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How Capitalism Works: Yanis Varoufakis

Airs at: Tue, 09/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
​ The latest phase of Capitalism, neoliberalism, has left a train wreck in its wake. It’s produced a new Gilded Age. The gap between theoretical Capitalism and its actual workings is jaw dropping. The chasm is a far cry from the courses in economics taught in colleges and ... Read more

Kaiser on the Brink of a Strike

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Adrienne Enghouse, president of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, speaks about the struggle for safe staffing and other issues leading her members to the brink of a strike at Kaiser healthcare facilities in the Portland area. Read more

"Fight for $15 " Embraces #MeToo Movement in Striking McDonalds

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College and author of  WE ARE ALL FAST-FOOD WORKERS NOW:  The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages" Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonalds workers staged a one-day strike at restaurants in 10 cities to pressure manag... Read more

The Day to Day Fight to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 09/20/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  The State of Oregon is partnering with school districts and education service districts across the state to reduce chronic student absenteeism. Chronic Absenteeism is different from traditional concepts like truancy or delinquency, and aims to capture all absences from a... Read more

Worker Cooperatives

Airs at: Fri, 09/21/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  A deep dive into the worker cooperatives movement: a broad selection of organizations, activists, and cooperatively-structured workplaces that advocate for and embody workplace and economic democracy. The 21st century has seen an explosion in interest around worker coope... Read more

What Is the Feet to the Fire Campaign?

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    In the wake of the recent release of the autopsy report for Jason Washington, a 45-year-old man shot dead by PSU police officers in June, the seeming futility of seeking justice for police violence is again in Portland's public eye. The autopsy report comes just six d... Read more

Press**Watch: Eat the Rich

Produced for:  Presswatch
President Trump is going to be really hard to get rid of.  There's a good chance he will win again in 2020.  How, you may ask?  Well, he's a triple threat:   1. He represents the super-rich, and they are very happy with him.  He has destroyed banking regulations put in pl... Read more

Pipeline Protests Beyond Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 09/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Lisa Loving's guest is local multimedia journalist Christopher Francisco. He's also host of KBOO's show Human Beings With Five Fingers  https://kboo.fm/program/human-beings-5-fingers  . Christopher will talk about his work covering Standing Rock, and how the government s... Read more

Keynesian Vs. Marxian and Neoclassical Economics: Richard D. Wolff

Airs at: Mon, 09/17/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  This week's special edition of Economic Update deals with Keynesian economics as a theory that clashes with both the mainstream economics ("neoclassical") that celebrates private capitalism and with critical theories such as Marxian economics that are opposed to capitali... Read more

KBOO's Fight Fascism Power Pack

CALL NOW 877-500-5266 For your $5/month membership to KBOO... It’s KBOO’s Exclusive ‘Fight Fascism Power Pack’ How do we most effectively fight fascists? We arm ourselves with knowledge – in this case, a KBOO USB flash drive FILLED with exclusive audio content, as well as... Read more