Global Affairs

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Greenwashing and Global Climate Justice

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Foran about corporate greenwashing and what must and can be done to save the planet.  John Foran is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Foran is currently working on a book, Taking Power or (Re)Making Power:  M... Read more

THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION POLITICS

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Richard Wolff of the Economics of Immigration Politics...Voices on the Women's March...Gerald Horne on South Africa and Israel...Headlines on DACA, Medicare For All Town Hall, Hugh Masekela and More  We speak with economist Richard Wolff about the economics behind the i... Read more

Press**Watch for January 25th, 2018

Airs at: Thu, 01/25/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
[[[[SIMULCAST ON PERISCOPE ....LIVE VIDEO @kboopresswatch on Twitter--and possibly on Facebook as well at Theresa Mitchell.]]]] Join KBOO today--because the revolution will be broadcast on community-owned nonprofit radio!   TODAY'S TOPIC: The climate emergency has begun a... Read more

Women's March REDUX

Airs at: Wed, 01/24/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  The Womens Marches around the nation and around the world, which took place the weekend of January 20, 2018, shocked many by the large turnouts. Six hundred thousand marches attended in Los Angeles, while Chicago's turnout grew from last year's inaugural march and Las Ve... Read more

Propaganda, Facts & Fake News: Julian Assange PART II

Airs at: Tue, 01/23/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Jonathan Haewood, John Pilger & Julian Assange - Propaganda, Facts & Fake News, Part I & II We live in an era of fake news. Fabricated reports go viral on social media. Totally false stories are concocted then tweeted and retweeted. Fantastical theories and wild claims ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 15, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this Martin Luther King day. In addition to the songs of Woody Guthrie and Bill's comments about them,  we hear: California fires, floods, mudslides, loss of life. But California will recover.  Probably not Puerto Rico and many undeveloped countries. Bal... Read more

Turning Countries Into S-holes

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads an article about Donald Trumps explicative remarks about marginalized countries: "The US Role in Turning Countires into S-Holes" on Z-net. Read more

Climate Change, Disaster Capitalism, Recovery and Inequality

Airs at: Mon, 01/15/2018 at 8:45am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Foran about how inequality shapes climate change and the fall-out of natural disasters, from Santa Barbara to Puerto Rico and beyond. Read more

Honduras' Resistance to Stolen Election

Airs at: Mon, 01/22/2018 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Produced for:  Labor Radio
Recent theft of the Honduran presidential election has led thousands into the streets in protest.  Dozens have been killed by security forces.  Maribel Gomez and Cheva Saaba, two Portland-based Honduran exiles, will join Jack Herbert of the Portland Central America Solidari... Read more

"$#!THOLE!"

Airs at: Wed, 01/17/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
  Trump admits to using "tough" language in a meeting with bipartisan senators on immigration. He reportedly referred to Haiti and Africa as "s***hole" countries. We discuss Trump's racist remark with Kumi Naidoo, launch director of Africans Rising. Our roundtable panelist... Read more