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Why Fear the Arab Revolutionary Spirit?

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
After the uprisings in Tunis and then Egypt, many commentators were hesitant to embrace the as democratic. In The Guardian, Slavoj Zizek calls out this hesitation and the sometimes racist rationale that backs it up as hypocrisy. What's going on in Egypt IS democracy, as as ... Read more

Bill Resnick and Bashir Abu-Manneh on Egypt

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill and Bashir pick up from last week's discussion and talk about how the surrounding region and global community is reacting to the Egyptian uprising. Bashir Abu-Manneh is an Assistant Professor of English at Barnard College. He focuses on global literature, Palastinian a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 7th

Airs at: Mon, 02/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Today's Old Mole, hosted by Joe Clement shown to the left, features an ongoing discussion about the Egyptian revolution, a review of the film Biutiful, an article about the revolutionary arab spirit, and the almost forgotten women of blues and the jazz historian who rescu... Read more

Get out your tinfoil hats -- it's time for some 9/11 Conspiracy Theory talk.

Airs at: Tue, 02/08/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris  It's been a great Winter Membership Drive. So much so that Abe and Joe are prepared to go where few people dare to tread -- Sept. 11. What really happened? What do we know? What don't we know? More importantly, what do you think you kn... Read more

Positively Revolting on 02/04/11

Airs at: Fri, 02/04/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Project Censored is a media research program that teaches the public about the vital role of the free press in a free society.  They also collect stories that were omitted from the corporate owned press, and discusses why certain stories get buried, while other stories rece... Read more

Voices from the Edge 02-03-2011

Airs at: Thu, 02/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Historic agreement or hollow victory? The city's $5 million contract with the Portland Police Bureau Portland City Council ratified a three-year, $5 million contract with the Portland Policy Association this week. Mayor Sam Adams says "These are the most aggressive reforms... Read more

Juan Cole discusses his book, "Engaging the Muslim World;" and Egyption uprising

Airs at: Thu, 02/03/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Juan Cole about the current uprising in Egypt and his book Engaging the Muslim World. Juan Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of th... Read more

Voices from the Edge 01/27/11 Journalist Reese Erlich

Airs at: Thu, 01/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
The man who talked with terrorists: an interview with journalist Reese Erlich Ten years after George Bush launched his War on Terror, what most Americans know about our "enemies" in this war is what the Pentagon and State Department has told them. Veteran journalist Reese E... Read more

A Profound and Jarring Disconnect

Airs at: Mon, 01/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom reads Dave Lindorff's "A Profound and Jarring Disconnect." This article documents the disconnect between what the American people want in terms of spending-cuts, program priorities and tax increases and what the Obama administration continues to do, in their name and ot... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 01-20-11 Guest Jim Middaugh from Metro

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
div { margin: 0px; } What's the future of public participation? A with Jim Middaugh about Opt In and other strategies for a more engaged community Oregonians like to think of themselves as actively involved citizens. Even though Oregonians tend to turn out for election... Read more