Civil Rights/Human Rights

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The Future of Ganja in the Caribbean

Airs at: Wed, 04/21/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies: A discussion about the future of ganja in the Caribbean with Faith Graham, CEO of the Jamaican government’s Cannabis Licensing Authority; Vicki Hanson with the International Center for Cannabis Research, she’s also a PhD candidate in public pol... Read more

Blues in the Mississippi Night: 3 Legendary Bluesmen Talk Jim Crow

Airs at: Fri, 04/16/2021 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Produced for:  The Songcircle
On today's abbreviated, hour-long edition of The Songcircle, we present in its entirety the invaluable, historic recording Blues in the Mississippi Night. Recorded by the great folklorist Alan Lomax in New York City in 1947, it features three legendary performers -- Big Bil... Read more

Celebrating the Thin Green Line - An Earth Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 04/19/2021 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
For nearly two decades communities across the Pacific Northwest have been fighting off multiple efforts to turn the region into a fossil fuel export hub. Today we’ll look back at the successes of what Eric de Place with Sightline Institute calls the Thin Green Line, On thi... Read more

Fentanyl, Mandatory Minimums, and Racism

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century: Fentanyl, mandatory minimums, and racism. We hear from Grant Smith, Deputy Director of Drug Policy Alliance Office of National Affairs; Nkechi Taifa, author of a new memoir entitled Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice, CEO of The ... Read more

Will the Biden administration stand up for Native sovereignty and against the fossil fuel industry?

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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Will the Biden administration stand up for Native sovereignty and against the fossil fuel industry

Airs at: Wed, 04/14/2021 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
      https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2021/despite-promises-to-listen-to-tribes-and-fight-climate-change-biden-administration-allows-oil-to-continue?fbclid=IwAR1GxLuhVREvcuN-5_nUTvPg7RoE1wTFiUoFVjRBTwiXn2qPDWlVYbiZDcs Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 12, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 04/12/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Paris Commune: For today’s episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune. In this first of a series, he explores what the Commune stood for, how it differed from the earlier French Revolution, and how it inspired... Read more

Bonus Episode: Racist Recruitment through Youtube

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2021 at 7:00am - 7:15am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
In this bonus episode, we hear from Coalition forHuman Dignity veteran Devin Burghart, nowExecutive Director of left wing think tank Institutefor Research and Education on Human Rights.Burghart talks about the role of YouTube personalitiesin the effective radicalization of ... Read more

Ending Stigma, Saving Lives

Airs at: Wed, 04/07/2021 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
Anyone’s Child and the Transform Drug Policy Foundation hosted a webinar recently entitled Take Drugs Seriously: Voices on the ground. On this week’s show we hear from some of the speakers, including Penny McCanny, the mother of Aidan and a campaigner with Anyone’s Child; P... Read more

Bonus Episode: Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward at the Multnomah County Library

Airs at: Fri, 04/02/2021 at 7:15am - 7:30am
Produced for:  It Did Happen Here
Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at " It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library.   Scot was the founding staff person of the Coalition for Human Dignity, and is co-founder and Senior Partn... Read more