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Old Mole Variety Hour February 20th 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes    Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone continue their interview on fascism and Trumpism. In the second part today they discuss how Trump and our warrior politicians and forces can manufacture a threat to thi... Read more

Respect State Marijuana Laws

Airs at: Sun, 02/12/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  This week, we talk with Jodi James, Executive Director of the Florida Cannabis Action Network, about implementation of medical marijuana in Florida and the legislature's attempts to hobble that program before it gets off the ground, and we hear from Representative Dana R... Read more

#DoSomething

Airs at: Sun, 02/19/2017 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
  This week we speak with Kymone Freeman, who's an activist, playwright, and founder of We Act Radio, about marijuana legalization and political protest; plus we hear from Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) about the formation of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus. We Act ... Read more

PSJ 2017 Lobby Day

Airs at: Mon, 02/27/2017 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James interviews Shannon Wight, Deputy Director for Partnership for Safety & Justice, about PSJ’s Lobby Day on April 3, 2017 in Salem, Oregon.  Help families stay together so children can be with their parents as they achieve accountability through supervision, ser... Read more

"Quanice Hayes.....Say his name!"

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
  On Thursday February 9th police shot and killed 17 year old Quanice Hayes.  They claim he matched the description of a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred hours before.  Police also say that they recovered a replica hand gun near Quanice.  Other details have been w... Read more

Veterans for Peace Radio

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2017 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  An update of the Trump administration: the departure of Flynn and the withdrawal of Puzder. Then black history month clips from Muhammed Ali, William Harbour a freedom rider, Marion Barry and Olla Hudson a civil rights icon. Read more

Positively Revolting discusses ICE and Destabilization of Immigrant Communities

Airs at: Fri, 02/17/2017 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Four weeks into the new regime there is no doubt that immigrant communities are under attack. It was just a week after coming to power that they implemented the unconstitutional, inhumane, and poorly planned "travel ban".   This administration is promoting fear and bigotry... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for February 13, 2017

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this short, membership-drive edition of the Old Mole, and we hear... • Larry Bowlden reviews Nella Larsen’s 1928 novel from the Harlem Renaissance, Quicksand; • Bill Resnick and historian Bill Smaldone look for lessons about Trump in the rise ... Read more

Capital Strike

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge shows how the power of capital to go on strike is the most important leverage the wealthy elite have over government. He draws on "When Capital Goes on Strike" from the Jacobin Magazine website, and this 1935 piece by Bertholt Brecht.   Read more

Fascism and History

Airs at: Mon, 02/13/2017 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Bill Resnick talks with Bill Smaldone about the history of Fascism in Germany and the degree to which curent events may be similar.  They discuss the Nazis' use of parliamentary power to enable authoritarian rule, the exploitation of the Reichstag fire to enact emergency... Read more