Economy

Robert King: Angola 3

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
The Case of the Angola 3 Some 36 years ago, deep in rural Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Ango... Read more

Community Calendar Tuesday May 5 2009

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2009 at 5:00pm
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KBOO COMMUNITY CALENDAR TUESDAY May 5 2009 This is the community calendar for Tuesday May 5 2009 Everyone is welcome Tuesday May 5 (today) at the Wild Oats on NE 15th and Fremont to the Eastside democratic meeting, which happens every first Tuesday at noon. This is a p... Read more

Political Perspectives on 4/29/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/29/2009 at 12:00am
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Per Fagereng speaks with writer and peak oil researcher Mike Ruppert, whose latest book is "A Presidential Energy Policy" which will be published on May Day. CD-1361 Read more

Patrice Lumumba Ford - one of the "Portland Seven."

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
On 10/04/2002 Patrice  Lumumba Ford was arrested along with 3 other suspects of the Portland Seven in Portland, Oregon. He was accused of traveling overseas in a conspiracy to wage war against the United States, provide material support and resources to Al Qaeda and contrib... Read more

Alvaro Luna Hernandez

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Sheriff Jack McDaniel of Alpine, Texas, On July 18, 1996 arrived to arrest Alvaro at his home on a trumped up charge of aggravated robbery  When the unarmed Alvaro questioned the sheriff's action, the officer drew his weapon. Before he could shoot, Alvaro disarmed him and f... Read more

Kenny Zulu Whitmore

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
  They call me Zulu... From a letter written to  Jenka Soderberg... 30 miles from the nearest town, hidden in the Louisiana hills, traveling along a long twisting road at a dead end you will find Angola, a former plantation now a prison the size of  Manhattan which is unli... Read more

Janet Hollaway Africa

Airs at: Sun, 04/26/2009 at 5:00pm
MAY 13, 1985 BOMBING AND FIRE - Lt. Frank Powell prepares to drop the Bomb on innocent human beings! The Bomb - A Bomb that Killed - Murdered Women, Men and Children!  Janet Hollaway Africa is a member of the "back to nature group" MOVE. She and others were imprisoned wit... Read more

Janine Phillips Africa says; "Revolution is not a word but an application"

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2009 at 5:00pm
Since this statement was written, Merle Austin Africa joined the ancestors. She died in prison, March 13, 1998. Revolution is not a word but an application, it is not war but peace, it does not weaken it strengthens, revolution does not cause separation it generates toget... Read more

The Politics of Water in the Middle East & the Developing World

Airs at: Mon, 04/20/2009 at 12:00am
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On March 1st 2009 Portland Brit Tzedek V’Shalom, Congregation Shir Tikvah and the Bridgeport UCC co-sponsored an event, The Politics of Water in the Middle East & the Developing World. Speaking that afternoon were Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Dr. Jeff Albert, and Mousa Dia... Read more

National Security and Domestic Policy

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2009 at 5:00pm
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Soon after taking office, President Obama called the economic crisis a matter of national security.  On this episode of We the People, we explore the link between national security and domestic policy. We were joined in the studio by Mike Edera of the Rural Organizing Projec... Read more