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the contradictions of housing under capitalism (wrr)

For the Old Mole Variety Hour March 9, 2015 First, from a 1946 New International essay by Miriam Gould on "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate": Way back in 1872, Frederick Engels made three generalizations about h... Read more

Training Materials

I do a bunch of trainings at KBOO. KBOO's like a school, except it's real and fun. here's the syllabus for the Basic Digital Editing and File Management skillshare: Beginning Digital Editing (w File Management) File Management Login - Open explorer window – locate net... Read more

The American, open today (9/1/10) at many theaters

The American Director: Anton Corbijn With: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Thekla Reuten First, the good things. The movie is beautiful, filmed mostly in Abruzzo hill country in Italy. George Clooney is in superb physical shape. That ... Read more

9/22 Jeff Halper Talk on Israel-Palestine

KBOO is proud to sponsor Jeff Halper's A Single Democratic State in Israel-Palestine: The Only Option Israel and the United States Have Left Us When: Saturday, September 22nd, 7:00 PM Where: Eliot Chapel at the First U... Read more

Extraordinary Measures, filmed in Portland, open 1/22/10

Extraordinary Measures (Opening in several locations)Director: Tom VaughanWith: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Meredith Droeger, Keri Russell, Diego VelazquezFull disclosure: my cousin’s daughter has a bit part in this Portland-shot film.The story of John Crowley (Fraser... Read more

the pain of our inner troops

The Well-Read Red on the Old Mole Variety Hour 6/4/07 Earlier this year, the mainstream press discovered that there are problems with veteran’s health care. The scandal of dilapidated buildings and untreated soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center led to a series o... Read more

Two films now open, 9/17/10

The Town Director: Ben Affleck With: Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Titus Welliver, Blake Lively, etc. Doug MacRay (Affelck) is the leader of a crew from Charlestown in Boston, that robs banks and armored cars. This is something of a tradition in that ... Read more

10/12: Gaza's Ark: Breaking the Israeli Naval Blockade

Colonel Ann Wright: Breaking the Israeli Naval Blockade by Sailing with Gaza's exports: A benefit for Gaza’s Ark Veterans For Peace Invites you to hear Col. Ann Wright report on Gaza's Ark, an international effort to focus attention on the inhumane conditions in Gaza an... Read more

the impact of my teacher, michael jackson, and that fateful day- 25 june 2009

there will be more blogs coming soon- blogs which have been a long time coming, but with respect to the 'year in review' pieces i suppose this would be safe to say that this would be the first blog for 2010...i suppose it's fairly obvious to anyone who knows me, or has l... Read more

April 22 and 23 Oregon-made Film on Japanese Internment to Premier, Raise Funds for Japan

Oregon-made Film on Japanese Internment to Premier, Raise Funds for Japan “Prisoners and Patriots” first film to focus solely on WWII camp run by Dept. of Justice Media Contact: Jodi Garber-Simon (503) 298-4569 Prisoners and Patriots, a film on the U.S. internment of Ja... Read more