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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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Adrienne Rich: Ballad of the Poverties

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 In honor of the late Adrienne Rich, Frann Michel reads a poem of hers called "Ballad of the Poverties". Read more

Kristian Williams on Treyvon Martin, Capitalism and the Culture of Fear

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Kristian Williams, Portland-resident and renknown scholar of policing and police history, about the murder of Treyvon Martin. Kristian re-caps the case and those like it, but also comments on the nature of the "stand your ground" laws that have be... Read more

Adrienne Rich, psychoanalytic feminism and motherhood

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement talks with fellow Mole Jan Haaken about the significance of Adrienne Rich's prose writing about motherhood for the feminist movement in the 1970s. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/26/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole, and it will include: A report on student resistance to austerity measures in Greece; A look back at "The Spook Who Sat At the Door," a 1973 satirical film about black revolution; Commentary on the bour... Read more

Report On Health Care Reform

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 As the Supreme Court takes up "Obamacare," Andrew Riley of the Center for Intercultural Organizing talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what that law does and fail to do to improve access to health care.  They also take up Governor Kitzhaber's program for Oregon... Read more

Student Protest in Greece

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Eric Mankowski, Professor of Psychology at Portland State, was in Athens at the height of student protests last fall against government austerity measures that are destroying jobs and educational opportunities.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about the hig... Read more

Movie Review: "The Spook Who Sat By the Door"

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In these times of renewed efforts to build communities of protest, Frann Michel looks back to a film about serious revolution -- "The Spook Who Sat By the Door." Made in 1973, it imagines a black revolution led by a former CIA agent. You can read this review here, where ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this edition of the Old Mole which features discussions of healthcare reform, protests in Greece, a film about black revolution, and a commentary on the invisibility of poverty. To hear the whole show, use the play button below.  To hear individu... Read more

Blinded by the Bubble of Ideology

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Why is it so easy to forget, or deny, that a hundred million Americans are poor or near-poor?  In this commentary, Clayton Morgareidge suggests it's because our consumer culture represents us all as willing and able buyers of commodities.   You can read this commentary ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 03/19/12

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which will include -- Denise Morris and Jan Haaken discuss the role of psychology in the military; Jan is is the director of Mind Zone, a film about the work of psychologists with troops in Afghanistan.  Jan was recent... Read more