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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective

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News, Views, Reviews, and Interviews

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, 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.

You can leave comments for the Moles at oldmolevarietyhour @ gmail.com or by clicking on the comment section for any of our audio pieces.

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December 7 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/07/2009 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Denise Morris, this show discusses how to make jobs part of the economic recovery, the Afghanistan "surge," student protests against the tuition hikes in California, and how homophobia begins at home and what to do about it. For information about our theme music... Read more

What Needs To Be Done

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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What should we be learning about the viability of our economic system from this latest crisis? Fred Magdoff and Michael D. Yates make the case for the socialist alternative in a recent editorial in Monthly Review, excerpted and read here by Clayton Morgareidge. Read more

Movie Review: Precious

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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What do we learn from Precious, the movie about a pregnant black teenager, about poverty, education, and matriarchy? What does it leave out or distort? The Old Mole's Denise Morris talks with Juell Stuart, a writer and activist from Brooklyn whose article on Precious appe... Read more

Music of Resistance

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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There is always music inspired by, and that inspires, political resistance, and these times are no exception. Radical musicologist Brad Duncan talks with Bill Resnick about some recent currents in political music, some of which were heard on today's Old Mole: "Tina," ... Read more

November 30 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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As part of KBOO's special programming for this day, the Old Mole looks at the WTO and corporate globalization, with pieces on how the WTO protects business from the full costs of doing business, the socialist alternative to the capitalist crisis, issues of race and pover... Read more

WTO - What It Really Costs

Airs at: Mon, 11/30/2009 at 12:00am

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The WTO works to protect large corporations from having to bear the real costs of their production -- forcing the rest of us to pay with our health and the quality of our lives. Magrete Strand of the Sierra Club and the Blue Green Alliance explains how it works in this co... Read more

Healthcare Reform -- or Deform?

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Is the Healthcare bill now being debated in Congress a step in the right, or in the wrong, direction? In this piece by long-time health professional Carol Miller, read here by Tom Becker, it's another corporate bailout that will make real reform more difficult to achieve.... Read more

November 23 Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Do higher taxes make for fewer jobs -- or more? Is Congress debating real healthcare reform -- or just another corporate bailout? Is PTSD a good way to think about how people are affected by violence? This show takes on these questions, with host Tom Becker, Old Mole r... Read more

The Politics of PTSD

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Is PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) a useful concept for thinking about how people deal with a society saturated in violence? What is gained by using it to treat soldiers suffering from the results of battle mayhem? Can it be extended to understand women in abusi... Read more

Taxes and Jobs

Airs at: Mon, 11/23/2009 at 12:00am

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Do higher taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals drive down investment and cost us jobs? Not at all, according to Karen Kraut of United for a Fair Economy in this wide-ranging discussion with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick. In fact, higher taxes keep surplus wealth out... Read more

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