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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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Police Violence and Psychology

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2015 at 12:00am
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Jan Haaken and Bill Resnick talk about recent calls for better psychological screening of police and the history of using psychology to explain racist violence perpetrated by officers. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 13, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 04/13/2015 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement hosts this episode, which features discusssion of climate crisis, crummy jobs, Studs Terkel's anti-racism, and the psychology of police violence. To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the separate segments, follow the link... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 6, 2015

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2015 at 12:00am
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Tom Becker hosts this episode, which features discusssion of Iran, Climate Crisis, and Rosa Luxemburg To hear the whole show, including the music, use the play button. To hear the separate segments, follow the links below. And to keep up with the Mole, check out our Fac... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Stephen Zunes--a Middle East scholar--an the recent negotiation with Iran Movies Moles Frann Michel and Denise Morris discuss the film "Rosa Luxemburg" Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the Iran Negotiations

Airs at: Mon, 04/06/2015 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Stephen Zunes about the Iran Negotiations, the history of western involvemnt in Iran since the 1953 CIA coup, the current political conflicts in the middle east as about resources and power rather than religious ideology, the strange bedfellows of... Read more

Movie Moles on Rosa Luxemburg (1986)

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2015 at 12:00am
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The movie moles Denise Morris and Frann Michel discuss the 1986 film Rosa Luxemburg, directed by Margarethe von Trotta. You can find the film on YouTube. You can find some of Luxemburg's writings online at the Rosa Luxemburg Internet Archive. You can find evidence of her c... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 30

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick is our host as the Mole take up these topics: Reports from the Kurds in Syria and the Zapatistas in Mexico, how they achieved considerable autonomy from their government and are building societies that are bottom up democratic, gender equal, ecologically ... Read more

Democratic Movements in Mexico and Syria

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2015 at 12:00am
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Radically democratic, anti-capitalist, and women-friendly movements have taken shape in parts of Mexico where the Zapatistas rule, and in the Kurdish region of the Middle East. Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Charlotte María Saenz of Other Worlds. Her article on this to... Read more

Renters' Assemblies in Portland

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2015 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement reports on the issues Portland renters face and the Renters' Assemblies that have been held recently to discuss how to deal with them. He also lets us know about the next Assemblies: Tuesday, April 21 at the Central Library at 5:45; and Sunday, April 26, at t... Read more

Beyond Middle Class Protests

Airs at: Mon, 03/30/2015 at 12:00am
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Can movements against economic inequality and dictatorships arising from the middle class effect real social change? Prabhat Patnaik argues that they cannot because they lack an economic agenda, in this artlcle from the Monthly Review Zine read here by Clayton Morgareidge. Read more