Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole Variety Hour.  Topics include  How Obama fails to realize MLK's vision; “Django Unchained,” the new Quentin Tarantino movie set in the south before the civil war;   Gun violence and the gun control de... Read more

 In spite of the coincidence of Obama's inauguration for a second term as President with the celebration of Martin Luther King day, Obama is not the realization of King's dreams.  Clayton Morgareidge reads a commentary by Glen Ford from the Black Agenda Report.   Read more

 Movie Moles Joe Clement and Iven Hale discuss the new Quentin Tarantino movie about slavery set in the pre-Civil War South "Django Unchained."  What does this film have to say about punishment, revenge, and solidarity?   Following the review is a new song "Let Your Voic... Read more

 Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Bryan Palmer of Trent U. in Canada. This is the first of a two part interview where they'll be talking about the relationship between and history of marxism and anarchism, particularly in the lat... Read more

Alan Wieder reviews Paul and Karen Avrich's "Sasha and Emma: the anarchist odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman". The book is a collaborative effort between this father and daughter. Karen took over Paul's manuscript after he died. Alan gives some background on ... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Bryan Palmer about the history of and relationship between anarchism and marxism, particularly prior to the Bolshevik Revolution. Palmer discusses the socialist roots of the two political tendencies, explaining how anarchists and marxists aimed fo... Read more

Denise Morris hosts today's Old Mole and we hear about anarchism and marxism, a review of the controversial film Zero Dark Thirty, and a review of a book about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. Jan Haaken talks with anti-torture advocate and psychologist, Steven ... Read more

Laurie Mercier hosts this first Old Mole of the year and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Brian Jones on the assault on the public schools, the motives of the hedge fund billionaires leading the way, and the actual needs of kids in low income schools - including a pe... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with educator, actor, and activist Brian Jones about how the boy billionaires try to narrow education to the standardized and quantifiable, instead of expanding it to meet the curiosity of each individual child. Jones will also speak on Real vs. Phony ... Read more

Laurie Mercier talks with Stefanie Penn Spear of the environmental news website Ecowatch.org about the big stories of the past year. These include increasing recognition of human-caused climate change, toxins in consumer products, the dangers of fracking (including min... Read more