This week, Jo Ann and Dave give us updates on what's happening in the Oregon
Legislature.
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. Dave Mazzais a f...
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Guest Rebecca Griffin from Peace Action West, about ending the horrifying
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and stopping any NEW WARS about to spring
up.
Also, info about the Portland Peace Rally of March 19, 2011.
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A new look at Oregon's Measure 11 and its impacts
Kevin Mannix promised voters in 1994 that his Ballot Measure 11 establishing
minimum mandatory sentences would create certainty in Oregon's criminal
justice system. While the measure tripled the state's prison populat...
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In a special edition of Fight the Empire, Per Fagereng hosts Conn Hallinan,
columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, who talks about the Irish economy.
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Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor
Sometimes lost amid the background noise of the American political and social
landscape is the fact that we're still at war. Nearly 10 years on, the wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq have reaped a grim harvest of blood and treasure. Is
ther...
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How's the war economy working for you?
That's the question many Americans will be asking on March 19, the eighth
anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. U.S. policymakers have little to
show for eight years of fighting in Iraq and nine years of war in Afghanistan
othe...
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Dan Johnson hosts a discussion of hunger in Oregon. His guests are Jessica
Chanay, Deputy Director for Hunger Free Oregon and Jean Kempe Ware of the
Oregon Food Bank.
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In the wake of the U.S. Helicopter gunship killing of nine Afghan boys
gathering wood, protests have erupted in their village of Nanglam and in the
capital Kabul. Protesters carried signs saying "Death, death to America".
The real cost of the U.S. war on Afghanistan is ...
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