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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, 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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The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  On May 1st the U.S. House passed legislation adopting a highly contested and broad definition of antisemitism that defines criticism of Israel or Zionism as antisemitic--legislation that holds important implications for what can be taught and what forms of speech or scho... Read more

Left and the Law: Update on taking Big Oil to Court

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  In their Left & the Law segments on the Old Mole, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker regularly report on lawsuits against oil companies. Many of  these cases are based on evidence of lies and deceit on the part of oil executives. They have known for decades that their products... Read more

Growth is not Sustainable

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Joe Clement brings us some history of Green movement, with a review of debates over how to address the contradiction between environmental survivability and capitalist economic growth.  In this archive segment,  he reads from  Black, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Ra... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 20, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Inconsistency, contradictions, hypocrisy, deceptions: This episode looks at how right-wing movements are exploiting notions of antisemitism, how ecosocialists and others have thought about capitalist growth on a finite planet, and how climate legal cases against big oil ... Read more

The Tank Farm, a Disaster-in-Waiting

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The Critical Energy Infrastructure hub, otherwise known as the tank farm, is a six mile stretch on the banks of the Willamette river where 90% of Oregon’s fuel is stored on seismically unstable land. A major earthquake is predicted to unleash fires, explosions, and toxic sp... Read more

How to Grow a Movement for Peace in the Middle East

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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How to Grow a Movement for Peace in the Middle East: Students at Portland State university are among the thousands of campus activists across the country mobilizing against US complicity in Israel's war on Gaza. On Monday April 29, Students United for Palestinian Rights (SU... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 13, 2024

Airs at: Mon, 05/13/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: How to Grow a Movement for Peace in the Middle East: Students at Portland State university are among the thousands of campus activists across the country mobilizing against US c... Read more

The Contradictions of Immigration, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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How is it that 1,000,000 undocumented immigrants from across the world entered the U.S. each year from starting in 2019 and filtered across the country, found work, and built stable lives in stable communities? That despite the increase in border police and physical barrier... Read more

The Trouble with "Genocide Joe"

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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A movement is growing to vote in Democratic primaries for “none of the above” or “uncommitted” as a strategy to put Joe Biden on notice that voters may abandon him next fall if he persists with his unconditional support for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. This strategy, if ... Read more

Indigenous and Palestinian Solidarity

Airs at: Mon, 05/06/2024 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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“We need to dismantle settler colonialism in the United States. What Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank shows the world that settler colonialism only speaks the language of violence,” observes Diné (Navajo) Prof. Melanie Yazzie, in excerpts from a wid... Read more