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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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In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 01/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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June Jordan was a widely published Jamaican poet and playwright who was recognized for her lifelong commitment to political activism and human rights. Her poetry is fierce and pulls no punches in its exploration of issues related to gender, class, and race identity. She ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour January 10th 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Sharon Grant Hosts this Episode of The Old Mole which includes Social Democracy in Germany: Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone discuss the rise and fall of the German Social Democratic Party since its beginning in 1863. In September of 2021 it rose again to form a governme... Read more

Social Democracy in Germany

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Bill Resnick and Bill Smaldone discuss the rise and fall of the German Social Democratic Party since its beginning in 1863. In September of 2021 it rose again to form a government with a chance of dealing with the multiple crises of our time: pandemics, climate change, g... Read more

The Challenge to Neoliberalism in Chile

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Luisa Martinez interviews Antonia Mardones Marshall on the recent presidential win in Chile by leftist and former student activist Gabriel Boric. Maradones is a member of the Central Committee of the Convergencia Social party and was the international campaign coordinato... Read more

Don't Look Up

Airs at: Mon, 01/10/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Movie Moles Joe Clement and Jan Haaken discuss the film, "Don't Look Up," a satirical film directed by Adam McKay and featuring a star-studded cast. Enlisting many of the tropes of Hollywood disaster films, Don't Look Up follows a professor of astronomy and his graduate ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for January 3, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: The Radical Right: Alexander Reid Ross is an investigative journalist, who, for nearly a decade, has studied the radical right and the dangers it poses. In 2017 he wrote the book Ag... Read more

The Radical Right

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Alexander Reid Ross is an investigative journalist, who, for nearly a decade, has studied the radical right and the dangers it poses. In 2017 he wrote the book Against the Fascist Creep. Today that creep has become a gallop. Led by Trump and his friends, close to a major... Read more

The Well Read Red

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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As we begin the new year the future seems foreboding and optimism in short supply. It is an axiom of progressive politics and one of the founding principles of the Old Mole that progressive change begins at the margins—from minorities and the oppressed. Today Tom Becker ... Read more

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue

Airs at: Mon, 01/03/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Oliver Sachs says if there is no memory, there is no person, no self. Suppose you remember everything but no one remembers you? You disappear, become invisible, within seconds or minutes of an encounter. Such is the setting for V.E Schwab’s fascinating tale, The Invisibl... Read more

The Well Read Red

Airs at: Mon, 12/27/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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In a combination WRR and Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond introduces and reads one of the lesser-known classics of American literature, a brilliantly ironic 1865 letter from a former slave, now living with his family in the North, to his former master. The master ... Read more