Old Mole Variety Hour

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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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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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Chuck Collins on Wealth Inequality

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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

Our Dysfunctional Constitution and Alternative Democracies

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads  David Michael Green's CounterPunch essay: "A Very Sick Country: deep maladies of the body politic". Green argues that, while it's not all bad, core features of the American political system -- the president, the electoral system, judicial review, state ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 16th, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
                 Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and with musical interludes from Leonard Cohen we hear:   Bill Resnick talk with Chuck Collins about what wealth inequality is doing to us. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review "The Hunger Ga... Read more

Supporting Insecure Communities

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The constant threat of deportation makes the lives of immigrants insecure.  CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant rights organization, is holding an Insecure Communities Forum this Friday, April 13, at 7 pm at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 13th Avenue in Portland.  Erica Stein... Read more

Occupy Reborn

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Occupy Portland will be bursting from its winter quarters onto the streets very soon.  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with two local activists about how the movement has been building over the winter and what to expect as the weather warms.  First we hear from Joe Li... Read more

Movie Review: "Brother From Another Planet"

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review the 1984 John Sayles film Brother From Another Planet about a mysterious alien who lands in New York while escaping from slavery on "another planet" and experiences the problems of American society from a unique perspective.   Read more

The Left & The Law: Kafka Comes to America

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken talks with attorney Mike Snedeker about Steven T. Wax's new book Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account.  Wax is the head of the Oregon Federal Public Defenders’ office and has represented prisone... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this show on which we hear from activists working for immigrant rights and for the Spring return of Occupy Portland. We also hear a review of the 1984 John Sayles movie Brother From Another Planet and a discussion of the book Kafka Comes to America: ... Read more

Movie Moles: Finally Got The News

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Laurie Mercier and Denise Morris talk about the 1970 documentary "Finally Got The News" (re-released and available to view for free online HERE), produced in association with the League for Revolutionary Black Workers. The League was wary of the film at first, worried i... Read more

Radical Musicology: Alix Dobkin

Airs at: Mon, 04/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker talks with our radical musicologist, Brad Duncan, about Alix Dobkin. They reflect on her "red-diaper" up-bringing, her recent autobiography "My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Fem... Read more