Economic imperialism

program:  Evening News Book content:  0 program date:  Fri, 01/27/2012 Short Description:  War Dollars Home Resolution Succeeds at Portland City Council Level Visibility Site category:  News & Public Affairs Featured content:  Display this node in featured content lists on home & landing pages. A coalition of local peace groups has proposed a resolution to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to “Bring the War Dollars Home”. The group recently succeeded in passing a resolution at the Portland City Council, and say they hope the Countywide effort will make an impact both locally and at the federal level. Campaign Organizer's, Maxine Fookson and Curt Bell speak more on the subject. Additional information on the national effort can be found on pprc-news.org/.   2:08 minutes (1.95 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Fri, 01/13/2012 Short Description:  Occupy Portland Moves Indoors The Occupy Portland Movement has moved indoors, with a new headquarters opening today in the basement of Saint Francis church. The new space is located at Southeast 12th and Oak Street, and will be open this evening beginning at 5:30. Organizers with the Occupy Portland movement say they hope the presence of a legal, semi-permanent space with regular office hours will give the community at large a chance to get involved. Kboo spoke with a member of Occupy Portland who helped organize tonight’s open house. 3:40 minutes (3.36 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Fri, 01/13/2012 Short Description:  The final hours of Portland's occupy encampment The deadline has come and gone.  After a brief skirmish with protesters, Portland Police seem to retire from the field…or is it all part of a cunning plan…?  As a helicopter hovers overhead, the thinning number of occupiers are faced with a new challenge.  Hear KBOO’s coverage of events as they happened in this moment of history! 59:51 minutes (54.8 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Wed, 01/11/2012 Short Description:  City Council Resolution to End Corporate Personhood Also on the docket for tomorrow’s City Council meeting is a resolution declaring that corporations are not people, and supporting a constitutional amendment to that effect. Rich Cohen with the Occupy Portland Visioning team says that this is just one part of a larger movement across the country to take back power from corporations and return it to the people.   5:01 minutes (2.3 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Wed, 01/11/2012 Short Description:  Portland City Council will vote on a Resolution to Bring War Dollars Home At a special session tomorrow afternoon, The Portland City Council will vote on a resolution calling on the US government to end the war in Afghanistan and bring troops and contractors home from Iraq. The statement is called the “War Dollars Home Resolution”, and is based upon the resolution passed by the US conference of Mayors in June. A coalition of peace groups in the Portland area have come together in support of the resolution. KBOO’s Ben Renner spoke with Dan Handelman of Peace and Justice works about the importance and possible impact of the resolution.   4:02 minutes (1.85 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Wed, 01/11/2012 Short Description:  Occupy Portland Protest Charges A protester with Occupy Portland who was photographed being pepper-sprayed in the mouth made her first court appearance this week.   Elizabeth Nichols was charged with three counts of interfering with a peace officer after she was pepper-sprayed at a protest near Pioneer square on November 17th. KBOO’s Noah Fehlberg spoke with her lawyer, Kenneth Kreuscher, who is representing a number of Occupy Portland protesters who are fighting charges related to the six-week long protest encampment.   3:12 minutes (2.93 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Wed, 01/04/2012 Short Description:  Portland To Take a Stand Against Corporate Personhood

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program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 12/12/2011 Short Description:  Occupy Eugene Tonight, Eugene’s city council will vote on the future of the Occupy Eugene movement. KBOO reporter Zoe Carpenter got details from Michael Carrigan, a community organizer with the Community Alliance of Eugene, a peace and justice group that has been involved with Occupy Eugene. 4:04 minutes (3.73 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Thu, 12/08/2011 Short Description:  Reverend Billy in Portland The Occupy Wall Street protests have taken on a variety of tactics since the eviction of many camps over the last several weeks.  One of the ways people have tried to draw attention to the issues of Wall Street greed and corruption is through street theatre. And the New York-based character ‘Reverend Billy’ with the Church of Stop Shopping is one of the most well-known performers in the movement.  He’s currently on a nine-city tour, and will arrive in Portland tomorrow for a two-day stop which will include workshops and preaching. 13:30 minutes (12.36 MB)

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program:  Evening News program date:  Fri, 11/11/2011 Short Description:  Voices of the Occupation from KBOO's live stream. On the eve of the eviction, occupiers and supporters react to the impending action by the city, where the movement has been and where it is going.  Hear about this historic moment in time from the people who were there! 51:29 minutes (47.14 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Fri, 11/11/2011 Short Description:  Voices of the Occupation from KBOO's live stream. On the eve of the eviction, occupiers and supporters react to the impending action by the city, where the movement has been and where it is going.  Hear about this historic moment in time from the people who were there! 40:48 minutes (37.35 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Fri, 11/11/2011 Short Description:  The sounds of the occupation from the KBOO live stream. On the eve of the eviction, occupiers and supporters react to the impending action by the city, where the movement has been and where it is going.  Hear about this historic moment in time from the people who were there! 65:02 minutes (59.54 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Tue, 12/06/2011 Short Description:  Occupy foreclosed homes - Portland   4:04 minutes (3.72 MB)

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program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 12/05/2011 Short Description:  Fifty four Oregonians are on their way to Washington, DC this week to "Take Back the Capitol" 2:42 minutes (3.7 MB)

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program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 12/05/2011 Short Description:  Local Trade Dispute with China Solar Panel Industry Friday, a U.S trade panel ruled that solar imports from China were harming the U.S. domestic solar industry. In response, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it is deeply concerned that the decision shows a strong inclination to trade protectionsism, and was reached without sufficient evidence.  2:43 minutes (2.49 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 12/05/2011 Short Description:  Occupy Portland protesters to occupy foreclosed home The Occupy Wall Street movement has announced a national day of action tomorrow to Occupy Foreclosed homes.In northeast Portland tomorrow, activists will join with a family facing foreclosure to stand in solidarity and try to prevent their eviction. The action is supported by Move On dot org, We are Oregon, and a number of other local and national groups. Param Connelly spoke on KBOO’s Air Cascadia this morning about tomorrow’s action in Portland Their website is unsettleportland.org 1:20 minutes (1.23 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Tue, 11/08/2011 Short Description:  March from Occupy Wall St. to DC A group of activists from Occupy Wall Street are preparing to set off Thursday on a march to Washington DC to confront the Congressional Supercommittee on its plan to cut social programs while continuing tax cuts for the rich. They will walk around twenty miles a day and stay at the homes of supporters along the route, and plan to arrive in Washington in time for the November 23rd deadline for the so-called supercommittee to announce over a trillion dollars in budget cuts. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with Michael Grazier, one of the march organizers. 25:52 minutes (23.68 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Thu, 11/03/2011 Short Description:  Ralph Nader on KBOO Long-time consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has long called for the kind of populist uprising that has been manifested in the Occupy Wall Street movement. KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Nader about his thoughts on the movement. 10:01 minutes (9.17 MB)

program:  Evening News program date:  Mon, 10/03/2011 Short Description:  KBOO Evening News October 3, 2011   Top headlines on tonight's newscast:   Three hundred thousand gallons of raw sewage spill into the Willamette River when a generator malfunctions at a West Linn water treatment facility.   A KBOO reporter talks with a prison advocate about Pelican Bay state penitentiary’s renewed hunger strike.  And Portland joins a growing list of cities involved in protesting corporate greed as part of the “Occupy Wall Street Campaign”.  And Portland joins a growing list of cities involved in protesting corporate greed as part of the “Occupy Wall Street Campaign”. 33:36 minutes (15.38 MB)