Bill Resnick, Alan Wieder and Frann Michel talk about the political economy
of electoral politics and what that means for left strategy. They keep coming
back to popular mobilization and how electoral politics may or may not fit
into that.
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Alan Weider discusses the work and legacy of Ruth First and Joe Slovo,
lifelong activists who fought for an end to apartheid in South Africa, and
for a democratic and socialist world.
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After an amusing reading of Bertolt Brecht's short-story "If Sharks Were
Men", Joe Clement comments on the unfortunately enduring message it imparts
about class-exploitation and imperial war.
The original video from which the audio has been used can be found here.
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Laurie Mercier talks with Michael Zweig about US Labor Against The War, a
reform-coalition of hundreds of unions, central labor councils and state
federations who are united in opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They are organizing workers to put pressure on t...
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Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole and we hear about the NFL referee
lockout, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and organizing the working-class
against imperial war.
Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Peter Rachleff about the NFL
referee lockout.
Frann Mic...
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Iven Hale hosts this show and we hear about the Chicago Teachers Strike,
Cuban reform and policies, a book review of Barbara King Solver's "Lacuna"
and a movie-review of Branded.
Bill Resnick talks with Samuel Farber about top-down and bottom-up
socialism in Cuba
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Larry Bowlden reviews Barbara Kingsolver's widely acclaimed "The Lacuna: a
novel". Part thought-experiment and part historical fiction, Kingsolver
writes a story set in 1930s Mexico City about the struggle of artists during
war-time and under the pressure of revolution and...
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In this episode we take a look back at some of our favorite pieces, stitching
them together to entice you, yes...you, to listen to out archive of past
shows. They don't suck.
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Joe Clement hosts this week's show and we hear these segments:
--> Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab
Spring and its implications for the West.
(Part One of their conversation is here.)
--> Joe and Iven Hale review the Canadian film The ...
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