Political Perspectives

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Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

News and views on current politics.

Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics.

Topic tags:

War/Peace, Government/Politics, Global Affairs, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Legislation

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Report Back from COP21: Climate Justice Panel,

Airs at: Wed, 02/10/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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What really happened at COP21, the 21st United Nations Conference on Climate Change? Where is the final agreement taking us, what are the implications for climate justice and where does our movement need to go? We'll hear excerpts from "Report Back from COP21: Climate Justi... Read more

Improving Care for Mentally Ill Prisoners

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Karen James interviews Bob Joondeph, Executive Director, Disability Rights Oregon (DRO), about a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it recently entered into with the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). This MOU came after an investigation by DRO of ODOC’s Behavioral Hea... Read more

David Barsamian on Alternative Radio and World Affairs

Airs at: Fri, 01/29/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Host Per Fagereng speaks with David Barsamian of Alternative Radio about the challenges in getting and keeping AR on the airwaves. Recently AR was abruptly removed from the weekly programming schedule of KLCC in Eugene. Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is a weekly on... Read more

The Death of Nuclear Power

Airs at: Wed, 01/27/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Lead author of "The World Nuclear Industry Status Reports" Mycle Schneider on new Nuclear Leap Forward in China. Famous activist Helen Caldicott on plan to make S. Australia a world nuclear dump; and dangerous nuke waste in St. Louis, Missouri. http://www.ecoshock.org/ Read more

Wall Street's Think Tank: the Council on Foreign Relations

Airs at: Wed, 01/20/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Project Censored Show hosts Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff speak with historian Laurence Shoup. Shoup's new book, Wall Street's Think Tank, is a study of the Council on Foreign Relations; Shoup describes the CFR as "the most influential private organization in the country,"... Read more

Presidential Candidates on Torture and Slaughter and Cynthia McKinney on the State of the Union

Airs at: Wed, 01/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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We speak with Rebecca Gordon about "American War Crimes, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" and what happens when a nation commits war crimes, and they are never prosecuted. In her article on TomDispatch Gordon shows how post-9/11, Washington could have sported the logo: War ... Read more

Our Renewable Future - With Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Wed, 01/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Richard Heinberg gives an analysis of fossil fuel supply and climate risk. Here now is his three level plan for the transition to renewable energy. He is touching on food production, transportation, housing, manufacturing, steel and cement construction mining, the internet ... Read more

Update on Mumia Abu Jamal and Interview with Miko Peled on "The General's Son"

Airs at: Fri, 01/01/2016 at 9:30am - 10:00am

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From the series Law and Disorder we hear an update on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and an interview with Miko Peled, author of The General s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. Mumia Abu-Jamal has gone to federal court in Scranton, Pennsylvania to get an order compell... Read more

Albina Ministerial Alliance Press Conference on the Court Ruling on Reinstating Officer Frashour

Airs at: Fri, 01/01/2016 at 9:00am - 9:30am

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The Albina Ministerial Alliance held a press conference on Thursday, December 31st, to draw attention to the reinstatement of white police officer Ron Frashour. Mr Frashour was fired in 2010 for killing an unarmed man. A state arbitrator, however, ruled that Frashour wasn... Read more