Old Mole Variety Hour

 

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life.  The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society.  The Moles' perspective is democratic, broadly socialist, and feminist.  (We count Karl Marx as a friend).

Here is why we call this show "The Old Mole"

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 Our theme "Mole in the Ground" is by Bascom Lamar Lunsford  (1924), somtimes blended with a newer versions, like the one  by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren.  It's on the album Special Gunpowder. 

Our graphic lettering is  by Charlie Ertola.

You can leave comments for the Moles at  oldmolevarietyhour@gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.  

 

Hosted by

Bill Resnick
Clayton Morgareidge
Denise Morris
Frann Michel
Laurie Mercier
Tom Becker
Joe Clement
Larry Bowlden
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Episode Archive

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/18/11

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Mon, 07/18/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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The latest from Wisconsin; Running for Teamster President; Future of the Tea Party

Laurie Mercier will host this show which includes these topics:

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/04/11

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Mon, 07/04/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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welfare & the working poor, cutting food-stamps, Church sex-abuse, the American Dream

On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear:

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/27/11

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Mon, 06/27/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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church sex-abuse, public not private goods, movie moles: tree of life, reading from the left press

 

On the next Old Mole, Tom Becker hosts and we hear:

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/20/11

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Mon, 06/20/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Drone warfare, Movie Moles:The Beginners, Book Review: The Bad Girl, Radical Musicology: Ewan McColl

 

On the next Old Mole, Laurie Mercier hosts, and we hear:

Old Mole Variety Hour on 06/06/11

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Mon, 06/06/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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War on Drugs, Medicare for All, relating to animal exploitation, Left press

On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear about:
  • The War on Drugs, the costs of its failure to everyone, and alternatives.
  • Laurie Mercier talks with Dr. Garrett Adams, president of Physicians for a National Health Plan, about the threatened cuts to Medicare and continued need to expand an improved version to everyone.
  • Well Read Red, Frann Michel, looks at the way animals resist human exploitation and how they relate to our experiences of resistance to exploitation.
  • Tom Becker reads from the Left press.

Old Mole Variety Hour on 05/02/11

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Mon, 05/02/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Alternatives to cuts in Oregon budget, Islamophobia and Islamic feminism, Left and the Law

On the next Old Mole. Joe Clement Hosts and we hear about:

  • An Interview: alternatives to cuts in the Oregon budget
  • A Well Read Red: Islamophobia and Islamic feminism
  • Another installment of The Left and the Law: Troy Davis and the death penalty

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/11

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Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Mildred Pierce, Left press, Sucker Punch

On next Monday's Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear:

  • Bill Resnick conducts an interview.
  • Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review HBO's "Mildred Pierce."
  • Tom Becker reads a piece from the Left press.
  • Joe and Wendy Webb review Zach Snyder's new film, "Sucker Punch."

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/21/11

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Mon, 03/21/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Nuclear power and Japan, a Vietnamese action movie, and unemployment

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show which looks into--

  • Nuclear power and the disaster in Japan (a Bill Resnick interview)
  • The new Vietnamese action movie Clash (Our Movie Moles report)
  • Why full employment is never on the table (by Well-read Red Clayton Morgareidge)

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/07/11

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Mon, 03/07/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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Teachers' struggle, war on women, DOMA repeal and single-payer in Oregon

 

On the next Old Mole, Joe Clement hosts and we hear:

Old Mole Variety Hour on 02/07/11

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Mon, 02/07/2011 - 9:00am - 10:00am
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More on Egypt, Review of Buitiful, the Left press and the women of blues and jazz.

 

Joe Clement hosts on Monday the 7th and we'll hear:

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Old Mole Variety Hour January 7, 2013

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Laurie Mercier hosts this episode exploring education, environmental news, the monstrosity of capitalism, gun violence, and Idle No More.

You can contact the moles at oldmolevarietyhour < at > gmail.com, follow us on Facebook, and find out more about the show on our main page.

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Bill Resnick talks with Brian Jones about Education.

Laurie Mercier talks with Stefanie Penn Spear of Ecowatch about the environmental news of 2012.

Frann Michel reviews David McNally's Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism.

Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris revisit Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine.

Bill Resnick talks with Jacob Devaney about the Canadian indigenous movement Idle No More

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Socialism's Successes

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Mon, 12/31/2012

 Historian James Livingston has recently argued that the left has actually won a great deal in the US.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the many ways in which the US can be regarded as "socialist".  

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Book Mole: "Dear Life"

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Mon, 12/31/2012

 Our Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Alice Munro's latest collection of short stories Dear Life about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.  Munro, Larry says, is not merely the greatest living author of short stories, but simply the best living writer.  More of Larry's reviews can be found here. 

