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Old Mole Variety Hour for December 29, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2014 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken hosts this episode and we hear: In addition to music and spoken word pieces, Jan Haaken comments on the relationship between Kwanzaa's values and socialist struggle in Africa Bill Resnick talks Karen Connelly and Terra O'Neill about the progressive case... Read more

Sleep Dealer and Work Without Workers

Airs at: Mon, 12/29/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement reads from Jason Read's review of Sleep Dealer, which he wrote for The Portland Phoenix. Sleep Dealer is a recent sci-fi dystopia in Spanish about a near future where robots are operated from afar by desperate Mexican workers. Jason writes about how he got to... Read more

Inside Walmart

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Since 2003, Martha Sellers has worked at the Walmart store in Paramount, a working class suburb east of Los Angeles. She the lead Our Walmart organizer in her store, has been twice arrested in protests. Here she talks with Bill Resnick about Walmart’s responses to the pr... Read more

Border Patrol North of the Border

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Early in December, residents of Arivaca, Arizona marked the one-year anniversary of their campaign calling for the removal of the inland Border Patrol immigration checkpoints that have come to circle their small rural community. Residents held a 24-hour candlelit vigil a... Read more

Prosecuting Torturers

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

With the recent Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA and today's New York Times editorial calling for the prosecution of "anyone responsible for the torture of terrorism suspects," there is no longer any way to believe that the US uses torture only to protect A... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 22, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/22/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this show dealing with several struggles for freedom and respect against forces of repression and exploitation. To hear the whole show, click on the play button below. For individual segments, follow these links: 1. Walmart worker and organizer Martha Se... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/15/14

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/15/14

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/15/14

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Variety Hour December 15, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 12/15/2014 at 9:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which will include: Bill Resnick interviews Tom Athanasiou following his recent trip to Lima for the international climate change conference. They discuss important negotiations on climate change that could make progres... Read more