Old Mole Variety Hour

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Airs at: Mon, 03/16/2026 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

Every Monday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

A program of social and political commentary from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.

The Old Mole burrows down to the roots of the great issues of our time – the struggles of ordinary people for democratic and sustainable ways of life. The Mole goes where corporate media fear to tread, supporting grassroots challenges to top-down authority and giving voice to movements that shake the foundations of an unjust society. The Moles' perspective is democratic, anti-capitalist, feminist, anti-colonial and anti-racist. We count Karl Marx as a friend but are open to other voices from the left. The show includes analyses of global politics and economics, local grassroots activism, segments on the Left & the Law, and reviews of films, books, music, and theater.

Contributors include: Julian Ankney, Larry Bowlden, Joe Clement, Norm Diamond, Kevin Foster, Jan Haaken, Desiree Hellegers, Patricia Kullberg, Luisa Martinez, Laurie Mercier, Frann Michel, Denise Morris, Bill Resnick, Victoria Saucedo, Sophie Smith, Mike Snedecker, Roben White, Matt Witt

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Our theme song is the traditional "Mole in the Ground," sometimes performed by Clayton & Ernie, sometimes by Joe Clement, and sometimes blended with other versions, like the one by dj/rupture, sung by Sindhu Zagoren on the album Special Gunpowder, or Blind Boy Paxton

Our graphic lettering is by Charlie Ertola. Host portraits by Clayton Morgareidge.

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People Helping People: humanitarian aid for immigrants and ending border checkpoints

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken interviews Sophie Smith about the risks immigrants face crossing the border with Mexico and how people in Arivaca, Arizona are fighting back against the militarization of the border with the help of People Helping People. Sophie describes how southern borderl... Read more

John Feffer on infrastructure divestment and ecological collapse

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with John Feffer about "homegrown terrorism". In particular, they consider how looming ecological catastrophe is exacerbated by years of divestment in our various forms of infrastructure --- transportation, sewage and water systems, food-systems, energ... Read more

The Harder You Work, The Richer They Get: wages, profits, and productivity

Airs at: Mon, 04/14/2014 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker reads excerpts from a CounterPunch article by Pete Dollack about the ideology that widens the gap between worker productivity and wages already stagnant for decades. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge will host this show featuring Robin Hahnel and Bill Resnick on the IPCC's dire report on climate change and what can be done about it Frann Michel on Thomas Piketty's new book on the contraditions and destructiveness of capitalism in the 21st ... Read more

Middle Class Illusions

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am

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The middle class and the American Dream seem to be the concern of every politician. But the golden age of the affluent middle class is long gone and wasn't really so golden. Drawing on work by Arum Gupta, Clayton Morgareidge takes inventory of the ideological freight c... Read more

Middle Class Illusions

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am

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Movie Moles: "The Garden" (revisited)

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am

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To illustrate the kind of community work outside the system of wage labor and capital, we revisit the scene of "the garden" in a movie reviewed in 2011 by our Movie Moles. A 14 acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles, established after the riots of 1992, unde... Read more

Movie Moles: "The Garden" (revisited)

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am

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Old Mole Variety Hour for April 7, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/07/2014 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show dealing with an effort to (sort of ) rewrite Marx's Capital for the 21st Century; the illusion that the American Dream can be restored to "the middle class"; the latest science on climate change and what it demands of us; and community... Read more