Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

Helen Keller is a beloved bleeding-heart symbol of personal perseverance, an "unmitigated American folk-hero" even, but what we hardly hear in school is that she persevered against capitalism and in solidarity with the radical left movements of her time. This short essay... Read more

Frann comments on a number of animal attacks that demonstrate a form of resistance to abuse and exploitation. She then focuses making a case against Thaddeus Russell's dismissive review of a book about such acts of animal resistance. Read more

Tom Becker reads Bill McKibben's esssay "Obama Strikes Out on Global Warming," which tracks the unambiguous support the administration has given various carbon-intensive industries. It can be found at truth-out.org.   Read more

Today show, hosted by Joe Clement, features discussions about the war on drugs, medicare for all, a tribute to Helen Keller, a commentary on animal resistance and a piece imploring that the Obama administration denounce its commitment to carbon fuels. For information abo... Read more

 Vermont has become the first state to enact a law leading to a single payer health care system.   Vermont activist Traven talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what the law says, what kind of organizing led to the success, and the obstacles  that still remain.   Read more

 In this commentary, Clayton Morgareidge draws on Slavoj Žižek's book First as Tragedy, Then as Farce to argue that the Left must go further left:  A liberalism tethered to capitalism is tied to a sinking ship that will take us all down.     Read more

 The Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) made their first album in 1989, and ever since they have been recording and touring, combining performance with political activism.  In this segment, we hear excerpts of several songs and then our radical musicologist Brad Du... Read more

 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this episode of the Old Mole featuring the music of the Indigo Girls and discussions of the Vermont single payer health program just enacted, the troubles with liberalism, and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival.     For information ab... Read more

 Against the efforts of right-wing pundits and politicians to ridicule and delegitimize programs that help the least well-off among us, our Well-read Red Frann Michel cuts a wide, debunking swathe throught their noxious, weedy field of myths and deceptions.  You can read... Read more

 Stephen Zunes talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick as they review the democratic uprisings in the Middle East and US foreign policy in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse.  Zunes teaches at San Francisco State University and writes for Foreign Policy in Focus ... Read more