Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Old Moles Bill Resnick and Joe Clement discuss the state-wide West Virginia Teachers' Strike - what it's about, who is involved, how it's going down, and why it seems significant as public sector unions are under attack in the Supreme Court. Photo credit: Unions.org Read more

Thom Becker calls on his friend Bob to explain why now is the time to participate in KBOO's Kickstarter campaign. Read more

Jan Haaken talks with psychiatrist Elizabeth Berger about psychological dynamics of living under Israeli occupation for Palestinian children, and some of the links between human rights and mental health.  Berger is a child psychiatrist living in New York City and on the steeri... Read more

Thom Becker hosts and we hear-- Two organizers discuss plans and purposes for the International Women's Day March and Strike happening in Portland on Thursday, March 8. Bill Resnick and Joe Clement fill us in on the West Virginia Teachers' Strike and its significance. ... Read more

Jan Haaken talks with Aylssa Pariah and Nykki Elizath Milano about the International Women's Day March and Strike on Thursday, March 8th in Portland. Local information here. Alyssa Pariah is an Afro-Puerto Rican trans woman from New York City and an organizer with Don’t Shoot ... Read more

Chicago teacher and leader in the Chicago Teachers' Union Sarah Chambers talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the idea of arming teachers to stop school shootings, and about the problems besetting schools today and what shoud be done about them.  Photo Credit: P... Read more

In this clip from The Real News Network, historian Gerald Horne explains the origins of the Second Amendment (the right to bear arms) in eliminating native Americans and enforcing slavery. For Ani Haines' hour-long inteview on this topic with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, click... Read more

Drawing on an article by political philosopher Nancy Fraser, Clayton Morgareidge shows why capitalism began in racism (conquest and slavery) and continues to rely upon it. You can read this commentary on my blog. Photo Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images / Universal Im... Read more

KBOO'S Volunteer Coordinator Ani Haines invites us all to visit KBOO's Kickstarter page to see a video about the station and its plans for the future. Denise Morris relates some history of the Old Mole Variety Hour and how she became part of the Old Mole collective.  Read more

In anticipation of Women's History Month and International Women's Day, Denise Morris and Frann Michel review two independent documentaries by women, and about women who were active in the liberation  struggles of the 1970s; both will be playing in Portland the weekend o... Read more