Old Mole Variety Hour

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KBOO
Air date: 
Mon, 12/12/2011 - 12:00am
Live coverage of the port shutdowns, "It's a Wonderful Life," Atheism, and the Postal Service.

 Bill Resnick is our host today with live coverage of the West Coast port shutdowns.  Bill talks with activists on the scene here in Portland and in Oakland.  Also on the show, the Movie Moles take us back in time to the politics of It's A Wonderful Life, Tom Becker reads a piece about why people fear atheism, and letter carrier and local union president Jim Cook explains why our Postal Service  is in danger.  Throughout the show, we hear holiday caroling from Wobbly members with lyrics updated to suit our mutinous times.  

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1.  Local activist Dustin Hawk explains the reasons for the port shutdowns.

2.  Bill Resnick talks with activists on the front lines in the port shutdowns as they happen.

3.  Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement discuss the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.

4.  Tom Becker reads Tom Jacobs's essay on Why People Still Fear Atheism.

5.  Union leader and letter carrier Jim Cook talks with Bill Resnick about the phony crisis of the US Postal Service and what to do about it.

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