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Community Radio and Civil Rights: views from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist, anti-colonial 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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What is Welfare?

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Host Denise Morris talks with Johnanna Brenner about welfare -- its history and meaning.  Is welfare something to be demeaned, as it is when we call the subsidies and tax breaks for corporations "welfare for the rich"? Doesn't that play into the right-wing idea that welf... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise hosts this episode of the Old Mole in which she interviews Portland sociologist and activist Johanna Brenner about reclaiming the idea of welfare.   Also on the show: Bill Resnick talks with Portland writer Kristian Williams about the function of policing in class... Read more

Reporting from Occupy PDX

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Kate Sherman was in on the Occupation from near the beginning, and here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about her experience of its intense participatory democracy and community solidarity.  This interview was recorded on Thursday, November 10, prior to the c... Read more

Occupying Argentina: "The Take"

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Workers occupied and operated factories being closed by their owners in Argentina during a time of financial collapse.  Jan Haaken and Nancy Hollander discuss the documentary film about those events, The Take.  Read more

Occupy PDX: What Next?

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 After the eviction of the Occupy Portland encampments at Chapman and Lownsdale Squares, where does the movement go from here?  Bill Resnick talks with two occupiers, Kate Sherman and Jay, about what might be ahead.   Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this show focusing on Occupations, especially here in Portland.  We hear extensive interviews with participants in the local Occupation, an indictment of the "Party of Wall Street," and aboutfactory occupations in Argentina. For information about our the... Read more

The Party of Wall Street Meets its Nemesis

Airs at: Mon, 11/14/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Marxist scholar and teacher David Harvey argues, "The aim of [the OW movement] in the United States is simple. It says: “We the people are determined to take back our country from the moneyed powers that currently run it." Host Tom Becker reads from David Harvey's blog a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 11/07/11

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement hosts and we hear: Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker, our Left and the Law duo, discuss the constitutional right to peaceful assembly in the context of the occupation movement and the question of enforcing local laws that limit it. They pay some special att... Read more

Left & the Law: right of assembly in the occupy movement.

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken and Mike Snedecker talk about the right of assembly and how it comes into play for the Occupy movement. They consider the role of elected leaders to make discretionary calls in managing assemblies and the importance of protecting First Amendment rights, but al... Read more

The People's Budget vs. The Congressional Super-Committee

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with John Miller about how the US and other countries have been handling the debt-crisis. They cover the congressional super-committee  formed in the US and the austerity measures they are considering. John describes the People's Budget , which calls f... Read more