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Old Mole Variety Hour September 30 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole that, in addition to a discussion about the Syrian civil war and other mid-east conflicts, converges on a theme of social democracy under attack and the political stakes in its being defunded. Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing a... Read more

Food Stamps and Class Politics

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads a short commentary about food stamps in terms of class warfare, and to that end as supporting the working-classes' capacity to organize and be organized to radical ends. Read more

WRR: Public Pensions vs. Public Education - a forced choice?

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red, this time focusing on pension-raiding under neoliberalism and the PERS system in Oregon, which Governor Kitzhaber has advocated cutting in order to make up for education cuts. In Frann's words: let's pit old people against young peo... Read more

Labor Radio on 8/26/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
We feature interviews from the city of Portland workers' solidarity rally on August 14, 2013 and we discuss the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More resources:NW Labor Press article on outsourcing at the City of PortlandBook review of the M... Read more

Well-read Red: Injustice In the Wage-System vs. Wage-System As Injustice

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red. She muses on the dire state of labor, and by the end focuses on the need to challenge not just injustice in the wage-system, but to decouple income from jobs and overthrow the wage-system as such. Read more

On the Phenomenon of BS Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement summarizes and otherwise reads from David Graeber's article "On the Phenomenon of BS Jobs". A more user-friendly version can be found at LibCom.com Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour Labor Day 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Kristin Swenson about lifestyle drugs and the neoliberal family.Joe summarizes and reads from David Graeber's "On The Phenomena of BS Jobs"Frann Michel brings us a Well-read Red about labor and... Read more

MAQUILA WORKERS IN NICARAGUA TRY TO FORM UNIONS

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Labor Radio
A MAQUILA WORKER IN NICARAGUA DESCRIBES THE FIGHT TO FORM A UNION. AS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS HAVE PROLIFERATED, MAQUILAS - PLANTS USED BY TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN ORDER TO PAY LESS IN WAGES TO WORKERS AND TAXES TO GOVERNMENTS - HAVE SPREAD ACROSS LATIN AMERICA, BRINGING... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 26 August 2013

Airs at: Tue, 08/27/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which addresses popular deceptions and misconceptions about Social Security, money in politics, safety and policing, and climate change.Bill Resnick talks with Max Richtman about Social SecurityClayton Morgareidge reads from an... Read more

Max Richtman on defending and extending Social Security

Airs at: Mon, 08/26/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare , who clarifies that Social Security is an earned benefit, and the program is not broke or breaking. The current program can continue paying full benefits for... Read more