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THE MELTING POT WINTER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SPECIAL 2011

        THE MELTING POT  WINTER MEMBERSHIP DRIVE SPECIAL 2011 Tuesday 2/1/2011 We will be showcasing Featured Label INTERCHILL RECORDS. That means well be focusing on their artists Bluetech, Gaudi, Kaya Project and more. We will be offering full length releases and compi... Read more

Dr. Nasser Abufarha, author of "The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance"

Airs at: Thu, 01/20/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
  Host Per Fagereng speaks with Palestinian scholar and social entrepreneur Dr. Nasser Abufarha, author of The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance (The Cultures and Practice of Violence). Abufarha earned his PhD in Cultural Anthropology and Int... Read more

Abe and Joe tour the checkered history of the FBI and its future in Portland.

Airs at: Tue, 01/18/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris.  The City of Portland and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have had a tumultuous relationship in recent years. First, Portland opted out of the Bush-era Joint Terrorism Task Force, citing concerns over civil liberties. Then, late las... Read more

Voices from the Edge: 01-13-11 Joint Terrorism Task Force

Airs at: Thu, 01/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Should the city of Portland re-join the Joint Terrorism Task Force? Listeners called in and shared their views. Jo Ann Bowman is a former state legislator, former executive director of Oregon Action, and a long-time leader in the struggle for racial and economic justice. ... Read more

Positively Revolting on 01/07/11

Airs at: Fri, 01/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
2011, a year in review..... Ani and Lyn review the last seven days.  We think it's been a weird, and busy, first week of the year.  What's taken your attention this week?  Our discussion of topics included, but was not limited to: A Congressional Rep from Illinois s... Read more

THE MELTING POT - Free Download of the Week

THE MELTING POT - FREE DOWNLOAD of the WEEK 1 Forward is not just a direction, it's a way of life for Colorado based producer Alex B who is rolling out big tunes under the new guise of Paper Diamond. The new project finds the trusted producer moving into previously untra... Read more

January 10 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole where the topics include the Teamsters and democracy, a local production of Harold Pinter's play about torture, a review of the Coen Brothers film True Grit, and an op-ed debunking the "menace" of Islamist terrorism in Europe. ... Read more

Is there really an Islamist menace?

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The threat of terrorist attacks  in Europe from Islamists  is not what we think.  Dan Gardner argues that "in most of Europe, there was no terrorism. And where there was terrorism, the trend line pointed down."  Tom Becker reads Gardner's piece "The Not-So-Great Islamist M... Read more

Guantanamo; Year end Wrap-up: Interview with Andy Worthington

Airs at: Thu, 12/23/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Guantanamo; Year end Wrap-up: Interview with Andy Worthington 2010 is coming to an end and the prisoners at the illegal prison in Guantanamo Bay have less reason to expect release than at any time since coming into the hands of the U.S. Military. Join host Linda Olson-Osterl... Read more

Voices from the Edge 01-06-11 Lawmakers & Lawmen

Airs at: Thu, 01/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Lawmakers and Lawmen: A conversation with State Senator Jackie Dingfelder about the upcoming legislative session and a look at Portland Police Chief Mike Reese's comments on police shootings Oregon starts a new year with a new governor and legislature. It also starts with ... Read more