Wednesday Talk Radio

    Opening song: "Carry It On"by Buffy Sainte-Marie on "Medicine Songs" Articles read from/mentioned on/relevant to today's show: Methane in the atmosphere is surging, and that's got scientists worried, March 2, LA Times Climate Change's Worst Outcome: Thermohaline Shut... Read more

  Eugene, Oregon-based anarchist writer John Zerzan has been writing provocative essays and books challenging dominant narratives of "civilized" thought, history, social organization and technology for over 30 years. Host Paul Roland ran into him again this past Saturday a... Read more

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress https://fs.blog/2017/02/human-progress-illusion/   https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/02/climate-change-isnt-just-frying-the-planet-its-fraying-our-nerves/   Read more

    Portland area residents are currently faced with a slew of development- and gentrification-related policies, but the relationships and dynamics behind the policies are often difficult to see. From government incentives for re-development to international companies spe... Read more

  Locally-based Dineh (Navaho) and Yankton Dakota writer Jacqueline Keeler has been writing and fighting against racist mascots and stereotypes for years and she's pretty sick of it. But she keeps being called back into the fray, most recently invited to Cincinnati to deba... Read more

  From Levine's website: Bruce E. Levine writes and speaks widely on how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person’s Guide to Being an Anti-Authoritarian―Strategies, Tools, and Models (201... Read more

    After a 10-year hiatus, Cascadia Times is reviving its print edition. Founded and edited by Paul Koberstein since its inception in 1996, Cascadia Times has published hard-hitting investigative environmental journalism from the Cascadia Bioregion: Oregon, Washington, B... Read more

    Looking at Portland’s economy as a microcosm of speculative capitalism is a great way to examine the extractive mechanisms of the real estate market. The most recent boom/bust cycle has completely divorced land value from land taxes and rental rates, and the rich seem... Read more

    Elizabeth Goitein, Co-Director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice (NYU School of Law), recently wrote an article for The Atlantic, "What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency." It lays out in grim detail... Read more