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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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Terran Connally on May Day 2012 Events Around Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick has Terran Connally of the Portland Liberation Organizing Council, which has grown out of the Occupy movement, to talk about events and expectations for May Day 2012 in Portland. They consider the potential for this May Day to be the single greatest concerte... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/23/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge will be our host on this edition of the Old Mole featuring -- A conversation with Portland activist Angela Zehava about the April 28 action by Unite Against the War On Women to oppose anti-women legislation coming out of Congress and State leg... Read more

War Injuries

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

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The wars of occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq are producing a population of broken ex-soldiers US society is not equipped to deal with. In this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick, author and activist Tod Ensign details the many ways in which these wars drive ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program features discussions of the injuries of war, fighting back against the war on women, and the 1981 Warren Beatty movie Reds. 1. Author and activist Tod Ensign talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the terrible impact ... Read more

Against the War on Women

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

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Legislation and rhetoric is "taking place in our House of Representatives, the media and many of the States across our country attacking the rights of women…from reproductive rights to voting rights to human rights." In other words, there is a war against women. United... Read more

Movie Moles: "Reds"

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

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This program takes its name, “the Old Mole,” from Marx’s image for the Revolution that works underground and suddenly emerges into daylight where least expected. The first revolution approaching what he had in mind was the October Revolution in Russia in 1917. In 1981,... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/16/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this show which includes -- A conversation with Oregon scholar Chuck Scheketoff about taxes: who pays how much and how to make them fairer; Discussion with Chuck Collins about his new book 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World a... Read more

Chuck Sheketoff on Corporate Taxes in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Sheketoff, executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy. They talk about the corporations that don't pay any appreciable taxes in Oregon, how they get away with it, why public services rather than tax-cuts support business, and ... Read more

Movie Moles: The Hunger Games

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss the dystiopian futuristic film, "The Hunger Games", directed by Gary Ross. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a participant in the national "hunger games" instituted by the oppressive continental state years ago a... Read more

Chuck Collins on Wealth Inequality

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick and Chuck Collins talks about how inequality is ruining the world. Chuck points out how the concentration of wealth undermines democracy, the economy and our capacity to do anything about large-scale problems. They talk about public campaign finance reform, ... Read more