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Discussion About Reproductive Rights, Justice and Equity with members of We Are BRAVE

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2014 at 12:00am
Jan Haaken talks with Shantae Johnson and Diego Hernandez of We Are BRAVE (Building Reproductive Autonomy and Voices for Equity), about the fight for reproductive rights and justice for everyone. They do so in light of the new, widely acclaimed movie "Obvious Child", which ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 16 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show about the tensions between possible futures--either ruled by military and corporate power or else organized as cooperative community. We hear these segments: Joseph DeFilipppis: Beyond Marriage Equality Checking in on Border Checkpoints Bill R... Read more

The Village: African Dance and Drumming Performance

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with participants and organizers of an upcoming dance and drumming event, The Village, a collaboration among  Kukatonon Children’s African Dance Troupe, Sebe Kan West African Dance Company, & Baramokono Drumming Ensemble. They discuss the value of arts edu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 9 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with music from The Clash, and discussions of military violence, economic stagnation, racism and classism in housing, and the struggle for the rights of the incarcerated. Bill Resnick talks with Col. Ann Wright about Bowe Bergdahl and U.S. ... Read more

Housing Segregation in Portland: Karen Gibson

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Karen Gibson of PSU's Urban Studies program about the history of housing discrimination against African-Americans in Portland; they touch on segregation, ghettoization, disinvestment, gentrification, redlining,  and community formation. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 2 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Phyllis Bennis about US Foreign Policy, both criticizing the Obama administration's two-faced approach and offering a Do No Harm alternative. Iven Hale offers a commentary by way of personal story about communit... Read more

Hart Noecker & Nick Caleb: Pedalpalooza, Gentrification, and Our Right to the City

Airs at: Mon, 06/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Hart Noecker and Nick Caleb about gentrification in Portland and a Pedalpalooza ride* they're organizing to raise awareness and stimulate action around it. Hart and Nick discuss how they came to Portland, how they've seen it change, why they and other... Read more

Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2014 at 12:00am
https://lawandisorder.wordpress.com/ Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery JoNina Abron-Ervin & Lorenzo Ervin Recorded and produced by Paul Roland, Public Affairs volunteer producer Summary More people are incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails than in any other country in the... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 5 2014

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts (and Kate Welch engineers) this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour (foreshortened because of membership-drive). We hear about socialist feminism for revolutionary change in the 21st Century, organizing within what Arun Gupta calls "the Walmart working-cl... Read more

Remembering Paul Robeson Senior & Junior

Airs at: Mon, 05/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier remembers the life and work of Paul Robeson Junior, an activist and archivist, but also the son of world-famous black-listed radical singer Paul Robeson Senior. She looks at how Robeson Senior influenced Robeson Junior, but also how Robeson Junior. She reads ... Read more