Economy

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Consumerism And the 9 to 5 Job

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
"The culture of the eight-hour workday is big business’ most powerful tool for keeping people in this same dissatisfied state where the answer to every problem is to buy something," according to David Cain's blog post.  Clayton Morgareidge reads and adds further commenta... Read more

Drug War Capitlaism

Airs at: Mon, 11/24/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The US war on drugs in Mexico and Columbia are more about militarizing the country side and controlling land and workers. It takes a huge toll on the poor and the peasantry, but makes lots of money for gangsters, including transnational companies, local landowners, and t... Read more

Volunteers of America Feature

Airs at: Thu, 11/20/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
There is a jewel buried amongst the businesses and warehouses of SE Portland. Volunteers of America Oregon operates a facility that helps women rise out of addiction into a better life and helps moms improve life for their kids. This is not your parent's VOA. These d... Read more

Tampa activists block Israeli boat in protest

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
A coalition of peace activists blockaded an Israeli ship in Tampa this weekend, including a direct action by Dezeray Lyn, who locked her neck to a parked car with a u-lock. The action in Tampa is the latest in a series of protests known as ‘Block the Boat’. Groups have ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 3, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear: BIll Resnick talk with Patrick Mazza about how capitalism still haunts Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything: capitalism vs. the climate" Iven Hale reads a story about a client failed by the mental healthcare system... Read more

Karl Marx, the Iroquois People, and Possibilities for a Free Society

Airs at: Tue, 11/04/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In the last years of his life, Karl Marx returned to the themes of his early writings: the possibility of a society beyond private property and alienation, inspired by what he read about the Iroquois in the work of anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan. Clayton Morgareidge r... Read more

Critical Discussion of Naomi Klein's "This Changes Everything: capitalism vs. the climate"

Airs at: Mon, 11/03/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick and Patrick Mazza discuss Naomi Klein's promising new book about capitalism and the environment, "This Changes Everything: captalsism vs. the climate". They consider the books merits, but also how it does not adequately deal with the challenges it raises aga... Read more

Author Interview: Ben Parzybok & Sherwood Nation

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2014 at 12:00am
Following Larry’s review of his novel, Ben Parzybok joins Norm Diamond to discuss themes of social transformation and leadership raised by his Portland-based SHERWOOD NATION. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 27, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 10/27/2014 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond hosts this episode and we hear: Kaia Sand joins Norm to talk about the Watcher Files Project Bill Resnick talks with Margaret Jordan of the Richmond Progressive Alliance [Due to technical issues, this interview will not be immediately available as a s... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 20, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 10/20/2014 at 12:00am
Bill Resnick hosts this episode, which features discussions of the movie Gone Girl, making elections more democratic, the ebola crisis, and raising the minimum wage, as well as the music of Ry Cooder.   Jan Haaken talks with Mimi Shippers about feminist debates about the m... Read more