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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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Portland Association of Teachers: building the schools students deserve

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Gwen Sullivan of the Portland Association of Teachers, the union representing the teachers of Portland Public Schools. They discuss developments and implementation of their latest contract, settled last year after the union voted to go on strike w... Read more

Reading: Hope In the Dark

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tod Sloan reads from Rebecca Solnit's "Hope In The Dark", here's just a snippet: "Causes and effects assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries o... Read more

Brief Update on The Portland Renters Assembly

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris interviews Old Mole and organizer, Joe Clement, about the Portland Renters Assembly. They talk briefly about what the assemblies have been about, what issues have been coming up, and how people can get involved.  The Portland Renters Assembly has its planni... Read more

Brief Update on The Portland Renters Assembly

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris interviews Old Mole and organizer, Joe Clement, about the Portland Renters Assembly. They talk briefly about what the assemblies have been about, what issues have been coming up, and how people can get involved.  The Portland Renters Assembly has its planni... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 20, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 07/20/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this episode and we hear: Bill Resnick talks with Gwen Sullivan of the Portland Association of Teachers about how things have been going since they won their latest contract Joe Clement reads a pamphlet about organizing a citywide tenants unio... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick interviews Gordon Lafer of the Univ of Oregon who argues that education cannot end poverty. Jan Haaken remembers Hugo Du Courday (also known as Hugu Maynard) an outstanding educator and activist. Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan discuss a new report concerning the Ame... Read more

Education: No Cure for Poverty

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Gordon Lafer talks with the Old Mole’s Bill Resnick about why education and training programs will not put a dent in the unemployment rate.  Lafer is a political economist at the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center and the author of The Job Trainin... Read more

Psychology and Politics: Remembering Hugo Du Coudray

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Today’s Psychology and Politics segment, with psychologists Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan, begins with a tribute to Jan’s colleague Hugo Du Coudray (also known as Hugo Maynard), professor emeritus of psychology at Portland State, who died this past week. Hugo started the comm... Read more

Psychology, Torture, and the Military

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In Part Two of their Psychology and Politics segment, Jan Haaken and Tod Sloan talk about the report this past week on the involvement of the American Psychological Association in CIA administered torture practices of the Bush era. They also take up the history of psycho... Read more

Ralph Nader on the Tax Code

Airs at: Mon, 07/13/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads "Stop Corporate Welfare Kings: Strip Mining America" by Ralph Nader. Nader argues, quoting Jimmy Carter, that our loophole ridden tax laws are "a disgrace to the human race."  Read more