Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Mark Naison reports from Wall Street

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Mark Naison teaches African-American Studies at Fordham University in New York, where he is also a community organizer and writes about Hip Hop culture and music.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what he sees happening in his city, university, and a... Read more

Report from Occupy Portland

Airs at: Mon, 10/10/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Noah is an organizer with the IWW who has been participating in the Portland protests and in the General Assembly planning meetings.  Bill Resnick talks with him about his experience and perspective.  For information on meetings and marches, go here.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 10/03/11

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear:Bill Resnick on the Occupy Wall Street and up-coming Occupy Portland protests.Movie Moles, Denise Morris and Laurie Mercier, discuss the documentary American Dream, which looks at local union resistance in one of Hormel's meat-packing plants... Read more

What The Wall Street Protests Get Right

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Mark Engler about the Wall Street protests, contexualizing them in terms of the economic crisis and global protests, as well as underscoring what they're doing right. Mark Engler is a writer and analyst at Foreign Policy. His website is www.dem... Read more

Mental Health Reform in the Oregon State Hospital

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with the Director of Disability Rights Oregon, Bob Joondepth, about community mental health issuea and House Bill 3100 and Senate Bill 420, which affect the Oregon State Hospital. Read more

Get Ready for Occupy Portland

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Ivy Knight of the Occupy Portland rally about what it is, the organization involved, and how people can get involved. There are many items - food, rain-repelling supplies, musical instruments, etc. - that they need and which you can find solicited... Read more

Movie Moles: American Dream

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced 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 a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 3rd

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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 Portlan... Read more

Asking Tri-Met for a Fair Deal for Bus Riders

Airs at: Tue, 09/27/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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. ... Read more

The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 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