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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 3, 2008

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War & Peace

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Sun, 03/02/2008

Hear the March 3 show, hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, all about peace, freedom from coercion and freedom to be oneself, by clicking on the arrow above. Or click on one of the segments below to hear it.

1. The desire for peace, in political action and song.

2. Bill Resnick interviews David Rogers of Partnership for Safety and Justice about more prisons and more prisoners.

3. Iraq Veterans Against the War tell their story, and the music of "Deep Peace" from Satori Men's Chorus.

52:39 minutes (24.11 MB)

Democratic Movements in the Middle East

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War & Peace

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/09/2008

We read little in the mainstream press about secular movements for democracy in places like Iraq, Pakistan, and Egypt, but they are there--led by workers, women, and others. Bill Resnick talks with anthropologist Kamran Ali who identifies some of these democratic forces and how they have been stymied by US-supported dictators. Ali teaches at the University of Texas and is on the editorial board of Middle East Reports.

21:10 minutes (9.7 MB)

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Do Muslim Women Need "Saving"?

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Womens issues

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/09/2008

Today's Well-Read Red Frann Michel reviews the idea that "the war on terrorism" is a way to "save" women of the Middle East. You can read this review and find links to more information here.

7:35 minutes (3.48 MB)

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Can Democracy Survive War?

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War & Peace

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/09/2008

Can democracy survive an open-ended, borderless war against an abstraction ("terrorism")?

10:47 minutes (4.94 MB)

Portland Activists at Work

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War & Peace

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/09/2008

Bill Resnick talks with three members of Food Not Bombs, a world-wide organization that provides free food to the hungry and the foot-loose. He also talks with two people from the Iraq Body Count Project whose 125,000 flags are flying near Portland State, each flag representing 5 Iraqis who have died in the war.

12:14 minutes (5.6 MB)

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 10, 2008

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War & Peace

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/09/2008

This program, hosted by Clayton Morgareidge is about War, Peace, and Democracy. Hear it in its entirety by clicking on the arrow above. Or you can hear individual pieces by clicking on them below:

1. Bill Resnick and Kamran Ali discuss democratic movements in the middle east that go unreported in the US.

2. The Well-read Red: Frann Michel comments on the idea that the West must "save" Muslim women.

3. Clayton Morgareidge asks whether democracy can survive inside a nation devoted to endless, limitless war.

56:11 minutes (25.72 MB)

Economic Meltdown?

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Alternative economics

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/16/2008

The economy seems to be melting down--but it has nothing to do with the production of goods and services, only with high finance. This crisis is brought to you by business men who refuse to trust other busness men--because the all know they're all lying. This from Bill Black, formerly a Federal bank examiner and now a writer on business and finance. He talks with Bill Resnick in this illuminating interview. Black is the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.

18:52 minutes (8.64 MB)

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"Primary": The Movie

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/16/2008

Denise Morris digs out a 1960 documentary film about the Wisconsin primary between Hubert Humphrey and John F. Kennedy and discusses how it changed the way we think of political campaigning. It's called Primary, and you can find it at the Multnomah County Library.

8:40 minutes (3.97 MB)

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Politics & Sex: Spitzer in the Media

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/16/2008

A round-table discussion with Jan Haaken, Denise Morris and Bill Resnick in which they analyze and debate the hysterical media treatment of the Spitzer sex scandal and others like it. Why this "perpetual surprise," these recurring "outbreaks of political virginity"?

14:53 minutes (6.82 MB)

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Old Mole Variety Hour for March 17, 2008

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Old Mole Variety Hour

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Sun, 03/16/2008

You can hear this program, hosted by Bill Resnick, in its entirety by clicking on the arrow above. Or you can go to any segment by clicking on its link below.

1. Bill Resnick talks with Bill Black as Black throws light on the world of finance capital as it faces economic meltdown with disastrous consequences for us all.

2. What were primary elections like 50 years ago? Denise Morris reviews a path-breaking documentary film of 1960 featuring JFK and Hubert Humphrey.