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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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Movie Moles: Take Shelter

Airs at: Mon, 01/02/2012 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement and Frann Michel review the apocalyptic psycho-thriller Take Shelter, staring Michael Shannon as a blue-collared man in rural Ohio who becomes deeply disturbed by terrifying dreams involving mega-storms, attacks by dogs and neighbors, and even faceless intru... Read more

We Are Oregon and Unsettle Portland

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am

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Bill Resnick talks with Angela McWhinney, an organizer with We Are Oregon, and Terran Connolly, with Unsettle Portland. Earlier this month Angela and Terran's organizations helped stand up to foreclosures with homeowners. They articulate a vision of community control ove... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 26th

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am

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Denise Morris hosts and we hear: Bill Resnick interviews Angela McWinney and Terren Connolly. Well Read Read Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay about the new people power. Joe Clement interviews three members of the IWW about Music for the Working-Class ... Read more

Well-read Red: what's next for the new people power?

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge reads an essay from Yes Magazine by world-systems theorist, Immanuel Wallerstein, about "what's next for the new people power?" Wallerstein stresses the over-all success, from re-occupation to other direct actions, and for an understanding that this i... Read more

Music for the Working-Class turns One Year Old

Airs at: Mon, 12/26/2011 at 12:00am

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Joe Clement, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, talks with three other Wobblies - Noah, Tomás & Ash - about Music for the Working-Class, a labor-themed music event with scheduled performances and sing-alongs. It happens every last Wednesday of the month at... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour on 12/19/11

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge will host this episode of the Mole, on which Laurie Mercier talks with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of The Indypendent, about the strategies and the future of the Occupy Movement. Gupta has visited over 30 Occupy sites in over 20 states. Along Wi... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am

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Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole episode which surveys the Occupy movement; the differences between the US and the UK labor movements; workers' struggles in our broken food industry; and an implausible story about a poisoned husband. For information about our t... Read more

Book Mole: "A Reliable Wife"

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am

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Larry Bowlden warns us away from the best-selling novel by Robert Goolrick, A Reliable Wife, and corrects the mistaken idea that he never reviews books he doesn't like. You can read more of his reviews here. Read more

Surveying the Occupy Movement

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am

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Nationally known journalist Arum Gupta has visited over 30 Occupy sites in more than 20 states around the country, and he reports here in conversation with the Old Mole's Laurie Mercier where the movement stands and where it may be headed. Gupta is a founding editor of... Read more

Labor Action: US v UK

Airs at: Mon, 12/19/2011 at 12:00am

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A few weeks ago, British public employees mounted the biggest general strike since the 1920s. Why have we seen nothing like that from unions in the US? Joe Clement introduces and then comments on what labor journalist Mike Elk had to say about this question. Read more