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Healthcare Premiums up 35% July 1st

Airs at: Sun, 06/29/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Healthwatch

One year ago Regence Blue Cross raised rates by an average of 19%. This year's increase is a whopping 35% scheduled to take effect on July 1. Britta Duncan, co-chair of Jobs with Justice' Healthcare Committee and Secretary/Treasurer of ILWU Local 5 will join host Martha Odo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 30, 2008

Airs at: Sun, 06/29/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this program of interviews and reviews about civil rights, justice and injustice. Laurie interviews Ellen Schrecker about the assaults on academic freedom in the 1950s and how they compare with those of today. Bill Resnick talks with radical econom... Read more

Movie Moles: "Road to Guantanamo"

Airs at: Mon, 06/30/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Movie Moles Denise Morris and Laurie Mercier review Road to Guantanamo, the British docudrama that follows the story of three British citizens swept up by the military while traveling in Afghanistan and sent to Guantamo prison where they were held without charges for three ... Read more

McCarthyism Past & Present

Airs at: Sun, 06/29/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier interviews historian Ellen Schrecker. They compare the chilling effects of political repression on academic freedom in the 1950s and today, finding similarities and differences, both of which are disturbing. Schrecker is the author of THE AGE OF MCCARTHYI... Read more

We the People - Immigrant Detention - Part 2.

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2008 at 5:00pm

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We the People - Immigrant Detention - Part 1.

Airs at: Wed, 06/25/2008 at 5:00pm

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Remembering Utah Phillips

Airs at: Mon, 06/23/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Host Tom Becker reviews the life of labor activist and folk singer Utah Phillips and plays some of his songs. Read more

Tom Hayden and Elisabeth de la Vega - IMPEACH!!!

Airs at: Tue, 06/17/2008 at 5:00pm

Produced for: Locus Focus

Host Barbara Bernstein speaks with activist and author Tom Hayden. Hayden was a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society in 1961, and author of its visionary call, the Port Huron Statement, described by Howard Zinn as "one of those historic documents which r... Read more

We The People - Propaganda Pt 1

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2008 at 5:00pm

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We The People - Propaganda Pt 2

Airs at: Mon, 05/26/2008 at 5:00pm

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