War/Peace

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Voices from the Edge on 07/15/2010

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Portland City Council voted 3-2 this morning to let police unit commanders have a vote in certain cases before the new police review board.  Does this make the new board "structurally flawed" or does it increase accountability as commissioners supporting the change claim... Read more

Guantanamo Still Open For Business, Author Andy Worthington

Airs at: Thu, 07/08/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Still open for business, still holding Prisoners, holding Military Tribunals in new 12 million dollar courtrooms. In May they banned four experienced journalists from covering hearings in the Omar Khadr trial. Congress continues to try to stop ... Read more

Gareth Porter on the War in Afghanistan

Airs at: Wed, 07/07/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving. Today's topic is the War in Afghanistan, and her guest is independent historian and foreign policy analyst, Gareth Porter.  We ask "Why are we sending our Children off to War, and how can we AVOID losing them?" Callers suggested the following web si... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 07/01/10

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Breaking trails in politics and law: A conversation with former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts.   Betty Roberts was a child of the Great Depression. From the Texas plains of her childhood, she went on to become a teacher, lawyer, state legislator and Oreg... Read more

Poet Walt Curtis

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for:  Presswatch
Theresa Mitchell with the news "you're not supposed to know" interviews poet Walt Curtis about Portland's declaration of Walt Curtis Week and events to support the poet.  Theresa also takes a look at NPR portrayals the Afghanistan invasion, and the  possibility and conse... Read more

Tom Engelhardt on drones and U.S. detachment from war

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
Host Per Fagereng speaks with Tom Engelhardt, creator of TomDispatch.com, who's just authored the book The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s. They discuss this and Engelhardt's recent article, "America Detached from War: Bush’s Pilotless Dream, Smoking ... Read more

press**watch: npr mind control

  Here's some typical reporting from NPR about the war in Afghanistan. Note the use of the word “counterinsurgency” and the concern over whether a certain strategy will “succeed,” that is, whether it will subject Afghans to the will of the Pentagon. June 30, 2010 Gen. D... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 06/24/2010

Airs at: Sat, 06/26/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Creating dialogue amidst the rhetoric: AmericaSpeaks' Portland Town Meeting: Our Budget, Our Economy Many Americans feel political discourse has been hijacked by pundits, bloggers and other members of the 24/7 media machine more interested in ratings and revenue than me... Read more

Press**Watch: Castro war warning

I'll be back broadcasting this Thursday; I've been following the naval buildups versus Tehran and Pyongyang.  The war rhetoric is cranking up as well.  With the hurricane season threatening to wash oil all over the US Gulf Coast, the oligarchy is no doubt crying for a di... Read more

Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence talks about recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod interviews Kathy Kelly, of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. In early June she returned from over a month in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Several articles written by Kathy and Joshua Broiler are on the group's web page: http://vcnv.org .
Kathy says "it's w... Read more