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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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Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 04/23/2012 at 12:00am

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Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program features discussions of the injuries of war, fighting back against the war on women, and the 1981 Warren Beatty movie Reds. 1. Author and activist Tod Ensign talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about the terrible impact ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 04/16/12

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this show which includes -- A conversation with Oregon scholar Chuck Scheketoff about taxes: who pays how much and how to make them fairer; Discussion with Chuck Collins about his new book 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World a... Read more

Movie Moles: The Hunger Games

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Jan Haaken and Frann Michel discuss the dystiopian futuristic film, "The Hunger Games", directed by Gary Ross. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, a participant in the national "hunger games" instituted by the oppressive continental state years ago a... Read more

Chuck Collins on Wealth Inequality

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick and Chuck Collins talks about how inequality is ruining the world. Chuck points out how the concentration of wealth undermines democracy, the economy and our capacity to do anything about large-scale problems. They talk about public campaign finance reform, ... Read more

Our Dysfunctional Constitution and Alternative Democracies

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker reads David Michael Green's CounterPunch essay: "A Very Sick Country: deep maladies of the body politic". Green argues that, while it's not all bad, core features of the American political system -- the president, the electoral system, judicial review, state ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 16th, 2012

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole Variety Hour and with musical interludes from Leonard Cohen we hear: Bill Resnick talk with Chuck Collins about what wealth inequality is doing to us. Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Frann Michel review "The Hunger Ga... Read more

Chuck Sheketoff on Corporate Taxes in Oregon

Airs at: Mon, 04/16/2012 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with Chuck Sheketoff, executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy. They talk about the corporations that don't pay any appreciable taxes in Oregon, how they get away with it, why public services rather than tax-cuts support business, and ... Read more

Supporting Insecure Communities

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am

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The constant threat of deportation makes the lives of immigrants insecure. CAUSA, Oregon's immigrant rights organization, is holding an Insecure Communities Forum this Friday, April 13, at 7 pm at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 13th Avenue in Portland. Erica Stein... Read more

Occupy Reborn

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am

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Occupy Portland will be bursting from its winter quarters onto the streets very soon. The Old Mole's Bill Resnick talks with two local activists about how the movement has been building over the winter and what to expect as the weather warms. First we hear from Joe Li... Read more

Movie Review: "Brother From Another Planet"

Airs at: Mon, 04/09/2012 at 12:00am

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Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken review the 1984 John Sayles film Brother From Another Planet about a mysterious alien who lands in New York while escaping from slavery on "another planet" and experiences the problems of American society from a unique perspective. Read more