Old Mole Variety Hour January 28, 2013

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KBOO
Air date: 
Mon, 01/28/2013 - 12:00am
local energy, dangerous growth, government entrapment, boycotting testing

Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this episode featuring the music of the late Portland bluesman Paul deLay and segments on possibilites for local and democratic control of sustainable energy sources, the mistake of valuing economic "growth," the role of entrapment in the government's war on terrorism, and the brave solidarity of Seattle teachers boycotting standardized testing.

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Bill Resnick talks with John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance about energy.

Tom Becker reads from Dave Lindorff's "What's wrong with America?"

The Left and the Law: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the case of Mohamed Mohamud.

Alan Wieder discusses the boycott of a standardized test by the teachers at Garfield HS in Seattle.

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