Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Egypt, Wisconsin, Greece, Spain, and now Britain -- the increasingly ferocious protests are spreading.  What does it all mean?  Are they just looters, as many politicians and the mainstream press claim?  Or are they protesting in the only way they can to draw attention ... Read more

On the next Old Mole, Tom Becker hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Sam Pizzigati about how the rich do not invest like conservatives ideologues say that they will if only we give them tax breaks, and how we need to tax their wealth, not just their income. ... Read more

While many accuse the Tea Party of polarizing politics, Sam Pizzigati argues that the source is really economic inequality and the concentration of vast amounts of wealth. He talks about a few economic myths, like how the US is "broke" or that the rich are "job creators"... Read more

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick interview Sam Pizzigati about inequality Tom reads an article on Empire and Inequality Larry Bowlden reviews Sheila Kohler's "Love Child" Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Wendy Webb talk about "If A Tree... Read more

Tom reads Paul Street's counterpunch article "Empire and Inequality Win Again". Street argues that the "debt deal" and any more like it to come cripple our capacity to halt the right-ward shift in politics,  and that despite having "avoided" default the real and most sub... Read more

  On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick and Marty Hart Landsberg talk about the debt-ceiling and how it will affect working people. Joe and Josh Eidelson talk about economic democracy Frann Michel talks about austerity measures and... Read more

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 abou... Read more

Through-out the show we played clips from famous songs written by members of the Industrial Workers of the World who, as Utah Phillips liked to put it, stole the hymn songs because they were pretty and changed the words so they'd make more sense. In the end, our radic... Read more

Joe and Josh Eidelson discuss the nuts and bolts of the AT&T merger. Josh explains why we should have no illusions about AT&T being ideologically pro-union, but points out how opposition to the merger exclude industrial power from having a positive, responsible role i... Read more

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... Read more