A podcast of Roadside Bomb’s KBOO FM pilot program has been uploaded to Elohi Gadugi Internet Radio. The program was aired on April 20th at 10 am.
Roadside Bomb is a hot Portland anti-war poetry group featuring Patricia McLean, Heidi X, Fred Nemo, Duane Poncy, Anais Piaff, Brigid Whipple, and others. Check it out.

All of our podcasts have been moved to Elohi Gadugi Internet Radio.

Here is our first podcast of Roadside Bomb anti-war poetry cabaret. It was aired as a pilot program on April 20th at 10 am on KBOO fm radio in Portland, Oregon.
To download this file, right click and select “download linked file.”

Before the Europeans conquered and divided up the Americas there were no borders. Unless you were entering the territory of an enemy tribe, there was no border patrol to prevent you from travelling from the tip of South America to Alaska. Our white ancestors changed all of that by murdering and raping the indigenous people [...]

The Rise of Fascism in America
A fairly long article, but an excellent analysis of the control big corporate money excersizes in our so-called democracy.

The Habit of Rainy Nights Press will soon release a new chapbook by Jay Thiemeyer entitled Marginal Notes. Release should be in late April or early May. Patricia and I will also be performing at Poetland, which is part of the Wordstock Festival, on April 15th. Check out the website (link above) for more [...]

on April 13 at 8pm, Roadside Bomb will perform poetry/cabaret with an open mic, at Valentines, 323 SW Ankeny in Portland. Join Fred Nemo, Anais, Heidi X, Duane Poncy, Patricia McLean and others for socially-critical poetry.
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on April 15, as part of the Wordstock Festival, over 80 Portland poets will read in 8 different venues [...]

I recieved an email this morning from the Northwest Peltier Support Committee, forwarding this urgent message about the plight of Navaho families on Black Mesa. Congress needs to be contacted immediately.

Urgent! Navajo Communities Face Forced Relocation
Something critical is about to happen concerning the traditional
communities on Big Mountain and surrounding areas on Black Mesa. Today, more [...]

I just read an interesting analysis of the “anti-war movement” by Scott Ritter, AlterNet: Blogs: The Mix: The Art of War for the anti-war movement.
I admire the personal growth of Mr. Ritter from a militarily-trained weapons inspector to anti-war advocate, and I mostly agree with his analysis of the current state of the “movement.”
But [...]