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Studs Turkel: racism and resilience in Montgomery 1965

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
This is the second installment* in Alan Weider's ongoing project to remember and revive the work of Studs Turkel. In March of 1965, Studs went to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. There he would talk with locals about their personal feelings and what they hear others s... Read more

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

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

Movie Moles: Selma

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am
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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 Oyelo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for February 2, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2015 at 12:00am
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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 Montgome... 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 ne... 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
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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,... Read more

Joe Clement reads Anarchist Poetry by Julian Beck

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement reads "Revolution and Counterrevolution" by Julian Beck, from  Visions of Poesy: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Anarchist Poetry. Read more

Left and the Law: Preemptive Laws on Wages and Housing

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am
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Johanna Brenner joins Mike Snedecker to discuss Oregon's state laws that preempt cities or other localities from raising the minimum wage or passing inclusive zoning laws that would require developers to provide affordable housing. Those interested in raising the minimum... Read more

Health Care for All Oregon: Organizing for Change

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel talks with volunteer activist Hyung Nam of Health Care for All Oregon about health care as a human right,  what's wrong with the Affordable Care Act, why we need single payer (Medicare for all), and the rally coming up February 11 in Salem.  Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Juan Carlos Ordonez of the Oregon Center for Public Policy on income inequality in Oregon. Desiree Hellegers interviews Jarvis Capucion, with Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (acronym SHARE) about their campaign Occupy CEHKC (the Committee to ... Read more