Economy

European Strike Update

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement remarks briefly on the massively coordinated strikes in Europe and comments on their meaning. He quotes or mentions material from Counterfire.org, Libcom.org, The Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal. Read more

Yasmin Nair beyond Illegal vs. Undocumented

Airs at: Mon, 11/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris talks with Yasmin Nair about immigrants-rights rhetoric and how certain strategies meant to insulate them from stereotypes and "include" may shutter the actual situation of undocument workers. She argues that the "undocumented not afraid" movement started a... Read more

WRR: The Opiate of American Exceptionalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads from "The Opiate of Exceptionalism" by NY Times editorialist Scott Shane. It focuses on the myth of American exceptionalism as the reason why we can't get politicians to talk about inequality and injustice. Read more

Book Mole: Days of Destruction Days of Revolt

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale reviews "Days of Destruction Days of Revolt", by journalist Chris Hedges and Portland graphic-novelist, Joe Sacco. Read more

Zombie: apocalypse or rebellion?

Airs at: Wed, 10/31/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

The zombie apocalypse is not a new cultural craze for Americans, but its recent resurgence during the Great Recession deserves some scrutiny for the way it invokes the lost figure of the zombie-worker. That's what David McNally (mis-announced as Daniel) argues in an arti... Read more

Portland Action Lab: brewing up anti-austerity actions for November 3rd 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement talks with Gina of the Portland Action Lab about anti-austerity actions that're being planned for November 3rd 2012. She describes the way that PAL and the groups who work with it are resisting austerity as "the new normal" and underscoring the hugely neglect... Read more

Leo Panich on Leftist Strategy

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panich about strategies for the left . He argues that the economic institutions at the heart of American state are under-appreciated tools of imperialism, more so than international institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. The latter are... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 29th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/29/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Marxist scholar Leo Panich about resisting global capitalism Joe Clement talks with Gina of the Portland Action Lab about November 3rd's planned anti-austerity protes... Read more

Movie Moles review Maquilapolis

Airs at: Mon, 10/22/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the documentary Maquilapolis (2006), its collaborative production and innovative style, and its presentation of the struggles and modest triumphs of Tijuana factory workers and community environmental activists in the years since NA... Read more

Open Reservoirs: Rochester receives reprieve while Portland plows ahead.

Airs at: Fri, 10/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

Normal 0 The city of Rochester, New York recently received a ten-year reprieve from compliance with federal regulations requiring the covering of their open reservoirs. Rochester requested the delay from the EPA based on economic hardship, citing a forty four percent... Read more