Steven Hill, in a conversation with Bill Resnick, demolishes the myth of Europe as sclerotic and failing; it is a dynamic society responding better than the US to global warming and challenging economic times.

 The "Dream Act" is  a bill that would offer undocumented  youth a path to citizenship based on two years of college or two years  of military service.  In this conversation with the Old Mole's Denise Morris, Brian Galaviz, a Chicago organizer, explains why the current proposal really amounts to nothing more than a recruiting tool for the military.   He is one of the authors of a petition opposing the military option in the act, which you can sign here.   For more on this issue, see

 Is the ongoing crisis in the economy offering us an opportunity to reverse the capitalist reconstruction of our souls?

 How does music work as a form of organizing?  What's the difference between protest songs sung by a musician from the stage and a song everyone sings together?  Josh Wise, director of the Twin Cities Labor Chorus, discusses the music heard on this program (all of which is collected in this audio segment) and which he selected.   Host Joe Clement conducts the interview.