Activism

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Yellow Vests: A New French Revolution?

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick reports on the yellow vest movement in France -- who they are, their politics and demands, their significance, and what might be borrowed for a similar uprising here.  Photo by Thomas Bresson Read more

Brian Willson: Nicaragua and the Lies They Tell Us

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Host Laurie Mercier talks with S. Brian Willson about his antiwar activism, his recent book Don’t Thank Me for My Service, and his recent reporting on the attempted US coup in Nicaragua. Willson is co-editor of the 2019 Alliance for Global Justice publication, Live from Ni... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for 07/15/19

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier hosts this Old Mole, which includes: Brian Willson: Nicaragua and the Lies They Tell Us: Laurie speaks to S. Brian Willson about his antiwar activism, his recent book Don’t Thank Me for My Service, and his recent reporting on the attempted US coup in Nicaragu... Read more

The “Unwanteds”: Looking for Help, Landing in Jail

Airs at: Mon, 07/22/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Sarah Radcliffe, Managing Attorney for the Mental Health Rights Project at Disability Rights Oregon, about her new report, The “Unwanteds”: Looking for help, Landing in jail. An analysis of how trespass arrests at Portland-area hospitals criminalize m... Read more

Political Prisoner Updates & Prison Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
  Adam Carpinelli interviews Masai Ehehosi, former Black Liberation Army Prisoner of War.  Ehehosi is a co-founder of Critical Resistance, has served on the advisory board for the Jericho Movement and is involved with the Republic of New Afrika.  Interview will focus on Po... Read more

Awakening to Justice: Conversations with Ned Rosch and Mustafa Akhwand

Airs at: Fri, 07/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Beloved Community
  Portland resident, Ned Rosch has written a chapter for the book, Reclaiming Judaism from Zionism: Stories of Personal Transformation that was released in May 2019. A part of his chapter, "Palestine and My Journey of Self-Discovery" was published in Yes Magazine. The book... Read more

Crude Bailout

Airs at: Mon, 07/15/2019 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Have you wondered how Zenith Energy got a foothold in Portland to expand a moribund asphalt terminal into the largest tar sands export terminal on the West Coast? An investigative report, to be released on July 15, 2019, by the Center for a Sustainable Economy, reveals that... Read more

The Crisis and the Left

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In this post from her Facebook page, read here by Clayton Morgareidge, political theorist Jodi Dean shows how the Right is ready for the crisis that will soon be upon us due to global warming and asks whether the Left is perhaps in denial -- not about climate change but abo... Read more

Buscando America on 07/09/19

Airs at: Tue, 07/09/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En cabina la banda local Ojos Feos habla de su nuevo disco titulado "La Situación". Escucha un segmento del capítulo 176 de Gente de Pocas Palabras el cual es una muestra selecta de textos del más reciente libro de Rogelio Guedea, “Vida breve” editado por la Universidad de ... Read more

Extinction Rebellion Rally

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Voices from the June 21 Extinction Rebellion/Sunrise Movement rally in downtown Portland that culminated with activists blocking the street in front of Portland City Hall for several hours. Among the activists' demands was a call for Mayor Wheeler to declare a climate emerg... Read more