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Hands up don't shoot action - Portland Oct. 22

Airs at: Fri, 10/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Several dozen Portlanders gathered Wednesday night in outer southeast Portland for a protest march in solidarity with the people of Ferguson Missouri. Yesterday, October 22nd, marked a national day of action to end police brutality. In Portland, protesters walked around... Read more

Left and the Law: racism, perceptions of crime, and the punitive state

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss a recent research report by The Sentencing Project, titled "Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Polices."  The report describes how deeply embedded racism is in the... Read more

Dispatches Against Displacement: understanding and resisting gentrification

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with James Tracy, author of "Dispatches Against Displacement: field notes from San Francisco's housing war". They consider what gentrification is as an economic and by extension racialized form of domination, how different cities experience gentrification ... Read more

Well-read Red: Gentrification, Class Domination, and Racism

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reads from an essay by Gavin Mueller in Jacobin, as well as from other sources, to argue that gentrification is not simply a cultural change in a neighborhood, but instead is driven by economic forces and backed by state power.   But those forces can be collect... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 13, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 10/13/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode about public health and our vulnerability to epidemics like Ebola, gentrification as colonialist legacy, and racial perceptions of crime. Musical selections from Hazel Dickens, Leon Rosselson, James Talley, and Bonnie "Prince" Billy. Bill... Read more

From the Black Book Talk Vault: J California Cooper

Airs at: Thu, 02/02/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Described by the Los Angeles Times as "a voice for the struggles of Black women in novels and short stories prized for their folksy wisdom and original voices," J. California Cooper died last week at 82 years old. The Times continued with a quote from Pulitzer Prize-winning... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 29, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 09/29/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick hosts this episode the focuses on War and Peace. We hear: Laurie Mercier interviews Stephen Zunes about the hypocrisy of the fight against the so-called Islamic State Bill Resnick interviews David Mandell about conflict in Ukraine Joe Clement re... Read more

Left and The Law: Policing and the Law in Ferguson

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What legal recourse do the victims of police misconduct, like the family of Michael Brown, have?  Legal Moles Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss how the legal climate has developed from the time of Reconstruction to the present day, and how court judgments against police ... Read more

Protest and Power in Ferguson MO

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
What are the protesting, demonstrating crowds in Ferguson saying?  What kind of racism is at work in that town and throughout the US?  British journalist Gary Younge of the Guardian talks with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier about the situation. Photo credit: o.canada.com Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 25 August 2014

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
This episode is hosted by Tom Becker, and features reflections on class war, police violence, challenging capitalism, and addressing depression and suicide. Tom reads from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's controversial comments on the role of class in Ferguson. Bill Resnick intervie... Read more