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Hunger Strike at Pelican Bay Prison

Airs at: Mon, 07/08/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Left and the Law.  Thousands of prisoners California's Pelican Bay Prison and throughout the state have been on a hunger strike to protest arbitrary sentences to solitary confinement.  Attorney Mike Snedeker and psychologist Jan Haaken discuss the conditions and the ... Read more

Husbans of Incarcerated Radical Attorney Lynne Stewart Holds Vigil

Airs at: Wed, 06/19/2013 at 12:00am
Normal 0   Seventy three year old people’s attorney Lynne Stewart is serving a ten year sentence for releasing a press release for her client Shiek Omar Abdel Rahman, and is also suffering from stage four cancer.  Stewart’s husband, fellow civil right’s activist Ral... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour May 27, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts and shares a reading on exporting fundamentalism; also we hear Gerald Markowitz with Bill Resnick on Biohazards; Iven Hale on the horror of the US incarceration system; and the movie moles Jan and Joe on The Great Gatsby.Resnick and Markowitz on Unteste... Read more

Iven Hale on jails and prisons: No Fantasy

Airs at: Mon, 05/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Buffy the Vampire Slayer may ask a willing suspension of disbelief about the supernatural, but is simply in error on some real-world matters, including the difference between  jails (run by counties and holding those awaiting trial or serving short sentences for misdemea... Read more

Q Center's "Volunteer of the Year" Dismissed after Failed Background Check

Airs at: Thu, 04/18/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Portlander Natalie Marie, local LGBT advocacy and service non-profit Q Center's "Volunteer of the Year," has been dismissed after failing a state-mandated criminal background check.  In her past, Natalie's struggle with addiction landed her in prison for seven years, and... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 15, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this edition of the Old Mole which discusses the political threats to Social Security, the Oregon prison system, a South African fighter against apartheid, and a new film about Jackie Robinson.  Below are links to individual segments of the show.  Or use ... Read more

Left & The Law: Prisons, Politics, Money

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A recent article in Willamette Week praises the Oregon prison system, claiming the system is one of the best in the nation.  Attorney Mike Snedeker debunks this claim as part of the lobbying effort of the prison-industrial complex to keep prisons funded in the face of de... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour March 11th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear about Hugo Chavez and Venuzuela, the new drug-war action film Snitch, wage-slavery and republican visions of liberty, and space warfare.Bill Resnick talks with Michael Fox about Hugo Chavez and what's next for Veneuzalans.Jan Ha... Read more

Movie Moles: Snitch

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Occupy Portland Radio
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker take a break from their usual Left and the Law MO and review a new drug-war action flick, "Snitch". It stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a John Matthews, a father who goes under cover for the DEA to exonerate his son, who was himself arrest... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 25, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Alan Wieder hosts this episode, featuring music from David Rovics as well as an interview with him, a discussion of the economics and politics of mass incarceration, a review of a recent comic novel, and a commentary on the ideology of austerity.  Bill Resnick talks wit... Read more