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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Chris Toensing on the Arab Spring Part 2

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
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Bill Resnick concludes his interview with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring and its implications for the West. You can find Part One here. In this audio, they briefly review their earlier conversation, and they discuss the destabilizing effects of competition for oil re... Read more

Movie Moles review The Trotsky

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement and Iven Hale review the Canadian film The Trotsky.  Although students in Quebec have been massively politically active against austerity, the 2009 feature The Trotsky treats student politics as farce.  The well-acted film, about a young man who believes he i... Read more

Capitalist Realism reviewed (there is an alternatve)

Airs at: Mon, 08/13/2012 at 12:00am
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Frann Michel reviews Mark Fisher's book Capitalist Realism, which argues that the idea that only capitalism is realistic is itself a distorted ideology. Fisher tries to make complex theory accessible, and highlights the contradictory impacts of capitalism on mental healt... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 08/06/12

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Iven Hale hosts and we hear Bill Resnick talking with Chris Toensing, executive director of the Middle East Research and Information Project and editor of its quarterly magazine, Middle East Report; they discuss the Arab spring and its meaning for leftists in the West.... Read more

Chris Toensnig on the Arab Spring - Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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 Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about the Arab Spring over a year later, looking back at how it happened, what has happened since and emerging directions. They consider economic factors, demographics, the outcomes of elections and the ripple-effect felt in other ... Read more

Well-read Red: Do They Owe Us A Living? 'Course they do, 'course they do!

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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Joe Clement reads Peter Frase's case against the assumption of wage-labor in both capitalism and market-socialist visions of a fucture economy. Frase argues for a universal basic income, explaining why it would more directly address the problems with wage-labor, make it ... Read more

Movie Moles: Heist - who stole the American Dream?

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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 Frann Michel and Hyung Name review "Heist: who stole the American Dream." Directed Frances Causey and Donald Goldmacher, narrated by Tom Hartman, based in part on the book "The Global Class-War: how Amerian's bi-partisan elite lost our future and what it'll take to win.... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour August 6th 2012

Airs at: Mon, 08/06/2012 at 12:00am
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New Mole, Iven Hale, hosts today's show. We hear about the Arab Spring, the politics of work and basic income, and a movie review of "Heist".   Bill Resnick talks with Chris Toensing about the the Arab Spring. Joe Clement reads a blog-post by sociologist Peter Fra... Read more

Haaken and Snedeker on American Men with Guns

Airs at: Tue, 07/31/2012 at 12:00am
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  Psychologist Jan Haaken and lawyer Mike Snedeker discuss recent events in Aurora, Colorado, Portland, Oregon, and mainstream news media. They consider the correlation between violence and social inequality, the likelihood that violence is committed by young men, the d... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 07/30/12

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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-> Jules Boykoff talks from London with Bill Resnick about the Olympics and the corporatization of sport. -> The Left & The Law with Jan Haaken & Mike Snedeker discuss the latest shooting in Colorado and media narratives about such events. -> Movie Moles Iven Hale and Joe ... Read more