Legislation

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Abe surveys the economic, social and political wreckage of the new age of austerity

Airs at: Tue, 08/23/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is still on vacation.   The current austerity fetish was never a good idea, and now we know it's bad politics, too. The austerity kick in Washington is exactly the wrong thing at the wrong time. At a time of enormous economic duress, ... Read more

Host Roberta Hall speaks with Dr. Vern Saboe about Oregon Medicare, Part 2.

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Roberta Hall speaks with Dr. Vern Saboe, Part 2. Vern Saboe is a chiropractor in Albany, Oregon, and he was one of 44 members of the Oregon Transformation Team that developed the framework for a reorganization of Oregon's Medicaid --- and he was the only complementary ... Read more

UK Rising

Airs at: Wed, 08/17/2011 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Circle A Radio
  We talk with Zita Holburne from BARAC - Black Activists Rising Against Cuts - in the UK. You'll also hear from anti-fascist organizer Weymann Bennett and family members of people who have died in police custody in Britain, organizing for justice and police accountability... Read more

Here's an idea, Mr. President: try governing the way you campaigned.

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
 Hosted by Abe Proctor   What's a progressive to do these days? A federal court has declared the "individual mandate" provision of the health care bill to be unconstitutional, making it nearly inevitable that the case will find its way to the Supreme Court. Hmm, what sort... Read more

We discuss The Debt Ceiling Debacle and a recent Advance in Women's Health Legislation

Airs at: Tue, 08/09/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Proctor.  Joe Uris is on Summer Vacation. Even in these days of shadow, we manage somehow to lurch toward enlightenment. Amid the unfolding debt debacle -- and the first-ever downgrade of U.S. credit -- the Dept. of Health and Human Services announced that al... Read more

Voices from the Edge 07-28-11 US DOJ investigation into police practices and policies

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
How seriously will the Feds look at police practices? The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is beginning an investigation into the policies and practices of the Portland Police Bureau to determine whether officers routinely use excessive force to violate Por... Read more

Abe dicusses the latest in the debt ceiling debacle... Farewell, American democracy. We hardly knew ye...

Airs at: Tue, 08/02/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Abe Procctor.  Joe Uris is on vacation for the summer.   The triumph of the ruling class is at hand. With a vote in Washington looming, the America in which we have all grown up is primed for sacrifice on the altar of tax cuts and deficit reduction. Congressional R... Read more

Well Read Red: structural adjustments come to the USA

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann takes on the idea that the United States is broke, reminds us of the ramification of the kind of spending-cuts being demanded in Washington, and the sort of demands we should be making for the massive wealth held by the ruling class. She suggests that resistance to... Read more

Marty Hart Landsberg on the "debt problem"

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Dr. Hart-Landsberg straight-forwardly explains the stakes of the federal government defaulting, the history of dealing with the debt-ceiling and how the whole issue is being used to further an ideological agenda that, he says, has been destructive of interests of the maj... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 1st

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts today's show and we hear: Bill Talks With Marty Hart-Landsberg about the debt-ceiling and the working-class. Joe talks with Josh Eidelson about the AT&T merger and why industrial labor power matters. Well Read Red, Frann Michel, talks about ... Read more