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Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this show on which we hear from activists working for immigrant rights and for the Spring return of Occupy Portland. We also hear a review of the 1984 John Sayles movie Brother From Another Planet and a discussion of the book Kafka Comes to America: Fig... Read more

Movie Review: "Brother From Another Planet"

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review the 1984 John Sayles film Brother From Another Planet about a mysterious alien who lands in New York while escaping from slavery on "another planet" and experiences the problems of American society from a unique perspective.   Read more

Walidah Imarisha on the history of Blacks in Oregon and race relations in the United States

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Bread and Roses
Walidah Imarisha on the history of Blacks in Oregon and race relations in the United States. Samantha Taylor and Del Criscenzo ask Walidah about the peculiar history of African Americans in Oregon and Portland and openly talk about the "isms" that continue to impact our soc... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 04-05-12 Official violence against African American men

Airs at: Thu, 04/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
Campbell, Martin, Brisette and Madison: Official violence against African American men The Portland police officer who fatally shot Aaron Campbell was recently reinstated. Florida's State Attorney is being investigated for interference in the police investigation of the sh... Read more

API Communities in Multnomah County: Panel Discussion on Racial Disparities

Airs at: Fri, 04/06/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  APA Compass
 The Coalition for Communities of Color published a thorough report in 2009, detailing the staggering disparities in racial minorities in Multnomah County. Last month, they developed another report specific to Asian Pacific Islander (API) Communities and the severe inequali... Read more

Movie Moles: Finally Got The News

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Laurie Mercier and Denise Morris talk about the 1970 documentary "Finally Got The News" (re-released and available to view for free online HERE), produced in association with the League for Revolutionary Black Workers. The League was wary of the film at first, worried it w... Read more

Adrienne Rich: Ballad of the Poverties

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In honor of the late Adrienne Rich, Frann Michel reads a poem of hers called "Ballad of the Poverties". Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 2nd

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
           Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole. We hear about the Treyvon Martin case, Adrienne Rich's work on motherhood, a poem by Adrienne Rich, a movie review about revolutionary black workers, and a radical musicology segment about Alix Dobkins, who we hear throughout t... Read more

The Obama Haters: Behind the Right-Wing Campaign of Lies, Innuendo & Racism

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with journalist and author John Wright about his book The Obama Haters: Behind the Right-Wing Campaign of Lies, Innuendo & Racism. In The Obama Haters Wright asks who are the Obama haters and why do they despise him? He investig... Read more

Are School Suspensions and Expulsions Driving the Achievement Gap and the Incarceration Rate?

Airs at: Wed, 03/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
 Hosted by Lisa Loving What drives the drop out rate, the achievement gap and the incarceration rate? A growing movement says too many kids are getting suspended and expelled from school as a form of punishment, and more black kids are suspended and expelled from school th... Read more