Civil Liberties

Police Accountability Advocates Prepare for Fairness Hearing in February

Airs at: Thu, 12/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Last week, the Portland City Council passed a collective bargaining agreement between the city and the Portland Police Association, as well as an agreement between the city, the police bureau and the union on reforms called for by the U-S Department of Justice. A fairnes... Read more

Interview with IPR Director Constantin Severe

Airs at: Thu, 12/19/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
KBOO's Sam Bouman interviews Constantin Severe, Director of the Independent Police Review Division of the City Auditor's Office about the role of the IPR in police disciplinary procedures and the reforms to the IPR. The City Council was set to vote on the reforms yesterd... Read more

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... 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. N... 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. No... 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 neoliber... 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 Afric... 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 Afric... 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 ... Read more