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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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Getting Past Apathy

Airs at: Sun, 03/15/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Political activists are often discouraged by public "apathy" about big problems like the environmental crisis.  But what lies behind apathy? Psychologists  Jan Haaken and Renee Lertzman discuss how activists can relieve the sense of powerlessness that underlies what look... Read more

The Life and Music of Peggy Seeger

Airs at: Thu, 03/12/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Peggy Seeger was the first folk musician to sing from a feminist political perspective.  Bill Resnick talks with musicologist Brad Duncan about her life and times.    Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 9, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Is the Obama  presidency more  of the "same old, same old"?  Or does it offer new political horizons for progressives?  This program looks at the new administration from several perspectives.  In honor of International Women's Day, we learn about Clara Zetkin, founder of... Read more

The New Obama Coalition

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The Obama presidency is opening up significant new political space for  the left, says Linda Burnham, co-founder and former executive director of the Women of Color Resource Center. Here she talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what progressives can do in this ne... Read more

Obama's Foxes Guarding the Hen House

Airs at: Sun, 03/08/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The bank robbers are at it again!  President Obama has hired the same foxes to guard the financial hen house.  Bill Black, a former bank regulator, and author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry, t... Read more

The Amazing Obama Budget

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    How progressive is the Obama budget?  Republicans call it socialist, among other things.  Sam Pizzigati, a labor journalist and analyst with the Institute for Policy Studies, says it's the most radical presidential program in generations.  Bill Resnick talks with him... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 2, 2009

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program focuses on opportunities to shape what's ahead in the Obama years.  We hear from labor journalist Sam Pizzigati about the promise of the President's budget proposal; from Environmentalist Mary Wood about what we must do to keep... Read more

Book Mole: "Here and Somewhere Else"

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Grace Paley and John Nichols  are two wonderful east coast activists who happen also to be a couple.  They've published a book of short stories and poems which are political, comic, and surreal.  Larry Bowlden tells us why we should read it. Read more

Does the Brain Lean Left?

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Do the progressive sentiments coming out of the Obama administration appeal to a part of our nature that's embedded in ourbrains?  Clayton Morgareidge explores the possibility and what it might mean politically.  You can read this commentary here.  Read more

Politics of Climate Change

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
To save the planet, what do we have to do and how soon do we have to do it?  What can citiizens do to keep the CO2 levels in the atmosphere below the tipping point -- where it might be too late?  Enviornmental Law Professor Mary Wood says we must all act now.  She talks ... Read more