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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Movie Mole: The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with Jason Read about psychoanalytic philosopher Slavoj Zizek and Sophie Fiennes philosophical documentary: The Pervert's Guide to Ideology. This is the second film Zizek and Fiennes have made together, the first being The Pervert's Guide to Cinema. Bot... Read more

Larry Kleinman on Immigration Reform Part 2

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman, Secretary-Tresurer of PCUN, a union for all Oregon's farmworkers. They discuss the potential impact of different kinds of immigration reform. This is the second of a two-part interview. The first can be found here. Read more

Chris Hedges: The Myth of Human Progress

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker reads from an article on Truth Dig by Chris Hedges, "The Myth of Human Progress". Hedges predicts massive starvation and misery await us this century if we do not stop climate change, and isolates a certain myth of progress that stymies that action. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 11th 2013

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts and we hear:   Bill Resnick complete his conversation with Larry Kleinman about immigration reform. Jan Haaken talks with Mary-Liz Thomson, the director of "Who Bombed Judi Bari?" Joe Clement talks with Kristian Williams about community a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 02/11/13

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with Mary Liz Thomson, the director of Who Bombed Judi Bari?. Judi Bari was an environmental activist, labor organizer and feminist who helped to bridge crucial gaps between how timber workers and radical environmentalists understood each other. She also... Read more

Living and Working

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Work is supposed to give life meaning, but are not our lives meaningful even when we can't work?  In this commentary, Iven Hale draws on her own work and life experience to question the way work happens to us in this capitalist society.   Read more

African Film Festival Preview

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The 23d Cascade Festival of African Films is going on this month at PCC's Cascade Campus, through March 2.  P.C. Peri and the Old Mole's Jan Haaken have their annual conversation previewing the festival's films and the Festival's purpose --seeing Africa through African ... Read more

Fred Meyer and the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Grocery workers at Fred Meyer are considering whether to go on strike.  In this commentary, Old Mole Joe Clement looks at what business-labor unions like the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) are, and are not, providing for workers, drawing on a piece by Natasha... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this episode of the Mole, dealing with immigration reform; the meaning of life with and without work;  the short-comings of "business-labor unions;"  seeing African through African lenses here in Portland; and a new novel about acting, and not acting, ... Read more