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Protesters Interrupt Police Swearing-In Ceremony

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for Evening News
This morning, the Portland Police Bureau swore in 13 new officers and two professional staff at the downtown Portland Building. The ceremony was interrupted briefly by protesters who called out the police, and Chief Mike Marshman in particular, for failing to prevent sev... Read more

Siletz River Ecosystem Intervenes in Lawsuit against Aerial Pesticide Ban

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for Evening News
On Monday July 24, the Siletz River Ecosystem filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against Lincoln County along Oregon’s coast.           The lawsuit was brought by Rex Capri of Newport and Wakefield Farms of Eddyville, who dispute the legality of a ballot measure b... Read more

Naomi Klein in conversation with Jo Ann Hardesty

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
  Naomi Klein joins Jo Ann Hardesty in a wide ranging and engaging discussion.  Recorded in Beaverton at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. “This is one attempt to uncover how we got to this surreal political moment. It is also an attempt to predict how, under cover... Read more

Drive-In & Bike-In Movies

Airs at: Thu, 07/27/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for The Film Show
  In this encore episode, The Film Show takes you on a tour of classic drive-in theaters.  Tune in and find out where to bring your roadster, your bike, or even your two legs to a screening under the stars. We start by visiting Brian Francis at the 99W Drive-In in Newbe... Read more

Fascism Then and Now

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and European historian Bill Smaldone discuss: (1) The role of violence, on the right and on the left, in Germany in the Nazi rise to power. (2) The practice of violence today, both by the right and the left; the Black Block with terrible consequences for the... Read more

The Albina Mural Project: Henry Frison

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2017 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Art Focus
  Eric Bartels speaks to Portland artist Henry Frison. On February 10th 1978 the first of several murals depicting the history of the African American community was dedicated to the city of Portland by a group of artists from the Albina neighborhood.  Henry Frison was on... Read more

An Indigenous Economic Model: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Airs at: Tue, 07/25/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Alternative Radio
  The existing economic system in most countries is a kind of state capitalism. It produces enormous inequalities. Its extraction practices are environmentally destructive. Perhaps indigenous models provide a viable alternative. Chief Seattle was a Susquamish chief in w... Read more

Jesus Was A Communist

Airs at: Mon, 07/24/2017 at 12:00am
Produced for Progressive Spirit
Were the early Christians communists? Roman Montero makes the case that they were and backs it up with his book All Things In Common: The Economic Practices of the Early Christians.   Roman A. Montero spends a lot of time studying early Chrstianity, Koine Greek, early C... Read more

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Marvin and Angie will interview author and Army veteran Hamilton Gregory about his book "McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War." Project 100, 000 was promoted as a great social experiment that would provide troops to the Army and, in turn, the ... Read more

Motown summer 2017: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Airs at: Fri, 07/21/2017 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for From the Grassroots
From the Grassroots –where we agitate for social change with music and commentary,will focus on the musical blend  of  Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell . We will celebrate  Marvin Gaye's What Going On album and play the entire album uninterrupted . Released in the Spring ... Read more