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The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 6, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Norm Diamond interview the Low Tide Drifters, who also perform live in studio. Joe talks with Ryan Wisnor, of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, about remembering "Blood Wednesday" Joe also talks with S... Read more

Community Syndicalism and Tenants Unions

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Shane, a local housing justice activist, about how unionism as a political strategy for a more direct kind of democracy can be applied to other areas of social life. He and others call this "community syndicalism" or "community unionism". To that end,... Read more

Remembering Bloody Wednesday in Pier Park

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 12:00am
Joe Clement talks with Ryan Wisnor about Blood Wednesday, a labor battle fought during the auspicious year of 1934, when general strikes erupted in Portland and other West Coast port cities. In particular, striking longshoreworkers blocked the train that runs near Pier Park... Read more

Max Blumenthal speaks to KBOO about 'The 51-Day war'

Airs at: Wed, 07/01/2015 at 12:00am
Last summer, during the 51 days of conflict that began when Israel launched air strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza, journalist Max Blumenthal was embedded on the ground. His reportage followed the fighting and the deaths of more than 2,000 people, most of whom were Palestinia... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 22, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This week's episode discusses life inside the constraining boundaries of Portland city government, the US prison system, the militarized national borders of the United States, and the finite resources of the global environment. Host Frann Michel plays music by Tom Lehrer,... Read more

Sophie Smith on Border Community Actions

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On May 27th, a coalition of rural community groups on the U.S.-Mexico border held a joint day of action. Border residents held teach-ins, vigils, marches, and took direct action to protest border militarization. Sophie Smith from the community group People Helping People t... Read more

Nic Caleb on Portland's Climate Plan

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Nic Caleb about the Portland Climate Action Plan that is set for a  City Council hearing this coming Wednesday, June 24. Caleb is the Climate Law Fellow at Our Children's Trust and teaches at Concordia College. He's devoted much time to working with ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 15, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which reflects on the value of history, the limits of old views, and the need for new visions. Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the situation of Greece's Syriza and the Eurozone. Tom Becker reads from Pete Dolack about why Keynesiani... Read more

Keynesianism will not save us

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Pete Dolack about why Keynesianism will not save the world. Image at left by Edwardx. Read more

Leo Panitch on Euro History, Greek Present

Airs at: Mon, 06/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the current situation in Greece, betrayals by the German social democratic parties, the Eurozone as a free-trade area, problems faced and tactics tried by Syriza, the origins of Stalinism, and the need for the global left to find wa... Read more