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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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

Well-Read Red: What's Wrong with America?

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Dave Lindorff's article "What's wrong with America?: The real enemy is growth." Read more

Garfield HS Boycott of MAP standardized test

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder discusses the boycott of a standardized test by the teachers at Garfield HS in Seattle. He points out the many problems with standardized tests and the ways they are (mis)used, and notes the widespread and increasing support for the boycott. He also draws on... Read more

The Left and the Law: Mohamed Mohamud and the FBI's manufacturing of terrorism

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Psychologist and Mole Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss the case of Mohamed Mohamud. They consider the legal meanings of entrapment and the history of government use of entrapment in child pornography cases in the 1980s. Despite the wide public recognitio... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 28, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker hosts this episode featuring the music of the late Portland bluesman Paul deLay and segments on possibilites for local and democratic control of sustainable energy sources, the mistake of valuing economic "growth," the role of entrapment in the government's w... Read more

John Farrell on Local Energy Self Reliance with Bill Resnick

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance about local control of energy, the value of democratic control and participatory society, and how the economics of energy has changed in recent years to make this more feasible as well, especia... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 01/21/13

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2013 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this MLK day episode of the Old Mole, featuring -- Commentary on why Martin Luther King would not be supporting Barack Obama; Conversation about gun violence, gun control, and mental health; A review of "Django Unchained;" A d... Read more

Don't Conflate MLK with Obama!

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In spite of the coincidence of Obama's inauguration for a second term as President with the celebration of Martin Luther King day, Obama is not the realization of King's dreams.  Clayton Morgareidge reads a commentary by Glen Ford from the Black Agenda Report.   Read more

Movie Moles: "Django Unchained"

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2013 at 12:00am
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 Movie Moles Joe Clement and Iven Hale discuss the new Quentin Tarantino movie about slavery set in the pre-Civil War South "Django Unchained."  What does this film have to say about punishment, revenge, and solidarity?   Following the review is a new song "Let Your Voic... Read more