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The State of Oregon's Juvenile Justice System

Airs at: Wed, 12/23/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving Today's topic is a recent report by  Crime Victims United of Oregon called The State of the Multnomah County Juvenile Justice System.  Joining us today are two representatives from Crime Victims Oregon.  In studio is Steve Dole, and joining us by pho... Read more

Max Rameau and the Take Back The Land Movement

Airs at: Wed, 11/18/2009 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
 Max Rameau  is the founder of the Miami-based organization Take Back the Land. In 2006, the organization seized control of a vacant lot and built a shantytown called Umoja Village. Take Back the Land then began a campaign of taking over bank-owned foreclosed homes and movi... Read more

Voices from the Edge: What's behind Oregon's domestic violence murders-suicides?

Airs at: Thu, 12/10/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Fourteen Oregonians died last month in five murder-suicides and one attempted murder suicide. Why this sudden outbreak now of men using guns to murder their spouses, ex-spouses and themselves when domestic violence homicides in Oregon have been on the decline? In 1997, 22 d... Read more

Voices from the Edge: The Portland Police Association

Airs at: Thu, 12/03/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Voices from the Edge
Jo Ann and Dave talked about the recent demonstration by the Portland Police Association, in which the association expressed a vote of no confidence in Chief Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman following the latter's decision to suspend Officer Chris Humphreys fo... Read more

Ala' Jaradat on the issue of Palestinian political detainees

Airs at: Fri, 11/27/2009 at 12:00am
KBOO speaks with Ala' Jaradat of the Palestinian prisoner support organization Addameer, about the conditions facing Palestinian political detainees - including family visitation, administrative detention, imprisoned children and women, and mothers whose children were born ... Read more

Dhoruba bin Wahad and Naji Mujahid: Denied entry into Palestine

Airs at: Thu, 11/26/2009 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
5:00 - 6:00 pm Thurs. Nov. 26th, 2009 KBOO interviews Dhoruba bin Wahad, who is speaking from a hotel in Jordan after being detained and then denied entry into Palestine by Israeli authorities. bin Wahad is a former political prisoner in the US who was charged in 1971 with... Read more

Live from Seattle WTO - 1 of ?

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/1999 at 12:00am
Produced for People Rise Up
This is an excerpt from an hour-long pre-emption on Thursday December 2, 1999 in which I recount a Direct Action Network press conference that finished just before I went on air.  This audio will NOT be part of KBOO's special coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Seattle ... Read more

Wake Up and Smell The Boot Polish

Airs at: Tue, 11/10/2009 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris Today, Joe is by himself, and he opens the show with a reading of an article from August of 1993 that was printed in a small independent rag called PDXS.  The article was entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Boot Polish," and warned us of a pe... Read more

Activist Suing the Eugene Chief of Police

Airs at: Wed, 09/02/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for Evening News
A Eugene activist is suing the Eugene Chief of police after he was arrested only to have the charges dropped when a police officer was found lying on video tape. KBOO’s Paul Munday talks to his lawyer. Read more