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Anarquismo, Insane Music for Insane People #19, Agog

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00pm - Sat, 02/11/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: La Ruleta

Join us this Friday evening continuing our membership drive to listen to more Insane Music for Insane People from the Belgium Label Insane, as well as the recording Anarquismo, which includes pieces by the band Antorcha (Las Antorchas), and much more! Read more

John Teton, International Food Security Treaty

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Ending Hunger By the Force of Law

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

In this episode we discuss a condition that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of people. It is a condition that is completely preventable. Hunger. Why are so many people in the world...why is anyone in the world malnourished? What can we do about it? Th... Read more

Michelle Alexander: Race & Caste in the U.S.

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar. As an associate professor of law at Stanford Law School, she directed the Civil Rights Clinics and pursued a research agenda focused on the intersection of race and criminal justic... Read more

Michael Eric Dyson in Portland with his Sermon for White America

Airs at: Fri, 02/10/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Michael Eric Dyson is an academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited... Read more

Press**Watch

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

What's been happening in the world besides the machinations of the Cheetoh Fascist Gang? Find out--and get ready to support one of our best answers to the MAGA plague. Dedicated to the victims of the 2016 Bowling Green Massacre! Read more

Village Coalition on Right 2 Survive Radio

Airs at: Wed, 02/08/2017 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Right To Survive

All the tent cities in Portland are coming together to form a coalition - instead of ad hoc camps, the idea is to have organized encampments with codes of conduct. This will be the "Village Coalition'. Tune in to find out more. We will be taking your calls on this live broa... Read more

Changing the System: Arun Gupta

Airs at: Tue, 02/07/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

With Donald Trump in the White House we may have entered a post-truth era. As Orwell wrote in his great essay “Looking Back on the Spanish War:” “If the Leader says of such and such an event, ‘It never happened’—well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are fi... Read more

Changing the System: Arun Gupta

Produced for: Alternative Radio

With Donald Trump in the White House we may have entered a post-truth era. As Orwell wrote in his great essay “Looking Back on the Spanish War:” “If the Leader says of such and such an event, ‘It never happened’—well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are fi... Read more

Mental Health Issues of Resettled Refugees

Airs at: Mon, 02/06/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Madness Radio

Immigration is a controversial political topic right now, but what is it like to flee a war-torn country as a child? What lasting psychological effects do refugees face? Is involuntary commitment an effective way to help people in emotional crisis to heal, or is there an... Read more