Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

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A Case for Open Borders: the Left and the Law

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  As Democrats square off with Republicans over border security, the debate in mainstream media tends to focus on the Trump Wall and Democrats' proposal for high tech measures and more agents.  In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the mea... Read more

Oregon's 2019 Budget

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Dan Jaffee speaks with Alejandro Queral, Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, about the legacy of fiscal austerity in Oregon, and the possibilities for raising substantial new corporate tax revenue in the 2019 state legislative session.     Read more

Bolstering Retirement Security

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with labor lawyer Jay Youngdahl about his article on "Bolstering Retirement Security" in the Fall 2018 issue of New Labor Forum. They discuss the loss of defined benefit pensions and the need to keep defending Social Security.   public domain image f... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 21, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick and Howie Hawkins talk about campaigning for a Green New Deal in New York Clayton Morgareidge comments on how capitalism and white supremacy sustain each other Denise Morris and Victoria discuss Roma, a new film fro... Read more

White Supremacy and Capitalism: twin evils

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared the trifecta of racism, militarism and capitalism as the great problem facing humanity. Old Mole Clayton Morgareidge considers two of those, capitalism and racism, and how as dominant power structures they came to be through each other Read more

Green New Deal: a Green Party vision

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Howie Hawkins, New York gubinatorial candidate for the Green party, about the renewed political agitation for a Green New Deal within and without the party. Read more

Movie Moles: Roma

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris and new Movie Mole, Victoria Saucedo review Roma. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Roma has been at the center of much discussion and debate for it's fictionalized portrayal of Cuaron's middle class childhood with his mother and nanny at the center of the films sto... Read more

Border Patrol and the Constitution-Free Zone

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Thom Becker reads an article by John Whitehead, "The Danger Within: Border Patrol is Turning America into a Constitution-Free Zone." Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 14, 2019

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick and Kristian Williams conclude their three-part discussion of how to keep the police from joining with fascists in times of climate catastrophe and other disasters. 2. Clayton Morgareidge ... Read more

The Future of Policing

Airs at: Mon, 01/14/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick concludes his 3-part interview with author and activist Kristian Williams. Today they tackle the question of what the Left can do to prevent the police from joining with fascists to declare martial law and do what fascists do with those who resist. Can the poli... Read more