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WRR: Trans-Pacific Partnership

For the Old Mole Variety Hour,  October 1, 2012 Oppose the TPP: http://stopthetrap.net/ http://www.publicknowledge.org/Tell-White-House-Ensure-OpennessTPP-IP-Chapter   With the Presidential debates coming up, there are a few things we can remember are not going to be discus... Read more

If Sharks Were Men...

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
After an amusing reading of Bertolt Brecht's short-story "If Sharks Were Men", Joe Clement comments on the unfortunately enduring message it imparts about class-exploitation and imperial war. The original video from which the audio has been used can be found here. Read more

Michael Zweig: US Labor Against The War

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Laurie Mercier talks with Michael Zweig about US Labor Against The War, a reform-coalition of hundreds of unions, central labor councils and state federations who are united in opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are organizing  workers to put pressure on t... Read more

Consumer Rage: this is your labor movement under capitalism

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads "Consumer Rage: this is your labor movement under capitalism", an essay from PruningShears.us by MadTownAnnie. They criticize the appeal to lost consumer value made by those critical of the NFL's recent dispute with and lockout of its referees over retirem... Read more

Well-read Red: Trans-Pacific Partnership

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red, Frann Michel, points out that there are a lot of things that won't get discussed in the presidential debates because both of the major candidates actually agree on them. After a litany of silent pacts, including Iran, campaign contributions, ignoring global w... Read more

Peter Rachleff, labor historian, on NFL Referee Lockout

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Peter Rachleff discuss the NFL referee lockout and dispute over pensions vs. 401K. Peter explains the difference between pensions and 401K plans, the missed opportunity to speak out the working-class, connecting workplace with consumer-activism.   Peter Rac... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 1st 2012

Airs at: Mon, 10/01/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts today's Old Mole and we hear about the NFL referee lockout, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and organizing the working-class against imperial war.   Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Peter Rachleff about the NFL referee lockout. Frann Mic... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 24 September 2012

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode and reads a selection from the work of Chris Hedges about the implications of environmental and economic collapse. Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau of Why Hunger? about how neoliberalism contributes to hunger and organic agric... Read more

Global Collapse, American Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from an essay on the collapse of the environment and economy by Chris Hedges, Why the Revolution must Start in America. Read more

Hunger and Agroecology

Airs at: Mon, 09/24/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator for the Global Movements Program of Why Hunger?. They discuss how the problem of hunger is affected by long-standing issues of commodity speculation, demand for biofuels, so-called fre... Read more