Civil Liberties

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Checking in on Border Checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about their work with No More Deaths providing aid to migrants near the Us-Mexico border, and monitoring US Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints. They discuss the militarization of the border through the 1990s Oper... Read more

Joseph DeFilippis: Beyond Marriage Equality

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joseph DeFilippis, a founder of Queers for Economic Justice and drafter of the Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Statement, talks with Bill Resnick about the limits of the marriage-equality movement and what comes next. He notes the inadequacy of marriage as a legal frame for diver... Read more

In Depth: Norman Solomon on ExposeFacts.org and Whistleblower Protections

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On the one-year anniversary of first news reports based on the disclosures of former defense contractor Edward Snowden, KBOO spoke with Norman Solomon, the director of the Insitute for Public Accuracy, about the current state of legal protection for whistleblowers in the de... 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

Ann Wright on Bowe Bergdahl

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Col. Ann Wright about Bowe Bergdahl and related issues: the pressures on soldiers, charges of desertion, treatment of soldiers and veterans, political spins.  They also discuss Wright's activism, Obama's drone program, and the new site for whistleblo... 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

Seattle City Council Moves Forward with $15 Minimum Wage Proposal

Airs at: Fri, 05/30/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On Thursday, the Seattle City Council moved forward with a proposal to increase the city's minimum wage to $15 per hour. However, the proposal is not that simple and hasn't pleased all proponents of a wage increase. KBOO's Sam Bouman spoke with Nicholas Caleb, a Concordia U... Read more

Report Exposes US Fusion Centers' Spying

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has released a new report based on thousands of newly-release government documents exposing a widespread spying effort on the Occupy Wall street protests nationwide by Fusion centers used to coordinate national and local law enforcemen... Read more

19 May 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 05/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which includes a discussion of the fight for the $15/hour minimum wage in Portland and beyond, a report on economics students around the world demanding alternatives to failed neoclassical orthodoxies, a review of a memoir of life in the West,... Read more