1930s era gangster John Dillinger (pictured here) is played by Johnny Depp in
the new film Public Enemies. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel give
us their nuanced review of the political and moral issues this blockbuster
raises.
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Host Denise Morris talks with Catherine Sameh about the resistance of women
in Iran. Laurie Mercier reviews the history of health care reform, and
Bill Resnick interviews Robin Hahnel, professor of economics at Portland
State University, about the economics of the env...
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How have women fared in revolutionary Iran, and what is their role in the
current upheavals there? Is the movement for gay marriage going to make
gays and lesbians conform to traditional family values? What will it take
to make our health care system, corrupted by pro...
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Economist Robin Hahnel lucidly explains what has to be done rescue the
planet from environmental catastrophe -- and how much of it can, and
cannot, be done within capitalism. Professor of Economics at Portland State
University, he is best known for his work on partici...
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Catherine Sameh is studying women in Iran, resistance movements and
feminism, and she has an eye-opening account of the condition and role
of women in Iran before and after the Revolution of 1979 and what it means
for Iranian women today. She is interviewed here by th...
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Health, Money and Fear is the name of a video by Dr. Paul Hochfeld, an ER
physician in Corvallis and a member of Physicians for a National Health Care
Program (PHNP). In this interview with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier, he
discusses the human and economic costs of ou...
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Is the fight for gay marriage the path to a queer conservatism? The Old
Mole's Frann Michel makes the case for the revolutionary program of the LGBT
movement: to get beyond "the laws and the ideologically dominant conventions
around sexuality and family relations" (i.e...
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On this program, hosted by Frann Michel, the Moles discuss
The Supreme Court ruling that convicted inmates have no right to an
appeal based on DNA tests.
The new movie about the food we eat, Food, Inc.
Is economic recovery underway?
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Bill Resnick reviews and comments on the crisis in Iran brought on by the
election, and assesses the response of the international community
including the Obama administration.
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Are "green shoots" sprouting in the rubble of our economy? Economist
Gerald Friedman talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the underlying
problems with the US economy and the radical measures needed to fix it.
Friedman teaches at the University of Massachussett...
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