Economy

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WRR: Public Pensions vs. Public Education - a forced choice?

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red, this time focusing on pension-raiding under neoliberalism and the PERS system in Oregon, which Governor Kitzhaber has advocated cutting in order to make up for education cuts. In Frann's words: let's pit old people against young peo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 23 September 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this show, which features Bill Resnick talking with Barbara Harvey about the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement to end the Israeli occupation of PalestineMovie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discussing the documentary Free Angela and All Political P... Read more

Radical Musicology: Brad Duncan on three songs about economics

Airs at: Mon, 09/23/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with radical musicologist Brad Duncan about three songs he selected for the 9/23/13 Old Mole Variety Hour:The Mekons' post-punk response to neoliberalism, TINA (There is no alternative)James Talley's country plaint about economic hard times, Are they going... Read more

US "humanitarian" Interventions since the Cold War

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale reads from Al-Jazeera a summary of US interventions since the end of the Cold War.  Read more

Humanitarian Intervention: the human rights gift that keeps on giving to US Imperialism

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads "Humanitarian Intervention - the human rights gift that keeps on giving to US Imperialism" by Ajamu Baraka. Read more

Ricardo Ainslee: the fight for Juarez

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Ricardo Ainslee about his new book, "The Fight to Save Juarez: life in the heart of Mexico's drug war". They discuss the contents of the book, which focuses on the city of Juarez in the state of Chihuahua.  Ricardo elaborates the local politics of the ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 9 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/09/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Jim Wallis about progressive developments in ChristianityJan Haaken talks with Ricardo Ainslee about the Drug War in MexicoTom Becker reads a Black Agenda Report article about humanitarian invervention in Syr... Read more

Well-read Red: Injustice In the Wage-System vs. Wage-System As Injustice

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red. She muses on the dire state of labor, and by the end focuses on the need to challenge not just injustice in the wage-system, but to decouple income from jobs and overthrow the wage-system as such. Read more

On the Phenomenon of BS Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement summarizes and otherwise reads from David Graeber's article "On the Phenomenon of BS Jobs". A more user-friendly version can be found at LibCom.com Read more

Lifestyle Drugs and the Neoliberal Family

Airs at: Mon, 09/02/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Kristen Swenson about prescription drugs that target mental and other ailments, but reduce our understanding of them to mere chemical imbalances. They tackle the fact that people actually suffer, but that sometimes these drugs are pushed in a way tha... Read more