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A Radical for Obama

Airs at: Sun, 03/23/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Radical black labor activist Malik Miah talks with Bill Resnick about his reasons for supporting Barack Obama while not expecting real change from an Obama presidency.  Malik writes for Against the Current. Read more

Best selling author, James McBride on the horrors of slavery and the power of hope and redemption.

Airs at: Sun, 03/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Hosts Patricia Welch and Emma Jackson Ford talk with James McBride about his latest book: Song Yet Sung, the story of a runaway slave, shot and captured; hovering near death and dreaming of the future and the Code that leads her to survival. Read more

Portland Response to the Jena 6

Airs at: Wed, 10/03/2007 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Circle A Radio
 The Jena Six refers to a group of six black teenagers who were charged with the beating of a white teenager at Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana on December 4, 2006 , although it is believed that the incident began on September first, 2006 when 3 nooses were found hangin... Read more

Race and Reparations

Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 A conversation between Laurie Mercier and Andrew Valls, political  science professor at Oregon State University, about the best way to argue for the justice of reparations for  African Americans.   Read more

Portland Black Panther Party

Produced for Circle A Radio
We speak with former members of the Portland Chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense: Oscar Johnson, Percy Hampton, Gary Clay, and Kent Ford. Read more

Legacy Of Torture

Produced for Circle A Radio
We interview Claude Marks, of the Freedom Archives in San Francisco, CA, who produced the documentary Legacy of Torture: The War on the Black Liberation Movement. We also include audio from the documentary. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 28, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 01/27/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Here is the January 28 show in its entirety.  Hosted by Tom Becker, it includes these segments, which can be heard individually by clicking on them.1.  Algernon Alston and Bill Resnick discuss race, poverty, and the sinking economy.  2.  The African Film Festival going on ... Read more

On the Global Waterfront

Airs at: Sun, 01/27/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 Susan Erem, co-author of On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how the longshoremen of South Carolina were prosecuted on trumped-up charges of inciting a riot, and how, with international labor support, t... Read more

Sierra Leone: More Information

 The Cascade 18th annulal Festival of African Films takes place throughout February at PCC Cascade campus. All films are free.  Moving to the Beat will show at 8:30 on Thursday February 14th at the Cascade Moriarty building, room 104.  More information on the film festival,... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 21, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 01/20/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 This is the place to hear the whole show from start to finish.  Clayton Morgareidge is the host.  Or you can hear the following segments separately by following the following links:1.  Bill Resnick talks with Sam Gidrin about how the left can best respond to economic crise... Read more