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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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Bill Resnick with Leo Pantich on electoral vistory of Greece's anti-austerity party Syriza

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with Leo Panitch about the electoral victory in Greece of the anti-austerity party Syriza. Although they will likely fulfill their promises to restore health care, to reinstate collective bargaining and workers’ basic rights, to raise the minimum wage,... Read more

Joe Clement reads Anarchist Poetry by Julian Beck

Airs at: Mon, 01/26/2015 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement reads "Revolution and Counterrevolution" by Julian Beck, from  Visions of Poesy: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Anarchist Poetry. Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 01/19/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick interviews Juan Carlos Ordonez of the Oregon Center for Public Policy on income inequality in Oregon. Desiree Hellegers interviews Jarvis Capucion, with Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (acronym SHARE) about their campaign Occupy CEHKC (the Committee to ... Read more

SYRIZA resistance to Greek Austerity

Airs at: Wed, 01/14/2015 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick reads from and comments on Andrew Burgin's essay Why we must support a SYRIZA government in Greece on the likelihood that the Greek left will win the upcoming election there and ignite the movement to end Europe's austerity policy. [image from left unity] Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick will be our host and we will be talking about: The Charlie Hebdo massacre, how to understand it, how to prevent terrorism. Syriza:  will the Greek left win the election and ignite the movement to end Europe's austerity policy? Teach for America:  th... Read more

Don't Teach for America

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel reviews the criticism explaining why Teach for America is bad for those who teach in it, bad for the students they teach, and bad for public education in the United States. You can find a longer version of her comments, with links to sources, here . Read more

Vandalism and the Police Protection of Property

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am
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Clayton Morgareidge draws on the work of Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig in Dissent and b. traven at Crimethinc.com to argue that the role of police is to enforce laws that protect the people who own things, and that property destruction is an effective political tactic. [phot... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 12, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick hosts this episode, with the music of Phil Ochs, and segments on Charlie Hebdo, the Greek left, Teach for America, Studs Terkel, Property and the police state.  Find us on Facebook or Twitter, and friend or follow us for updates and other stuff we like to sh... Read more

Charlie Hebdo and the Clash of Barbarisms

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with David Finkel about the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the clash of barbarisms. They note that free speech is not a western value (as evidenced by the attacks on Julian Assange and James Risen); that the US has been complicit in journalists's deaths in... Read more

Alan Wieder Introducing Studs Terkel: Mostly Conversation

Airs at: Mon, 01/12/2015 at 12:00am
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Alan Wieder begins his monthly series on Studs Terkel, whose radio show, mostly interviews, mostly with working class folks, ran for 45 years on WFMT, Chicago. Alan recommends the audio resources at transom.org. [photo of Studs in public domain] Read more