June 28 Old Mole Variety Hour

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Program::

Old Mole Variety Hour

Air date:

Mon, 06/28/2010 - 12:00am

The future of the Post Office, Capitalism, and Portland neighborhoods.

Denise Morris hosts this program about the future of the US Postal Service, whether capitalism has a future, building sustainable neighborhoods in Portland, and the lives of British working class women.

Event: Bushra Kaliq, General Secretary of the Pakistan Women's Workers Help Line, speaks on "War and Resistance in Pakistan" at PSU tonight (June 29). Here is more info.

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1. Jim Cook of the Letter Carriers Union talks with Bill Resnick about the decline of the US Postal Service, the possible end to Saturday deliveries, and how the Postal Service can meet the challenges.

2. Frann Michel reviews and comments on Mark Fisher's book Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?

3. Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews two early novels by Pat Barker about English working class women.

4. The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with Zaratha Young about Transition PDX and creating environmentally conscious communities in Portland