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Questions about the Orlando Shooter

Airs at: Wed, 06/15/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
  Today on Flashpoints: Why is the Orlando shooter branded as a Muslim instead of a homophobe? Also, Professor Vijay Prashad talks about the confused declarations of support by the shooter: which group did he really support: Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, or the Islamic State: could... Read more

Century Of Lies for June 12 2016

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2016 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction releases its annual European Drug Report; we listen in on the Oregon Liquor Control Commission as it decides on rules for legal adult social use marijuana; and we talk about Booze Culture. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 13

Airs at: Mon, 06/13/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Pete Dolack about his new book, It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment. The book analyzes the history of attempts to transcend capitalism, not only the Soviet Union but also the failed German revolution, the Sandinista Revolution ... Read more

Do We Really Need Assault Weapons?

Airs at: Tue, 06/14/2016 at 8:00am - 9:00am
  Joe Uris had planned to discuss the future of the TPP trade agreement. In response to the massacre in Orlando, he has changed today's topic to the issues of guns, hate and violence.   Read more

Haiti Election Results Annulled

Airs at: Fri, 06/10/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: we devote the entire program to the situation in Haiti where an independent commission and election council have decided to annul the last elections there due to massive fraud. We'll talk to numerous political analysts, including folks from the Hait... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for June 6, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features music by Charlie Musselwhite and segments on global trade, psychological survival in the occupied territories, and debates about how to teach about climate change.   Bill Resnick interviews Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch ab... Read more

Psychology, Trauma, Palestine/Israel

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Judy Roth, an activist with Psychologists for Social Responsibility, about her work with Israeli and Palestinian trauma victims and the Born Equal Task Force.   Photo by Hamde Abu Rahma: A schoolgirl, a ladder, a wall Read more

Global Trade in the Election year

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Following the recent release of a report from the US International Trade Commission Concerning the Likely Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, Bill Resnick talks with Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch about why US trade policy has become a central ... Read more

Tariq Ali on Rage, Rebellion, Organizing Our Power

Airs at: Tue, 06/07/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
  Stage and Studio is off today. Instead we hear a program from the recent 2016 Left Forum Rage, Rebellion, Organizing Our Power was the theme of the 2016 Left Forum held in New York City. Tariq Ali, British Pakistani writer, journalist, and filmmaker addressed the confer... Read more

Trade Policy in the Presidential Election, Israeli and Palestinian Trauma Victims and PPS Bans Climate Change Denial Texts

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick interviews Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch on why US trade policy has become a central issue for both parties. Jan Haaken talks with Judy Roth, an activist with Psychologists for Social Responsibility on her work with Israeli and Palestinian trauma victim... Read more