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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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Abortion: Punishing Women

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2016 at 9:15am
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Frann Michel comments on Donald Trump's short-lived suggestion that women should be punished for having illegal abortions.  She reads from Corey Robin's argument in Jacobin that the view of women as victims seeks to deny women's agency, and from Jodi Jacobsen's argument ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Margot Black of Portland Tenants United about our city's rent crisis. Frann Michel reacts to Trump's declaration the women who have illegal abortions should be punished. Clayton Morgareidge reads and share's his thoughts on the ongoing bombing of ... Read more

The Portland Rent Crisis

Airs at: Mon, 04/11/2016 at 9:00am - 9:15am
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  Bill Resnick interviews Margot Black, one of the founders of Portland Tenants United, on the financialization of housing and the rent crisis, on the swiftly worsening position of renters (that increasing number of people who will never qualify for a bank mortgage), on... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/16

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Ols Mole Variety Hour April 4th, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Denise Morris hosts this episode of the Old Mole which includes Bill Resnick interviews Joseph Goodman of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Goodman works in "distributed energy," in which cities combine small solar panel and small wind turbine installations (on homes, sch... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/16

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/16

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/16

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/04/16

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Linking Climate Justice and Other Movements

Airs at: Mon, 04/04/2016 at 12:00am
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Laurie Mercier talks with Cindy Wiesner, National Coordinator of Grassroots Global Justice about GGJA and its work, the Our Power campaign, and in particular linking climate justice organizing with other movements, and why this is important. Wiesner will speak in Vancouv... Read more