Economy

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Old Mole Variety Hour September 30 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole that, in addition to a discussion about the Syrian civil war and other mid-east conflicts, converges on a theme of social democracy under attack and the political stakes in its being defunded. Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing a... Read more

Food Stamps and Class Politics

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads a short commentary about food stamps in terms of class warfare, and to that end as supporting the working-classes' capacity to organize and be organized to radical ends. Read more

Obamacare from a Radical Universal Healthcare Perspective

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Universal Healthcare advocate, Chris Lowe, about Obamacare. Jan questions Chris about how to understand what's worthwhile and regressive in Obamacare from the perspective of those of us who believe healthcare should be universal. They talk about social... Read more

WRR: Public Pensions vs. Public Education - a forced choice?

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red, this time focusing on pension-raiding under neoliberalism and the PERS system in Oregon, which Governor Kitzhaber has advocated cutting in order to make up for education cuts. In Frann's words: let's pit old people against young peo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 23 September 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this show, which features Bill Resnick talking with Barbara Harvey about the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement to end the Israeli occupation of PalestineMovie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discussing the documentary Free Angela and All Political P... Read more

Radical Musicology: Brad Duncan on three songs about economics

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with radical musicologist Brad Duncan about three songs he selected for the 9/23/13 Old Mole Variety Hour:The Mekons' post-punk response to neoliberalism, TINA (There is no alternative)James Talley's country plaint about economic hard times, Are they going... Read more

US "humanitarian" Interventions since the Cold War

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale reads from Al-Jazeera a summary of US interventions since the end of the Cold War.  Read more

Humanitarian Intervention: the human rights gift that keeps on giving to US Imperialism

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads "Humanitarian Intervention - the human rights gift that keeps on giving to US Imperialism" by Ajamu Baraka. Read more

Ricardo Ainslee: the fight for Juarez

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Ricardo Ainslee about his new book, "The Fight to Save Juarez: life in the heart of Mexico's drug war". They discuss the contents of the book, which focuses on the city of Juarez in the state of Chihuahua.  Ricardo elaborates the local politics of the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 9 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Jim Wallis about progressive developments in ChristianityJan Haaken talks with Ricardo Ainslee about the Drug War in MexicoTom Becker reads a Black Agenda Report article about humanitarian invervention in Syr... Read more