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Old Mole Variety Hour January 14th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2013 at 12:00am
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Denise Morris hosts today's Old Mole and we hear about anarchism and marxism, a review of the controversial film Zero Dark Thirty, and a review of a book about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Jan Haaken talks with anti-torture advocate and psychologist, Steven Rei... Read more

Sasha and Emma: the anarchist odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder reviews Paul and Karen Avrich's "Sasha and Emma: the anarchist odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman". The book is a collaborative effort between this father and daughter. Karen took over Paul's manuscript after he died. Alan gives some background on Pau... Read more

Anarchism and Marxism

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Bryan Palmer about the history of and relationship between anarchism and marxism, particularly prior to the Bolshevik Revolution. Palmer discusses the socialist roots of the two political tendencies, explaining how anarchists and marxists aimed for r... Read more

The War in Afghanistan, A Failure on All Fronts: Interview Dr. Zaher Wahab

Airs at: Thu, 01/10/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
It’s been snowing in Afghanistan and 3 year old Janan died last Friday night. The first to Freeze to death this winter in Kabul’s rag tag refugee camps. The United States spends 10 billion dollars a month on the Afghanistan War. A war that Prof. Zhaer Wahab calls a Failu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 7, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 12:00am
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Laurie Mercier hosts this episode exploring education, environmental news, the monstrosity of capitalism, gun violence, and Idle No More. You can contact the moles at oldmolevarietyhour < at > gmail.com, follow us on Facebook, and find out more about the show on our main pag... Read more

Book Mole: Monsters of the Market

Airs at: Mon, 01/07/2013 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel reviews David McNally's Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism. You can find a sightly longer text version of the review here. Read more

New Documents Show that the FBI Organized the Occupy Evictions in October, 2011

Airs at: Fri, 12/28/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 According to new documents obtained under the freedom of information act, the Federal government actively coordinated the Occupy evictions across the county in the fall of 2011. These new documents, obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice, seem to co... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 24th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
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           Tom Becker hosts today's Christmas Eve episode. We hear about the Chinese labor movement, the hypocrisy of Obama's mourning at Newtown, the Portland Solidarity Network, and the limits of consumer culture.   Bill Resnick interviews Eli Friedman about the Chin... Read more

Well-read Red: pathological consumption

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's essay, republished on Alternet, about the insanity of waste hidden in consumerism and the political barriers to questioning it. Monbiot considers how so many trinkets, disposable goods, planned and perceived obsolesence, are forced upon us ... Read more

Eli Friedman on the Chinese Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Eli Friedman about the Chinese labor movement. He challenges the idea that they are "stealing our jobs" and in conscious comeptition with American workers. They talk about the strike-waves that the Chinese State refer to as "mass incidents". There i... Read more