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Populist Dialogues - Organizing for the Common Good

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 9:10am
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Justin Kertson is a Solidarity Organizer with Jobs with Justice (JWJ). Justin talks about JWJ, campaigns he has been involved with like 15 Now (to increase the minimum wage to $15/hour) and describes current campaigns like "Bargaining for the Common Good" and "Taking Action Against the Trump Agenda", working especially with the immigrant community. ""Why Unions Matter" is another JWJ current effort. Attacks on workers, including so-called "Right to work " laws proposed both at national and states levels. Justin ends the program with a strong statement of JWJ support for public banking.

Populist Dialogues - 17-24 - The Danger of Small Nuclear Reactors

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 3:39pm
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Chuck Johnson, Director of the Joint Task Force on Nuclear Power, talks with host David Delk about small nuclear modular reactors(SMR). Chuck explains the reasons for opposing the development of nuclear energy and the similarity between tradition nuclear plants and SMRs. We touch on the current difficulties of the nuclear industry with the bankruptcy of Westinghouse. And we look at the current status of SB990 in the Oregon legislature, written to override existing prohibitions in Oregon to building nuclear facilities within the state.

Populist Dialogues - 17-25 - Nuclear Power, OR Bottle Bill Profiteering, Endangering Public Health

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 3:41pm
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Our guests are Chuck Johnson, Director of the Joint Task Fore on Nuclear Power, OR/WA Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Dan Meek, legal advisor to the Oregon Progressive Party.

Populist Dialogues - 17-22 - Science in the New Dark Age

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 3:36pm
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Our guest is Dr. Martin Donohoe, adviser to Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and author of "Public Health and Social Justice". The topic is "Science in the New Dark Age". What is the New Dark Age? What is science? How has science been attacked in the past? How has Pres. Trump attached science and with what consequences? What is the role of corporate lobbyists and the media in this present attack? After addressing that, we also talk about single-payer health care and more. We conclude with Dr.

Media Edge

Submitted by Cliff Garibay on Tue, 08/29/2017 - 12:50pm
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"The Laura Flanders Show" (25 minutes)

Throw out what you think you know about economics. This week, self-described “renegade economist” Kate Raworth of Oxford University, explains how to think like a reality based economist, and two eco-feminists, one from South Africa, the other Mauritius, share a chat under a tree about Marx, feminism and life on the planet"

"Bernie Sanders at the People's Summit 2017" (54 minutes)

The City Considers - Sanctuary City

Submitted by Diane Dedoshka on Wed, 03/01/2017 - 1:10pm
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Autumn Labbe-Renault hosts Robb Davis, the Mayor of Davis, to discuss the city status as a sanctuary city.  

topics discussed include: What that means, what has changed with the travel ban, the legal rights of the city, the federal administration policy on immigration, the role of homeland security and the human trafficking problem.

Recorded 3/1/17.