September 20 Old Mole Variety Hour

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Program::

Old Mole Variety Hour

Air date:

Mon, 09/20/2010 - 12:00am

Israel and its Arabs, Orwell on Shooting an Elephant, protesting privatization in Portland.

Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program deals with Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens, how oppression drives the oppressor mad, a rally in Portland against the privatization of city jobs and services, and a novel by British writer Joanna Trollope.

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1. Middle East historian Lawrence Davidson talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the destruction of Arab homes in Israel and what occupation does to the occupiers.

2. Clayton Morgareidge reads excerpts from George Orwell's account of colonial policing, "Shooting an Elephant."

3. The rally and the issues: City of Portland worker and union member Wesley Buccholtz talks with Denise Morris about opposition to the privatization of city jobs.

4. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Joanna Trollope's novel Next of Kin.