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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 on 11/11/13

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour November 11 2013

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker hosts this Veterans Day episode and we hear: BIll Resnick and Goudarz Eghtedari talk about Iranian politics Iven Hale shares stories of sexual trauma in the military Tom Becker shares a piece by George Monbiot about global capital undermining democrac... Read more

Goudarz Eghtedari on Iran

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with former KBOO volunteer Goudarz Eghtedari (Voices of the Middle East) about American relations with Iran and the over all political situation there. They consider the broader background and specific issues, like nuclear power and the oil economy, bu... Read more

There are 70 Sexual Assaults In The Military: a veterans day commentary

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
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Iven Hale offers a special Veteran days commentary. The conflicts of today are different from the wars of a hundred years ago, to which Veterans Day traces its origin. Women are now a significant portion of the armed forces, and while the abstract conflicts of today ofte... Read more

Global Capital's Assault on Democracy in the US and Europe

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's article, originally published in the Guardian, titled "A Full Frontal Assault on Democracy in Europe and the United States" Monbiot explores how international trade deals empower companies at the expense of laws, rights, and national sov... Read more

Well-read Red: PPS/PAT contracts talks, what they are and aren't about

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel reports on Portland Public School and Portland Association of Teachers contract talks. Teachers are not fighting for wages, so much as work and ultimately learning conditions -- including class size, standardized testing, and prep-time during the day. She sh... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 5

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Joe Clement hosts this episode of the Old Mole which will include: The Left and the Law with Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken follow up on the hunger strikes in California prisons; Movie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss the film Hope Springs starring Meryl S... Read more

The Global/US National Security State

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2013 at 12:00am
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We are being reminded daily these days of the size and scope of US power around the world: seven or eight hundred military bases, surveillance of everyone everywhere, and air strikes anywhere from drones in the sky.  Here Bill Resnick and Bill Smalldone discuss the conti... Read more

Left and The Law: Prison Hunger Strike Success

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2013 at 12:00am
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Inmates in California's high security prisons went on a well-organized hunger strike last summer to protest the massive use of solitary confinement, as The Left & the Law reported in July.  Today Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the several positive outcomes of that ... Read more

"Deep Space Nine": The Labor Episode

Airs at: Mon, 11/04/2013 at 12:00am
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In the Star Trek series "Deep Space Nine" one episode is unique for dealing with the attempt to form a union.  It's called "Bar Association" (Season 4, Episode 16), in which workers at Quark's Bar on the space station go on strike to form a union.  You can watch it throu... Read more