War/Peace

Voices from the Edge on 07/22/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

This week on Voices from the Edge, Jo Ann and Dave ask the question "Are the good guys ahead?" Local progressive may be feeling a bit down over the direction of local and state politics lately. City Hall seems more disconnected than ever from the world in which most Portlan... Read more

Golden Leaf - author presentation by Kilong Ung

Airs at: Fri, 07/23/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Lecture Room

Recorded June 5th, 2010 at St. Johns Booksellers in North Portland. Kilong Ung, author of "Golden Leaf" on his story of surviving the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia 1975-1979. Read more

Press**Watch: Seafloor explosions, USS Washington at Pusan

Oil and methane are bursting from the seabed near BP's well. Be sure to bookmark the live BP feed at the bottom of this post. --theresa http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/a_noticiasdelmundo/10/julio/21/mundo17.htm New Orleans, July 21 (RHC) - Outrage is mounting against BP as the o... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/15/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board. Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim? V... Read more

Guantanamo Still Open For Business, Author Andy Worthington

Airs at: Thu, 07/08/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Still open for business, still holding Prisoners, holding Military Tribunals in new 12 million dollar courtrooms. In May they banned four experienced journalists from covering hearings in the Omar Khadr trial. Congress continues to try to stop the... Read more

Gareth Porter on the War in Afghanistan

Airs at: Wed, 07/07/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving. Today's topic is the War in Afghanistan, and her guest is independent historian and foreign policy analyst, Gareth Porter. We ask "Why are we sending our Children off to War, and how can we AVOID losing them?" Callers suggested the following web site... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/01/10

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Breaking trails in politics and law: A conversation with former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts. Betty Roberts was a child of the Great Depression. From the Texas plains of her childhood, she went on to become a teacher, lawyer, state legislator and Oregon'... Read more

Poet Walt Curtis

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 9:00am - 9:30am

Produced for: Presswatch

Theresa Mitchell with the news "you're not supposed to know" interviews poet Walt Curtis about Portland's declaration of Walt Curtis Week and events to support the poet. Theresa also takes a look at NPR portrayals the Afghanistan invasion, and the possibility and conseque... Read more

Tom Engelhardt on drones and U.S. detachment from war

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Tom Engelhardt, creator of TomDispatch.com, who's just authored the book The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s. They discuss this and Engelhardt's recent article, "America Detached from War: Bush’s Pilotless Dream, Smoking Dro... Read more

press**watch: npr mind control

Here's some typical reporting from NPR about the war in Afghanistan. Note the use of the word “counterinsurgency” and the concern over whether a certain strategy will “succeed,” that is, whether it will subject Afghans to the will of the Pentagon. June 30, 2010 Gen. Davi... Read more