The bank robbers are at it again!  President Obama has hired the same foxes to guard the financial hen house.  Bill Black, a former bank regulator, and author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry, talks with Bill Resnick about the current banking crisis.  

Read a recent article by Black here.

In honor of International Women's Day, Tom Becker  reports on the life and times of Clara  Zetkin, perhaps the world's first socialist feminist.   

The Obama presidency is opening up significant new political space for  the left, says Linda Burnham, co-founder and former executive director of the Women of Color Resource Center.

Here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what progressives can do in this new climate.   Read her Znet article on this topic here.  

Peggy Seeger was the first folk musician to sing from a feminist political perspective.  Bill Resnick talks with musicologist Brad Duncan about her life and times.   

Is the Obama  presidency more  of the "same old, same old"?  Or does it offer new political horizons for progressives?  This program looks at the new administration from several perspectives.  In honor of International Women's Day, we learn about Clara Zetkin, founder of this commemoration, and Peggy Seeger who brought a left feminist politics to folk music.  To hear the whole show, click on the arrow above. To hear individual pieces, follow their links below:

1.  The foxes are still in charge of the financial henhouse, says Bill Black, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.