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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

Thawra Abu Khdeir speaks with KBOO about the murder of her cousin

Airs at: Wed, 07/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
Thawra Abu Khdeir, 20, is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was killed by a group of right-wing Israelis in Jerusalem on July 2nd, 2014.  Mohammed, 16, was kidnapped, beaten, stabbed and set on fire.  Thawra spoke with KBOO on Tuesday July 8th, nearly a week after her co... Read more

Eugene police will engage in forced blood tests over 4th of July weekend

Airs at: Wed, 07/02/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Eugene listeners will be interested to know that if they’re stopped at a police checkpoint this coming weekend, they had better agree to perform a Breathalyzer test, or risk being forced to have their blood drawn by the police. During the coming holiday weekend in Eugene... Read more

Portland Police Stop Tracking Use of Force on Transients

Airs at: Thu, 06/26/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Denis Theriault of the Portland Mercury discusses how the Portland Police Bureau has stopped making public their data on use of force against "transients." Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 16 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show about the tensions between possible futures--either ruled by military and corporate power or else organized as cooperative community. We hear these segments: Joseph DeFilipppis: Beyond Marriage Equality Checking in on Border Checkpoints Bill R... Read more

Checking in on Border Checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 06/16/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about their work with No More Deaths providing aid to migrants near the Us-Mexico border, and monitoring US Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints. They discuss the militarization of the border through the 1990s Oper... Read more

City Council Settlement for Kayla Wilson

Airs at: Tue, 05/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Also at today’s city council meeting, the council approved the payment of eight hundred thousand dollars to a pregnant woman who was left brain-damaged after a nearly head-on collision in 2010. During a trial in 2012, Jack Dean Whiteaker, the man responsible for the crash, ... Read more