Economy

Jill Stein explores bid for Presidency 2016

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: News In Depth

Jill Stein, who ran for President on the Green party ticket in 2012, is considering running again. Stein, of the Green Party USA, announced Friday that she is forming an exploratory committee to look into a bid for the presidency in 2016. She granted KBOO an exclusive interv... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 26, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am

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Iven Hale hosts this episode of the Old Mole, with segments on Greek elections, the campaign for single-payer health care in Oregon, anarchist poetry, and challenging state legal preemptions of local attempts to raise the minimum wage or demand affordable housing in new d... Read more

Bill Resnick with Leo Pantich on electoral vistory of Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the electoral victory in Greece of the anti-austerity party Syriza. Although they will likely fulfill their promises to restore health care, to reinstate collective bargaining and workers’ basic rights, to raise the minimum wage, an... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Due to technical difficulties, there will not be a "whole show" file until parts can be re-recorded. You can still listen to individual segments below. Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Alan Weider's second documentary on Studs Turkel, this time following him to Montgomery... Read more

Movie Moles: Selma

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement and Iven Hale review Selma, the widely acclaimed biopic about Martin Luther King Jr. and the Selma to Montgomery marches he helped organize in 1965, which aimed to draw attention to racial domination still alive after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. David Oyelowo ... Read more

Bill Resnick & Diane Elliot: living paycheck to paycheck in 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Diane Elliot of the Pew Charitable Trust about the 57% of Americans who live paycheck to paycheck, either in poverty or one "misforture" away from it. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this episode, with the music of Phil Ochs, and segments on Charlie Hebdo, the Greek left, Teach for America, Studs Terkel, Property and the police state. Find us on Facebook or Twitter, and friend or follow us for updates and other stuff we like to share... Read more

SYRIZA resistance to Greek Austerity

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick reads from and comments on Andrew Burgin's essay Why we must support a SYRIZA government in Greece on the likelihood that the Greek left will win the upcoming election there and ignite the movement to end Europe's austerity policy. [image from left unity] Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 5, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel hosts the first Mole of the new year, which looks back to past activism and forward to new movements and continued struggle. To hear the whole show, click on the play button below. For individual segments, follow these links: Bill Resnick talks with Ala... Read more

Pinkney Imprisoned for Fighting Corporate Power in Michigan

Airs at: Mon, 01/05/2015 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris reads selections from Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned for Fighting the Whirlpool Corporation, one of a number of articles on the subject from Truthout. (Whirlpool image by ShutInc). Read more