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Organizing Against Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge discusses the kind of movement needed to challenge inequality and save the environment. Noting that neoliberalism rationalizes plutocracy and the security apparatus needed to put down rebellions against the elites, Clayton draws on an essay by Sam Gindin... Read more

Kristian Williams on Our Enemies in Ferguson

Airs at: Tue, 08/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Kristian Williams about policing in Ferguson. Williams is the author of several books on state violence, including Our Enemies in Blue , which argues that the role of the police is to enforce social inequality. Noting that Michael Brown's killing by... Read more

WRR: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Class War

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's "The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race" on events in Ferguson and the problem of inequality. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 18 August 2014

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with segments on police violence in Honduras, Ferguson, and Palestine, and on a local non-profit nourishing bodies and communities in Portland. Musical selections: Sound of da Police by KRS One; Call the Cops by Rob Hustle ft. Liv; Tired ... Read more

Militarized Police

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel shares selections from left commentary on the militarization of policing in light of the police killing of the unarmed young African-American Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the ensuing protests and police riots. A version of her comments, with links t... Read more

militarized policing in Ferguson and beyond

For the 18 August 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour. There's been much attention of late to what's described as the militarization of the police. As Tamara K. Nopper & Mariame Kaba note in Jacobin, "discussions about America’s militarized police forces" seem to have suddenly beco... Read more

Movie Moles: Snowpiercer

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and Iven Hale review the film, Snowpiercer, currently playing in Portland at the not-for profit Hollywood theater, and available as video-on-demand for home viewing. Loosely based on a French graphic novel of the same title, and co-written by Kelly Masterson a... Read more

APA Compass: Alex Tizon, author of Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self

Airs at: Fri, 08/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Pulitzer Prize winner, Alex Tizon, explores and punctures stereotypes of the Asian-American male identity in his book, "Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self". APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how APAs are represent... Read more

APA Compass Angry APA Minute: Sara Onitsuka on college applications

Airs at: Fri, 08/01/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
Sara Onitsuka explains her college application quandary in her latest Angry APA Minute. APA Compass promotes social justice, features APA arts and culture, and challenges how APAs are represented in the media. Read more

Latest from Gaza: hundreds of bombs dropped Tuesday; over 1200 Palestinians killed since 7/8

Airs at: Tue, 07/29/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Mohammed Omer from Gaza spoke with KBOO on Tuesday night 7/29 around midnight Gaza time.  Planes were flying overhead, naval artillery was firing from the west and tanks firing from the east.  Tens of thousands of Palestinians who followed Israeli orders to evacuate to Gaza... Read more