War/Peace

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Recognizing Palestine?

Airs at: Thu, 04/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Per Fagereng discusses an article by Ali Abunimah, "Recognizing Palestine?," which discusses how the Palestinian Authority is attempting to bring about an independent Palestinian state.  Ali Abunimah is the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestini... Read more

US support for Pakistani military

Airs at: Thu, 04/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Pakistan’s foreign secretary Salman Bashir arrived in Washington DC today to salvage ties with the United States, amid increasing tensions between the two countries. KBOO’s International Affairs correspondent Kabir Khanna has more on the ramifications of con... Read more

Guess Who's Winning the Class War?

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker reads "Class-Warfare Scorecard: guess who's winning?" Mike Whitney deflects the myth that our economic woes are due (primarily) to "credit addled shoppers going crazy at Macy's." Instead, wages have stagnated since the 1970s, money has accumulated among those wh... Read more

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jody Williams: How do we advance the peace movement?

Airs at: Fri, 04/08/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Talk Radio
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Jody Williams will be the keynote speaker at the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility anniversary dinner on Apr... Read more

Tunisians to US: "Hands off our revolution!"

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Local attorney Steven Goldberg talks about being part of a recent delegation of lawyers and academics to Tunisia. The members of the group from the US, UK and Turkey have been investigating US and European complicity in human rights abuses committed by the Ben Ali regime an... Read more

Opposing perspectives on U.S. role in Libya

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod moderates a discussion with two local peace activists who have differing opinions about the U.S. led U.N. bombing of Libya and their subsequent involvement in that country. Listeners call in. http://www.opednews.com/articles/BACK-TO-THE-BRIDGES-by-Joe-Wals... Read more

Bob Chenowith, former prisoner of war in Hanoi

Airs at: Fri, 04/15/2011 at 12:00am
Host Marvin Simmons of Northwest Vets for Peace interviews Bob Chenoweth who was a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five years and a member of the Peace Committee while in prison. Members of the Peace Committee were deeply affected by their combat experiences and as a result re... Read more

The Mysterious Case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui: Interview with Victoria Brittain

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Do you like a mystery? Then I have one for you. It’s the mysterious case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. This American educated, Pakistani neuroscientist, and her 3 young children disappeared in Pakistan in 2003. Did she go underground with Al-Qaeda or was she kidnapped by the US a... Read more

The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse

Airs at: Thu, 03/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
That's the title of the new book  edited by author Marjorie Cohn. The professor and former President of the National Lawyers Guild, joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the history and scope of the United States use of torture. The book is made upf of essays by so... Read more

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more