Old Mole Variety Hour

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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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Old Mole Variety Hour for December 30, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 12/30/2013 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole full of ideas that rock the dominant paradigm: climate insurgency, decentralized and democratic energy, a critique of femmephobia, and the end of work and capitalism. To hear the whole show with musical breaks, use the play ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 23, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Bill Resnick Continues his disscusion about post Apartheid South Africa with historian and activist John Saul in part 2 of an interview originally aired on December 9th. They discuss the response of poor blacks as they struggle against the consolidation of corporate powe... Read more

Post-apartheid South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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In spite of the ANC's and Nelson Mandela's socialist orientation, when they took power, they bought into neo-liberalism. Why? South Africa historian John Saul continues his discussion with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the future of class struggle in South Africa. ... Read more

Consciousness and Political Transformation in South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken talks with Derek Hook, psychoanalyst and author most recently of (Post)Apartheid Conditions: Psychoanalysis and Social Formation. They discuss experiences of time and transformation, Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa, the limits ... Read more

Consciousness and Political Transformation in South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Post-apartheid South Africa

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Old Mole Variety Hour for December 23, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Mole, featuring two discussions of the situation and the prospects for change in post-apartheid South Africa, Jesus as a radical, and Capitalism and the environmental crisis. To hear the whole show, including music, use the play b... Read more

Capitalism: the Epochal Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker reads from John Bellamy Foster on capitalism and epochal crisis, about the converging economic and environmental disasters of the present era of monopoly, financialization, and planetary destruction. Read more

Radical Jesus a Graphic History

Airs at: Mon, 12/23/2013 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with historian Paul Buhle about the graphic history he has edited, Radical Jesus, about the revolt against empire, with chapters from the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the radical Reformation, and solidarity struggles in the United States, including aboli... Read more