Economy

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Bill Resnick talks with Mike Parker of the Richmond (CA) Progressive Alliance

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Mike Parker, Progressive Alliance candidate for Mayor of Richmond, California. They discuss Richmond's battles with Chevron over its Richmond refinery, the corporation's failure to pay taxes, the pollution the refinery causes, and the company's attem... Read more

Living Stages Presents Working-Class Poetry Open Mike

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages, a branch of the Theatre of the Oppressed, which will be hosting a Working-Class Poets Open Mike on May 2nd. Theater of the Oppressed was founded by Augusto Boal in Brazil during the dictatorship there ... Read more

KBOO Interviews Hamas' lawyer Stanley Cohen

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Stanley Cohen is a NY based civil rights lawyer, currently facing 18 months in jail for 'obstructing the IRS'. More info available on Stanley Cohen's website Read more

Jerry Greenfield Interview

Airs at: Sat, 04/19/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Jerry Greenfield is one-half of the famous Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.  He was in Portland as part of Ben and Jerry's "Free Ice Cream Day", an event the company holds once a year to thank customers.  He talked with Don Merrill about company subsidaries operating in Israeli s... Read more

Jerry of Ben & Jerry's: "I'm happy they're protesting" company involvement in Israeli settlements

Airs at: Thu, 04/17/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Jerry Greenfield of Ben and Jerry ice cream came to Portland last week for ‘free ice cream day’. But in addition to the line of people who wanted a free ice cream at Pioneer square, Jerry also faced some protesters, who challenged the company’s decision to maintain stores ... Read more

Investigative journalist Michael Ruppert found dead of apparent suicide

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Long time investigative journalist and former Los Angeles police officer Michael Ruppert has died of an apparent suicide at the age of sixty three. Ruppert first gained notoriety in 1996 when he showed up at a contentious meeting with C-I-A director John Deutsch.   The ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 14 2014

Airs at: Tue, 04/15/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with John Feffer about the relationship between divestment in infrastructure and ecological collapse Jan Haaken talk with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about the militarization of our borders and ... Read more

Venezuelan Capitalists and Big Business As Usual

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick reads from a CounterPunch article by Chris Gilbert about how capitalists in Venuzuela are undermining the economy there. Bill offers further commentary that connects this so-called "economic warfare" to how business interests define political and social priorit... Read more

The Harder You Work, The Richer They Get: wages, profits, and productivity

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads excerpts from a CounterPunch article by Pete Dollack about the ideology that widens the gap between worker productivity and wages already stagnant for decades. Read more

John Feffer on infrastructure divestment and ecological collapse

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Feffer about "homegrown terrorism". In particular, they consider how looming ecological catastrophe is exacerbated by years of divestment in our various forms of infrastructure --- transportation, sewage and water systems, food-systems, energy -... Read more