Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Suzanne Berne's novel about memories and family secrets,  The Ghost at the Table. Read more

Jan Haaken talks with psychoanalyst and Latin American historian Nancy Hollander about the economic meltdown in Argentina in the 1990s, how workers responded by taking over workplaces, and what  we can learn from the response to that crisis.   NANCY CARO HOLLANDER Ph.D. is ... Read more

Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes, senior policy analyst for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project and associate editor of Peace Review, about whether Obama, like LBJ in Viet Nam, will founder on his predecessor’s war – Afghanistan. Read more

Luz María Gordillo and apprentice Mole Megan Trevarthen talk with Patricia Arnold who has worked for many years with migrant farm workers about migrant workers’ housing and the future of migrant workers in Oregon. Read more

 Hosted by Tom Becker, this show features a discussion of the politics of urban planning and its effect on the racial and ethnic geography of Portland.  We also hear a eulogy for the late labor song folklorist Archie Green; a critique of the press's treatment of the Rihanna... Read more

 Jorge Lizárraga has a lot to say about the racial and class politics of portland "planning," which has almost always been subservient to the interests of capital, despite more recent rhetoric about participatory planning.  He is finishing a study on the influence of urban ... Read more

      A folklorist specializing in labor songs, Archie Green died last  week.   The Old Mole's Tom Becker remembers him and his work, which includes the Big Red Song Book.  Photo: Archie Green, left, with Dock Walsh, 1962. Archie Green Collection (#20002), Southern Folklife... Read more

The issue of domestic and dating violence has received national  attention with the case of Rhianna and Chris Brown.  The Old Mole's Frann Michel takes a critical look at how the press has been handling the question of what it takes to be considered a victim.  Read her comm... Read more

Leo Panitch is a Marxist political scientist at York University.  In this interview, he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the current crisis of capitalism  and what opportunities for socialism can be found.  He is the author of many books and articles, most recen... Read more

 The two-part epic film about Che Guevarra  (Che) is reviewed by Movie Moles Frann Michel and Jan Haaken.  It's playing through Thursday at the Hollywood Theater. Read more