Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

A Future Beyond Capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker reads from an article entitled "A Future Beyond Capitalism or No Future At All" by Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk.  Image via wikimedia.   Read more

Police Oversight Needed

Airs at: Mon, 07/31/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Desiree Hellegers talks with JoAnn Hardesty, president of the Portland branch of the NAACP, about the Portland Police Bureau's settlement with the Justice Dept (first download link). She also talked about the City's proposals with Dan Handleman of Portland Copwatch (sec... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for April 3, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 04/03/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker is the host of this episode of the Old Mole, and it includes these segments: Union Activist Mark Dudzic talks with Bill Resnick about Medicare for all and the role of Unions in making it happen.  Laurie Mercier and Thomas A. Saenz discuss the intensification o... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/20/17

Airs at: Mon, 03/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 30, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Thom Becker hosts this episode, and mentions the news that the woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till's lynching has admitted to lying. We also hear these segments: On the ACLU-Oregon Response to Trump's Anti-Immigration Order On California's Response to Trump's Ene... Read more

ACLU Defending Immigrants

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Laurie Mercier talks with Mathew dos Santos, Legal Director of the ACLU Oregon and their litigation and legal advocacy program. They discuss challenges facing immigrants under the Trump regime. Read more

California Clean Energy in the Trump Era

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Bill Resnick talks with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies.  Read more

Stopping the Kalama Refinery

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, a senior engineer with Columbia Riverkeeper, talks with Laurie Mercier about the proposal for the world's largest methanol refinery, scheduled for the port of Kalama, Washington,  and about strategies for resistance.  The public comment period last... Read more

Activist Calendar for the Novice

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan share comments from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and discuss being a newcomer to activism, why rallies are to movements as sex is to couples, and some activist events for the coming week. These include a rally on Thursday Feb 2, at 1pm, at City Hall ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/28/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Today on the Old Mole: An interview with Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, on why many working class people who voted twice for Obama voted for Trump this time. An interview with Sheldon George on his new book "Trauma and Race: A Lacanian Study of African American Rac... Read more