeli Popular Struggle: The Face of a Future of Peace and Equality"

Airs at: Wed, 06/08/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Stanford University Professor of Middle East History, Joel Beinin speaks on "Joint Palestinian-Israeli Popular Struggle: The Face of a Future of Peace and Equality" Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History at Stanf... Read more

[Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson

Airs at: Wed, 06/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
The guest is S. Brian Willson, local anti-war activist and member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace. He'll talk with KBOO host Sue Supriano about his new autobiography, "Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson." In 1987, while... Read more