Environment/Climate

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Old Mole Variety Hour September 12th

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear:   Bill Resnick speaks with John Farrell about decentralized energy production. Clayton Morgareidge reads Doug Hendwood's essay "Headless Chickens" Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review "On The Waterfront". ... Read more

Democratic Energy Production

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and John Farrell talk about the importance of decentralization to realizing the potential and sustainability of alternative energy sources like wind and solar. Read more

An American in Japan: Current conditions in Fukushima

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with Steven Thompson, an American living in Japan, who is working on issues related to the radiation coming from the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant. Thompson recently visited the area surrounding Fukushima. He will talk about current conditions... Read more

The Shock Decade: Abe and Joe look at the 10 years of post-Sept. 11 chaos and exploitation.

Airs at: Tue, 09/13/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris The Shock Doctrine: Author Naomi Klein's explanation of capitalism's use of disasters -- and the numb shock that accompanies them -- to carry out radical "free market" revisions. From Afghanistan to Iraq, from Guantanamo to the PATRIOT Ac... Read more

Political Perspectives on 09/07/11

Airs at: Wed, 09/07/2011 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
"Unless you change how money works, you change nothing. We live in an infinite growth economy, in other words -- a ponzi scheme. Infinite growth on a finite planet is not possible. Those species who cannot get out of their paradigm are doomed to go extinct. Can we disengage... Read more

The End Of Growth - An Interview with Richard Heinberg

Airs at: Mon, 09/12/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Conventional economic theory flies in the face of ecological reality. How can a global economy premised on perpetual growth survive in a closed system, which is our planet earth? On this episode of Locus Focus, we talk with Richard Heinberg, author of a new book, The End... Read more

Would you be content with just $10 million? How about a wealth cap!

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
 Theresa Mitchell with the news you're not supposed to know takes a deeper look at the nuclear crisis at Fukishima. Radioactive steam from cracks under the ground are suggesting major earthquake damage. The molten core is still fissioning--getting hotter--suggesting a "Chin... Read more

Joe talks about Labor, the History of Labor, and the Decimation of Labor today.

Airs at: Tue, 09/06/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Joe Uris.  Abe Proctor is off this week. Joe talks about Labor History in the United States, and the State of Labor today. ...And...  For your listening pleasure... ...And...  For your Reading Pleasure...       Read more

Building a Working-Class Environmental Movement

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Daniel Randall, a supporter of the Workers Climate Action Network and a writer for the journal "Solidarity" in England, talks with Bill Resnick about how the environment (and not just jobs or wages) is a working-class issue. Daniel starts out by offering a few examples of w... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Labor Day 2011

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this labor day special and we hear:   Bill Resnick Morristalks with Daniel Randall about building an independent working-class environmental movement. Joe comments on paid and unpaid work. The Left and the Law tackle the "West Memphis Three".... Read more