Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

In a November 19 interview conducted in the offices of the Portland-based Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO), Desiree Hellegers speaks with Kayse Jama, founder and executive director of the CIO, about the xenophobic backlash in the wake of the Paris attacks.  Read more

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick and Stephen Zunes discuss Syria and the Clash of Barbarisms, now intensifying, and how it can be avoided. Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics and International Studies at t... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the war in Syria and how it could provoke a far larger war. Stephen Zunes (from his website) is "Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco, where he serves as coordinator of the program... Read more

Tom Becker reads an article about the Paris attacks called "We Are Living In Pitiliess Times", by Vajay Prashad through Open Democracy. Read more

Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks about war in Syria and the clash of barbarisms, with Stephen Zunes Desiree Hellegers talks about the xenophobic backlash against refugees, with Kayse Jama Denise Morris reads some media commen... Read more

On the Old Mole today at 9:00, it’s the hundredth centennial of the great Wobbly, Joe Hill, his assassination by the state of Utah. Portland will have several tributes to Joe Hill this Thursday and Friday. The Mole will offer some of Hill’s songs and poetry, assess his ... Read more

Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which will include Bill Resnick interviews Rebecca Gordon on the negotiations  -- including Russia and Iran  -- to find a path toward stopping the killing in Syria. Will this be a model for reconstructing the middle eas... Read more

Tom Becker reads excerpts from an article by Garry Leech entitled The Elephant in the Room: Capitalism and Sustainable Development Read more

The Left and the Law with Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken talk about the growing movement for prison reform--and why conservatives are joining progressives in calling for an end to mass incarceration, long sentences, and the extensive use of solitary confinement. Jan and Mi... Read more

Denise Morris and Bill Resnick explore the Bernie Sanders phenomena and question the conclusions drawn by Emma Caterine in her Truthout.org op ed "Is Bernie Sanders Dangerous to Socialism?" [image from wikipedia] Read more