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Criticizing Capitalism: Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view (Against the Grain rebroadcast)

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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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Cancel Student Debt!

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Desiree Hellegers talks with WSU Vancouver students Ellah Allman, Flaffy Polley, and Andrea Manske about organizing to cancel student debt, the importance of integrating discussion of student debt into course work, the Morrill Indigenous Land Grab, and about using their ... Read more

Gun Laws and Lawsuits

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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With another round of mass shootings, the failure in the US to pass gun legislation has generated public outrage and a sense of despair. In their Left & the Law segment. Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker talk about what progressive gun legislation might look like and some rec... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for June 6, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 06/06/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Jon Nelson hosts today's episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Germany, Energy and Democracy: Europe, especially Germany, depends on Russia for its natural gas and oil for electric power, heating and cooling, and transport. With Russia's inv... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for May 30, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Girl of Venezuela: Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Can humanity survive climate change? In his profoundly important essay “World War II Lessons for a Green New Deal,” Martin ... Read more

Smelter Wars, Part Two

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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For our regular segment Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond continues his conversation with Ron Verzuh, author of the just released book, Smelter Wars. The smelter in question is just across the Canadian border along the Columbia River, and the book covers the histor... Read more

Can humanity survive climate change?

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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In his profoundly important essay “World War II Lessons for a Green New Deal,” Martin Hart-Landsberg shows the way. In rich detail he describes the planning and politics of transformation, when the Roosevelt Administration took control of the U.S. state and from 1941 to... Read more

Venezuelan Women

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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DSA International Committee and CODEPINK are teaming up to host three Venezuelan feminist activists, Mónica M., Anggie H. and Yolimar M., to the United States to discuss the impact of illegal US sanctions against their country, how they disproportionately hurt women and ... Read more

Poetry and Baseball

Airs at: Mon, 05/30/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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For one day this season, every player wore number 42, Jackie Robinson’s number, to celebrate 75 years of major league desegregation. Matt Witt’s poem about his meeting as a seven-year-old with Roy Campanella, Robinson’s teammate and another great Black player, reminds us... Read more

Organizing Collective Power for Public Good, Part 3

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Joe Clement continues their conversation with Emily Drabinski, President-elect of the American Library Association. In an election that saw more votes cast than any other in the ALA's history, Emily won on a campaign of organizing for collective power for public good. In... Read more

Lessons in Chemistry

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am

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Sometimes, though not often, Book Mole Larry Bowlden reads a book simply for the joy of it. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garnus, is such a joy to read. But the 2022 novel also has lots to say about women in the sciences and the ways in which they are forced to work in... Read more