Movement for Racial Justice

Organizing in Academia

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers talks with Sarah Chivers and Samantha Edgerton, organizers with the new Pacific Northwest Inter-Campus Organizing Collective, and with Lakota Cheyenne activist Roben White, about the upcoming November 13 virtual Pacific Northwest wide organizing summit: "O... Read more

BLM and Defend Democracy

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Ray Austin, an organizer with Portland's Black Lives Matter movement and Diane Meisenhelter of the Defend Democracy Coalition, about ongoing organizing to defend democracy as the 2020 election season winds down.  Read more

Now What?

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. They discuss what a Biden Administration might do on the great issues of our day if mightily pushed by the left including climate change, pandemics, racism, militarism, an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 9th 2020

Airs at: Mon, 11/09/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes: Now What? Bill Resnick interviews John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. They discuss what a Biden Administration might do on the great issues of our day if mightily ... Read more

Mass Mobilization to Defend Democracy on Wednesday, November 4

Airs at: Wed, 11/04/2020 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    The day after the elections, groups around the country are mobilizing to respond to whatever attempts may be made to manipulate, curtail, nullify or otherwise interfere with the electoral and vote-counting process and to head off any attempt to remain in power if Trum... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 2, 2020

Airs at: Mon, 11/02/2020 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode of Old Mole which includes the following segments: How to Stop an Autocrat: Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes about stopping ambitious or desperate autocrats and dictators from stealing elections. They discuss how civil resistance throug... Read more

Count Every Vote

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Alejandra Moreno, who coordinates the Communications Committee of Portland’s Defend Democracy Coalition, which is organizing a big, non-violent, family friendly rally and march this coming Wednesday, November 4. Portland will join hundreds of other c... Read more

Evening News on 10/28/20

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2020 at 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  On this Fall Membership Drive special of the KBOO Evening News: A cash assistance program meant to help Portlanders in need maxed out after just five minutes on Tuesday; Oregonians are encouraged to drop off their ballots at official ballot boxes instead of mailing them... Read more

Measure 26-217: Real Police Accountability

Airs at: Mon, 10/26/2020 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  News In Depth, Evening News
  “We don’t need to just pass [Measure 26-217], but we need to pass it overwhelmingly. We want to send a very strong message to the police union, that their days are numbered. And they will become public servants like the rest of us public servants. They don’t deserve spec... Read more

Loot

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Sharon Grant takes on the controversial subject of looting by reading excerpts from “What Kind of Society Values Property Over Black Lives?” by Dr. Robin D.G. Kelly, professor of American History;  In Defense of Looting, a new book by writer and agitator, Vicky Osterweil;  ... Read more