Old Mole Variety Hour for March 9, 2009

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.  

2.  Who first proposed an International Women's Day?   Clara Zetkin, as Tom Becker reports.

3.  The Obama election and  administration rests on a new coalition of democractic and progressive folk, argues Linda Burnham in this conversation with Bill Resnick.

4.  Peggy Seeger: her  life (still active at 83) and music.