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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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Controlling Kids with Drugs

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Increasingly pharmaceutical companies  are making big money sellling psychoactive  drugs to people who care for children as a management tool, turning human problems into chemical  ones.  Jeb Bickman  is an investigative journalist who has been writing about  this issue... Read more

Museum or Mausoleum: Ideology at the Frick

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 American Industrialist Henry Clay Frick made a fortune in coke and steel, built a mansion on 5th Avenue, filled it with European masterpieces, and willed it to the people.  What could be wrong with that?  Nothing, except that it makes a hero out of a villain and turns t... Read more

Voices from the Verizon Strike

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 From the streets of New York, here are the voices of Verizon workers marching, chanting, and discussing their struggles with Verizon's  squeeze on them and the importance of their union (Communication Workers of America).  The Old Mole's Bill Resnick was on the scene an... Read more

August 22 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 08/22/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Clayton Morgareidge hosts this show about controlling problem children with psychoactive drugs, controlling our attitudes towards rich folks with an art museum, and the struggle of Verizon workers against the control of their lives by the company.  For information about... Read more

The Music of Revolt

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 For a show featuring uprisings by peoples all around the world, as well as a movie about the revolt of non-human apes, Brad Duncan has selected music that articulates the urge to throw off the chains of oppression. Here you can hear excerpts of that music and a discussi... Read more

August 15 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Denise Morris hosts this show featuring the music of rebellion.   Bill Resnick analyzes recent people's uprisings in Europe and Israel, and the Movie Moles review Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a film about an animal uprising against human masters.   And Bill talks wit... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/15/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
On the next Old Mole, Denise Morris hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick interview Lance Tapley about prison reform Movie Moles, Joe Clement and Frann Michel, talk about Rise of the Planet of the Apes Bill comments on the uprisings in Israel and England Radic... Read more

Brutality of Solitary

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Lance Tapely is an investigative journalist in Maine whose work has exposed the use  of  solitary confinement as a punishment in prisons and jails and led  to some reforms.  He talks here with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the destructive  effects of solitary on its... Read more

Movie Moles: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Movie Moles Frann Michel and Joe Clement explore the issues of race, gender, and social transformation raised, or not, by the the new film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Read more

Understanding the Revolts in Europe

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Egypt, Wisconsin, Greece, Spain, and now Britain -- the increasingly ferocious protests are spreading.  What does it all mean?  Are they just looters, as many politicians and the mainstream press claim?  Or are they protesting in the only way they can to draw attention ... Read more