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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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Sam Gindin on Building Working-Class Power Part 2

Airs at: Tue, 09/04/2012 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

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Bill Resnick talk with Sam Gidin in this second of a two-part interview. They consider why working class resistance during the current crisis has been insufficient to prevail over the maneuvers of the ruling apparatuses, and what’s the long term strategy/vision to buil... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 09/03/12

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Laurie Mercier hosts this special Labor Day episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Sam Gindin, an economist and activist who spent more than 20 years in the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) Union, now teaches at York University, Toronto, and is author of the forth... Read more

Paid Sick Days Now: an illness to one is contagious for all

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2012 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement talks with Emmit Nolan and Marie, members of the Portland IWW, about their Paid Sick Days Now! campaign. In addition to the October 6th rally at Holiday Park, they discuss the problem of workers coming into work sick because they have no other choice, the fai... Read more

Sam Gidin on Building Working-Class Power

Airs at: Mon, 09/03/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talk with Sam Gidin in this first of a two-part interview. They consider why working class resistance during the current crisis has been insufficient to prevail over the maneuvers of the ruling apparatuses, and what’s the long term strategy/vision to build p... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/27/12

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Bill Smaldone History of German Social Democrats Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick continues his interview with Historian Bill Smaldone about the German Social Democratic Party. They discuss the split within the party over World War I, the Weimar Republic period of liberal democracy, developments after WW2 when social democrats developed ... Read more

Book Mole: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am

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Larry Bowlden reviews the Man Booker prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. While the first part of the book is a fine life story, the second makes it a profound work on the meaning of history as the point "where the imperfections of memory meet t... Read more

Politics of Full Employment

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay by Michal Kalecki from Monthly Review, "Political Aspects of Full Employment," explaining why capitalists object to government support of full employment: without painful consequences to job loss, employers lose a powerful tool for coe... Read more

The Living Death of Solitary Confinement

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am

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Iven Hale reads an essay by philosopher Lisa Guenther on "The Living Death of Solitary Confinement" on how forcible isolation destroys the capacity to understand the world, can lead to prisoners losing touch with reality, and fails to provide the opportunity and obligation... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 27 August 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/27/2012 at 12:00am

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Iven Hale hosts and we hear about German socialist history, the novel Sense of an Ending, Political Aspects of Full Employment, and The Living Death of Solitary Confinement: Bill Resnick continues his Interview with Historian Bill Smaldone about the German Social Democra... Read more