Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Denise Morris and Laurie Mercier talk about "American Dream", which was an Academy award winning documentary about union meatpackers working in one of Hormel's plants. They consider the tension within the labor movement as the national union disagreed over the militant acti... Read more

Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and we hear:     Bill Resnick talks with Mark Engler about the Wall Street Protests. Jan Haaken talks with Bob Joondepth about legislative reform in the Oregon State Hospital. Joe Clement talks with Ivy Knight of Occupy Portland... Read more

People who depend on Tri-Met for most of their transportation need transfers that last more than an hour or two.  Bus Riders Unite!, part of OPAL (Organizing People / Activating Leaders), is calling for a rally on Wednesday, September 28 starting at 8 AM.  Details here.  Th... Read more

 Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews a collection of wonderful short stories by Beverly Jensen about two sisters, covering seventy years of their lives -- The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay.  More of  Larry's Reviews. Read more

 Troy Davis was killed by the state of Georgia last week.  What is the best way to fight for the abolition of capital punishment?   Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker discuss the question in this segment of The Left and the Law.   Read more

 Politicians are threatening to squeeze the Postal Service to reduce competition for private delivery services and eliminating good jobs.  We hear audio from a video produced by the postal workers' unions which lays out the issues.   Read more

 Singer Tony Bennett recently got flack from the Right for some remarks about the attacks of 9/11.  Was his response an affirmation of what he'd said -- or did he cave in?  Bill Resnick discusses in this commentary read here by host Joe Clement.   Read more

Joe Clement hosts this show, pinch hitting for Bill Resnick who was detained by a medical emergency.  The show includes Tony Bennett's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," a song expressing a deep desire for a better, happier world.  At the end of the show, Joe reads ... Read more

The Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is asking the UN to recognize Palestine as an independent state.  Middle-eastern expert  Chris Toensing talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why this is happening now and what lies ahead for  Palestine.  Toensing writ... Read more

 Two organizers of  the upcoming Climate Action Festival, Tamara Staton and Barbara Ford,  talk with Old Mole Bill Resnick about the family-friendly festival coming to the Portland  Colliseum this Saturday, September  24. For details, check out Moving Planet Portland's Face... Read more