Latest Content for Old Mole Variety Hour

 Clayton Morgareidge argues that the politics of hatred can be partly explained by the principle of exclusion that is basic in a society of having and not-having.  You can read this commentary here. Read more

    Book Mole Larry Bowlden shows how detective fiction can carry powerful political messages, as he comments on two novels by Carolyn Heilbrun who writes as Amanda Cross.   Two novels, Honest Doubt and Puzzled Heart, expose discrimination in academia against women and f... Read more

  Labor Historian Harvey Schwartz talks about his new book Solidarity Stories: An Oral History of the ILWU with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier.  They trace the origins and growth of the International Longshoremen Workers Union on the West Coast, including the organizing o... Read more

    The untold story behind the elections in Iran: the movement for a secular society.  Bill Resnick reads from an article by Saeed Rahnema, "Choosing the Lesser Evil." Read more

 Joanne Landy, a long time campaigner for single payer health care, talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how and why the insurance companies stand in the way of the only health care reform that can work. Joanne Landy is co-director of the New York-based Campaign... Read more

 Koko Taylor, "Queen of the Blues," died last week at the age of 80.  Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about her life and her impact on the blues. Read more

 Featuring the music of the late blues singer Koko Taylor, this program evaluates the Stimulus Package, argues for full abortion rights for women, identifies the obstacles to progressive legislation, and reviews  Obama's Middle East speech in Cairo.  Your host is Bill Re... Read more

    Bill Resnick reviews President Obama's speech in Cairo addressed to the Muslim world, drawing on Stephen Weissman's article in Truthout. Photo: AP Read more

  The Old Mole's Clayton Morgareidge considers who's really blocking the progressive agenda in Washington.  (Hint: it's not Rush or the GOP.)  This commentary draws on Christopher Hayes's recent article in the Nation, "Naming the Enemy." Read more

  In this edition of The Well-read Red, Frann Michel presents an uncompromising defense of the right to an abortion.  To read her piece, go to Frann's blog where you'll find links to her sources and more information.   Read more