Civil Liberties

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Our Republic is broken. What is to be done? Let's call a Constitutional Convention and fix it.

Airs at: Tue, 02/09/2010 at 12:00am
 Our Republic is broken. What's to be done? With Joe on vacation, Abe tosses out a possible answer: a Constitutional Convention. Our Republic is broken. A lockstep minority, cloaked in arcane rules, can bring business to a complete halt. The influence of monied interests i... Read more

Judging in Difficult Times and EcoKashrut

Airs at: Fri, 02/05/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Shalom Portland
Shalom Portland brings you a talk by Federal Judge Myron Thompson, "Judging in Difficult Times:  Berlin 1933 to Birmingham 1963".  In this talk recorded at Congregation Beth Israel Judge Thompson speaks of the parallels between discrimination against Jews in Germany in the ... Read more

The High Price for Cheap Sex

Normal 0 The High Price for Cheap SexA student organized event to raise awareness of modern day slavery February 16, 2010 Portland State University SMSU 327, 328, 329 7:00 PM There are more than 27 million slaves in the world today,   more than at the height ... Read more

Right 2 Survive & Circle A Radio Go to San Francisco to protest for Affordable Housing and Civil Rights

Airs at: Wed, 02/03/2010 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
Tonight you’ll hear from some of the Portlanders who participated in the movement building trip to San Francisco  to protest for Affordable Housing and Civil Rights, as well as some of the people they met along the way.  We’ll also update you on the current situation in the... Read more

Fictional Democracy

Airs at: Mon, 02/01/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The recent Supreme Court decision granting rights of free speech to corporations merely reveals what was already true: that democracy is merely a useful fiction and we are already ruled by corporations.  This is the argument Chris Hedges makes in a piece on Truthdig, read ... Read more

Today's topic is Abortion, and Female Callers take Precedence

Airs at: Tue, 02/02/2010 at 12:00am
 With Joe on vacation, Abe takes on the warm, fuzzy, not-at-all divisive issue of Abortion.  It's clear that the issue of abortion elicits a visceral reaction from certain members of the political right, in a way that few other issues do. The reason why is perhaps less cl... Read more

The recent Supreme Court Decision against We The People and FOR the Corporatocracy

Airs at: Tue, 01/26/2010 at 12:00am
 Abe and Joe examine the full effects of last week's disastrous Supreme Court ruling on corporate political spending. If you think that corporate America has done a good job so far of hijacking the levers of political power, wait till we see the full effects of last week'... Read more

January 25, 2010 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program reviews recent documentaries on Haiti that throw light on Haiti's current situation after this month's earthquake.   We also hear about why the Democrats lost the Senate race in Massachussetts and what it means for the Obama admi... Read more

The Supreme Court and Corporate Speech

Clayton Morgareidge for the Old Mole Variety Hour Audio version, click here.    Last week, in what some are calling the most consequential decision in decades, the Supreme Court struck down the ban on corporations contributing corporate funds to political campaigns for fed... Read more

SCOTUS on Corporate Campaign Financing

Airs at: Mon, 01/25/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Does last week's Supreme Court decision permitting corporations to promote candidates for office, on the grounds of their right to "free speech," hand over our government to corporations?  Clayton Morgareidge reviews some of what the left press has to say on the topic.  Yo... Read more