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Stopping the Kalama Refinery

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, a senior engineer with Columbia Riverkeeper, talks with Laurie Mercier about the proposal for the world's largest methanol refinery, scheduled for the port of Kalama, Washington,  and about strategies for resistance.  The public comment period l... Read more

Activist Calendar for the Novice

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan share comments from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and discuss being a newcomer to activism, why rallies are to movements as sex is to couples, and some activist events for the coming week. These include a rally on Thursday Feb 2, at 1pm, at City Ha... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 30, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Thom Becker hosts this episode, and mentions the news that the woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till's lynching has admitted to lying. We also hear these segments: On the ACLU-Oregon Response to Trump's Anti-Immigration Order On California's Response to Trump's En... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/30/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  An interview with Mat dos Santos, legal director of the ACLU of Oregon about challenges facing immigrants under the Trump regime.    An interview with Erica Etelson of California's Local Clean Energy Alliance about her state's resistance to Trump's energy policies.  ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 23, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: A first-hand report on the Women's March in Washington The politics of Obama's commutations, including that of Chelsea Manning The value and necessity of the utopian imagination The opportunities for the enviornmental movement to... Read more

Reportback From Women's March in Washington DC

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Nancy Holmstrom about the January 21st. They talk about why she went to the march, rather than stay home. She relates what she saw and heard from people there. They talk about the context of the march, the historic numbers, and the political poten... Read more

Left and the Law: Obama Commutations

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about Obama's commuting of the sentences of political prisoners Chelsey Manning and Oscar Lopez Rivera this week, as well as commutations of other high-profile prisoners. Read more

Utopia: the right to dream

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Clayton Morgareidge introduces and reads from Ruth Potts's piece "Utopia: The Right to Dream".  It appears in the latest issue of Red Pepper Magazine which is devoted to the topic Utopia Now: Where to Find Hope. Read more

Could Trumpism Help Environmentalism?

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick argues that Trump's takeover of the White House could have unintended consequences that advance the cause of slowing down climate change. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for January 23, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 01/23/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick hosts this show and we hear: Bill talks with Linda Holstrom about the January 21st women's march in Washington D.C. The Left and the law talk about the politics of Obama's commutations, including that of Chelsea Manning Clayton Morgareidges offers a readi... Read more