Activism

The Fight for Free Speech on Campus: Geoffrey Stone

Airs at: Tue, 04/11/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

The political landscape is increasingly intolerant of opposing views. Campuses are sometimes a battleground. Author Charles Murray was shouted down and prevented from speaking at Middlebury. Condoleezza Rice declined to speak at Rutgers because of protests. Ex-Breitbart ... Read more

#SSDP2017 Part Two

Airs at: Sun, 04/09/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am

Produced for: Century Of Lies

This week on Century Of Lies, part two of our coverage of the Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference #SSDP2017, including our full interview with SSDP Executive Director Betty Aldworth. We also talk about the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program with Krys... Read more

Cannabis and Spirituality

Airs at: Fri, 04/14/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Beloved Community

Stephen Gray is the author of Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally. On October 1, 2015, Oregon joined Washington and Colorado as the third state to legalize recreational use of cannabis. Now that it is easy as going to one of the... Read more

Rip City Basement - Von Gage x Poetic Justice

Airs at: Sat, 04/08/2017 at 10:00pm - Sun, 04/09/2017 at 12:00am

Produced for: Rip City Basement

Court Case Tackles Infiltration of Activists in WA

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Produced for: Evening News

In the case of Panagacos v Towery, US Army Force Protection Division employees at Fort Lewis in Washington State have appealed a state order. The order denies motions to dismiss 1st and 4th Amendment claims brought against them by Olympia-area activists. The activists say ... Read more

Tense Calm at Council Chambers, mornnig session April 5, 2017

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 5:00pm - 5:30pm

After weeks of disruptive city council meetings, an uneasy calm settled in for yesterday’s morning session. Many of the citizen activists are frustrated by, among other things, a lack of transparency at city hall and this informs their evolving tactics. Instead of disrupti... Read more

Non-Violent Protest Under Attack

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

Cecil and Celeste welcome Alycee Lane from The Article 20 Network to KBOO. Alycee is an Oakland, California-based writer and author of Coming in From the Cold, a blog exploring political issues through the prism of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence. ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 3, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker is the host of this episode of the Old Mole, and it includes these segments: Union Activist Mark Dudzic talks with Bill Resnick about Medicare for all and the role of Unions in making it happen. Laurie Mercier and Thomas A. Saenz discuss the intensification o... Read more

The Plot to Kill King

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the... Read more

Gandhian Nonviolence Today

Airs at: Tue, 04/04/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

As protests and demonstrations continue around the world, once again the relevance of the strategies and tactics of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance arise. What are we to do when faced with injustice? Look away? Or resist? Are sit-ins, blockades and boycotts ... Read more