Civil Liberties

25ey_thank_you_1678_x_281_0.pngnewsletter_web_banner.png

The Left and the Law: Mohamed Mohamud

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
As a judge has put the sentencing on hold for accused Portland bomber Mohamed Mohamud due to concerns about entrapment, The Left and the Law (Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker) examine the case and the FBI's frequent use of sting operations that seem to create the crime which wo... Read more

Movie Moles: 12 Years a Slave

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and her guest, Lynn MaKau, review the film "12 Years A Slave". Directed by Steve McQueen, John Ridley's screenplay adapts Solomon Northrup's own 1853 account of being deceived and captured by slavers while living as a free-born African in upstate New York. Nort... Read more

Movie Moles: 12 Years a Slave

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel and her guest, Lynn MaKau, review the film "12 Years A Slave". Directed by Steve McQueen, John Ridley's screenplay adapts Solomon Northrup's own 1853 account of being deceived and capture by slavers while living as a free-born African in upstate New York. North... Read more

The Complexity and Contradictions of Class Consciousness in Nelson Mandela

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the Old Mole method, offering a critical though comradely commentary on the political work of Nelson Mandela, Alan Weider digs beneath the distracting and disarming veneer surrounding the late Nelson Mandela in mainstream media today. Inverting Barack Obama's neoliberal ... Read more

John Saul on The End of Apartheid, Race, and Class Domination in South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Saul, a historian of South Africa and active contributor to The Socialist Register. They review some history of antiapartheid struggle in South Africa, and what did or did not happen when it was officially ended. John explains how South Africa's... Read more

John Saul on The End of Apartheid, Race, and Class Domination in South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Saul, a historian of South Africa and active contributor to The Socialist Register. They review some history of antiapartheid struggle in South Africa, and what did or did not happen when it was officially ended. John explains how South Africa's... Read more

Eight Tech Giants Call for Surveillance Law Reform

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Big Eight Social Media companies posted a full page ad in many of the nation's newspapers on Tuesday. The names are well known and their issue cuts to the heart of privacy online for all of us. KBOO' Don Merrill has more on this story: Read more

Free Nestora Salgado

Airs at: Tue, 12/10/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Protests were held in front of several mexican consulates in the U-S today in support of A Mexican-American woman by the name of Nestora Salgado Garcia, who has been in Mexican federal custody since August 27th. Garcia was reported to have angered the local officials of Gu... Read more

Penny Rosenwasser talks about her new book HOPE INTO PRACTICE

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  New Visions for Peace
Host Sutree talks with Penny Rosenwasser about her new book HOPE into PRACTICE, Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite Our Fears. HOPE into PRACTICE responds with a rare blend of healing stories, fascinating history, and a fair-minded perspective on Israel-Palestine—asking ... Read more

In Depth: Alan Wieder on Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Jenn Chavez interviews Alan Wieder, author of "Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War against Apartheid" about Nelson Mandela and his role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Read more