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Every 1st and 3rd Thursday from 9-9:30am.
Every 2nd, 4th, and 5th Thursday from 9-10am.

                                                               News you're not supposed to know

Tune in at 9AM Thursdays for an anarcho-socialist viewpoint on everything from climate to imperialism and the new Jim Crow.  Press**Watch is now approaching its 30th year broadcasting on KBOO!

 

 

 

 

 

 

--By the way!  If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, ripping off the title "PressWatch" and the byline "News You're Not Supposed To Know" must be like a big sloppy and totally unwelcome kiss.  Get your own titles and bylines, folks, so that no one confuses your sloppy conformist crap with my sloppy anarcho-socialist crap.  Keep crap separated, I say.  

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Pratap Chatterjee discusses his new book "Halliburton's Army"

Airs at: Thu, 04/29/2010 at 9:00am - 9:30am
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Theresa Mitchell hosts a special hour-long Presswatch with guest Pratap Chatterjee about his new book,  Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War.  Pratap Chatterjee is an award-winning investigative journalist and p... Read more

Corporate Climate Killers

Airs at: Thu, 04/22/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell with "news you're not supposed to know." This week the topic is the climate: " The mean concentration of approximately CO2 was at 316 parts per million by volume (ppmv) in 1958, and rose to approximately 369 ppmv in 1998. (Climate Ark)" The Administration, ... Read more

Soaring debt for military spending, wall street bailouts--could lead to social unrest?

Airs at: Thu, 04/15/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know."  A look at Israeli plans to deport Palestinians from Left Bank.  US nuke strategy--state terrorism?  403 billionaires in US -- preying on the rest of us -- wage theft.  Advice from Howard Zinn -- how the U.S. cou... Read more

PressWatch: Hiding the Wars

Airs at: Thu, 04/08/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell examines "the news you're not supposed to know."   U.S. using anti-civilian rationales to conduct war.  A look at the expansion and costs of the Afghanistan invasion, and U.S. influences in Kyrgystan. The military has banished the press and is operating in ... Read more

Fascism--it's here now

Airs at: Thu, 04/01/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know" comments on our modern-day police state -- how 403 billionaires effectively direct U.S. policy, how 7 million US citizens are in jail, on parole or on probation, how rascism and class theft are tied to empire.  Sh... Read more

Bombing Iran and Arresting Dissidents

Airs at: Thu, 03/18/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell will follow logistical preparations to bomb Iran, and discuss Senator John McCain's new anti-constitutional bill to arrest dissidents as "suspected unprivileged enemy billigerents." No, you won't get a phone call. Read more

Are you one health crisis away from poverty? Already there? You are not alone.

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2010 at 12:00am
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 Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." She looks at declines of bank loans, debt crisis in Greece, jobless "recovery," billions for troubled asset relief program with no oversight, and assassination by health care industry. Also more huffing and puff... Read more

Bust the Banksters/Iranian Turtles in Spaaaaaaace

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know,"  and advice on walking away from your mortgage without walking away from your house,  info on neo-cons itching to bomb Iran, and an update on H1N1.  See more at Theresa's blog:  http://www.kboo.org/node/19228    Read more

Membership Drive Special, State of the Union commentary

Airs at: Thu, 01/28/2010 at 12:00am
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Theresa celebrates and extols the virtues of community radio and  provides her insightful commentary, shining light on the "News You're Not Supposed To Know".  Sharing a listeners personal story of a death due to Swine Flu  sent to her in a letter and her own personal story... Read more

PressWatch: Haiti Katrina-ed?

Airs at: Thu, 01/21/2010 at 12:00am
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How doesd the US relief effort compare to historic examples?  Why is the US Military diverting aid flights? Read more