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Shane Burley on Antifascism and How to Defend it

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Shane Burley about the recent uprisings against police brutality and white supremacy. They consider specifically the toxic narrative about outside agitators, from both the left and right, that politicians and the media are spreading to de-legitimize t... Read more

Malik Miah on the Uprising

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In an interview pre-recorded when only one of the four police killers of George Floyd had been arrested, Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah, a long-time Black rights and revolutionary socialist activist, a former aviation mechanic,  a contributing editor with the US sociali... Read more

Keith Knight, Gentleman Cartoonist - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2020 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Rapper, cartoonist, and social activist Keith Knight is a longtime fan of the Portland comics scene as well as community radio.  He was delighted to make a detour to the KBOO studios during his visit to the 2006 Stumptown Comics Festival, where his slideshow and stage pe... Read more

Shalanda Sims

Airs at: Tue, 06/09/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents a feature conversation with Shalanda Sims, actress, writer, director and founder/artistic director of World Stage Theatre. We'll hear about their new film "Growing Up Black in Oregon: A Conversation" and about the work she's doing as an essayist and artisti... Read more

News update for 6/5/20

Airs at: Fri, 06/05/2020 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
Across the country, protests have continued, despite the pandemic of COVID19, to call for an end to police violence and racism toward black people in this country.   In Portland, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets for the seventh night in a row. The crow... Read more

Noticias en español ¡Extra! 06/03/2020 15:30 pm

Airs at: Wed, 06/03/2020 at 3:30pm - 3:45pm
Produced for:  Noticias en español
Breve Informativo ¡Extra! Miércoles, 3 de junio del 2020 . En una conferencia de prensa, la tarde de hoy miércoles el fiscal general de Minnesota, Keith Ellison, anunció los cargos de los cuatro implicados en el asesinato de George Floyd.  Tres oficiales más han sido acusa... Read more

Buscando America on 06/02/20

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  Revuelta histórica contra la violencia policial luego de la muerte de George Floyd. Transmitimos desde la manifestación de Penynsula Park en NE Portland y sobre  el evento online STOP KILLING US con Teressa Raiford y Demitria Hester # Don’t shoot Portland.   En la Sessi... Read more

News update for 6/1/20

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2020 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Daily News Headlines
This past weekend saw mass protests in cities around the world calling for an end to police violence and racism against black people. The protests followed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis Minnesota by an officer who kneeled on his neck for eight minutes wh... Read more

45th Parallel + World Stage Theatre

Airs at: Tue, 06/02/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
Dmae continues coverage of Portland arts groups creatively pivoting during the pandemic. First up  45th Parallel Universe and their Friday night Portland Social Distance Ensemble.  She talks with executive director Ron Blessinger and tech volunteer Danny Rosenberg who creat... Read more

"Pride," Nastashia Minto

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  The Occasion
The theme for June is "Pride," and the featured guest is Nastashia Minto. Nastashia is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The Depth and Length to It. An African American woman born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents, she grew up in poverty ... Read more