Laurie Mercier talks with Margot Black of Portland Tenants’ United and
with Mercy Strongheart of the Wimby Tenants Union about the Nov. 26th press
conference at Wimbledon Square and Gardens to demand a rent abatement
for ongoing livability issues, and about organizing...
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Frann Michel rounds up resources showing we have less time than we thought,
but shouldn't give up. The text of her comments, with links to
sources, can be found on the Old Mole blog.
image via the World Health Organization
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Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, in which we hear these pieces:
Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at
the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist
Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the n...
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Bill Resnick talks to Stephen Zunes, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at
the University of San Francisco, about the torture/murder of the journalist
Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration and the new Saudi Crown Prince, and
about what might be done (and is happe...
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Frann Michel reports on climate change and authoritarian states, and how both
are consequences of capitalism. You can find the text of a longer version
of her remarks, with links to sources, on the Old Mole blog.
Image cropped from Klimacamp 2018 - 121 - 01.06.2018 20...
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Larry Bowlden reviews Tana French’s brand new mystery novel, The Witch Elm,
which is anything but predictable and takes readers so far into her
characters and her twisted plots that readers must wait for the ending to be
finally released.
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Laurie Mercier discusses with Mary Wood, Professor of Law and Faculty
Director of the University of Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Center, the Juliana case, the "trial of the century" held in Eugene beginning
October 29, about the youth plaintiffs who ...
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Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review and recommend the science fiction comedy
film Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley. They discuss
code switching and the use of white voice. They note that it fails the
Bechdel test and the female character does r...
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Laurie Mercier hosts this episode, which festures these segments:
Bill Resnick talks with Jessica Tovar of Local Clean Energy Alliance
Movie Moles recommend the science fiction comedy Sorry to Bother You
Laurie Mercier interviews Martin Duberman about gay movement and po...
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Bill Resnick interviews Jessica Tovar, an organizer with the Local Clean
Energy Alliance in California, about how California cities and counties are
taking over the electric energy systems from the privately held Investor
Owned Utilities such as PGE, and with new demo...
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