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Field Moles: Shell No in St. John's

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Desiree Hellegers brings a field report from Portland’s Cathedral Park where activists on July 29th attempted to delay the transit of Shell Oil's icebreaker on its way up to the Arctic. The segment features the voice of Greenpeace climber Marty Aranaydo, founder and dire... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 17, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/17/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Bill Bigelow and Tim Swinehart on their new book "A People's Curriculum for the Earth". Jan Haaken talks with Katie Gentile about the controversy over Planned Parenthood clinics and the sale of fet... Read more

Pro-Iran Deal Groups to Hold Rally on August 15

Airs at: Thu, 08/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
KBOO's Sam Bouman speaks with Maxine Fookson of Jewish Voices for Peace-PDX about the Iran deal, the role of the Israeli lobby in Congressional opposition to the deal, and an upcoming rally at Pioneer Square in Portland this Saturday at noon. The rally was organized by J... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 3, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear music from Anne Feeney, variations on the Old Mole theme song, and these segments: Bill Resnick talks with Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch about police violence and militarization. Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss democracy and its cont... Read more

Portland Renters Assemble and Agitate

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reminds us that the ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class, but the dispossessed can generate alternative ideas. He reads an article from the Portland Tribune about the Portland Renters' Assembly and the radical vision of some of its organizers. The n... Read more

Operation Homestead: liberating housing in 1990s Seattle

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers interviews Seattle housing justice activists Ginger Segel and Bob Kubiniec about their work in the 1980s and 1990s with  Operation Homestead, breaking into and liberating abandoned or unused buildings for people to live in. image by Dana Schuerholz v... Read more

Democracy Rising against Capitalism in Greece

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Recently back from the "Democracy Rising" conference in Athens, Frann Michel and Hyung Nam discuss democracy and its contradictions in Greece. (scroll down for the audio link) (Image via GCAS) Here are links to sources for some of the points they mention: Democracy Risin... Read more

Kayaktivists and rope-sitters block Shell's icebreaker rig

Airs at: Wed, 07/29/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  News In Depth
Thirteen activists are suspended from ropes hanging from the Saint John’s bridge, more than fourteen hours after they rappelled down from the bridge early this morning.  They are supported by around 150 ‘kayaktivists’, who gathered Tuesday night in Saint Johns’ Cathedral... Read more

Economist Richard Wolff on Greece, Europe, Austerity, and Neoliberalism

Airs at: Fri, 07/31/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Host Per Fagereng speaks with economist Richard Wolff about Greece, Europe, austerity, and neoliberalism. Richard Wolff teaches at the New School in New York. The New York Times called him “America’s most prominent Marxist economist.” He is the author of numerous books ... Read more

Abayomi Azikiwe speaks on President Obama's trip to Kenya

Airs at: Fri, 07/24/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
President Obama took off today on his first trip as President to Kenya and Ethiopia. The Los Angeles Times reports the U.S. has stepped up use of drone strikes in neighboring Somalia ahead of Obama’s trip. For more on U.S. drones strikes and covert operations in Somalia,... Read more