War/Peace

Voices from the Edge: Is the party really over? Alberta Street Last Thursday.

Airs at: Thu, 08/19/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Is the party really over? JoAnne and Dave discussed Alberta Street Last Thursday in NE Portland. The conversation doesn't end when the program does. You can join in additional discussion of the week's issue on our blog at kboo.fm/voicesfromtheedge (click on the "blog" tab)... Read more

THE PENTAGON, PETRAEUS & THE MEDIA: INTERVIEW, NORMAN SOLOMON

Airs at: Thu, 08/26/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

The Obama administration and the U.S. Military have launched a multi-faceted propaganda offensive to sell a long- term presence in Afghanistan. Author and activist, Norman Solomon, joins host, Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the Petraeus media blitz. He'll put it in co... Read more

Bombs or Books? Zaher Wahab on the challenges to education in Afghanistan

Airs at: Fri, 08/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Zaher Wahab, who just returned from five months in his native Afghanistan teaching other college professors at the country’s only graduate program in education. Zaher Wahab was born and schooled in Afghanistan, received a B.A. in soci... Read more

What's at stake in the recent Wikileaks releases?

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Ray McGovern, who was a CIA analyst for 27 years and Coleen Rowley, an FBI whistleblower who was named one of Time Magazine's people of the year in 2002. She recently co-wrote the piece "Wikileak Case Echoes Pentagon Papers."... Read more

Activists confront Palestinian Home Demolitions, US policy

Airs at: Wed, 08/25/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Recovery Zone

This month on the Recovery Zone, the focus is on Palestine. Host Stephanie Potter speaks with Alaina Melville and Joe Walsh on what is happening on the ground in both the West Bank and Gaza, how the US got involved and what's happening here in Oregon. Alaina shares her exp... Read more

Bi-Lingual Peace Tour - American Friends Service Committee & Portland Central American Solidarity Community

Airs at: Wed, 08/25/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving The peace movement is joining with cross-cultural organizers on a bi-lingual Peace Tour to examine the daily struggles of communities of color in our own city. Join host Lisa Loving and guests Megan Hise from the Portland Central American Solidarity... Read more

Book Mole: Ghost Road

Airs at: Tue, 08/24/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Book Mole, Larry Bowlden, reviews Pat Barker's award-winning "Ghost Road." It's the third in a trilogy about World War I. Larry explains: "This is not a glorification of war book. Instead, it talks of the the war and battlefield in graphic and horrible detail that shows the ... Read more

Andrew Bacevich: "Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War"

Airs at: Thu, 08/19/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng interviews professor and retired Army colonel Andrew Bacevich about his new book Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War. Bacevich presents the origins of the unchanging American military policy which was forged at a moment when American power wa... Read more

August 16 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this program dealing with the fight to protect net neutrality from the big media corporations; understanding personal traumas in the context of the politics of terror; the fake crisis in Social Security; Native American thinking about sustainability; and t... Read more

The Military as a Jobs Program

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

"America's biggest -- and only major -- jobs program is the U.S. military....This is nuts," argues Robert Reich in this piece, read here by Joe Clement. Read more