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Mon, 12/31/2012

 Joe Clement hosts this last show closing out 2012.  We hear an upbeat assessment of socialism's unheralded (by the left)  successes over the long haul; a review of the great short story writer Alice Munro's latest collection; and a discussion of two movies about fracking, one by local film maker Gus Van Sant.  Following Bill Resnick's and James Livingston's conversation about socialism, Joe Clement reads a passage from Marx and Engels's Communist Manifesto discussing types of socialism, and you can read it here.  

To hear the complete show, use the play button below.  For individual pieces, follow these links:

1.  Historian James Livingston talks with Bill Resnick about how socialism is winning.

2.  Larry Bowlden reviews Alice Munro's Dear Life.  

3.  Two movies about fracking are discussed by movie moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken.  

 

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Movie Moles: "Promised Land" and "Gasland"

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Mon, 12/31/2012

 Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement discuss two movies about fracking.  One is the new Gus Van Sant film starring Matt Damon "Promised Land."  The other is a documentary Gasland by Josh Fox. You can watch "Gasland" on line.   

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School Massacres and Drones

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Mon, 12/24/2012

 Alan Wieder comments on connection between the Sandy Hook shootings and drone-warfare. He considers the lamentations Americans and its leaders especially offer when certain American children are murdered in the context of drone-warfare and their otherwise disregard for children's lives around the world.

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Well-read Red: pathological consumption

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Mon, 12/24/2012

Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's essay, republished on Alternet, about the insanity of waste hidden in consumerism and the political barriers to questioning it. Monbiot considers how so many trinkets, disposable goods, planned and perceived obsolesence, are forced upon us and the planet through growth-driven economics and a vision of prosperity.

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Portland Solidarity Network

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Mon, 12/24/2012

Joe Clement interviews Brandon and Alex, organizers with the Portland Solidarity Network. PDXSol, as it's sometimes referred to, is an all volunteer organization that helps workers and tenants and other people resist abuse, demand what people are owed, and bridge the gap between workplace and community organizing. They discuss what solidarity networks are, what they can do and why they work. They consider a case of success with the new Portland Solidarity Network. They also talk a little about other solidarity networks, like SeaSol. If you would like to participate in organizing or be on-call for mobilization to support actions, email them at portlandsolidaritynetwork@gmail.com or call 503-446-6065.

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Old Mole Variety Hour December 24th 2012

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           Tom Becker hosts today's Christmas Eve episode. We hear about the Chinese labor movement, the hypocrisy of Obama's mourning at Newtown, the Portland Solidarity Network, and the limits of consumer culture.

 

 

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Eli Friedman on the Chinese Labor Movement

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Mon, 12/24/2012

 Bill Resnick talks with Eli Friedman about the Chinese labor movement. He challenges the idea that they are "stealing our jobs" and in conscious comeptition with American workers. They talk about the strike-waves that the Chinese State refer to as "mass incidents". There is no legal right to strike in China, so every strike is a wild-cat. Eli talks about how the State tries to control workers, through the All China Federation of Trade Unions and other measures. Eli argues that the Chinese labor movement is at the epicenter of global worker unrest and marvelously successful without legal or formal union support.

 
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Comments

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Submitted by troutdaleindependent on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 8:17am.

Hi, when will the August 13th podcast be posted? 

Avatar's Jake Sully is ---- Tarzan - - -

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 12:43am.

 

A great review I've seen on Avatar (and how the soldier will save the people):

http://www.progressive.org/mp/danto010510.html

There is a link from there that exposes Cameron's plot as a mirror of Pocahontas, amazing parallel!      http://failblog.org/2010/01/10/avatar-plot-fail/

 

Since watching Avatar, I have viewed older videos on DVD and would rate that ahead of Avatar.

 

mel

 

 

 

commentary transcripts

Submitted by KBOO (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 10:57am.

It's convenient to have the Old Mole audio files available.
Even more useful for some of us would be transcripts of the commentaries (Clayton Morgareidge). Written material allows a person a chance to review, consider, digest and refer to mentioned references & thinkers. The "Well Read Red" commentary from 4 Aug 08 is a good example of a piece I'd like to read at my own pace.

transcripts

Submitted by Clayton Morgareidge on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 6:41pm.
We will see to it that this happens whenever there is a prepared text. Thanks for the suggestion. Clayton Morgareidge The Old Mole Variety Hour

These folks are so profound

Submitted by Joe (not verified) on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 2:23pm.

These folks are so profound and fascinating, especially the Resnick guy. Wow!

good post

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