War/Peace

Fight the Empire on 06/04/09

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2009 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng starts his new program "Fight the Empire" with an interview with journalist Pepe Escobar on Pakistan, Afghanistan and "Pipelineistan." Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for the Real News. CD-1399 Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 1, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Bill Resnick, this show features the music of Yusuf Islam, once famous as Cat Stevens. Topics on the program include Israel, the US and the Middle East; Soloist, a film about musical genius and mental illness; Obama's equivocal position on prisoners from the ... Read more

Life & Music of Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Popular 1970s balladeer Cat Stevens converted to Islam in the '70s and became Yusuf Islam. Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about Yusuf Islam's career, music, and the controversies he's had to deal with. Read more

Torture, Obama and the Rule of Law

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

President Obama opposes torture and defends the rule of law, and yet his actions don't entirely repeal the Bush era's attack on constitutional rights. Attorney Mike Snedeker talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about what it all means. Mike's recommendations for getti... Read more

Israel and the Middle East

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

With two new administrations in Israel and the US, what are the chances for change in the direction of less conflict in the Middle East? The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies, where you can find many articles by her. Read more

Eric Margolis: US Stirs Hornets' Nest in Afghanistan

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Canadian journalist and author Eric Margolis about Afghanistan and other issues. Eric S. Margolis is an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist. His articles appear in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Lo... Read more

The Oregon Guard Home Campaign - Update on Efforts to Block Deployment of National Guard Troops to Iraq and Afghanistan

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Political Perspectives

KBOO's public affairs host William Seaman interviews Dan Handelman about the campaign to keep Oregon's National Guard troops from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan ... how close is the vote in the Oregon House and Senate on legislation aimed at challenging the federaliz... Read more

Enhanced Interrogation is Torture

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm

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Waterboarding, Torture or Enhanced interrogation ? What about the men and women who authorized it? Are they criminals or Public Servants protecting America? Should they be held accountable? If so, then how? Should it be by a court or panel? On this show we listen to th... Read more

Rawandan War Crimes Tribunal

Airs at: Thu, 05/21/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Canadian courts have, for the first time, convicted someone for war crimes committed in another country. Though the Canadian government is not calling their law ‘Universal Jurisdiction’, today’s ruling has a lot of similarities with a Spanish law that has allowed that co... Read more

Amnesia on Memorial Day

Airs at: Sun, 05/24/2009 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Well-read Red Frann Michel reminds us of many things President Obama forgot to remember in the traditional Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and concludes with an anti-war poem by Adrienne Rich. You can read her comments, with links to her sources, he... Read more