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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective

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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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Old Mole Variety Hour for July 21, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this episode of the Mole, and we hear -- 1. Bill Resnick talks with two members of PAT (the Portland Association of Teachers) about their recent victory in contract talks and how it will help teachers do a better job. 2. Joe Clement and Karen Carr exp... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour July 21 2014

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this Old mole and we hear: Bill Resnick will be talking with Gwen Sullivan who is the President of the Portland Association of Teachers and Elizabeth Theil [Teel] an activist teacher. They'll be discussing the teacher’s contract struggle with the Po... Read more

A Win for Portland Teachers and Students

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 12:00am

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Portland's teachers recently won a contract with the School Board enabling them to turn more of their attention to their work. Two leaders of the Portland Association of Teachers Gwen Sullivan and Elizabeth Thiel talk with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about how this cam... Read more

The Free Store

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 12:00am

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Could there be a store where everything is free? Why must every exchange be a commercial one? To question the idea that you never get anything for nothing, The Portland Free Store has been established. Its founder Karen Carr talks here with the Old Mole's Joe Clement... Read more

Left and The Law: Death Penalty

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 12:00am

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The Old Mole's Left and the Law team of Mike Snedeker and Jan Haaken discuss the recent court ruling that California's death penalty is unconstitutional. They look at the grounds for the decision, how widely it might apply, and what it means for the future of the anti-c... Read more

Summer Camp on Reproductive Justice

Airs at: Mon, 07/21/2014 at 12:00am

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Reproductive Justice was the theme of a summer youth camp held here in Portland by Momentum Allliance. Jan Haaken talks here with Carla Castañeda and Perla Álvarez, who participated in the camp, about what they learned. (Photo taken in the KBOO studio during this discu... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for 14 July 2014

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Frann Michel hosts this Bastille day episode, and we hear these segments: Bill Resnick and Norm Diamond discuss worker-cooperative businesses and their significance for the left. Do they prefigure the democratic production of socialism and empower participants? Or... Read more

well-read red: Does Capitalism Inevitably Produce Inequality?

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker reads from a recent Counterpunch article, "Does Capitalism Inevitably Produce Inequalities?" by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 14 July 2014

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 12:00am

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This episode is hosted by Frann Michel, and explores debates over left strategies. The show includes some musical selections from Bitch Magazine's mixtape of American Protest Music, and the individual segments linked below: Bill Resnick and Norm Diamond discuss left persp... Read more

Buffer Zones and Bodily Control: Kate Raphael with Jan Haaken

Airs at: Mon, 07/14/2014 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken talks with Kate Raphael about the Supreme Court's decisions on reproductive rights, including McCullen v Coakley striking down no-protest buffer zones around reproductive health care clinics that provide abortions, on which Raphael recently commented for the W... Read more