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Probable cause podcast #7

Airs at: Wed, 05/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Probable Cause podcast
Patrick presents thoughts and opinions on the latest headlines regarding police and government abuses of power. Read more

solidarity: looking back with pride & forward with hope & vision

For the Old Mole Variety Hour 15 June 2015 This past weekend Portland Pride Northwest coordinated a series of events--including the trans and dyke marches, the pride parade, a festival at waterfront park, and more. As KBOO listeners probably know, pride celebrations usuall... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 8, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this episode and it includes the following, together with music about being poor. 1.  Bill Resnick talks with Tyler Macguiness of the Oregon Center for Public Policy about the extent of child poverty in Oregon and what business leaders are willing, and... Read more

A Movie about Move

Airs at: Mon, 06/08/2015 at 12:00am
In remembrance of the police bombing of the MOVE collective in Philadelphia in 1985, Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris talk about the 2013 documentary film "Let the Fire Burn." In discussing the film, Jan and Denise take up some of the politics of MOVE and their acti... Read more

Glenn Waco on the Last Thursday Shooting and Gentrification

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Last Thursday shooting on NE 20th and Alberta St. has led to a police response that may do more harm than good.           After people were seen taking selfies near the crime scene, two black men were arrested while helping one of the three shooting victims.          In... Read more

A Peace Worker Talks About the Crisis in Burundi

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Yesterday in Burundi, the government announced that presidential and parliamentary elections planned for this Friday will be indefinitely postponed.           The announcement follows more than a month of unrest as protesters and police have clashed in the capital of Bujumb... Read more

Richard Rothstein Interview

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Richard Rothstein is a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute.  He has written extensively on the effect of inequitable education on black and minority children in the US.  His latest piece for the EPI, focuses on the complicity of the Federal government in c... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 18, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode, with segments on electoral politics vs political movements, videocameras and policing, warrior capitalism, and the psychology of responding to climate change. To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the se... Read more

Left & the Law on Video Cameras and Policing

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
For their Left and the Law segment, Jan and Mike talk about the use of video cameras in policing, the impact of citizen video recording of police actions, and new policies requiring officers to wear bodycams. They take up the question of what the camera is able to capture a... Read more

Malik Miah on Black Lives Matter

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah about the Black Lives Matter movement, its origins and direction. Malik argues that race makes for different working-class experiences of capitalist oppression, that we cannot simply rally under "class", and for how rebellious movements un... Read more