Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

The Old Mole's Frann Michel reads Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling with Despair" about the malice of men, militaristic and misogynous. It appeared in the November, 2017 issue of Monthly Review. Read more

Mark Weisbrot,  Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the effects of economic growth on world poverty, the source of that growth, and whether economic growth "trickles down." Photo Credit: Wikipedia Read more

Larry Bowlden reviews a new work by Jennifer Egan, who is usually edgy and anything but a traditional novelist. But her new book is a very straight-forward and well researched historical novel, Manhattan Beach. Starting in the ‘30s and taking the reader to the ‘60s of th... Read more

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear-- 1. Christian Appy explains what's missing from the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. 2. Preview of an upcoming panel about the fight for reproductive justice in Oregon. 3. Marge Piercy's poem "I Am Wrestling... Read more

Laurie Mercier talks with Christian Appy, professor of history at the Univ. Massachusetts, and author of numerous publications about the Cold War and the American war in Vietnam, including the recent American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. Appy com... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Eric Holt-Gimenez, director of Food First/The Institute for Food and Development Policy. He has taught at the University of California in Berkeley and Santa Cruz, and conducted graduate courses in food justice, food sovereignty, and agroecology al... Read more

  Denise Morris talks with UFCW local 555 organizer Reyna G about the New Seasons Market unionization campaign, New Seasons Workers United Statement of Principles and the importance of Unions and workplace Democracy. Read the Statement of Principles. Read more

Since November is Labor History Month in Oregon, Joe Clement interviews Jim Cook of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association about local events and about the importance of the labor moverment. Read more

Joe Clement hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and we hear: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First about agriculture and the climate. 2. Reyna G and Denise Morris explain the organizing drive of workers at New Seasons Markets. 3. Film Director Jan H... Read more