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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective

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Patricia Kullberg, Bill Resnick, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Larry Bowlden, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour

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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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World Events and Private Lives

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2013 at 12:00am

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In this personal account of a year in her Southern Oregon childhood, Old Mole Iven Hale reflects on how her own life in 1979 was related to world historical events of that year. Read more

Our Unequal Society

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2013 at 12:00am

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Sam Pizzigati is a labor journalist, the author of The Rich Don't Always Win, and editor of Too Much, a weekly newsletter about excess and inequality. Here he talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the latest reports on income inequality -- like the fact that a... Read more

Catastrophic Climate Breakdown

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2013 at 12:00am

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The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is quite conservative and yet carries the shattering message that "it's as bad as we thought." So says UK journalist George Monbiot in an article in The Guardian, read here by Old Mole Tom Beck... Read more

The Left & The Law: Lifers

Airs at: Mon, 10/07/2013 at 12:00am

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In the US, there are 110,439 prisoners serving life sentences and 49,081 serving life without parole. Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the growing use of life sentences, why it happened, and the prospects for change in this conversation in their ongoing series The L... Read more

Food Stamps and Class Politics

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement reads a short commentary about food stamps in terms of class warfare, and to that end as supporting the working-classes' capacity to organize and be organized to radical ends. Read more

Obamacare from a Radical Universal Healthcare Perspective

Airs at: Thu, 10/03/2013 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken talks with Universal Healthcare advocate, Chris Lowe, about Obamacare. Jan questions Chris about how to understand what's worthwhile and regressive in Obamacare from the perspective of those of us who believe healthcare should be universal. They talk about soc... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for September 30

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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This episode of the Old Mole will be hosted by Clayton Morgareidge and will give you incisive and critical commentary on Syria, Obamacare, the impending government shutdown, food stamps and class, and more. Read more

Chris Toensing: Syria and other Mid-East Conflict

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about middle eastern conflict, Syrian chemical weapons inspections, UN resolutions and Obama's aggressive stance, Obama's opening of relations with Iran and US Foreign policy Chris Toensing edits Middle East Reports. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour September 30 2013

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole that, in addition to a discussion about the Syrian civil war and other mid-east conflicts, converges on a theme of social democracy under attack and the political stakes in its being defunded. Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensin... Read more

WRR: Public Pensions vs. Public Education - a forced choice?

Airs at: Mon, 09/30/2013 at 12:00am

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Frann Michel brings us the Well-read Red, this time focusing on pension-raiding under neoliberalism and the PERS system in Oregon, which Governor Kitzhaber has advocated cutting in order to make up for education cuts. In Frann's words: let's pit old people against young ... Read more