Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.
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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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Activism, Class, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Labor, Legislation, Environment/Climate, Government/Politics, Energy/Natural Resources, Economy, Law/Court/Crime, LGBTQ, Arts/Culture, Fiction, Film, Movement for Racial Justice, Indigenous, Housing/Homelessness, Health, Disability, COVID19, Education, Community Building
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Just Give Everyone Food Stamps

Airs at: Mon, 04/22/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reads from Matt Breunig's blog on why we should just give everyone food stamps. In the latter half, he comments on how giving food stamps to everyone can bring us closer to a basic income, administratively and culturally. Reference to otherwise unexplained na... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/15/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Iven Hale hosts this episode and we hear:Movie Moles review the new Jackie Robinson biopic, 42. For those too young to remember, Robinson was a pioneering black baseball player for the Dogers, a member of the Republican Party, and collaborater with HUAC in the 1950s.Well... Read more

Social Security: The People's Pension

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Social Security, the life line of support for millions, is under attack these days, even from Democrats.  Eric Laursen is the author of The People's Pension: The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about why th... Read more

Left & The Law: Prisons, Politics, Money

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
A recent article in Willamette Week praises the Oregon prison system, claiming the system is one of the best in the nation.  Attorney Mike Snedeker debunks this claim as part of the lobbying effort of the prison-industrial complex to keep prisons funded in the face of de... Read more

Well-read Red: Lessons from Chris Hani

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
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Well-read Red Alan Wieder introduces and reads from Jay Naidoo's article about South African anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani.  After helping win the battle against apartheid, Hani called for a "culture of service."   "On the eve of the 1994 democratic election, he sai... Read more

Movie Moles: "42"

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
"42" is the number Jackie Robinson wore playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African-American major league baseball player.  And it's the name of the biopic movie now playing.  Our Movie Moles Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss what the film reveals and doesn'... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 15, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/15/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale hosts this edition of the Old Mole which discusses the political threats to Social Security, the Oregon prison system, a South African fighter against apartheid, and a new film about Jackie Robinson.  Below are links to individual segments of the show.  Or use ... Read more

Movie Moles: No

Airs at: Tue, 04/09/2013 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel and Jan Haaken review the film "No", a 2012 film set during the 1988 plebicite on Augusto Pinochet. It centers on René, a Chilean advertising man played by Gael García Bernal, duringthe struggle between those who support the neoliberal fascist, those part of... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/08/13

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour April 8th, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2013 at 12:00am
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 Tom Becker hosts this episode where we hear about the Portland Troublemakers School (April 13th) from two of its organizers, a movie review of "No", a discussion about the crises in Europe, and a book review of Jennifer Egan's "Look At Me". An error clipped the first co... Read more