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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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Living Stages Presents Working-Class Poetry Open Mike

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages, a branch of the Theatre of the Oppressed, which will be hosting a Working-Class Poets Open Mike on May 2nd. Theater of the Oppressed was founded by Augusto Boal in Brazil during the dictatorship the... Read more

Bill Resnick talks with Mike Parker of the Richmond (CA) Progressive Alliance

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick interviews Mike Parker, Progressive Alliance candidate for Mayor of Richmond, California. They discuss Richmond's battles with Chevron over its Richmond refinery, the corporation's failure to pay taxes, the pollution the refinery causes, and the company's at... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 28 April 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this episode on Politics, Poetry, and Prisons. Bill Resnick interviews Mike Parker of the Richmond Progressive Alliance about Chevron and city government. Joe Clement talks with Tamara Lynne and Daisy Montague of Living Stages about their upcoming workin... Read more

the Left and the Law: the Innocence Project

Airs at: Mon, 04/28/2014 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken and Mike Snediker discuss the Innocence Project which seeks to free those wrongfully convicted of crimes. They discuss the development of DNA technology that made it possible to discover the large numbers of wrongful convictions, and the reasons for those man... Read more

Vern Rutsala, "Surfaces"

Airs at: Tue, 04/22/2014 at 12:00am

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Oregon poet Vern Rutsala, who died at the age of 80 this month, appreared on the Old Mole Variety Hour in 1992 to read and discuss his poem "Surfaces" about touring the H.M.S. Victory. Here Clayton Morgareidge remembers that occasion and reads the poem. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 21

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this special EARTH DAY show, and we will hear Bill Resnick talks with Jeremy Brecher about labor and the environment. Brecher is a writer, historian, and activist who is the author of more than a dozen books on labor and social movements. ... Read more

Climate Change Action

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am

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What can be done to make the necessity of radical action to prevent catastrophic climate change obvious to everyone? Jeremy Brecher of the Labor Network for Sustainability talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the latest science on global warming and what can and... Read more

Movie Moles: "Noah"

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am

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On this Earth Day special, our Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Joe Clement review the new movie "Noah" about a famous ancient flood. It raises issues about who is responsible for climate disasters and what our obligations are to those who are hit by them Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for April 21, 2014

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Earth Day special edition of the Old Mole. It includes discussions of climate change and what must be done about it, the dangers of copper mining, a review of the big new flood movie "Noah", and a poem by the late Vern Rutsala about lookin... Read more

Copper Mining on St. Helens?

Airs at: Mon, 04/21/2014 at 12:00am

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With moves afoot to start mining minerals, including copper, near Mt. St. Helens, Bill Carter's new book Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World becomes required reading. Here Carter joins the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier for a conversation abo... Read more