Join us for a Conversation with Amy Goodman
host of Democracy Now!
Featuring Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza from KBOO's Voices from the Edge in a Benefit for KBOO Community Radio
Saturday, April 11
Noon, doors open at 11am
Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne, Portland
Tickets $15
Advance sales available through the Crystal Ballroom Box Office, Bagdad Theater or in person at KBOO
Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza from KBOO’s Voices from the Edge morning talk radio program will interview Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, live on stage to discuss the paperback release of her book Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times and about her experiences as an award-winning ground-breaking journalist. A book signing sponsored by Powells will take place immediately following the program.
The killing of four students on the campus of Kent State, Ohio, on May 4, 1970, during a demonstration against Nixon's expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia received new attention on April 23, 2012. The Obama administration's Justice Department decided not to re-open the case in spite of evidence that the guardsmen had been ordered to shoot. This reminded the public that the question of who ordered the shooting has never been resolved.
Police arrested 12 people at the University Station Post Office in downtown portland, yesterday.Nearly a hundred people were at the demonstration, protesting cuts to the United States Postal Service and calling for Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s resignation.Portland Police made the arrests at about 7:30, an hour and a half after the station was supposed to close.
Police infiltration of radical movements-- really? They do that? Listen in for a lively discussion!
Lyn and ani's guest will be Peg Millett, environmental activist, and member of the so-called Arizona Five.
In 1989, Peg was arrested with other Earth Firsters in a sting operation, and served three years without parole.
With rumors flying about the resurgence of police / FBI infiltration and entrapment practices to break movements, we thought it is important to look at this piece of very relevant history, and see what lessons can be gained.
Whose urban renewal? A look at the mayor's education urban renewal area.
Last week the Portland City Council approved the Portland Development Commission's Education Urban Renewal Plan "focused on expanding Portland State University as a leading engine of economic growth, prosperity and opportunity." The new urban renewal area will generate up to $169 million for investment in research facilities, "business accelerators," affordable housing and private development.
On Tuesday, May 22nd, up to 45 inmates began a hunger strike to protest conditions at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison. They are demanding that prison officials provide medical care, nutritional food, and access to complaint and greivance forms. The Human Rights Watch issued a report in 1999, only a year after the Super-Max prison opened, claiming the facility failed to embrace laws protecting inmates from abusive or cruel treatment.
KBOO's Zeke Harrington spoke with John Mac Gaskin, a former inmate of Red Onion State Prison who now works with Solidarity With Virginia Prison Hunger Strikes.
Michelle Alexander on "The Criminal Injustice System"
Michelle Alexander on the "Criminal Injustice System"
Alexander says California has led the way in building a system that turns back the clock on racial progress in the United States. She says we must insist on a moral revolution that will undo the present system of mass incarceration.
She spoke on May 10th at Dominguez Hills, California. This lecture was recorded and produced by Global Voices for Justice.
Michelle Alexander is a professor at Ohio State University. She holds a joint appointment with the Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. Prior to joining the OSU faculty, she was a member of the Stanford Law School faculty, where she served as Director of the Civil Rights Clinic.
NATO rolls in to Chicago to fine-tune the machine. Thousands turn out to greet them.
Flowers in bloom, sunshine on the lake, NATO summits, bloody clashes between police and demonstrators. Ah, springtime in Chicago.
Abe and Joe look at the latest outburst against globalization and militarism, and ponder a question: If a massive protest falls in the woods and no one is there to cover it, does it make a sound?
Join us for a Conversation with Amy Goodman
