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Mark Rudd's new memoir: Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weatherman

Airs at: Tue, 04/21/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  Host Barbara Bernstein interviews Sixties activist Mark Rudd about his new memoir: "Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weatherman."    41 years ago this week students at Columbia University began an occupation of their campus that shut down the university and resonated ... Read more

Conservative Teabagging, and the Bush-era Torture Memos

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2009 at 5:00pm
 Today, Abe Proctor hosts.  First, we'll talk about Teabagging, then we'll cover the Bush-era Torture Memos in the second half of the show. At the end of the day, the teabaggers are racists. It's the only intellectual thread (and I use that term loosely) that unifies all ... Read more

Everyone's forgiven. Let's move on

April 21, 2009 Here's your White House Chief of Staff, speaking on ABC this past Sunday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cvp-7YOtRI&feature=player_embedded According to Rahm, it is the president's position that everybody involved in torture gets a free pass. The officials who... Read more

The torture memos

April 21, 2009 A little light reading. There will be a quiz. -A   Read more

Northwest Vets for Peace

Airs at: Thu, 04/16/2009 at 5:00pm
  Hosts Northwest Vets for Peace speak with war historian Christian Appy about his book PATRIOTS: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides, the first oral history to bring together a diversity of voices and viewpoints that dramatically reveal the war’s impact on millions... Read more

the U.S. defense secretary is calling for more money to be put into drone planes to attack Iraq

Airs at: Tue, 04/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Defense secretary Robert Gates is calling for a rapid increase in spending on attack drone planes for use in Iraq, Afghanistan and Eastern Pakistan. This plan has raised the ire of many in the peace community due to the drone’s inconsistent results and bad record of civilian... Read more

Portland: Sactuarty City

Airs at: Tue, 04/07/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A number of local anti-war veteran groups have called on the Portland City Council to declare the city a ‘sanctuary’ for war resisters. The group is currently collecting signatures for a petition to submit to the City Council, which has not yet taken any action on the ‘Sanct... Read more

"Women in Black" hold their vigil infront of a Federal Building

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Portland ‘Women in Black’ held their weekly vigil at noon today in front of the Federal Building in downtown Portland. Members of the group dress in black as a symbol of mourning for those who have died due to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Read more

Tax the Filthy Rich!!! -plus- Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba

Airs at: Tue, 04/14/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  If the most affluent 400 Americans as of 2006 had paid as much of their incomes in taxes as the top 400 did in 1955, the federal treasury would have collected an additional $35.9 billion more in revenue in 2006 just from these 400 ultra-rich individuals. Guest Chuck Colli... Read more

Holocaust Art and Music - Interview with Cantor Ida Rae Cahana

Airs at: Sat, 04/11/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Portland Jewish Hour
April 19, 20, and 21 2009 are the dates for Portland's Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Day) Community Commemoration. This event is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Portland, The Archdiocese of Portland, Ecumenical Ministries of Portland, University of Portland, and others.  For... Read more