Government/Politics

Mayor Declines to Hear Public Testimony on OIR Report

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm

Produced for: Evening News

The OIR Group will present its most recent report on Officer Involved Shootings to the Portland City Council tomorrow. In years past, the report presentation has included an opportunity for the public to comment on its findings, but not this year. KBOO reporter Jasmin M... Read more

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism

Airs at: Wed, 02/14/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Today we spend the hour with historian, author and activist Gerald Horne and his new critically praised book, The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean. Headlines on... Read more

Senate Immigration Debate Begins: Larry Kleinman

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Bill Resnick welcomes PCUN's co-founder Larry Kleinman to the KBOO studio to discuss the history of the fight for immigration rights and today's resistance movements. from the New York Times: Senate Begins ‘Wild’ Week of Debate on Immigration, Outcome Unknown With th... Read more

The Global Rise of Authoritarian Parties

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Tom Pepinski on the global rise of authoritarianism. Tom Pepinski is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at Cornell University. He is a co-author of the recent article: Trumpism and American Democracy: History, Comparison, and the Pre... Read more

Trump - The Age of Mendacity: David Cay Johnston

Airs at: Tue, 02/13/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

An ultra-rich New York real estate tycoon and celebrity TV star is the 45th president of the United States. He puts America First by ignoring the world and pulling out of the Paris climate accord, undermining the Iran deal and recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. H... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 12th 2018

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick talks with Tom Pepinski on the rise of authoritarianism. Tom Pepinski is an Associate Professor in the Government Department at Cornell University. In the second of a two-part interview, Desi... Read more

And The New Drug Czar Nominee Is ....

Airs at: Sun, 02/11/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

The White House has chosen a new drug czar; Oregon legislators are working to set up mental health checkups for all law enforcement officers in that state; and we hear more about the state of civil rights in the United States. Read more

Richard Gage AIA, The Activist Architect

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 12:00am

Produced for: Progressive Spirit

Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911truth) now has nearly three thousand professional engineers and architects calling for a new investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Founder of AE911Truth, Richard Gage, AIA talks ab... Read more

Against the looting of Africa: Patrick Bond

Airs at: Thu, 02/15/2018 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Fight the Empire's Per Fagereng welcomes Patrick Bond, professor of political economy at the University of the Witwatersrand Wits School of Governance. His research interests include political economy, environment, social policy, and geopolitics. Bond writes in The Chan... Read more

Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 02/12/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Prison Pipeline

Adam Carpinelli interviews folks from The Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons (or FTP). This project began in 2015, focusing on the effort to stop construction of a new federal prison in the coalfields of East Kentucky. It is also currently focused on opposing a phosphate mine ... Read more