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

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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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Utopia and Daily Life

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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Utopias and dystupias are frequent themes in science fiction. Gerry Canavan is a scholar of the utopian imagination, and he talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how the interplay between politics and utopia in history and in daily life. Canavan teaches cul... Read more

Crimes of Obama and the Liberal Response

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2013 at 12:00am

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Establishment liberals have been mostly silent as President Obama has expanded the national security state for which liberals castigated his predecessor George W. Bush. In this article, published on Al Jazeera and read here by Joe Clement, Deepa Kumar demonstrates the c... Read more

On Anarchist Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 08/12/2013 at 12:00am

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There is no contradiction in anarchists organizing. To find out why, listen to this conversation between the Old Mole's Cara Dugas and organizer Colin O"Malley. O'Malley is on speaking tour about how and why anarchists need to be organized and engaged with other left p... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/05/13

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear:Bill Resnick talks with Peter Bratsis about how capitalist social relations have given rise to "economic man" and speciously individualistic conceptions of self-interest. They debate the possibility of and challenges for a cultu... Read more

Peter Bratsis on consumerism, liberal individualism and democracy

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with Peter Bratsis about human nature and the challenge of forging a democratic ethos in a climate of consumerism and triumphant individualism. Peter Bratsis teaches political science at City University of New York and is the author of Everyday Life an... Read more

The Personal is Political and The Political gets Personal

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am

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Iven Hale discusses the radical feminist roots of the phrase "the personal is political" and examines other the ways that the political and personal intersect and inform one another. Read more

Jeff Shantz on Especifismo and Anarchist Organizing

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement talks with Jeff Shantz about anarchist organizing, particularly Especifismo in South America. He explains the origins of anarchist organizing and "platformism", relating those to innovations brought by the especifista, namely social insertion. Jeff Shantz is ... Read more

South African politics and the legacy of the war against apartheid

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken and Alan Wieder talk about South African politics and his recent tour there promoting his book "Ruth First and Joe Slovo: the war against apartheid". Jan asks Alan how he took it upon himself to tell the story of a contested history of political struggle. He t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 5th 2013

Airs at: Mon, 08/05/2013 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement hosts this Old Mole and hear:Bill Resnick talks with Peter Bratsis about human nature caught between self-interest and democracyIven Hale reflects on the origins and legacy of political slogan "the personal is political."Joe talks with Jeff Shantz about Espec... Read more