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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 15, 2013

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Mon, 04/15/2013

Iven Hale hosts this edition of the Old Mole which discusses the political threats to Social Security, the Oregon prison system, a South African fighter against apartheid, and a new film about Jackie Robinson. Below are links to individual segments of the show. Or use the playbutton to hear the whole show including music.

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1. Author Eric Laursen talks with Bill Resnick about the political forces behind the attempts to cut Social Security.

54:55 minutes (31.43 MB)

Simple Steps for Starting Over

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Pathways

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Sun, 04/14/2013

Our guest this week on Pathways is Cheryl Maloney, author of the new book, Simple Steps for Starting Over.
Cheryl is an author, publisher and radio talk show host. She is the founder, publisher and editor of Simple Steps Real Change Magazine. Her last book, Simple Steps for Real Life is an Amazon.com #1 Bestseller. She is the author of Simple Steps... Real Change, the Book. Cheryl spent 25 years as an insurance professional, then left the corporate world when her company was acquired and her position replaced. Starting over again in her 50s, both professionally and financially, gave her the confidence and know-how to help other people experiencing significant change in their lives.

28:02 minutes (32.09 MB)

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Movie Moles: "42"

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 04/15/2013

"42" is the number Jackie Robinson wore playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African-American major league baseball player. And it's the name of the biopic movie now playing. Our Movie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss what the film reveals and doesn't reveal about the racism of the day (1947). Their thumbs are up for this one.

11:27 minutes (6.55 MB)

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Well-read Red: Lessons from Chris Hani

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 04/15/2013

Well-read Red Alan Wieder introduces and reads from Jay Naidoo's article about South African anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani. After helping win the battle against apartheid, Hani called for a "culture of service."

8:13 minutes (4.71 MB)

Left & The Law: Prisons, Politics, Money

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 04/15/2013

A recent article in Willamette Week praises the Oregon prison system, claiming the system is one of the best in the nation. Attorney Mike Snedeker debunks this claim as part of the lobbying effort of the prison-industrial complex to keep prisons funded in the face of declining crime rates. He talks here with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken.

11:18 minutes (6.47 MB)

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Social Security: The People's Pension

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Mon, 04/15/2013

Social Security, the life line of support for millions, is under attack these days, even from Democrats. Eric Laursen is the author of The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan. He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why the Right Wing is so opposed to Social Security -- and has been against it since the days of the New Deal.

18:46 minutes (10.74 MB)

Liaisons Dangereuses: Why the US-Israeli "Special Relationship" is the Real "Two-State Solution"

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Air Cascadia

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Mon, 04/15/2013

The Fall and Rise of Labour in the 21^st Century: if it has got to start somewhere, it might as well start everywhere. And every hand helps.

And every step counts.

The slightest move.

15:02 minutes (13.77 MB)

Scatter Their Own

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Tillicum Wawa

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Thu, 04/11/2013

Tillicum Wawa interviewed "Scatter Their Own," an Oglalla duet who walked in off the street having found out we had a Native program in Portland. Scatter Their Own are Scotti Cliff and Juliana Brown Eyes. They also have a cute Dachshund. We also discussed Idle No More with TJ Ravenwolf.

54:50 minutes (75.31 MB)

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Rootz Underground Interview

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Reggae - Caribbean

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Between Us

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Sun, 04/14/2013

Rootz Underground is all about uplifting people with their passion for reggae. And they couldn't have a better spokesman than bassist Colin Young. Don Merrill talked with Mr. Young about Rootz Underground, their love for their music and their concern for the Earth.

29:56 minutes (27.41 MB)

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New Directions for Labor (PDX Troublemakers School)

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Labor

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Labor Radio

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Sat, 04/13/2013

Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, a national organizing center and sponsor of Troublemakers' Schools throughout the country, speaks to the 200+ labor activists at Portland's TMS on April 13, 2013

17:06 minutes (23.49 MB)

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Beyond Bargaining: How Unions Can Fight for All Workers (Troublemakers School plenary)

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Labor

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Labor Radio

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Sat, 04/13/2013

Stephanie Luce, author of Fighting for a Living Wage, Joe Mizrahi, UFCW organizer in Seattle Paid Sick Days Campaign, Sarah Chambers, Chicago Teachers Union leader, Sindy Avila, HERE 8 organizer of immigrants, and Angela MacWhinnie of SEIU's We Are Oregon community organizing project speak at Labor Notes Troublemakers School plenary on April 13, 2013

64:40 minutes (88.8 MB)

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Education Fightback - Contract Campaigns that Win (Troublemakers School workshop)

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Education

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Labor Radio

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Sat, 04/13/2013

Union teachers from Chicago, Reynolds and Portland school districts explain how to wage a contract battle that involves teachers, parents, classified, students and the community and winning. Beginning with Sarah Chambers, a leader in the successful 2012 Chicago Teachers Union strike, followed by Evan Selby, Emily Crum, and Jesse Reschke, leaders of the Reynolds district 2012 strike, and ending with Gwen Sullivan, president of the Portland Association of Teachers, who may face a strike this fall.

54:16 minutes (74.52 MB)

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Homeless Bill of Rights Part II

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Right 2 Survive

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Wed, 03/13/2013

59:55 minutes (63.16 MB)

Ben Katchor and the Architecture of Comics

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Words and Pictures

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Thu, 04/11/2013

Ben Katchor, the first cartoonist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship grant, is also a writer, teacher, and performer of TED Talk recitations. His familiar-seeming yet skewed urban vignettes, such as Julius Knipl: Real Estate Photographer and The Cardboard Valise, have been appearing in magazines and alternative newspapers for over a quarter century. More recently, he's been collaborating with musician Mark Mulcahy on an absurdist musical play, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, and a comic-book opera, The Carbon Copy Building, both of which won Obie Awards. Seemingly unable to successfully arrive in Portland, Katchor joins host S.W. Conser on the phone from Seattle to discuss his latest book, Hand-Drying in America and Other Stories, a collection of architecture-related comics from Metropolis magazine.