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For the 23 June 2014 Old Mole Variety Hour, Iven Hale and I review season two of Orange is the New Black. Alas, season two has the problems we noted in season one, and lacks some of the compensating virtues. It continues downplaying the problem of sexual violence, for inst... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 9 June 2014

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel hosts this episode, with music from The Clash, and discussions of military violence, economic stagnation, racism and classism in housing, and the struggle for the rights of the incarcerated. Bill Resnick talks with Col. Ann Wright about Bowe Bergdahl and U.S. ... Read more

Left and the Law: Solitary Torture

Airs at: Mon, 06/09/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Left and the Law: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the torture of solitary confinement, the ongoing struggle of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, the recent federal ruling that granted inmates at Pelican Bay class action status in their legal fight to... Read more

Prisoner Support: Inside and Outside Incarceration (not yet aired)

Airs at: Thu, 06/05/2014 at 12:00am
With Coyote Sheff and Petey- Former prisoners Coyote Sheff was released from a Nevada state prison back in November of 2013. He never rested while in prison, starting an Anarchist Black Cross chapter at the prison he was in to actively sticking up for his comrades and takin... Read more

Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2014 at 12:00am
https://lawandisorder.wordpress.com/ Mass Imprisonment is Prison Slavery JoNina Abron-Ervin & Lorenzo Ervin Recorded and produced by Paul Roland, Public Affairs volunteer producer Summary More people are incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails than in any other country in the... Read more

"Prison Imperialism: How the US is Spreading a Repressive Incarceration Model Around the World"

Airs at: Tue, 05/13/2014 at 12:00am
Presentation at the Law and Disorder Conference at Portland State University, May 11, 2014 by James Patrick Jordan, Alliance for Global Justice (http://www.afgj.org) (Recorded and produced by Paul Roland) http://www.lawanddisorder.wordpress.com Alliance for Global Justice He... Read more

5/13 - Dismantling the prison-industrial complex

May 13 - 9AM - 4PM Dismantling the prison-industrial complex special   On the 29th anniversary of the bombing of the MOVE family home in Philadelphia, we'll have an exclusive interview with a member of the MOVE family.  The day will include talks by the organizers of the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 28 April 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker hosts this episode on Politics, Poetry, and Prisons. Bill Resnick interviews Mike Parker of the Richmond Progressive Alliance about Chevron and city government. Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages about their upcoming working-c... Read more

Increasing Incarceration of Women and Girls in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale and Frann Michel report on a Partnership for Safety and Justice panel discussion about the increasing incarceration of women and girls in Oregon. Panelists included Piper Kerman of Orange is the New Black fame; Fariborz Pakseresht, Director of the Oregon Youth Au... Read more

the Left & the Law: the Innocence Project

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snediker discuss the Innocence Project which seeks to free those wrongfully convicted of crimes. They discuss the development of DNA technology that made it possible to discover the large numbers of wrongful convictions, and the reasons for those many m... Read more