Economy

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Well-read Red: pathological consumption

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's essay, republished on Alternet, about the insanity of waste hidden in consumerism and the political barriers to questioning it. Monbiot considers how so many trinkets, disposable goods, planned and perceived obsolesence, are forced upon us ... Read more

Eli Friedman on the Chinese Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 12/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick talks with Eli Friedman about the Chinese labor movement. He challenges the idea that they are "stealing our jobs" and in conscious comeptition with American workers. They talk about the strike-waves that the Chinese State refer to as "mass incidents". There i... Read more

Interview with Senator Jeff Merkley

Airs at: Fri, 12/14/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
 KBOO News Director Jenka Soderberg speaks with Oregon Senator in the US Congress Jeff Merkley on the issues of 'talking filibusters', the fiscal cliff and U.S. aid to Israel. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 17, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  This show considers schools, killing, killlings in schools, and civil rights and rock & roll. Hosted by Frann Michel, with music by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and more. For information on our graphics, theme song, or name, see our main show page.  Frann Michel comments ... Read more

comments on young white men with guns

Airs at: Mon, 12/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel offers some comments on recent gun violence, with links here. Read more

Spokane Residents Protest Coal Export Terminal

Airs at: Wed, 12/05/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Normal 0 Close to a thousand activists opposing coal exports turned out at a public hearing in Spokane yesterday to voice concerns to the Army Corps of Engineers. Another public hearing in Boardman Oregon last night brought in over two hundred coal opponents. They c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 3rd 2012

Airs at: Tue, 12/04/2012 at 12:00am
Iven Hale hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear:     Bill Resnick talk with Chris Toensing about the future of Palestine Alan Weider comments on Obama's neoliberal "deformist" education policies Joe Clement interviews Kathi Weeks about her book on "The P... Read more

Kathi Weeks: The Problem With Work

Airs at: Tue, 12/04/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement talks with Kathi Weeks about her book "The Problem with Work: feminism, marxism, antiwork politics and postwork imaginaries". They discuss the work ethic and why it promises more than it delivers. They also consider the tradition of antiwork politics and how fe... Read more

Bill Resnick on the FIscal Cliff

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick offers this brief commentary on the so-called fiscal cliff. He offers why it's a lie, what alternatives still lay within reach and how we can agitate for them. Read more

Obama's Deformist Education Policies

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Alan Weider offers this incisive commentary on the Obama Administration's "race to the top" education program and the way that it commodifies education. Read more