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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

"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

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

Buscando America on 09/18/18

Airs at: Tue, 09/18/2018 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Se llevó acabo la Cumbre Global de Acción Climática en San Francisco y Javier Sierra, columnista de Sierra Club BC habla también sobre tormentas tropicales que atacan en las Carolinas y Filipinas. Iván Hernández habla de la iniciativa 22 la cual decidirá la Ley Santuario en... 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

The View from Base Camp

Airs at: Fri, 09/14/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
    One Portland organization is using a little known environmental law to fight logging around Mt. Hood. Earlier this month, 175 volunteers with the non-profit Bark camped out in the newest proposed timber sale in Mt. Hood National Forest as part of their annual Summer B... 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

2018 Fall News and Public Affairs Day on KBOO

News & Public Affairs Day only happens during a Membership Drive, bringing really great speakers: The best minds of our times. The most pertinent topics. Our most insightful programming. Brought to you as part of our Membership Drive. With every word, with every note, you... Read more

RALPH NADER! Citizen Action: It's Easier than We Think, Pt 2

Airs at: Tue, 09/11/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Overcoming adversity alone is a tough road to hoe but when you act with others it’s not as difficult. There is nothing like solidarity. There’s unity and strength in numbers. Most movements have very modest beginnings. Take women’s rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a ha... Read more

Multnomah Neighborhood Appeals Middle Housing Policy

Produced for:  Evening News
  Oregon Law requires that municipalities maintain a comprehensive plan to manage growth. In Portland, this is called the Comprehensive or ‘Comp’ plan, and our most recent version took effect earlier this year. Now the Multnomah Neighborhood association is taking the city... Read more