Civil Liberties

Movie Moles on Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The film opens in Portland next week at the Hollywood theatre with a benefit event for the NAACP. Noting the impossibility of fully addressing all the many ... Read more

Century Of Lies for September 20 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/20/2015 at 12:00am

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This week we talk with Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and Jason Ziedenberg, director of research and policy for the Justice Policy Institute, about mass incarceration and a new report on prisons in the US. Read more

Century Of Lies for September 27 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/27/2015 at 12:00am

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This week we hear from John Walsh of the Washington Office on Latin America and Professor Mark Kleiman from UCLA as they address a meeting of the UN University on preparations for the 2016 UNGASS. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for September 14, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2015 at 12:00am

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Denise Morris hosts this membership drive episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour, with segments on Social Security, historical fiction and reproductive justice, and rights of workers in sexual services. Bill Resnick talks with Eric Laursen about Social Security. This version ... Read more

Decriminalizing Sex Work

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2015 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken talks with Red, an activist and representative with SWOP USA--Sex Workers Outreach Project. She is active with the Portland SWOP Chapter and also director of the new program in Portland, STROLL: Sex Traders Radical Outreach & Liberation Lobby. They talk about th... Read more

Eric Laursen on Social Security

Airs at: Mon, 09/14/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick interviews Eric Laursen, author of The People’s Pension: The War Against Social Security, from Reagan to Obama, available from AK Press. They discuss how and why Social Security survived in the face of elite attacks since its inception. Laursen is part of the m... Read more

Century Of Lies for September 13 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/13/2015 at 12:00am

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This week we hear more of that interview with Johann Hari, author of Chasing The Scream, and also from Molly Gill, Government Affairs Counsel for Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Read more

Century Of Lies for September 6 2015

Airs at: Sun, 09/06/2015 at 12:00am

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This week on Century Of Lies I talk with Michael Krawitz about international drug policy reform as well as efforts to secure medical marijuana access for our nation's veterans. Read more

Labor Day's Radical Roots

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement reflects on Labor Day's radical roots. All too often pitted against celebrations of International Workers Day, Labor Day was born of the same international-tending workers movement that also gave birth to May Day. To help tell this story, Joe reads from Eugene R... Read more

Century Of Lies for August 30 2015

Airs at: Sun, 08/30/2015 at 12:00am

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This week in part two of our coverage of Seattle Hempfest, we talk with Bill Panzer, a criminal defense attorney from Oakland, CA; Kari Boiter, a criminal justice reform activist from Washington state; and John Conroy, an attorney from British Columbia, Canada. Read more