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GM's Bailout

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Bill Resnick Talks with Jane Slaughter, co-founder of Labor Notes a Workers Movement journal. Bill and Jane talk about the General Motors bailout, the new contracts that cut new employee wages literally in half, and the potential to create a green industry in mass-transit ... Read more

Positively Revolting on 11-19-10: Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men

Airs at: Fri, 11/19/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Continuing Positively Revolting's "The Spirit of Rebellion" series, this edition features guest features Mike Bonanno of the Yes Men! At the end of November, there is a week held aside for Carnivalesque Rebellion, which features Buy Nothing Day.  This is an international we... Read more

More Talk Radio on 11/22/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Nancy Altman about her recent article "10 Reasons the Fiscal Commission Social Security Proposals Should be DOA." She is the co-author with Eric Kingson. Nancy Altman has a thirty-year background in the areas of Social Secur... Read more

Abe tackles the Pope's reversal on condom use and the state of modern sexual politics

Airs at: Tue, 11/23/2010 at 12:00am
 With Joe away, Abe tackles the Pope's reversal on condom use and the state of modern sexual politics  In a stunning reversal of decades of dogma, Pope Benedict has declared that condoms can be used to control the transmission of HIV under certain circumstances. Specifical... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/18/10 - Mayor Adams New Gun Control Proposal

Airs at: Thu, 11/18/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
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More Talk Radio on 11/15/10

Airs at: Mon, 11/15/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, about building a stronger progressive labor movement by supporting immigrant workers and their rights. Kent Wong is director of the UCLA Center for Labor Resear... Read more

Do we live in a Democracy, Plutocracy, Fascist State, or something totally different?

Airs at: Tue, 11/16/2010 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris As the populist wave that swept President Obama into office gives way to Business as Usual, Americans are waking up to the realities of life in a Plutocracy. Both Frank Rich in the New York Times and Chris Hedges on Alternet reflect on th... Read more

Voices from the Edge on 11/11/10 - Susan Banyas and The Hillsboro Story

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
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Inside The Trial of Omar Khadr

Airs at: Thu, 11/11/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Interview with Dennis Edney, Khadr's Canadian attorney. Last week the tribunal at Guantanamo tried and convicted in a plea agreement Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was only fifteen years old when captured after a fire fight in Afghanistan. This was the first trial o... Read more

Organizing for a Free Society

Airs at: Mon, 11/08/2010 at 12:00am
 Bill talks about building a progressive movement with John Cronan of Organization for a Free Society. Their website details a manifesto and points of unity among diverse groups. Read more