Economy

Fifteen Steps to Corporate Feudalism

Airs at: Wed, 07/11/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Dennis Marker, author of FIFTEEN STEPS TO CORPORATE FEUDALISM: How the Rich Convinced America’s Middle Class to Eliminate Themselves From Ronald Reagan to the Tea Party Movement. Never has a philosophy of a country shifted as radically ... Read more

Interest-rate -fixing scandal

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads from Robert Reich's recent essay The Wall Street Scandal of All Scandals about the LIBOR ("London interbank offered rate") scandal, in which bankers fixed interest rates in order to siphon trillions of dollars from ordinary people. Read more

Peter Watt on Drug War Mexico

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Peter Watt, co-author with Roberto Zepeda of Drug War Mexico: Politics, Neoliberalism and Violence in the New Narcoeconomy, about the recent reports of drug-related violence in Mexico. Watt notes that government violence has functioned to preserve ... Read more

Doug Henwood: Walker Victory, un-sugarcoated

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads Doug Henwood's commentary on the changing political landscape for the labor movement and considers classic pitfalls of American unionism, namely it's focus on electoral politics and workplace contracts. Doug points out that unions typically don't make com... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour June 25th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole. We hear about the challenge to Obamacare and the single-payer alternative, the pitfalls of mainstream unionism, a movie review of Spike Lee's 1999 "Summer of Sam", and an update on Julian Assange. Bill Resnick talks with Gerald Free... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Web-only special content

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Best-selling author and foreign correspondent Chris Hedges and comics journalist Joe Sacco tell more stories of their collaboration on the book Days of Destuction, Days of Revolt, as well as their adventures reporting from trouble spots both at home and abroad. Original br... Read more

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Nation Institute Senior Fellow Chris Hedges (American Fascists, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning) and comics journalist Joe Sacco (Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde) have teamed up to produce Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, a sweeping portrait of the American underclass... Read more

"The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It"

Airs at: Fri, 05/18/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Michelle Schroeder Fletcher speaks with Timothy Noah, author of "The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It." For the past three decades, America has steadily become a nation of haves and have-nots. We have less equality of i... Read more

The president just welcomed thousands who came here illegally as children. What does it mean?

Airs at: Tue, 06/19/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Abe Proctor. Joe is on Vacation. The history of the United States is a saga of immigration, whether you're a descendant of immigrants, a descendant of those displaced by immigrants, or an immigrant yourself. In a place such as this -- where being a American ... Read more

Dave King on Jobs and the Climate

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Dave King, a local activist and organizer of the upcoming mini-conference on Jobs and the Climate, being held at the Musicians Union Hall. They talk about the various ways that creating an ecologically sustainable world, addressing climate and other... Read more