Race

Self-preservation in Times of Oppression

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Fabian Romero, queer Chicano poet, performance artist and community organizer, helped to found several writing and performance groups including Hijas de Su Madre, Las Mamalogues and Mixed Messages: Stories by People of Color.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Joe Clement ... Read more

"Jails Fargo" report released by National People's Action Network

Airs at: Mon, 11/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0   After Wells Fargo divested last week from its majority share in the private prison corporation the ‘Geo Group’, new allegations have emerged showing further involvement in private prisons by Wells Fargo.  A new report by the Public Accountability Initiativ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 19th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Alan call for a rethinking of Thanksgiving and what we teach our children about it Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about Palestine and Israel Larry Bowlden reviews Charity Shumway's "10 Girls to W... Read more

Yasmin Nair beyond Illegal vs. Undocumented

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about immigrants-rights rhetoric and how certain strategies meant to insulate them from stereotypes and "include" may shutter the actual situation of undocument workers. She argues that the "undocumented not afraid" movement started as a... Read more

Stephen Zunes on Palestine-Israeli conflict

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the recent bombing-campaign by Israeli in the Gaza strip. They talk about the possible electoral rationale behind the attack, the disproportionateness of response even in the terms of the Israeli narrative of self-defense, and how... Read more

Rethinking Thanksgiving

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder comments on how Thanksgiving is a noble lie that Americans tell themselves about the colonization of the continent by Europeans. Read more

Angry APA Minute: Linda Ueki Absher's "Keep Portland White"

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
This month's Angry APA Minute comes to us from the local librarian and blogger, Linda Ueki Absher, who tires of granting the "Asian Seal of Approval" and proclaims: "Keep Portland White!" Read more

APA Compass: The 1882 Project

Airs at: Fri, 11/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
The US Congress passed resolutions this summer formally apologizing for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which denied citzenship and basic rights to Asians for more than half a century.  Numerous Asian-American groups under the umbrella of the 1882 Project worked passiona... Read more

Author Chrisetta Mosley, "Shop, Cook, Eat: Outside of the Box"

Airs at: Thu, 11/01/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In her book Shop, Cook, Eat: Outside of the Box, author Chrisetta Mosley tells how she lost 170 pounds by stepping outside of the prepared food box. The goal is to help readers reconnect with their food and take control of their health in very own kitchen using whole, natur... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 29th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Marxist scholar Leo Panich about resisting global capitalism Joe Clement talks with Gina of the Portland Action Lab about November 3rd's planned anti-austerity protests... Read more