Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Maika Yeigh who has taught for many years in the public schools in and around Portland. She’s now at the Portland State University School of Education, teaching the basics and supervising student teachers interning in classrooms. Her specialty is ... Read more

  Desiree Hellegers interviews fossil fuel activist Bonnie McKinley about the global climate implications of the Oregon governor's election. She also speaks with Shawn Fleek of OPAL Environmental Justice about the Oregon Just Transition's upcoming event, "Rise for Clima... Read more

Long time Old Mole contributor Norm Diamond interviews Alex Diamond. Alex has been teaching in Colombia for the past several years. Until recently, he was living in a remote community, long an area of struggle between guerrillas, paramilitaries, and the government. Alex ... Read more

Thom Becker hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear the following: 1. Bill Resnick and Portland educator Maika Yeigh discuss the importance of literacy and some obstacles to teaching it well in public schools today. 2. Desiree Hellegers interviews fossil fuel activ... Read more

Frann Michel hosts this episode, which includes these segments: Whither Anarchism?  Bill Resnick talks with Kristian Williams about the future of the democratic left.  Hyung Nam talks with Effie B about antifascist organizing and police targeting (extended version). Joe... Read more

  Joe Clement talks with Alessandra Seiter about her recent article for the Socialist Worker on libraries, hate-groups, and free speech. They consider the contradictions of the American Library Association's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion on the one hand,... Read more

  Hyung Nam talks with Effie B about recent mobilizations among the left against the right in Portland, and about the Portland police’s targeting of anti-fascist activists.  Although Effie organizes with PopMob, they are speaking here about their own views and not for t... Read more

  Bill Resnick talks with Kristian Williams about the future of the democratic left.  Williams is best known for his book Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America.  Kristian and Bill discuss his latest work, Whither Anarchism? which calls for social transformati... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Margaret Klein Salamon of The Climate Mobilization.  They advocate a World War II type great mobilization, here and around the world, to vastly reduce, or even eliminate, greenhouse gas emissions starting today. The group has just won Climate Emer... Read more

IWW organizer Marianne talks with the Old Mole’s Joe Clement about Stardust Family United, the union formed by singer-servers at Ellen's Stardust Diner with the help of the New York branch of the Industrial Workers Of The World. Though they won a big settlement ahead of ... Read more