African American

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 ... 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 captur... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 11, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/11/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this membership-drive special (and hence the shorter length of the show) and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Malik Miah about the Black Lives Matter movement Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss Everyday Rebellion, a cross-media documentary o... 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... Read more

Ban The Box Moves Forward in Oregon

Airs at: Tue, 05/12/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Ear to the Streets of Portland

Shout-out to the Urban League of Portland for their assisting efforts to push the 'Ban The Box' legislation to move forward to be voted by the Senate. I was at the 2015 Legislative Action Day with Our Voices United on April 30 with a string of other organizations like Urb... Read more

David Dante Troutt, "The Price of Paradise"

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Patricia, O.B. and Emma speak with David Dante Troutt about his book, "The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America." David Dante Troutt is Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at the Rutgers University-Newark L... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 4, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this edition of the Old Mole and here is what's on offer: 1. Dave Finkel and Bill Resnick discuss the latest US moves in the middle east. 2. Book Mole Larry Bowlde reviews Fay Weldon's dystopian novel Chalcot Crescent. 3. The Left and the Law: Medi... Read more

Left & the Law: Death Penalty Politics

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about the state of death penalty politics in the US, and the current case before the Supreme Court on the use of a "cocktail" of drugs in executions. Mike and Jan take up some of the history of medicali... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 27, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/27/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Alan Wieder hosts this episode of the Old Mole and we hear: Jan Haaken and Todd Sloan talk about psychology and perceptions of class and inequality. Bill Resnick finishes his conversation Michael Armstrong of Portland' Bureau of Planning and Sustainability with... Read more

Towards a Third American Revolution

Towards the Third American Revolution The guiding star of political action, from the Old Mole’s point of view, is the democratic control and ownership of the wealth and resources required to produce our lives – everything that falls under the heading of capital. Pret... Read more