Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.
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Patricia Kullberg, Denise Morris, Frann Michel, Laurie Mercier, Joe Clement, Jan Haaken, Jon Nelson, OldMoleVarietyHour
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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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Politics of Immigration Reform

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 How did serious immigration reform become likely in 2013?  Old Mole Bill Resnick talks with Larry Kleinman of Northwest Tree Planters and Farmworkers Union (Piñeros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste -- PCUN) about why Congressional majorities are likely to pass something... Read more

Book Mole: "Me and Mr. Booker"

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Larry Bowlden reviews Cory Taylor's new novel about "feeling old when you're not, and acting young when you're not."  It's called Me and Mr. Booker, and it's told in the voice of the lead character -- "a strong and mostly lucid voice."  More of Larry's reviews can be fou... Read more

Living and Working

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Work is supposed to give life meaning, but are not our lives meaningful even when we can't work?  In this commentary, Iven Hale draws on her own work and life experience to question the way work happens to us in this capitalist society.   Read more

African Film Festival Preview

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 The 23d Cascade Festival of African Films is going on this month at PCC's Cascade Campus, through March 2.  P.C. Peri and the Old Mole's Jan Haaken have their annual conversation previewing the festival's films and the Festival's purpose --seeing Africa through African ... Read more

Fred Meyer and the Labor Movement

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Grocery workers at Fred Meyer are considering whether to go on strike.  In this commentary, Old Mole Joe Clement looks at what business-labor unions like the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) are, and are not, providing for workers, drawing on a piece by Natasha... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe Clement hosts this episode of the Mole, dealing with immigration reform; the meaning of life with and without work;  the short-comings of "business-labor unions;"  seeing African through African lenses here in Portland; and a new novel about acting, and not acting, ... Read more

Well-Read Red: What's Wrong with America?

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from Dave Lindorff's article "What's wrong with America?: The real enemy is growth." Read more

Garfield HS Boycott of MAP standardized test

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Alan Wieder discusses the boycott of a standardized test by the teachers at Garfield HS in Seattle. He points out the many problems with standardized tests and the ways they are (mis)used, and notes the widespread and increasing support for the boycott. He also draws on... Read more

The Left and the Law: Mohamed Mohamud and the FBI's manufacturing of terrorism

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Psychologist and Mole Jan Haaken and attorney Mike Snedeker discuss the case of Mohamed Mohamud. They consider the legal meanings of entrapment and the history of government use of entrapment in child pornography cases in the 1980s. Despite the wide public recognitio... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 28, 2013

Airs at: Mon, 01/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this episode featuring the music of the late Portland bluesman Paul deLay and segments on possibilites for local and democratic control of sustainable energy sources, the mistake of valuing economic "growth," the role of entrapment in the government's w... Read more