Government/Politics

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 7, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this election eve special edition of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Vermont activist Traven Leyshon talks with Bill about left politics in a Clinton presidency. 2. Frann Michel draws on Howard Zinn for an assessment of electoral politics and the need for ac... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for November 7, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this election eve special edition of the Mole, and we hear: 1. Vermont activist Traven Leyshon talks with Bill about left politics in a Clinton presidency. 2. Frann Michel draws on Howard Zinn for an assessment of electoral politics and the need for ac... Read more

Electorallism v. Democracy

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Mole Joe Clement and his guest, Curtis Hansoni, discuss the differences between electing our rulers from a small list of pre-approved candidates and governing ourselves. They argue that only the latter is really democracy. Read more

On Voting for the Lesser Evil

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Frann Michel again revisits the question of voting for the lesser evil, and shares some election year reflections from the late Howard Zinn Read more

What To Do If Clinton Wins

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick and Traven Leyshon discuss what the left can do in national politics if Hillary Clinton wins. Next week, if Donald Trump wins, we’ll discuss what the left need do in his administration. Traven Leyshon is a long time working class radical having been active in ... Read more

Secretaries of State discuss their Voting Processes

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Produced for: Between Us

Don Merrill talked with Secretaries of State of nearly a dozen states to see how they felt about their individual voting processes in advance of the 2016 election. He discusses their comments with C. Norman Turrill, president of League of Women Voters of Oregon. Read more

Alfred McCoy: The Decline of U.S. Global Power

Airs at: Tue, 11/08/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Alternative Radio

What’s the shelf life of empires? Decades, maybe centuries. It is difficult to discuss imperialism because there is virtually uniform elite opinion that the U.S. is not an empire. Washington will not willingly concede its global superpower position. But remember the omn... Read more

Secretaries of State evaluate their Voting Process

Produced for: Between Us

Don Merrill talks with C. Normal Turrill, president of the League of Women Voters, Oregon about the state of voting on the eve of the 2016 election. He also talks with Secretaries of States or their representatives from nearly half-a-dozen states across the country. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 7

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this show the day before the election, and we hear: Bill Resnick and Traven Leyshon discuss what the left can do in national politics if Hillary Clinton wins. Next week, if Donald Trump wins, we’ll discuss what the left need do in his administration. Joe... Read more

Flashpoints: Christopher Simpson

Airs at: Fri, 11/04/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on a special edition of Flashpoints, we'll spend our time speaking to noted author of Blowback and the Splendid Blonde Beast, Professor Christopher Simpson on the use of propaganda in the 2016 election and the revolution in metadata that has changed all of our live... Read more