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Joe Clement hosts this special Earth Day Old Mole and we hear:Joe talks with Jeff Shantz, author of the book "Green Syndicalism: an alternative red/green vision". They discuss the need for alliances between radical environmentalists and revolutionary unionists, the need ... Read more

Bill Resnick comments on the recent events in Boston and the dangers of the rightist narrative that justifies further spending on police. Read more

On this special Earth Day Old Mole Variety Hour, Joe Clement hosts, and we hear- Joe talks with Jeff Shantz about Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision- Bill Resnick talks with Robert Dietz about Advancing a Steady State Economy- Tom Becker reads from Dav... Read more

Joe Clement talks with Jeff Shantz about his book, Green Syndicalism: An Alternative Red / Green Vision. They discuss Shantz's history working for Greenpeace as the organization shifted from direct action to canvassing and lobbying, and the connections he made as an expl... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Robert Dietz, co-author with Dan O'Neill of Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources. Most people know the earth is on the wrong track—but how to change? Dietz proposes sharing work, guaranteed jobs (as in th... Read more

Tom Becker reads from David Graeber's "Work it Out, Slow it Down," exerpted from his Practical Utopians Guide to the Coming Collapse, on the dangers of overproduction and the need to respond differently to economic and environmental crisis. Read more

Joe Clement reads from Matt Breunig's blog on why we should just give everyone food stamps. In the latter half, he comments on how giving food stamps to everyone can bring us closer to a basic income, administratively and culturally. Reference to otherwise unexplained na... Read more

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Iven Hale hosts this episode and we hear:Movie Moles review the new Jackie Robinson biopic, 42. For those too young to remember, Robinson was a pioneering black baseball player for the Dogers, a member of the Republican Party, and collaborater with HUAC in the 1950s.Well... Read more

Social Security, the life line of support for millions, is under attack these days, even from Democrats.  Eric Laursen is the author of The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why th... Read more