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Capitalism's Enduring Use for Borders

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Ivan Drury Zarin explains how borders serve to undermine worker solidarity under capitalism.  This talk was part of an event held last month by Solidarity on the Origins & Problems of the Anti-Migrant Panic. That panel discussion was the culmination of a reading and d... Read more

Left & the Law: Conspiracy Thinking & the Epstein Case

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Trumpism has always been animated by dark conspiracies about Democrats and "elites" and a belief in the divinely ordained power of Trump to expose and punish his enemies.  The failure to deliver on the much hyped promise to release documents associated with the Epstei... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 08/12/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
"Will the US Invade Mexico?" Pres. Trump has long harbored the notion of deploying US forces to attack the drug cartels in Mexico. The legal and other obstacles to doing so, including Mexico's strong opposition, seem to escape him. Is this another deliberate distraction ... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 08/07/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: Trump's tariff war moves into high gear; Putin Still Playing Trump; No Peace in Gaza; and more. Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 08/05/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
Israel and Genocide: Israel has violated several provisions of the 1948 Geneva Convention on Genocide, and should be held to account by the US and the international community. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 11, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Conspiracies, Fascism, and Borders in Capitalism: Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Left & the Law: Conspiracy Thinking & the Epstein Case:  Trumpism has always been animated by dark conspiracies about Democrats and "elites" and a belief ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 4, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jon Nelson hosts this episode, which focuses on becoming an organizer, and features these segments: Tim Norgren on The Thin Green Line (Part 2) Desiree Hellegers brings audio from a 2017 interview with climate justice activist and labor organizer Tim Norgren.  In Part... Read more

Global Citizen International Digest with Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Thu, 07/24/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News
In this episode: Nuclear weapon experts issue a declaration on prevention of nuclear war; Tuvalu becomes the first nation with a climate visa; the EU is accused of complicity in Israel's assault on Gaza; and other stories. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for July 28, 2025

Airs at: Mon, 07/28/2025 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On Monday's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:  Laurie Mercier interviews Paul Ortiz, professor of labor history at Cornell University and author of An African American and Latinx History of the US. They talk about Latinx activism since the Trump election and how anti-... Read more

The Global Citizen - Prof. Mel Gurtov

Airs at: Tue, 07/22/2025 at 5:15pm - 5:30pm
Produced for:  Evening News
The Gutting of America's Scientific Research Read more