Old Mole Variety Hour

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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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Self-preservation in Times of Oppression

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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 Fabian Romero, queer Chicano poet, performance artist and community organizer, helped to found several writing and performance groups including Hijas de Su Madre, Las Mamalogues and Mixed Messages: Stories by People of Color.  Here he talks with the Old Mole's Joe Clement... Read more

Studs Terkel, the FBI and HUAC

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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 In the 1950s, Studs Terkel was confronted for his leftist sympathies by the FBI and the notorious House Unamerican Activities Committee.  Commemorating the centenary of Studs Terkel's birth, Old Mole Alan Wieder recalls some of that history as our nation is again obsess... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/10/2012 at 12:00am
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  Hosted by Denise Morris, this episode covers a wide variety of topics: the current situation in Egypt, an imaginary encounter between Nietzsche and Freud in Vienna, an upcoming workshop on surviving and thriving in oppressive times, and how Studs Terkel dealt with agen... Read more

Kathi Weeks: The Problem With Work

Airs at: Tue, 12/04/2012 at 12:00am
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 Joe Clement talks with Kathi Weeks about her book "The Problem with Work: feminism, marxism, antiwork politics and postwork imaginaries". They discuss the work ethic and why it promises more than it delivers. They also consider the tradition of antiwork politics and how... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/03/12

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Iven Hale hosts this next episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour and we hear: Alan Wieder comments on Obama's "deformist", neoliberal education policies.  Joe Clement interviews Kathi Weeks about her somewhat recent book "The Problem With Work: feminism, marxism, ... Read more

Chris Toensing on the future of Palestine

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing, an editor of Middle East Research and Information Project, talk about the recent UN recognition (of sorts) of Palestine, as well as the future of a participatory democracy in Palestine. Read more

Obama's Deformist Education Policies

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
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 Alan Weider offers this incisive commentary on the Obama Administration's "race to the top" education program and the way that it commodifies education. Read more

Bill Resnick on the FIscal Cliff

Airs at: Mon, 12/03/2012 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick offers this brief commentary on the so-called fiscal cliff. He offers why it's a lie, what alternatives still lay within reach and how we can agitate for them. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 11/26/12

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Iven Hale hosts this Old Mole and we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Nelson Lichtenstein about the Black Friday strikes and growing resistance to Wal-Mart. Movie Moles, Jan Haaken and Frann Michel, review Argo. Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 26, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 11/26/2012 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick talks with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein about Wal-Mart and the workers organizing against it on Black Friday.  Joe Clement introduces Utah Phillips talking & singing about blaming & dumping the bosses.  The movie moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel disc... Read more