(Frann Michel for the Old Mole Variety Hour March 11, 2019; School Strike
image by Leonhard Lenz [CC0])
Young climate activists have called for a one-day school strike on March
15th. Earth Strike, as it’s also called, is expected to be the largest yet
of these eve...
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Joe Clement and Frann Michel review the 2015 Broadway musical, Hamilton. One
of the most popular cultural phenomena of the last few years, they
interrogate its universal praise. They consider the problems with its Great
Man of history take on American history, how Hamilt...
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Frann Michel hosts this episode, with these segments:
Bill Resnick talks with Alex Zielinski, news editor of the Portland Mercury,
about Portland policing.
Desiree Hellegers reports with audio from last month’s community info
session on Portland’s involvement in the J...
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Bill Resnick talks with labor lawyer Jay Youngdahl about his article on
"Bolstering Retirement Security" in the Fall 2018 issue of New Labor Forum.
They discuss the loss of defined benefit pensions and the need to keep
defending Social Security.
public domain imag...
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Frann Michel hosts this episode, which features these segments:
1. Dan Jaffee speaks with Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon
Center for Public Policy, about the legacy of fiscal austerity in Oregon, and
the possibilities for raising substantial new corp...
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As Democrats square off with Republicans over border security, the debate in
mainstream media tends to focus on the Trump Wall and Democrats' proposal for
high tech measures and more agents. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan
Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the ...
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Dan Jaffee speaks with Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon
Center for Public Policy, about the legacy of fiscal austerity in Oregon, and
the possibilities for raising substantial new corporate tax revenue in the
2019 state legislative session.
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Frann Michel hosts this New Year's Eve episode.
Bill Resnick offers the first part of a three-part interview with Kristian
Williams about how to keep police from supporting the far right. Part One
focuses on the modern history of police strategies to suppress left insu...
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Joe Clement reflects on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
saying we have a little over a decade to dramatically change every part of
society to constrain global warming to 1.5 degrees Centigrade. Will a Green
New Deal make a difference? Only, Joe ar...
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Bill Resnick offers the first part of a three-part interview with Kristian
Williams about how to keep police from supporting the far right. Part One
focuses on the modern history of police strategies to suppress left insurgent
protest, demonstrations, and actions—incl...
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