Economy

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OSPIRG's Christine Meiffren talks about Oregon Law to Ban Offshore Tax Havens

Airs at: Fri, 06/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
In June Oregon passed a law banning companies from using offshore tax havens. KBOO's Jennifer Kemp spoke with OSPIRG representative Christine Meiffren about the implications of this decision for Oregonians, and for the United States. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 1st 2013

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with UO sociologist and editor of Monthly review, John Bellamy Foster, about leftist strategy in the context of ecological crisesCara Dugas reviews "Blacking Up: hip-hop's remixing of race and identity", a docu... Read more

What's Wrong with Liberalism?

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement introduces two songs that aired back to back, both of which are in a tradition of protest music that take issue with liberals for their complicity in imperialism and capitalism. They were Phil Och's Love Me I'm A Liberal (1966) and Mischief Brew's Free Radical R... Read more

Monsanto and other corporations profiting off death

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads excerpts by a Truth-Out article by Brian Moench titled "Mankind: death by corporation". The article looks at Monsanto and contextualizes its evil behavior in a history of corporate zombie death-industries from tabacco, lead, and asbestos. Read more

What's Wrong with Liberalism?

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement introduces two songs that aired back to back, both of which are in a tradition of protest music that take issue with liberals for their complicity in imperialism and capitalism. They were Phil Och's Love Me I'm A Liberal and Mischief Brew's Free Radical Radio Fe... Read more

John Bellamy Foster on long and short-range leftist strategy

Airs at: Mon, 07/01/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Bellamy Foster about the need for social revolution to act on the economy to prevent deep ecological disturbance. John argues that economic growth is unsustainable and urges for the radical reorganization of the economy to reduce consumption as ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 17th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 12:00am
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode and we hear:  Bill Resnick talk with Charles Derber about changing attitudes toward consumerism among youthLeft and the Law Moles talk about recent controversy over leaked NSA secrets and whistle-blowersIven Hale reads an article by Gl... Read more

Youth and Consumerism

Airs at: Mon, 06/17/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with sociologist Charles Derber about changing attitudes among youth to the promises and dangerous realities of consumerism.Charles Derber is a professor of sociology at Boston College. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 3 June 2013

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Iven Hale hosts this episode, featuring a Left and the Law review of the latest edition of the psychiatric catalogue, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Bill Resnick talking with information activist Nancy Kranich about net neutrality and access to the internet, and a ... Read more

Movie Moles: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Airs at: Mon, 06/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken discuss Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and the reluctance of many US reviewers to praise a compelling film that is critical of capitalism and the post-9/11 USA. Read more