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Failings of the Energy Bill

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
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    The energy bill just passed by the House of Representatives puts the future energy policy of the US in exactly the wrong hands.  Bill Resnick explains why.   Read more

Gangs in History and Film

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
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  Tom Becker (pictured here) is our host as we hear about the history of gangs, the movie version of John Dillinger (Public Enemies), the political agitation that founded the US of A,  and the power grab built into the House-passed energy bill.  Tom also plays selections... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/29/09

Airs at: Mon, 06/29/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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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... Read more

The New Sexual Politics: Equality or Conformity?

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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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... Read more

Economics to Save the Planet

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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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... Read more

Gender and Revolution: Sexual Politics in Iran and the US

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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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... Read more

Revolutionary Iranian Women

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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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... Read more

Private v. Public Health Insurance

Airs at: Sun, 06/28/2009 at 5:00pm
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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... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/22/09

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2009 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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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?   Read more

Supreme Court: No Right to DNA Tests

Airs at: Sun, 06/21/2009 at 5:00pm
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 By a split decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that there is no constitutional right to have a conviction reviewed on the basis of DNA evidence.  Civil Rights attorney Mike Snedeker explains the impact of the decision in this conversation with the Old Mole's Jan Ha... Read more