Old Mole Variety Hour

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Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a Socialist-Feminist, Anti-racist, Anti-colonial and LGBTQ-positive Perspective
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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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Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/30/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Norm Diamond hosts this Old Mole May Day Special program about working class struggles, then and now.  This is the 100 year anniversary of the big textile workers’ strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  We’ll report on the April 28 celebration in Lawrence and look ahead... Read more

Terran Connally on May Day 2012 Events Around Portland

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick has Terran Connally of the Portland Liberation Organizing Council, which has grown out of the Occupy movement, to talk about events and expectations for May Day 2012 in Portland. They consider the potential for this May Day to be the single greatest concerte... Read more

Steve Early on Lawrence Strike centennial symposium

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Norm Diamond talks with Steve Early, who attended a symposium in Lawrence Massechusetts about the Lawrence Strike of 1912 (here's a PDF of the schedule). They talked about why there is renewed interest in the Lawrence Strike, even as it was nearly erased from labor histo... Read more

The Industrial Workers of the World and Remembering the Lawrence Strike

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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Norm and Abigail talk with Marie and Larry of the Portland Branch of the Industr ial Workers of the World (IWW) about the Lawrence Textile strike, the significance of the IWW in the strike and the long-term significance of the strike for the IWW. They consider the irony ... Read more

Norm Diamond and Abigail Singer of Portland Central America Solidarity Committee

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm underscores how May Day is about the recognition of class-structure in society. Abigail offers her perspective as a worker with the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee. They talk about the meaning of the song bread and roses and social justice organizing, ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 30th May Day Special

Airs at: Mon, 04/30/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Norm Diamond and Abigail Singer co-host today's special May Day Old Mole, which focuses on the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and events expected for May Day. We hear: Norm talk with labor journalist and historian, Steve E... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/23/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Clayton Morgareidge will be our host on this edition of the Old Mole featuring -- A conversation with Portland activist Angela Zehava about the April 28 action by Unite Against the War On Women to oppose anti-women legislation coming out of Congress and State leg... Read more

Against the War on Women

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Legislation and rhetoric is "taking place in our House of Representatives, the media and many of the States across our country attacking the rights of women…from reproductive rights to voting rights to human rights."  In other words, there is a war against women.  United... Read more

Movie Moles: "Reds"

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
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This program takes its name, “the Old Mole,” from Marx’s image for the Revolution that works underground and suddenly emerges into daylight where least expected.  The first revolution approaching what he had in mind was the October Revolution in Russia in 1917.  In 1981,... Read more

War Injuries

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
The wars of occupation in Afghanistan and Iraq are producing a population of broken ex-soldiers US society is not equipped to deal with. In this conversation with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick, author and activist Tod Ensign details the many ways in which these wars drive ... Read more