Global Affairs

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Former Army Airborne Ranger Reflects on Central America and Effects of the Military

Airs at: Fri, 04/21/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
  Former Army Airborne Ranger Dave Edgar served in Central America during the 1980's. His time in the military affected him greatly. Edgar regularly speaks to members of the community about the complications of military life.  In the first part of the show, veterans Mark ... Read more

David Korten: Toward an Ecological Civilization

Airs at: Tue, 04/18/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Will Rogers, a famous U.S. humorist once said, “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Good advice. Wish that it were heeded when it comes to climate change. Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says, “there's tremendous disagreement” ab... Read more

Medea Benjamin on the U.S. Global Escalation of War LIVE ON KBOO!

Airs at: Wed, 04/19/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Medea Benjamin on the  U.S. Global Escalation of War LIVE ON KBOO... Host, Linda Olson-Osterlund, will speak with Medea Benjamin. Benjamin is the author of eight books including Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control. She is also the co-founder of Code Pink and Global ... Read more

Long Live the Czar

Airs at: Sun, 04/16/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week we take a look at the likely next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (the "Drug Czar"), US Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA). Read more

Group Opposing Lincoln County Spray Ban Gets Help from Dow Chemical

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
A ballot measure in Lincoln County would ban the aerial spraying of pesticides and herbicides. The last few years have seen a number of local and statewide agriculture reform measures face overwhelming industry opposition--for example the 2014 GMO bans in Jackson and Josep... Read more

Trump's Syria Missile Strike: Symbolic Show of Force or Prelude to Wider U.S. War?

Airs at: Mon, 04/17/2017 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
  "Let's not forget that serious questions were happening in the media as well as serious congressional oversight and investigation in the possibility of the Trump campaign being in cahoots with Russia." On April 6, President Trump launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles to a... Read more

Getting to the root, cutting the weeds... and continuing to grow.

Airs at: Thu, 04/13/2017 at 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The inundation of increasingly compact technology is said to 'free us up' from being tied to one place, enabling us to create larger (global) communities, based on our interests and ideologies.  What we have seen though, is that this has led to the marketing and perpetuatio... Read more

Is There a Trump Foreign Policy?

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Conn Hallinan about Trump’s foreign policy: Is there a pattern? Is he just an impulsive madman? Or are we looking at the throes of the wounded U.S. empire at the end of the American century? Conn Hallinan writes for  Foreign Policy In Focus ... Read more

April 10 2017 Old Mole Variety Hour

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  On the next Mole, Frann Michel hosts, and we hear these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Conn Hallinan of Foreign Policy on Focus about Trump's foreign policy; Desiree Hellegers talks with Huy Ong of OPAL Environmental Justice about Trimet's new budget and policing; C... Read more

Court Case Tackles Infiltration of Activists in WA

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2017 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In the case of Panagacos v Towery, US Army Force Protection Division employees at Fort Lewis in Washington State have appealed a state order. The order denies motions to dismiss 1st and 4th Amendment claims brought against them by Olympia-area activists. The activists say ... Read more