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African Film Festival Preview

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 02/04/2013

 The 23d Cascade Festival of African Films is going on this month at PCC's Cascade Campus, through March 2.  P.C. Peri and the Old Mole's Jan Haaken have their annual conversation previewing the festival's films and the Festival's purpose --seeing Africa through African eyes.  Admission is free.  For more info about attending, visit the Festival's website.

11:28 minutes (6.56 MB)
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Fred Meyer and the Labor Movement

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 02/04/2013

 Grocery workers at Fred Meyer are considering whether to go on strike.  In this commentary, Old Mole Joe Clement looks at what business-labor unions like the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) are, and are not, providing for workers, drawing on a piece by Natasha Moss-Dedrick on the IWW website. 

7:27 minutes (4.26 MB)
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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 02/04/2013

 Joe Clement hosts this episode of the Mole, dealing with immigration reform; the meaning of life with and without work;  the short-comings of "business-labor unions;"  seeing African through African lenses here in Portland; and a new novel about acting, and not acting, one's age.  

To hear the whole show, use the play button below.  To hear separate pieces, follow the links below.  We welcome comments.  Use the comment link below, or write to us at OldMoleVarietyHour@gmail.com.

54:34 minutes (31.23 MB)
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Cross-border protest of the Trans Pacific Partnership

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Evening News
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Mon, 02/04/2013

Five hundred international trade negotiators met the week of Dec. 5th, 2012 in secret in New Zealand to hash out the terms of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Non-governmental organizations and trade unions have been locked out of the meetings except for a so-called ‘stakeholder day’ this Friday. In the Pacific Northwest, a solidarity protest was held December 3rd at the Washington-Canada border to say No to the trans pacific partnership.

KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg spoke with one of the organizers of the weekend’s protest

11:31 minutes (10.54 MB)
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Politics of Immigration Reform

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 02/04/2013

15:29 minutes (8.86 MB)
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State & Revolution, a Marxist perspective

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Labor Radio
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Sat, 02/02/2013

 

Todd Chretien, an activist and organizer for the International Socialist Organization, gave a talk Saturday, Februrary 2nd, 2013, at Portland State University on “State and Revolution” from a Marxist perspective. In these excerpts, Chretien discusses the difference between the liberal, social democratic and Marxist views of the role of government (the state) in society. He makes the argument that our current government cannot be reformed to abolish poverty, racism, war, exploitation or the other evils of capitalism, but must be replaced through revolution.

 

48:18 minutes (66.33 MB)
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Charles Murray Interview

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Between Us
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Thu, 01/31/2013

Charles Murray is no stranger to a unique point of view even among conservatives.  And his latest offering, "Coming Apart; The State of White America, 1960-2010" is no exception.  Don Merrill talked with Mr. Murray about his views on intelligence, limosine liberals and what he thinks is the solution to the schism between upper and lower class white people. 

28:59 minutes (26.54 MB)
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Film Festival Season in Portland

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The Film Show
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Thu, 01/31/2013

In a special hour-long episode, The Film Show brings listeners a preview of new and returning film festivals for February.

First, Jenn Chavez asks filmmaker, critic, and Portland Black Film Festival organizer David Walker what audiences can expect from this first-ever showcase of historical (and occasionally hysterical) African-American-themed cinema coming to the Hollywood Theatre.

Then, we're joined by Allison Mobley and Tara Foster, coordinators for the Cascade Festival of African Films, whose diverse lineup remains relevant and surprising after 23 years in the community.

And finally, Thomas Phillipson and Nick Bruno of the Portland International Film Festival drop by, along with local filmmaker Chel White, for a roundtable discussion with S.W. Conser.  Chel's short film Bird of Flames is a highlight of the Short Cuts V: Made In Oregon anthology screening, an experimental music video collaboration with David Lynch and Chrysta Bell.

56:42 minutes (22.71 MB)
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Possible Connection Between Vaccinations and Autism

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Wed, 01/30/2013

KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with an expert on vaccination issues. Cynthia discusses a possible correlation between kids receiving vaccination and developing autisim. Although there is still debate on the legitimacy of this conenction, the interview delves more into both sides of the issue.

5:20 minutes (4.88 MB)
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The Left and the Law: Mohamed Mohamud and the FBI's manufacturing of terrorism

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Old Mole Variety Hour
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Mon, 01/28/2013

Psychologist and Mole Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss the case of Mohamed Mohamud. They consider the legal meanings of entrapment and the history of government use of entrapment in child pornography cases in the 1980s. Despite the wide public recognition of the extraordinary manipulation and pressure placed on the defendant by the FBI, the government typically wins such cases. Arguably, of the 150 recent prosecutions for terrorism charges, only three were pre-existing terrorist cells; most of the cases involved "equipment malfunction" as seen in the Mohamud case. Mike suggests that this manufacturing of cases serves to maintain the budget of the FBI rather than to keep America safe.

15:25 minutes (7.06 MB)
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