Activism

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Nakba Day

Airs at: Wed, 05/15/2024 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
  Here at KBOO, we are acknowledging Nakba Day. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the "Nakba", or "Catastrophe". The anniversary puts the spotlight on one of the world’s... Read more

Criminalizing Dissent

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Donald Trump’s executive order branding antifa as a terrorist organization was never intended to quash political violence, but rather to criminalize dissent. Long time public interest attorney at City University of New York, Chaumtoli Huq, argues that Trump’s EO is a tim... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 10, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Defending Tom Alter: Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse fired tenured Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, in a... Read more

Justice for Gaza

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Global activists, led by representatives of over 150 Palestinian civil society organizations, have called on the United Nations General Assembly to use their unique powers to sanction Israel and to circumvent the U.S. veto in the Security Council, as well as to mandate c... Read more

Let Francisco Stay

Airs at: Mon, 11/10/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Francisco Aguirre is an influential leader in the immigrant rights and labor movements. A long-time Portland resident, he fled El Salvador to escape the military's extreme violence against him and his family. In 2014, ICE agents came to Francisco’s home and tried to arre... Read more

Classroom 4

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2025 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  News In Depth
Dr. Reiko Hillyer discusses Classroom 4, a documentary that follows a course she teaches inside a prison involving students from a nearby college and incarcerated students, about the history of crime and punishment in the US. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange class consists... Read more

Defending Tom Alter

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse fired tenured Professor Tom Alter for engaging in protected political speech as a private citizen, in a move that the Committee to Defend Tom Alter has described as a direct assault on academic freedom and the First Am... Read more

DSA PDX BDS

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Laurie Mercier speaks with Olivia Katbi, co-chair of the Portland Democratic Socialists of America, about the recent  action by six Portland city councilors to launch a nationwide pledge of city councilors to investigate whether within city limits there is any manufac... Read more

The Noxious Spread of Data Centers, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The landscape of Washington County has been transformed from one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world into a maze of gargantuan data centers. On this episode of Locus Focus we continue the tale of how this high tech noxious weed is spreading across th... Read more

Left and the Law and the National Guard

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Portland is again in the national news now that an Oregon U.S. District Judge has been asked to remove her second restraining order blocking federal control of any National Guard troops in Portland.  In a 2-1 ruling on October 20th, a panel from the 9th Circuit Court ... Read more