Thom Becker

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Thom Becker

Street Journalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Lisa Loving, long time editor of the Skanner paper in Portland and recently news director at KBOO.  She's worked with many aspiring journalists on local stories, and from this experience she wrote the book Street Journalist. Bill and Lisa discuss the... Read more

PG&E Bankruptcy

Airs at: Mon, 10/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker review the bankruptcy case of Pacific Gas and Electric, the investor-owned utility responsible for over 1500 fires, a number of fire-related deaths, and power outages in California, and how this bankruptcy case... Read more

Capitalism's Triumph: Labor Rights Violated in Every Country On Earth

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Tom Becker shares an article in CounterPunch by Pete Dolack, "Capitalism's Triumph: Labor Rights Violated in Every Country On Earth". Pete Dolack writes the Systemic Disorder blog and has been active with Amnesty International, Trade Justice New York Metro, the National Peo... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 7, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Today on the Old Mole, hosted by Tom Becker: Peace Process Falters in Colombia: Bill Resnick speaks with Alex Diamond about the modern history of Colombia and the recent peace accords. Don't Skip Out On Me: Larry Bowlden reviews the novel by Willy Vlautin. They Live: Joe C... Read more

Peace Process Falters in Colombia

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews PhD candidate in sociology Alex Diamond on the modern history of Colombia, including the 50 year insurrection of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), the recent peace accords, how the peace process has opened the countryside to new larg... Read more

Don't Skip Out On Me

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Larry Bowlden reviews the recent novel by Oregonian Willy Vlautin, Don't Skip Out on Me, a sad story of hope and honor about a boy even nobler than his dreams. Horace Hopper, a.k.a, Hector Hildalgo, is a young man who has decided he must prove himself as the very best at so... Read more

They Live

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Joe Clement and Frann Michel review John Carpenter’s cult-classic sci-fi social commentary film, "They Live." Joe and Frann turn to this film because of its obviously critical message about late capitalism and the way some of its complaints, seemingly new and unprecedented ... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for August 12, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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There is no audio for the whole show this time due to various technical difficulties. However it contained the following segments, which you can hear by clicking on the links below: 1. Joe Clement talks with local fascism scholar and journalist, Shane Burley about right-wi... Read more

Fascism, AntiFascism, & Mass Shootings

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Joe Clement talks with local fascism scholar and journalist, Shane Burley. They consider how right-wing mass shootings today are a form of "stochastic terrorism", a term that's trending as more people are naming the covert way "lone wolf shooters" are deliberately incited a... Read more

The Women's Movement in Iran

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Catherine Sameh, a former member of the Old Mole collective who now teaches sexuality, gender studies and history at the University of California, Irvine and writes about and supports the struggles of Iranian women. In this second part of a two part ... Read more