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Housing Justice in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and Joe Clement discuss housing as a human right, the broad impact of rising housing costs, the Portland history of racism that has contributed to the current housing crunch, the struggle for sustainable solutions that go beyond isolated nuclear family homes, ... Read more

The Cost of Low Wages

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads Pete Dolack's Low Wages Don't Come Cheap, about wage suppression and the use of public funds to subsidize the profits of the corporate elite. [public domain image via wikipedia] Read more

Climate Insurgency

Airs at: Mon, 08/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Jeremy Brecher, author of Climate Insurgency: A Strategy for Survival. They discuss the limits of the Obama clean energy plan and the opportunites it offers to push for global actions that will actually help salvage a humanly liveable climate; the ne... Read more

Pro-Iran Deal Groups to Hold Rally on August 15

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's Sam Bouman speaks with Maxine Fookson of Jewish Voices for Peace-PDX about the Iran deal, the role of the Israeli lobby in Congressional opposition to the deal, and an upcoming rally at Pioneer Square in Portland this Saturday at noon. The rally was organized by Jewi... Read more

Recall Petitioners May Have Broken the Law

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Petitioners trying to recall state Senator Floyd Prozanski may have violated Oregon election law. The Oregon Democracy Fund filed a complaint with the Secretary of State’s office yesterday. The complaint says that members of the campaign and employees of gun stores did not ... Read more

Live-Aboard Boaters Face Enforcement Under "Transient Laws"

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Individuals and families who live on boats in the Willamette River, some of whom have done so for more than ten years, are facing new enforcement of existing transient laws.  KBOO reporter Henry Leasia filed this report about their struggle to have these laws changed. Read more

Portland Renters Assemble and Agitate

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reminds us that the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class, but the dispossessed can generate alternative ideas. He reads an article from the Portland Tribune about the Portland Renters' Assembly and the radical vision of some of its organizers. The next... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more

Sophie Smith on Border Community Actions

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On May 27th, a coalition of rural community groups on the U.S.-Mexico border held a joint day of action. Border residents held teach-ins, vigils, marches, and took direct action to protest border militarization. Sophie Smith from the community group People Helping People t... Read more

Nic Caleb on Portland's Climate Plan

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Nic Caleb about the Portland Climate Action Plan that is set for a  City Council hearing this coming Wednesday, June 24. Caleb is the Climate Law Fellow at Our Children's Trust and teaches at Concordia College. He's devoted much time to working with ... Read more