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Kristian Williams on Our Enemies in Ferguson

Airs at: Tue, 08/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Kristian Williams about policing in Ferguson. Williams is the author of several books on state violence, including Our Enemies in Blue , which argues that the role of the police is to enforce social inequality. Noting that Michael Brown's killing by... Read more

WRR: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Class War

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's "The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race" on events in Ferguson and the problem of inequality. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 18 August 2014

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with segments on police violence in Honduras, Ferguson, and Palestine, and on a local non-profit nourishing bodies and communities in Portland. Musical selections: Sound of da Police by KRS One; Call the Cops by Rob Hustle ft. Liv; Tired ... Read more

Movie Moles on Omar (2013)

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken discuss the Palestinian film Omar, about life on both sides of the occupation wall. They note the film's exploration of the intimate power relations of occupied and occupier, the initial optimism of its title character, the complexitie... Read more

Militarized Police

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel shares selections from left commentary on the militarization of policing in light of the police killing of the unarmed young African-American Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the ensuing protests and police riots. A version of her comments, with links t... Read more

Dana Frank on Honduras

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks about Honduras with historian Dana Frank, who teaches at UC Santa Cruz, and has published a number of books on labor history, Latin America, and economic nationalism, as well as many articles in journals including the Nation, Foreign Affairs, and Politico... Read more

militarized policing in Ferguson and beyond

For the 18 August 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour. There's been much attention of late to what's described as the militarization of the police. As Tamara K. Nopper & Mariame Kaba note in Jacobin, "discussions about America’s militarized police forces" seem to have suddenly beco... Read more

Left and The Law: Prosecuting Rapists

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2014 at 12:00am
Our Legal Moles Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the use of "rape kits" for collecting substances from the victim in in order to identify the assailant.  Though they can be experienced as invasive, they nevertheless can prevent sending the wrong man to prison -- and hav... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 4 2014`

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this episode. Musical selections were from: Dead Prez "Police State", Mischief Brew "Free Radical Radio Fever", Killing Capitalism with Kindness "Lost Train", and Beastie Boys "Sabotage". The following links are to the individual segments. The whole show c... Read more

Kristian Williams on police informants and security culture for organizers

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2014 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick talks with local police scholar Kristian Williams about the dangers of police infiltration of radical social movements, connecting this to State practices for manufacturing terrorists it takes the credit for exposing. Kristian describes the range of ways that p... Read more