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Histories of Power and Poetry: Views, Reviews, and Interviews from a socialist-feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial point of view.
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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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SCOTUS and Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments this month on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on abortions past 15 weeks in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case. In their Left and the Law segment, Jan Haaken and Mike Snedeker take up this case and the legal... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for December 6, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Jon Nelson hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Ecological Equity: Most U.S. North Americans support climate action but manage to repress the knowledge that saving a habitable planet from climate roasting will require international ... Read more

Ecological Equity

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Most U.S. North Americans support climate action but manage to repress the knowledge that saving a habitable planet from climate roasting will require international cooperation. The industrialized countries of the West, which have emitted the bulk of greenhouse gases for... Read more

Homeless, Not Hopeless

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Sarah Chivers talks with Karen Morrison, founder and director of Odyssey World International Education Services, a Black-led non-profit that has built a network of community partnerships to support refugee and immigrant families. They discuss the ways that homeless and B... Read more

In Memoriam

Airs at: Mon, 12/06/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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We remember Portland's own Mike Munk, who died in July 2021 after spending decades excavating and documenting Portland's radical history, including for his book "The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past.”   Read more

Erasing Community History

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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St. John’s is a distinct geographic district within Portland. More than that, it is a community with a vibrant history of labor struggle and demographic diversity. Norm Diamond talks with Michael Brown about the importance of community history and about the City of Portl... Read more

COP 26

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Last week on the Old Mole Bill Resnick interviewed Tina Gerhardt, a researcher and environmental journalist who observed this month’s international United Nations Conference on reducing climate change to manageable levels. The Conference was captured by corporate interes... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 29, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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Norm Diamond hosts this episode of the Old Mole Variety Hour, which includes the following segments: COP 26: Last week on the Old Mole Bill Resnick interviewed Tina Gerhardt, a researcher and environmental journalist who observed this month’s international United Nation... Read more

Assaults on Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Mon, 11/29/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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One thing we know about the history of abortion in this country is that whether it is prosecuted or tolerated has less to do with the laws that are on the books and much more to do with prevailing social and political forces. The primary effect of anti-abortion laws is n... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 22, 2021

Airs at: Mon, 11/22/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
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  Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: COP 26: Climate change is accelerating, relentlessly, making human life much less comfortable and indeed, say the climate scientists, threatening to produce the 6th Great Extincti... Read more